Attached to this Description Distance Learning Program For ninety years, Continuing and Extended Education has been extending UT Austin resources to the citizens of Texas. In 1999, the DEC served more than 5,000 students from across the nation and the world.
Students submit lessons through U.S. mail, e-mail, the Internet, telephone, and fax.
Interaction with instructors is available by phone, e-mail, U.S. mail, listserve, and through chat rooms. The DEC college curriculum, which covers 30 fields of study, is aligned with on-campus curriculum. All courses are developed and taught by instructors who are approved by UT Austin department chairs. Specific content areas include anthropology, art history, curriculum and instruction, economics, educational psychology, English, government, history, kinesiology and health education, philosophy, psychology, radio, television and film production, social work, sociology, visual arts studies, and women's studies. Science and language courses include astronomy, geography, mathematics, nursing, nutrition, physics, zoology, Czech, French, German, Latin, and Spanish.