"445% increase from fall 2001"

CCS has experienced a tremendous growth in its online enrollment, with 165 registrations in fall 2002. This is a 445 percent increase from fall 2001, and a significant increase from last year, when the combined enrollment for fall, spring, and summer semester peaked at 137. Our Distance Education offerings continue to attract adult learners from 16 states, as well as Washington D.C., Puerto Rico, and England.

The Distance Education program began in spring 2001 with the introduction of the Occupational and Environmental Safety and Health program, which was developed for an online format under the direction of Dr. Charles Reese. That program, which includes undergraduate and graduate courses, has a current enrollment of 88 students. In spring 2002, CCS launched a graduate program in Humanitarian Studies, which is under the direction of Dr. Rodney Allen. There are currently nine students enrolled in that program.

Sixty-four students are enrolled in Information Technology, our newest undergraduate program. Information Technology was launched in fall 2002 under the direction of Dr. Andrew DePalma. Dr. Dennis Lee is developing an online graduate program in Human Resource Management, which will begin in spring 2003.

The growing popularity of the CCS Distance Education program is a direct result of the quality of the offerings and the wealth of advantages online learning has for adult learners. For further information about our online courses and programs, contact the Distance Education Office at 860-486-1080, or email us at ccsonline@uconn.edu.