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Educations College Credit Recommendation Service (ACE CREDIT) has
evaluated andrecommended college credit for a number of our
distance education courses.
Curriculum areas in the Graduate Schools distance education
program include thefollowing:
Accounting/Budget/Finance Information TechnologyAuditing Library
and Indexing TechniquesCommunications Management and
SupervisionEditing Mathematics and StatisticsEngi nee rin g Te chno
logy Met eo ro logy Engl ish and Writing Paral egal StudiesHuman
Resources Project Management
If you are interested in more than just a course, we have
programs that will enable you toearn a certificate of
accomplishment entirely through distance education.
Certificate programs include: Accounting: Basic Accounting:
Advanced Accounting: Federal GovernmentHuman Resources Management:
Level IMeteorologyParalegal StudiesParalegal Studies Advanced
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Get a high-quality classroom experience without leaving your
workplace or home. GS Connect courses are classes tinteractive
multimedia (audio and video) streamed over the Web to deliver an
engaging learning experience. Tey pability to interact with an
instructor, collaborate with classmates, participate in activities
and access past sessions at discretion throughout the course, all
online. Tere are three GS Connect ormats designed to meet your
specic edtraining needs: Live, Independent and Premium.
gs connect liveTis delivery ormat mirrors the classroom
experience by oering real-time instruction and access to the
instructor mates either verbally or through online chat. Classes
are scheduled to take place at set times; however, they are alsoand
can be viewed at anytime during the course. Tese online classes oer
the same kind o quality interaction as obased courses.
gs connect inDePenDentTis course delivery oers the convenience o
online education with the fexibility to t the participants
schedule. view proessionally produced video o class sessions,
delivered by the same skilled instructors who teach in our
classBecause these sessions are pre-recorded, the participant can
access them at anytime, as many times as needed durinContent is
also broken into modules that can be reviewed in any order, and
each course is supported by an instructanswer student e-mails and
acilitate related discussion orums.
gs connect PremiumPremium services are primarily used by
training managers seeking custom courses or employees within their
organGS Connect Design and Production eam will quickly shape your
subject matter into state-o-the-art online coursdeployment to the
agency workorce. Whats more, we can send our production crews to
your location(s) and prodcast live sessions via the Internet or
remote employees. I training space is not available at your
acility, we can prodsessions in our studio.
If you have specic interest in learning more about GS Connect
Premium, please phone Dr. Sharon Fratta-Hill at
(202) 314-3600, or e-mail her at
[email protected].
graduateschool.edu/distance (866) 448-9740
Whether youre a ederal manager responsible or the training and
development oemployees within your agency or an individual seeking
continuing education to earna credential or increase your p
roessional eectiveness, distance education rom the GraduateSchool
provides solutions to help you reach your learning objectives.
Te use o distance education to overcome the challenges o time
and place or continuedtraining and education is well established.
But at the Graduate School, we understand thatthe challenges o time
and place are not the same or every person in every instance.
Tats
why we maintain six separate delivery modes or our distance
learners. From high-tech GSConnect, eaturing an option or live
courses streamed over the Web and real-time instructor/classmate
interaction, to the more traditional GS Classic, which can deliver
text-based coursecontent in a preprinted ormat, eliminating the
need or an Internet connection,we have a delivery mechanism to
match your needs.
By employing the distance education options available rom the
Graduate School, trainingmanagers, as well as individuals at all
levels o government, the military and the private sector,are nding
ways to acquire the quality education and training they need while
reducing bothcosts and overall impact on pers onal and
organizational schedules. Were ready to help you dothe same.
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