Independent Study
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Independent Study via correspondence or online offers flexibility in time and location allowing you to study and learn at your own pace at the location of your choosing.
- You may register for a course at anytime.
- You have a maximum of nine months to complete a course.
- Independent Study courses are offered at the undergraduate college level.
Request our Independent Study 2008-2009 Catalog today. Registration/Authorization Forms Included.
New Course Offerings
Investigative Research for Professionals
Our new online Investigative Research for Professionals course serves as an introduction to investigative research and presents techniques for conducting successful research.
The comprehensive course is designed to help professionals in careers including private investigators, paralegal, law enforcement, human resources and legal secretaries but would be useful for any other career where information gathering is essential. Students will learn how to research and organize a background check, locate assets of an individual and corporations, acquire the knowledge of the techniques of locating a missing person, navigate the complexities of public records, and explore the "deep, invisible" Web.
The National Association of Legal Assistants (http://www.nala.org) has approved Investigative Research for Professionals for 12 CLE units for paralegal certification. Students must score of 70 percent or better on the final exam to earn the CLE units.
Spoken Spanish Series
We've developed a series of three online Spoken Spanish courses designed to help professionals easily communicate with their Spanish-speaking publics: Spoken Spanish for the Teaching Professional, Spoken Spanish for the Medical Professional, and Spoken Spanish for the Manufacturing Professional.
Each course includes online lessons with audio components, a printed workbook to accompany the online lessons, and an audio CD vocabulary and phrases. Save 20% off our regular course fee of $295 for a limited time.
Note: This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the Tennessee Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. (30 contact hours)
The eTeaching Certificate Program is designed to provide the essential tools and strategies for the effective design, development, and delivery of online instruction.
Interdisciplinary Leadership Training in Overweight Prevention and Intervention for Children with Special Health Care Needs
(Under Construction)
This self-paced learning opportunity enables participants to learn from experts in the field of overweight prevention and intervention among children with special health care needs. It consists of lectures that incorporate video, images, and text; a video-based family panel made up of parents of children with special health care needs; and a case study analysis. The workshop will take approximately 10 hours to complete. Registration fee $80
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Department of Distance Education & Independent Study
Conference Center Building
600 Henley Street, Suite 208
Knoxville, TN 37996
Phone: (865) 974-5134
Toll Free: 1-800-670-8657
TDD: (865) 974-5078
Fax: (865) 974-4684
Email: disteducation@tennessee.edu