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 high school and undergraduate college level.
Request our Independent Study 2007-2008 Catalog today. Registration/Authorization Forms Included.
New Course Offerings
Spoken Spanish for the Manufacturing Professional
Learn to communicate with Spanish-speaking managers, employees, laborers, suppliers and customers. Within a few short weeks you will be equipped with a vocabulary and the tools to quickly and easily communicate. A large portion of the language learned through this unique approach will coincide with daily tasks, making this course that much easier to complete.
Includes online lessons with audio components, a printed workbook, an audio CD vocabulary and phrases needed by the Manufacturing Professional.
Spoken Spanish for the Teaching Professional
We've designed an online course around your need to communicate with Spanish-speaking students and their families. With a few short weeks of study you will be equipped with a vocabulary and the tools to quickly and easily communicate. Our unique approach allows a significant portion of the language learning to coincide with daily classroom and learning tasks, making this course that much easier to complete. The course includes online lessons with audio components, a printed workbook to accompany the online lessons and an audio CD vocabulary and phrases needed by the Teaching Professional.
Spoken Spanish for the Medical Professional
A unique approach that allows a significant portion of the language learning to coincide with the daily tasks of the medical professional. Designed to meet the need to communicate with Spanish-speaking patients and their families. Includes a medical vocabulary and the tools to quickly and easily communicate.
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
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.
Note: The policies and procedures on these pages are not to be construed as a contract. The university reserves the right to change fees or other charges, add or delete courses, revise academic programs, or alter regulations and requirements as deemed necessary. All course fees, materials, and course offerings are subject to change without notice. The Department of Distance Education and Independent Study will charge fees currently in effect.
Contact This Department
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