University of Waterloo

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UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO

Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Distance and Continuing Education
http://dce.uwaterloo.ca

University of Waterloo was founded in 1957. It is provincially chartered. It first offered distance learning courses in 1968. In fall 2005, there were 4,000 students enrolled in distance learning courses. Institutionally administered financial aid is available to distance learners.
Services Distance learners have accessibility to academic advising, bookstore, campus computer network, e-mail services, library services, tutoring.
Contact Information and Student Services, University of Waterloo, Distance and Continuing Education Office, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada. Telephone: 519-888-4050. Fax: 519-746-4607. E-mail: distance@uwaterloo.ca.

DEGREES AND AWARDS

BA Economics; English; General Studies, Non-Major; Humanities; Philosophy; Psychology; Religious Studies; Social Development Studies; Social Sciences
BS Science, general non-major
MM Management Sciences–Master of Management Sciences Online (MMSC)

COURSE SUBJECT AREAS OFFERED OUTSIDE OF DEGREE PROGRAMS

Undergraduate —accounting and related services; American literature (United States and Canadian); anthropology; applied mathematics; area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies related; area studies; astronomy and astrophysics; biblical and other theological languages and literatures; biblical studies; biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology; biological and biomedical sciences related; biological and physical sciences; biology; business/managerial economics; cell biology and anatomical sciences; chemistry; community organization and advocacy; computer and information sciences; computer science; criminology; dance; developmental and child psychology; ecology, evolution, and population biology; economics; educational psychology; English composition; English literature (British and Commonwealth); ethnic, cultural minority, and gender studies; finance and financial management services; geological and earth sciences/geosciences; gerontology; history; human development, family studies, and related services; insurance; languages (classics and classical); languages (foreign languages related); languages (Germanic); languages (Modern Greek); languages (Romance languages); languages (Slavic, Baltic and Albanian); liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities; linguistic, comparative, and related language studies; mathematics; mathematics and statistics related; medieval and Renaissance studies; microbiological sciences and immunology; multi-/ interdisciplinary studies related; peace studies and conflict resolution; philosophy; philosophy and religious studies related; physical sciences; physics; physiology, pathology and related sciences; psychology; psychology related; religious studies; social psychology; social sciences; social sciences related; social work; sociology; statistics.
Graduate —management information systems.
Non-credit —chemistry; English composition; mathematics and statistics related; physics.

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