The Fresno Pacific University School of Professional Studies through its Center for Professional Development, offers a variety of independent study courses to help meet the ever-increasing demand for professional growth for K-12 educators. To provide flexibility and to better serve the needs of the school community, these courses are delivered through a combination of modalities: printed materials and texts, hands-on manipulatives, audiotapes, videotapes, CD-ROM, and on-line distance learning. These courses are not on-campus courses. They may be taken any place and any time. (Independent study courses have also been described as correspondence courses, self-directed independent learning courses, and distance education courses.) This program provides an excellent way for educators to increase their content knowledge in a subject area, sharpen their teaching skills, or just study in a special interest area. Courses may be used, with district approval, for professional advancement.

For additional information on these courses, contact the instructor:

Carol S. Gossett
559.-322-9668
E-mail

To enroll by telephone (or for additional information):

Fresno Pacific University
School of Professional Studies
1.800.372.5505
profdev@fresno.edu