If you have questions about the registration process, how the courses are
administered, or the technology required, contact the Engineering Continuing
& Distance Education Office in Room 301 Engineering Unit C – Phone
814-865-7643; or email Deb Zimmerman at
dlz1@psu.edu.
Engineering Course Web
Sites (Previously offered courses)
Civil Engineering
CE 341
Design of Concrete Structures
CE 370
Introduction to Environmental Engineering
CE 371 Water
and Wastewater Treatment
CE 597D
Safety and Human Factors in Highway Transportation
Computer Science & Engineering
CMPSC
101 Introduction to C++ Programming
Chemical Engineering
ChE 320
Phase and Chemical Equilibria
ChE 350 Process Heat Transfer
Electrical Engineering
EE 211
Fundamentals of Circuits and Power
EE 212 Introduction to Electronic Measuring Systems
EE
438 Antenna Engineering
EE
538 Advanced Antenna Engineering
EE
497C Wireless Communications
Engineering
Science and Mechanics
E MCH 212
Dynamics
E MCH 213
Strength of Materials
ESC 211
Materials, Safety, and Equipment Overview for Nanotechnology
ESC 455
Electrochemical Methods in Corrosion Science and Engineering
ESC
497A Business Opportunities in Engineering
ESC 501
Solid State Energy Conversion
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
IE 302
Engineering Economy
IE 327
Introduction to Work Design
IE 402
Advanced Engineering Economy
IE 418
Human/Computer Interface Design
IE 419 Work Design - Productivity and Safety
IE 424
Process Quality Engineering
IE 478
Retail Engineering
IE 479
Human Centered Product Design
IE 552
Mechanics of the Musculoskeletal System
IE 553
Engineering of Human Work
IE 558
Engineering of Cognitive Work
IE 597B
Human Centered Product Design
Mechanical Engineering
ME 410 Heat Transfer
ME 460
Reliability Concepts in Design
ME 461
Finite Elements in Engineering
ME 515
Two-Phase Heat Transfer
ME 560
Solid Mechanics
ME 565
Optimal Design of Mechanical and Structural Systems
ME 597
Intermediate Finite Elements Analysis
Nuclear Engineering
NucE 403 Advanced Reactor Design
NucE 405 Nuclear
and Radiochemistry
NucE 406 Introduction to Statistical Thermodynamics
NucE 409
Nuclear Materials
NucE 420
Radiological Safety
NucE 428 Nuclear Waste Control
NucE 430
Design Principles of Reactor Systems
ME/NucE 460
Reliability Concepts in Design
NucE 497 Radiation
Measurement Lab
NucE 497A
Introduction to Nuclear Engineering
NucE 497C
Dynamics of Energy Systems
NucE 501 Reactor
Design
NucE 502
Advanced Thermal Hydraulic Analysis
NucE 511
Nuclear Kinetics and Dynamics
NucE 512
Nuclear Reactor Statics and Fuel Management
NucE 521 Neutron
Transport Theory
NucE/METALS 523 Environmental Degradation of Materials in Nuclear Power
Plants
NucE 525 Monte Carlo Methods
NucE 530
Parallel/Vector Algorithms for Scientific Applications
NucE 596
Professional Topics in Nuclear Engineering
NucE 597C
Nuclear Reactor Safety
NucE 597F
Introduction to Nuclear Fusion
NucE 597G
Nuclear Fuel Cycle
General Information, including all
courses
World Campus Home
Overview
Distance education involves the linking of teacher(s) and student(s),
through technology rather than face-to-face interaction. Distance education
serves the educational needs of people who cannot come to a Penn State campus due to
job, family, time, distance, economic, or other constraints.
Penn
State's first distance education courses, developed over one hundred years
ago, used the U.S. mail to link students and teachers. Today, we employ
various technologies, including: the Internet, CD-ROMs, videotape,
interactive video conferencing, streaming audio/video, videotapes, fax, and e-mail
to facilitate the interaction between learners and teachers. The tremendous
technological advances in recent years in computing power, storage
technology, and communication links has set the stage for marvelous advances
in the quantity and quality of distance education. Penn State faculty and
staff are working to bring you new and exciting learning opportunities
through distance education. In the following paragraphs you will find
information about currently available Engineering programs.
How does Penn State College of Engineering deliver
distance education courses?
Programs and courses offered by The College of
Engineering Continuing and Distance Education office are designed to
accommodate working professionals and support their engagement in lifelong
learning. To do this, many of the courses are offered with a variety of
delivery technologies that allow students flexibility in completing the
coursework. It is necessary to have timely and adequate access to a
computer and the Internet.
All potential, new, and returning students
are always welcome to call the Continuing and Distance Education office at
814-865-7643 for assistance with any issue regarding programs and courses
offered.
The College of Engineering Office of
Continuing and Distance Education utilizes the services of the World Campus
for course registration and billing, but originates and supports all other
instructional activities directly from the College of Engineering.
Specific Requirements for College of
Engineering Courses
Courses offered by Continuing and Distance Education typically conform to
the
General Requirements for access to ANGEL and World Campus Courses.
Unless specificity stated in the C&DE Course Description, any computer
system that meets the World Campus requirements should be adequate to engage
and complete the course material. However:
Most of the courses offered through Continuing and
Distance Education in the College of Engineering are group-based and
typically taught in concert with a class of resident students from the
University Park Campus. Faculty engage students during scheduled
face-to-face class time as well as after hours. Many distance education
students take advantage of shifting study time to accommodate their
professional and family priorities. Faculty are always available for
questions and guidance via email and are also available via telephone during
normal business hours and/or specified office hours. Communication by
email is responded to as soon as possible, generally at the start of the
next business day.
Students often work on engaging projects and assignments
in small teams. Team communication and work is facilitated in the Penn State
Course Management System called
ANGEL. ANGEL is a closed computer environment in which students and
instructors can engage in the process of learning. A good analogy for ANGEL
is a virtual classroom. ANGEL is not open to the public. It is a private
virtual space to work with faculty and other students on course materials
and assignments.
How do students gain access to ANGEL?
When you register for a distance education course in the
College of Engineering you will also need to establish a Penn State Computer
Access ID and Password.
To get an ID and Password new students must complete the:
Computer Access Form.
For distance education courses from the College of
Engineering, this completed and signed form must be returned to Deb
Zimmerman in the Office of Continuing and Distance Education by fax or
surface mail to:
Office of
Con Ed Engr
Penn State
University
301-A
Engineering Unit C
University
Park, PA 16801
Phone:
814-865-7643
Fax:
814-865-3969
The Access ID and Password are necessary to log into the
ANGEL virtual classroom space. Not all Penn State courses require computing
resources or the use of ANGEL. Those courses that do use ANGEL require that
each registered student pay an annual Information Technology fee.
This fee is generally added to a student's tuition bill and is
only due once every 12 months. The Information Technology fee also provides access to many other Penn State
computing resources including the
Library Services for distance education students. A complete listing of
information technology services and features can be found in this
PDF brochure.
Undergraduate degrees
We
are often asked, "Is it possible to satisfy all the requirements for a Penn
State BS degree in Engineering entirely through distance education?" At the
present time, the answer is, "No, it is not possible." However,
a few of the
courses required for the general education component of an Engineering
degree can be taken through distance education, and a few upper level
engineering courses are available through the World Campus. For information,
see the Penn State Distance Education
page.
Acoustics
The
Penn State Acoustics
program offers graduate courses and a Master's Degree program through
distance education.
Nuclear Engineering
The College of Engineering is currently offering selected, graduate-level courses in
Nuclear Engineering to off-campus students. The courses are typically
taught by interactive video conferencing, with both live and on-demand streaming
audio/video available through the Internet. We will also accommodate students with
video tapes
or DVDs.
If you're interested in
The Nuclear Engineering Program via
Distance Education, or any of the courses, please
contact us for
details about what is being offered and how you can enroll.
Surveying
The
Surveying program at the Penn
State Wilkes-Barre campus offers a number of Surveying
courses on the
web to distance students.
World Campus Engineering Courses
Penn
State has established its World Campus to serve the needs of distance
learners with programs delivered through technology. For information about
the World Campus and the Engineering courses delivered through it, click on
the following links.
