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ACADEMIC INFORMATION

DISTANCE LEARNING AND PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION

Distance Learning and Professional Education

DLPE facilitates academic programs and professional education courses for other Georgia Tech units. The unit oversees Distance Learning, Professional Education, Georgia Tech Global Learning Center, and the Language Institute.

  • In 2007-2008, DLPE returned $8.4 million to the Institute.
  • DLPE awarded 28,319 continuing education units in 2007-2008.

Distance Learning

Master's degree courses are available via Internet, digital-on-demand downloads, videoconferencing, and DVD/CD-ROMS. Students receive class handouts and materials electronically. Selected courses are available at some locations through video conferences. Courses may be taken for credit toward a degree program or professional development. Candidates must meet graduate admission requirements. Qualified candidates are enrolled as regular part-time graduate students. These master's of science degrees are available:

Professional Education

Professional Education coordinates the delivery of non-credit short courses and professional development programs to the public and corporate clients. Programs are held on campus and at selected locations. Some courses are available online, via DVD/CD-ROM, and videoconferencing. Short courses, varying in length from one to five to eight days, help professionals keep pace with the latest developments and innovations in their fields - defense technology, economic development, executive education. information technology, OSHA, power systems, and supply chain & logistics.

There are 30 certificate programs, comprised of sequences of these short courses.
During 2007-2008, 834 professional education courses and 33 conferences were conducted for 18,089 participants.

Summary of Continuing Education Units, Fiscal Year 2008
  Number of Programs
867
  
 
Registrations
 
 
Category I (Professional education courses)
13,438
  
 
Category II (Conferences)
4,651
  
  Total
18,089
  
 
Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
 
 
Category I
22,417
  
 
Category II
5,902
  
  Total
28,319
  

Global Learning & Conference Center

Georgia Tech Global Learning Center is located in Midtown Atlanta in the heart of Technology Square. The Center is an International Association of Conference Centers-approved facility ideal for corporate meetings, events, conferences, and educational courses. The Center features more than 32,000 square feet of space, including a wireless environment, dedicated event planning services, and the ability to send and receive programs worldwide from any meeting room.

  • In 2007-2008, the Center held 316 events, 102 Georgia Tech and 214 corporate and 300 professional education courses.

Language Institute

Since 1958, the Language Institute has helped thousands of students and professionals from around the world, Atlanta, and Georgia Tech increase their English proficiency through full-time and part-time study of English as a second language.

  • The Intensive English Program's core offerings include writing, grammar, reading, and speaking/listening at seven levels of proficiency. In 2007-2008, 1,222 students participated in the Intensive English Program's 284 courses.
  • Electives include TOEFL preparation, GRE/GMAT writing preparation, SAT/GRE vocabulary building, accent reduction, movie making, and drama. The Language Institute's electives program had 290 enrollments in 25 courses.
  • Evening classes include grammar/writing, practical writing, conversation, public speaking and TOEFL preparation. The evening program had 225 students in 18 courses.
  • The customized courses for corporate clients had 11 participants in three programs.
  • The Language Institute offers a number of courses and programs to the Georgia Tech campus, including the instruction for three CETL courses for international graduate students offered each semester, specialized programs for the College of Management and the QCF Master's Program, workshops for incoming international graduate students and teaching assistants offered every summer and a special course offered to international visiting scholars. The enrollments for the past year are:
    • Center for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning Program: 132 graduate students
    • College of Management special courses: 56 students
    • Quantitative Computational Finance (QFC) Program: 56 students
    • International Teaching Assistant Workshop: 36 students
    • Oral Skills Course for Visiting Scholars: Nine students
    • Graduate Preparation Workshops: 23 students
  • Summer short courses include conversation, business communication, public speaking, movie making, and accent reduction.
    • The summer short courses had 316 enrollments in 18 classes.
    • The evening program had 154 students in 13 courses.
  • Special Summer Programs
    • Exchange program with Shanghai Jiao Tong University: 57 students in 11 courses
    • Pre-MBA Intensive Program for Emory University: 17 students in seven courses
    • Exchange program with the Academy of the National Economy in Moscow: 13 students in three courses