DISTANCE AND DISTRIBUTED EDUCATION

For more than twenty years, Sacramento State has utilized proven and emerging technologies to offer University courses and programs to learners located outside the physical boundaries of the campus.

Courses in the Distance and Distributed Education (DDE) Program include those courses in which the majority (50% or more) of instruction takes place when the professor and students are not in the same place at the same time.

Several methods are utilized to deliver distance and distributed education courses. These include:

• video-based

• web-based

• hybrid (video and Web)

More than 7500 students enroll annually in approximately 70 DDE courses. These courses include lower division and upper division undergraduate courses, graduate courses, and required and elective courses in several majors and minors.

The Distance and Distributed Education Program follows guidelines described in the California State University, Sacramento Distance Education Policy revised and approved by the Faculty Senate on April 26, 2001. The Office of Distance Education collaborates with a diverse group of on and off campus entities to facilitate the development, delivery and scheduling of all distance and distributed education courses.