Undergraduate Degrees at Extended Learning, West Virginia University

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Multidisciplinary Studies B.A.
The Multidisciplinary Studies undergraduate degree program is comprised of three related minors. Extended Learning offers several minors online for off-campus students. See this list below. This program does not limit students to courses of study in a particular college or school, but emphasizes multidisciplinary/cross-disciplinary studies.

Minors
Students who want to expand their educational experience may select a minor in addition to their major. There are several online minors offered through Extended Learning for distant students in the multidisciplinary studies programs and for those students who want to earn a minor from home in the summer.

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Child Development

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CDFS 110 Families Across the Life-Span
3 Hr. Explores the physical, psychological, and cognitive developmental changes of individuals who are functioning in family systems that change across the life span.

CDFS 210 Introduction to Parenting
3Hr. PR: CDFS 110. Introduction to terminology, descriptions, and explanations of the parental role and parent-child interactions. Emphasis on social and personal definitions of the parental role and on the problems and changes in parent-child relationships.

CDFS 211 Infant Development
3Hr. PR: CDFS 110. Developmental characteristics and environmental effects on the child during the prenatal period and the first two years with implications for guidance and care, includes practical experience working with children.

CDFS 212 Early Childhood Development
3 Hr. PR: CDFS 110. Physical, social, emotional, and cognitive development of children from three-to-seven years of age with implications for guidance and care in practical settings.

CDFS 412 Adolescent Development
3 Hr. The adolescent in contemporary American culture, including normative physical, social, and personality development; relationships within various typical social settings (e.g., family, school, community, peer group).

CDFS 413 Contemporary Issues in Family Relations
3 Hr. Study of the recent research findings in the major areas of family relationships. Topics include effects of family violence, substance abuse, poverty, and health.

CDFS 415 Family Interaction and Communication
3 Hr. The family as a social group; processes related to well-being for a variety of family relationships.

CDFS 421 Developing and Administering a Child Care Center
3 Hr. Focuses on skills necessary for developing and implementing sound program management of different types of early childhood education centers.

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Communication Studies

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COMM 105 Introduction to Mass Media
Critical examination of mass media with special emphasis on ways in which social, economic, and psychological factors influence the structure, functions, and effects of the media.

COMM 303 Business and Professional Communication
Application of the theories of effective communication in organizations. Simulated projects and oral presentations will be used to refine communication skills necessary for entry-level positions within business and industry.

COMM 305 Appreciation of Motion Pictures
Evaluation of motion picture and television film as forms of mediated communication and as art forms involving communication and aesthetic principles. Emphasis on the feature-length theatrical fiction film.

COMM 306 Communication-Organizations/Institutions
Communication processes and problems in business and non-business organizations and institutions with attention to practical application.

COMM 308 Nonverbal Communication
An examination of the effects of human nonverbal behavior on human communication. Emphasis on specific nonverbal behaviors including touch, time, environmental contexts, physical appearance cues, and social communication cues.

COMM 309 Health Communication
This course examines the vital role that communication plays in the American healthcare system and introduces concepts and approaches needed to effectively and ethically communicate about health in a pluralistic and multicultural society.

COMM 316 Intercultural Communication
Examines similarities and differences between cultures with regard to norms, values, and practices in verbal and nonverbal communication. Emphasis on communication in Latin America, Asian, African, and Middle Eastern cultures.

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Entrepreneurship

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ACCT 201 Principles of Accounting
The accounting cycle from the analysis of business transactions through the preparation of financial statements; basic theory and practice with respect to accounting for assets and equities.

ARE 110 Agribusiness Accounting
Introduction to accounting for agricultural, rural, and small business managers. Emphasis on the accounting cycle, analysis and interpretation of financial statements, income taxes, and managerial accounting. (Students having prior college credit in accounting are not eligible for this course.)

ARE 421 Rural Enterprise Development
Introduction to concepts, methods and strategies involved in starting a successful small private enterprise in a rural area: assessing a community for enterprise opportunities, identifying and developing an enterprise idea, and preparing an enterprise plan.

ENTR 293 Special Topics
Investigation of topics not covered in regularly scheduled courses.

ENTR 335 Small Business Entrepreneurship

ENTR 435 New Venture Creations
This course is designed to provide the non-business student with a general understanding of the issues involved in the planning and creation of a new venture. In addition, the student will be exposed to the role of the entrepreneur in local, state, regional, national and international economic development.

ENTR 491 Professional Field Experience
Prearranged experiential learning program, to be planned, supervised, and evaluated for credit by faculty and field supervisors. Involves temporary placement with public or private enterprise for professional competence development.

ENTR 493 Special Topics: Business Plan Competition
Investigation of topics not covered in regularly scheduled courses.

ENTR 495 Independent Study

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History

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HIST 101 Western Civilization: Antiquity to 1600
A survey of the major developments in Western civilization beginning with the ancient Mediterranean world and concluding with Reformation Europe.

HIST 152 Growth American Nation to 1865
This course examines the basic political, economic, and social forces in formation and development of the United States before 1865. Emphasis on national development from independence through the Civil War.

HIST 153 Making Modern America:1865-Present
(HIST 153 may precede HIST 152.) Continues the examination of basic political, economic, and social forces in the development of the United States since the Civil War.

HIST 210 Modern Military History
Military history from the American Revolution to the present, stressing the evolution of warfare with particular attention to strategy, tactics, weaponry and the consequences of war.

HIST 250 West Virginia History
Historical foundations and development of West Virginia, with particular emphasis upon the growth of the government, the economy, and the traditions of the state.

HIST 304 Sacred Places

HIST 412 Introduction to Public History
Introduction to a wide range of career possibilities for historians in areas such as archives, historical societies, editing projects, museums, business, libraries, and historic preservation. Lectures, guest speakers, field trips, individual projects.

HIST 453 Civil War
Causes as well as constitutional and diplomatic aspects of the Civil War; the role of American black in slavery, in war, and in freedom; and the economic and political aspects of Congressional Reconstruction.

HIST 460 World War II in America
Examines the American experience in World War II; with an emphasis on the economic, social, and political impact of war on American society.

HIST 473 Appalachian Regional History
Historical survey of Central Appalachia's three phases of development: traditional society of the nineteenth century, the transformation of a mountain society by industrialization at the turn of the twentieth century, and contemporary Appalachia.

HIST 477 Working Class America
This course is designed to introduce students to issues surrounding the American working class. It will explore changes in the modes of production, the impact of labor migrations, the emergence of working-class organizations, and the political and social ideologies of working people. Particular attention will be given to the impact of racial, ethnic and gender-based conflict on the emergence of working-class movements. Students will be encouraged to interpret historical material in the context of current workplace relations.

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Professional Writing and Editing

Public Relations

Religious Studies

Sport Communication

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ADV 201 Advertising and Society
As a social institution, advertising plays a critical role in our daily lives. The course will examine the social, economic, and legal aspects of advertising.

ADV 215 - Principles of Advertising
An introduction to all sides of the advertising field and to the process, quantitative, strategic and aesthetic, by which the sales message is planned, produced and delivered. This is the first advertising course for advertising majors and must be taken as a pre-requisite for other courses in the sequence.

PR 215 - Introduction to Public Relations
Introduces the student to the principles of public relations. Definition and historical development, opportunities and challenges, techniques, and management of public relations are included.

JRL 361 - Media Relations in Sport
Online course provides an in-depth understanding of how effective public relations plays an integral role in any sports organization via a myriad of communication efforts used in the dissemination of information to the media and the public.

PR 410 - IMC for Public Relations
Pre-req: PR 301 PR 401. This course provides a comprehensive look at public relations and its role in the integrated marketing communications process. Other IMC elements such as advertising, Internet marketing, sales promotion and direct marketing are also discussed.

SEP 271 - Sport in Amerian Society
Sociocultural investigation of sport in American society.

SM 426 - Liability in Sport (Sport Law)
An overview of the legal system as it applies to sport, including contracts, tort law, drug testing, rights of athletes, product liability, legal duties of coaches, facilities supervisors, and athletic directors.

SM 485 - Sport Management
The study of management principles as they relate to sport organizations. The analysis includes specific references to planning, organizing, leading and evaluating functions of management in sport. SM 486 - Sport Marketing The study of marketing principles as they relate to sport organizations. Specific attention is focused on the marketing planning process, marketing information systems, and internal marketing.

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Nursing - RN to BSN
This degree is offered online. Accepting applications.

Regents Bachelor of Arts R.B.A.
Distance technology enables off-campus students to design much of their own degrees through the Regents Bachelor of Arts program, a flexible program for adults. The R.B.A. is a flexible degree program for adult learners. R.B.A. students can earn credit though our many online classes upper division credits available in two online areas of emphasis. Accepting applications.

Business Area of Emphasis

Child Development Area of Emphasis

WVNCC and WVU 2+2 Agreement
Graduates of WVNCC can take online classes through WVU Extended Learning and complete their bachelor's degree in the Eastern Panhandle.

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