DISTANCE EDUCATI0N

Distance Education offers college credit courses designed to meet the educational needs of learners with busy professional and personal schedules.

Courses through videocassette in combination with textbooks and supplemental instructional material enable students to study primarily at home during convenient times. Courses delivered via live satellite or compressed video allow students to take advantage of regularly scheduled interactive instruction at a conveniently located site.

Some courses may require periodic attendance in Columbia or another USC campus for orientation sessions, workshops, seminars, or examinations. For a listing of courses offered at the Sumter campus, visit the DEIS Student Services website.

Students may receive undergraduate courses to earn the following degrees:

• USC Aiken Bachelor's degree in Business Management
• USC Columbia Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies degree
• USC Spartanburg Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education
• USC Spartanburg Bachelor's degree in Elementary Education

Students may take undergraduate level courses with the following colleges:

• USC Columbia's College of Engineering and Information Technology
• USC Columbia's College of Hospitality, Retail, and Sport Management
• USC Columbia's School of Journalism and Mass Communications
• USC Columbia's College of Liberal Arts
• USC Columbia's College of Nursing or Spartanburg's School of Nursing
• USC Columbia's College of Science and Mathematics
• USC Darla Moore School of Business

Students may receive graduate courses from the following:

• College of Education
• College of Engineering and Information Technology
• School of Journalism and Mass Communications
• School of Library and Information Science
• College of Nursing
• College of Social Work
• Darla Moore School of Business
• Arnold School of Public Health

Visit the USC Sumter’s Extended Graduate Campus Office.