Undergraduate
Studies Program Young Hall, 8th Floor
302 Wood Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2108
Phone: (765) 494-0843
Fax: (765) 496-1139
E-mail: usp@purdue.edu E-mail web site administrator
Offices
to Know
Distance Learning Courses
Continuing Education Learning Center, Stewart Center, Room G-34 (494-2746)
Distance education delivers college courses to you from accredited colleges and universities as internet courses, televised or video courses, and written correspondence courses. Courses are virtually the same as taught on campus, but a physical distance separates the instructor and you. The Indiana College Network (ICN) provides you access to over 1,600 distance learning opportunities from Indiana's colleges and universities throughout Indiana, including more than 130 courses with Purdue equivalencies.
A list of distance education courses may be found at the
Purdue University's Continuing Education Distance Learning Programs website.
To register for a Distance Learning class, see your Academic Advisor for a Form 23 listing the class and to fill out an Indiana College Network Registration Form. Bring the forms to Stewart Center, Room G-34, where the Learning Center staff will register you for the course.
Independent Study Courses
Instructional Media
Center, Hicks Undergraduate Library
Students enrolled
on the West Lafayette campus can pursue coursework outside
the traditional classroom through independent study courses.
A list of courses available for independent study is available
at the Dean of Students Web site. For information about a
specific course, examine the packets of study materials available
at the Instructional Media Center, Hicks Undergraduate Library.
Each packet contains an outline, detailing the course requirements
and testing procedures for the course.
Provides individual vocational interest, aptitude, ability,
and personality tests for career planning and academic purposes
administers advanced credit exams in conjunction with academic
departments and CLEP "test out" exams, independent
study exams, coordinates national pre-professional entrance
exams: GRE, LSAT, MAT, MCAT, and NTE.
Any student with a documented learning disability or
attention deficit disorder who attends Purdue may receive
assistance through the Disability Resource Center.
Documentation of the learning disability/attention deficit
disorder is required.
Students are asked to sign an Authorization for Release
of Information form for notification letters to be sent
to their instructor(s) of appropriate academic adjustments.
This release of information form must be signed no later
than the end of the second week of classes of a regular
academic semester, or by the end of the third class meeting
of courses less than sixteen weeks in length. If the student
has signed the form allowing release of information, his/her
instructors and academic advisor will receive a letter
from the ODOS specifying the academic adjustments that
are required. Whenever possible, letters will be sent
to instructors and academic advisors by the first day
of class each academic term.
Disability Resource Center specialists are available to provide a variety of support services. Some of these include:
Tutoring options
Coordination of resources for students
Consultation with faculty and staff to obtain appropriate academic adjustments and assistance for students
Taped textbooks
Red-tape cutting
Counseling
Advocacy; assistance so that the students can become their own advocate.
The Assistive Technology Center (Room
111, Stewart Center) has specialized hardware
and software that allows students with disabilities to
use computers in a way comparable to their non-disabled
peers.
Connecting link between students interested in attending
Purdue and schools within the University. Interprets educational
background of incoming students and evaluates transfer credit.
