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AROUND THE QUADS

Continuing Education Launches Evening Extension Program

Columbia’s School of Continuing Education has launched the Evening Extension Program, an open enrollment program offering “Columbia quality” courses to people “who are unable for one reason or another to enroll in the regular courses offered to Columbia degree candidates,” says Frank Wolf, dean of the School of Continuing Education.

More than 25 courses are being offered in the inaugural Fall 2004 semester, ranging from the contemporary, such as “Achieving Perfection: Understanding Six Sigma” and “Developing and Managing a Successful Business Plan,” to more classical subjects, such as “Masterpieces of Western Art” and “James Joyce’s Ulysses.” Courses are taught by faculty members, researchers, scholars or professionals with expertise in a specific area.

Classes meet one evening a week for 12 weeks, with the first semester beginning on September 20. The fee for each course is $1,000. Classes are held Monday through Thursday on the Morningside Heights campus or at neighboring facilities.

“The Evening Extension Program is another way in which Columbia is trying to serve New Yorkers by making serious, high quality courses accessible to working people at a reasonable cost,” says Wolf. “By requiring that the relevant Columbia departments approve courses and instructors, we will assure the preservation of Columbia quality.”

Students who register in the Evening Extension Program are not required to submit academic records, but they will have access to the Columbia library system, which contains more than eight million volumes.

Wolf noted that 2004 marks the 100th anniversary of Extension Teaching, a program that offered a broad array of courses specifically for non-degree students that gained prominence in the early and mid-20th century but later faded. “Now we return to the best of that Extension tradition,” he said.

For more information, a description of courses and an online registration form, visit http://extension.columbia.edu/.

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