The University of North Dakota, through the division of Continuing Education Division, offers extended degree programs and distance education opportunities to North Dakota citizens as well as to students located throughout the United States and internationally. Many of the degree programs are delivered via the North Dakota IVN Network utilizing two way compressed video and audio. Other degree programs are offered on site at distance locations, and some are offered using delayed video or the educational telephone network (ETN).

Extended degree programs currently being offered include:

*Master's Degree in Public Administration delivered from Grand Forks to Bismarck via IVN

*Master's Degree in Business Administration delivered from Grand Forks to Bismarck and Dickinson via IVN

*Master's Degree in Space Studies delivered on site at the Grand Forks Air Force Base and on site at the Minot Air Force Base. A Master's Degree in Space Studies is offered also via the Internet and delayed videotape to students throughout the United States and internationally

*Master's Degree in Medical Technology delivered from Grand Forks to numerous sites in the United States via the Educational Telephone Network (ETN)

*Master's Degree in Rural Health Nursing delivered from Grand Forks to Fargo, Jamestown, Minot, and Bismarck via IVN

*Master's Degree in Educational Leadership delivered from Grand Forks and Fargo (joint program of UND and Tri-College University) to Grand Forks, Fargo, Minot, Williston, and Bismarck via IVN

*Specialist Diploma (Ed.S. Degree) delivered from Grand Forks to Bismarck and Minot via IVN

Ordinarily, no more than one-half of a student's program for the master's degree may be taken off campus. Students enrolled in extended degree programs offered at cooperating sites by the UND Continuing Education Division are exempt from this policy.

Graduate level workshops are short-term organized learning experiences which provide for active, hands-on participation or for concentrated study on a specialized topic. Registration is limited to persons holding at least a baccalaureate degree, and grading is on the Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory system. Students will be registered as Continuing Education students and do not have to be admitted to the Graduate School.

Graduate level workshops are offered by the graduate departments under the course number "900-Graduate Workshop." For each such registration, a transcript entry will be made showing the title, credit, and grade for the workshop.

Since graduate level workshops are not designed to be part of a graduate degree program, their credit may not be applied toward graduate degree requirements and, therefore, may not be included on programs of study. If the workshop involves critical review, analyses, discussion, theory, or content similar to graduate courses, it may be considered for inclusion on the program of study. Programs of study proposing inclusion of such workshops credit must be accompanied by a brief explanatory note documenting that the workshop meets these criteria. In any event, no more than four graduate workshop credits may be counted toward a master's degree or specialist's diploma, and no more than eight credits may be counted toward a doctoral degree.

Correspondence work is not accepted for graduate credit. With the consent of the student's major department, the advisor, and the graduate dean, a student may take work by correspondence to remove deficiencies in the undergraduate background.