UHD 2000/2001 Catalog UHD Catalog Home | General Information | Weekend College, Distance Learning and Off-Campus Programs Table of Contents | Previous Section | Next Section | Index | How to Use the Online Catalog 19 The Weekend College The Weekend College gives students the opportunity to complete their college degree by taking classes on Saturdays or Friday evenings. Students have a choice of two degree programs, the Bachelor of Business Administration with major in General Business or Purchasing and Supply Management and the Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies. Course offerings in the Weekend College are scheduled to help a student who already has 60 hours of credit to complete a degree program. Although there is a strong upper-level course focus, some freshman- and sophomore-level courses are also offered. Telecourses To give students more flexibility in arranging their schedules, UHD offers a selection of telecourses, presented in a series of video segments and accompanied by specially prepared academic materials. Students may check out tapes from the UHD library. Some telecourses are also broadcast on the Houston Access station. Registration may be done by phone or in person, just as for any other UHD course. All students enrolled in a telecourse must attend an orientation session. UHS at Fort Bend in Sugar Land William O’Neill, Coordinator (281) 275-3323 email: O’Neill@dt.uh.edu In April 1996, the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board granted approval to the University of Houston System to form a partnership among the four UH System universities (University of Houston, UH–Clear Lake, UH-Downtown, and UH–Victoria), Houston Community College System, and Wharton County Junior College to begin offering course work leading to 29 bachelor’s and master’s degrees. The two community college partners offer lower-division courses; the UH System universities offer junior, senior, and master’s courses. Courses leading to a degree may be offered by faculty from more than one university, but students register with the university that awards the degree they are pursuing. Instruction is delivered in several forms: live on-site; interactive TV on-site; video tape on-site; video tape purchased for home viewing; KUHT-TV Channel 8 at home; and computer/modem. Degrees offered by UH-Downtown include the Bachelor of Business Administration in General Business; Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting; Bachelor of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies with elementary certification; and the Bachelor of Science degree with majors in Computer Science, Criminal Justice, and Interdisciplinary Studies. On-site classes are held at either the Wharton County Junior College CentraPlex, 550 Julie Rivers Drive, Fort Bend, or the Houston Community College Stafford campus, 9910 Cash Road. Administrative offices and services are located at the CentraPlex. Students attending UHS at Fort Bend in Sugar Land are assessed a distance education fee for courses delivered online, through instructional television, or through tape purchase and a fee for face-to-face courses. Specific details about these off-campus fees will be published in the Class Schedule. For additional information, stop by the Information Center or the UH System at Ford Bend in Sugar Land office, 550 Julie Rivers Drive, Sugar Land, or call 281-275-3301. The University Center in Montgomery County Heide Hellriegel, Advisor (281) 618-7140 email: hellriegel@dt.uh.edu UHD has expanded its course offerings to the University Center at Montgomery College in The Woodlands. The Center offers bachelor’s degree programs and other instruction. The University Center is a partnership involving the North Harris Montgomery Community College District, Prairie View A&M University, Sam Houston State University, Texas A&M University, Texas Southern University, University of Houston-Downtown, University of Houston and The Woodlands Corporation, which donated the land and $2 million. Degrees offered by UH-Downtown include the Bachelor of Business Administration in Computer Information Systems; Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies; the Bachelor of Business Administration in Marketing; and the Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance. San Jacinto College North The University of Houston-Downtown teaches a number of courses on the campus of San Jacinto College North, 5800 Uvalde, Houston, 77049. These classes are in support of the Bachelor of Science, with a major in Criminal Justice, and the Bachelor of Arts, with a major in Interdisciplinary Studies (Elementary Education); but the courses may apply to any UHD degree program in which they are ordinarily accepted. The courses are being offered by UHD as off-campus courses. Students can take up to 18 hours of off-campus courses and count them toward a degree program. The courses meet in rooms of the San Jacinto College North Library Building.