ASME Virtual Campus expands with MIT and University of Washington

Jack Raplee
ASME NEWS

The Continuing Education Institute has expanded ASME's Virtual Campus by bringing aboard two more schools: the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, which joined in March, and the University of Washington, which came aboard in January.

Both of the institutions are listed among the top 50 national doctoral universities.
The ASME Virtual Campus is a service of the Continuing Education Institute, and ASME members can register for any distance education courses online.

Virtual Campus participants interested in pursuing a degree program have the option of enrolling in the UW distance-learning curriculum called EDGE (Education at a Distance for Growth and Excellence). UW is proactive in distance learning, offering 11 degrees, 27 certificates and more than 300 courses online, attracting nearly 10,000 enrollments a year.

MIT's Advanced Studies Program (ASP) will use the Virtual Campus to offer seven graduate-level courses, which include four certified courses in the school's System Dynamics program Ñ System Dynamics Foundation: Managing Complexity, System Dynamics for Insight, Real World System Dynamics and Advanced Topics in System Dynamics. Other ASP courses available include Web System Architecting, Introduction to Computers, and Engineering Problem Solving and Economic Concepts for Engineers and Managers.

Other graduate schools participating in the Virtual Campus include Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey Institute of Technology, the University of South Carolina and the U.S. Open University.

Of the top 50 national doctoral universities, the Virtual Campus includes the University of Wisconsin and the University of Illinois.

For more information or to register for a course, contact Thomas Kuehl at (212) 591-8013, e-mail: kuehlt@asme.org or visit the Web site at www.asme.org/asmevirtualcampus.

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