NAU Graduate Catalog: Statewide Programs

Statewide Programs
We at NAU have been charged by the Arizona Board of Regents with the unique responsibility for providing university courses and programs in Arizona's nonmetropolitan areas.

We are committed to bringing educational opportunities to students who cannot easily come to Flagstaff or must work and therefore find it difficult to take advantage of more traditional academic programs. We provide educational services to such students in several creative ways, as we describe in this chapter:

our academic center in Yuma, which provides many complete degree opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students

our statewide academic programs office, which works with fifteen statewide offices throughout the state that coordinate academic courses and programs in their areas

our interactive television and satellite transmission systems, which allow us to use technology to teach students throughout the state and provide other educational opportunities to essentially any community in Arizona and beyond

NAU-Yuma
PO Box 6236, Yuma, AZ 85366
520-344-3828
Web site: http://www.nau.edu/~nauyuma/

Executive Director--Nick L. Lund
Academic Complex (520-344-3828, ext. 2)
e-mail: Nick.Lund@nau.edu

Associate Director--Paul Dale
Student Services Building (520-344-3828, ext. 1)

Faculty
Academic Complex (520-344-3828)

Through NAU-Yuma, our academic center in Yuma, we offer courses and programs for the people of southwestern Arizona.

NAU-Yuma is located on the campus of Arizona Western College (AWC), with whom we cooperate to provide greater educational opportunities in this area. About half of our students at NAU-Yuma are graduate students working toward graduate degrees or certification.

For more information about NAU-Yuma, contact the staff members listed here. They can provide you with NAU-Yuma's Schedule of Classes, which provides information about procedures and courses for specific semesters.

Degree Programs
You can pursue the following graduate degrees and certification programs at NAU-Yuma. For specific information about individual programs, refer to the Academic Programs chapter of this catalog.

Graduate Degrees

M.Ed. with majors in educational leadership and early childhood, elementary, secondary, and bilingual and multicultural education
M.Ed. in counseling, human relations emphasis
M.Ed. in counseling, school counseling emphasis*
M.A. in teaching English as a second language*

*These programs are administered by NAU in Flagstaff; selected courses are available at NAU-Yuma.

Certification Programs

Post-degree certification in elementary education and secondary education
Certification for teaching English as a second language/bilingual and multicultural education (ESL/BME)
Administrative certification (for principals and superintendents)

Admission to NAU-Yuma
To be admitted, you must meet the admission requirements described in the Admissions chapter of this catalog. Return your completed application to NAU-Yuma's Office of Academic and Student Services.

If you are seeking readmission to NAU-Yuma, you must follow these same procedures.

If you are seeking admission to the post-degree certification program in elementary or secondary education, you must complete applications for the Graduate College and the teacher education program.

Academic Advising
If you are a full-time student seeking a degree, you must meet with an academic adviser before registering for courses. You can schedule an appointment with the appropriate academic adviser by contacting NAU-Yuma's Office of Academic and Student Services (520-344-3828, ext. 1).

Registration
You can find specific information about registration and courses offered in NAU-Yuma's Schedule of Classes, which is published each semester. To obtain a registration form and the current semester's Schedule of Classes, contact NAU-Yuma's Office of Academic and Student Services.

Financial Aid
We offer federal financial aid and scholarships to help both full-time and part-time students. Guaranteed student loans are also available. For more information, contact NAU-Yuma's Office of Academic and Student Services.

It is important that you apply early for financial assistance to meet the April 15 priority deadline for fall and spring semesters.

Housing
Although most students at NAU-Yuma choose to live at home, limited on-campus housing is available. For information about housing options, contact NAU-Yuma's Office of Academic and Student Services.

Important Features
To help you achieve your specific academic goals, NAU-Yuma offers the following:

small classes in which you receive individual attention
dedicated faculty, including permanent full-time NAU-Yuma faculty in residence, adjunct faculty, and NAU-Flagstaff faculty
a two-way instructional interactive television network, which allows you to take courses at NAU-Yuma that are being concurrently taught on the Flagstaff campus and/or other NAU statewide sites
many evening courses for your convenience
faculty advisers to help you plan and develop your program of study
transcript evaluation for prospective students
career planning, placement, and counseling services
access to AWC's library, to which NAU-Yuma continually adds books, periodicals, and other resources
on-line access to NAU-Flagstaff's library information system and the Internet
AWC's Bookstore, where you can purchase textbooks and other supplies
student activities, including performances, lectures, and art exhibits
admission services and computerized registration through NAU-Yuma, with direct access to NAU-Flagstaff offices
financial aid programs for full-time and part-time students

Faculty in Residence
Anna-Marie Aldaz, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Coordinator, Liberal Studies Programs at NAU-Yuma
Modern languages (University of Oregon 1969)

Karen W. Cotera, Ed.D., Associate Professor and Coordinator of Education Programs at NAU-Yuma
Curriculum and instruction, educational leadership (Northern Arizona University 1987)

Marjorie Dammeyer, Ed.D., Assistant Professor
Secondary education, curriculum and instruction (Northern Arizona University 1984)

Jack Ferrell, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Sociology, criminal justice (University of Arizona 1989)

Arnolda Hilgert, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Management, marketing (Claremont 1992)

Glenn Hookstra, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Reading, curriculum and instruction (Oregon State University 1989)

Gary E. Martin, Ed.D., Assistant Professor
Educational leadership (Texas A&M 1986)

Michael J. Miller, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
English (University of Florida 1991)

Gerald L. Schmaedick, M.A., Assistant Professor
International business (University of Maryland 1964)

Pamela J. Sharpe, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Teaching English as a second language, bilingual and multicultural education (Ohio State University 1984)

Richard J. Venedam, Ed.D., Assistant Professor
Educational technology (Northern Arizona University 1994)

Thomas F. Waters, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
Criminal justice (University of Arizona 1992)

Statewide Academic Programs
PO Box 4117
Flagstaff, AZ 86011-4117
520-523-4212 or 800-426-8315
Web site: http://www.nau.edu/~conted/

NAU's statewide academic programs serve a large and growing number of Arizona residents who are unable to attend a traditional on-campus resident college or university because of their geographic location or employment constrictions, but who desire the services, programs, and degrees that are available through NAU.

The following services are available through NAU's Office of Statewide Academic Programs.

Statewide Instructional Sites
Statewide Academic Programs provides educational opportunities to students in other parts of Arizona by offering instruction at sites throughout the state.

Courses offered at our statewide sites may be applied to a variety of programs. To participate in these instructional programs, you must complete the appropriate application for admission to NAU whether or not you are seeking a degree. If you wish to apply to a degree program, you should contact an academic adviser at the appropriate NAU statewide site.

NAU's statewide academic programs are directed by the fifteen coordinators listed here. Groups or individuals interested in particular courses or programs should contact the appropriate coordinator. For additional information about NAU courses offered through statewide programs or to request a copy of the current semester's Statewide Academic Programs Class Schedule, contact the Office of Statewide Academic Programs, PO Box 4117, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-4117 (520-523-4212 or 1-800-426-8315). Also see our site on the World Wide Web at http://www.nau.edu:80/~conted/sap.html.

NAU-Central Arizona (Chandler)
(includes all communities in East Maricopa County south and east of the Salt River)
Janet Quade, Coordinator (Janet.Quade@nau.edu)
Sebastian Consolino, Secretary (Sebastian.Consolino@nau.edu)
793 Alma School Road, Suite C10
Chandler, AZ 85224
602-786-7020

NAU-Central Arizona (Signal Peak)
(includes all communities in Pinal County)
Brenda Sutton, Coordinator (Brenda.Sutton@nau.edu)
Central Arizona College
Bradley Sizer Business Building, room 327
8470 North Overfield Road
Coolidge, AZ 85228
520-421-1394

NAU-Eastern Arizona
(includes all communities in Gila, Graham, and Greenlee Counties)
Edd Hubbard, Coordinator (Edward.Hubbard@nau.edu)
Kathy Provencio, Secretary (Kathy.Provencio@nau.edu)
Eastern Arizona College
600 Church Street
Thatcher, AZ 85552
520-428-8344

NAU-Estrella Mountain
(includes communities in southwestern Phoenix and southwestern Maricopa County)
Bill Padilla, Coordinator (William.Padilla@nau.edu)
Lonnie Lansford, Secretary (Lonnie.Lansford@nau.edu)
Estrella Mountain Community College Center
3000 North Dysart Road
Avondale, AZ 85323-4900
602-935-8867

NAU-Mohave (Kingman)
(includes Kingman and Bullhead City areas)
Paul Tribbett, Coordinator (Paul.Tribbett@nau.edu)
Shirley Hiestand, Secretary (Shirley.Hiestand@nau.edu)
Mohave Community College
1971 Jagerson Avenue
Kingman, AZ 86401
520-757-0818

NAU-Mohave (Lake Havasu City)
Mary Turner, Coordinator (mlt@nau.edu)
Mohave Community College
1977 Acoma Boulevard
Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403
520-680-5961

NAU-Navajo and Hopi
(includes the Navajo Nation, the Hopi Reservation, and Page in Coconino County)
Ann Beck, Coordinator (Ann.Beck@nau.edu)
Theresa Boone, Coordinator (Theresa.Boone@nau.edu)
Anne Buzzard, Coordinator (Anne.Buzzard@nau.edu)
Liz Tso, Secretary (Liz.Tso@nau.edu)
Northern Arizona University
PO Box 6025
Flagstaff, AZ 86011-6025
800-426-8315
or 520-523-6607

NAU-Northlands
(includes all communities in Apache and Navajo counties except the Navajo Nation and the Hopi Reservation)
Charles Little, Coordinator (Charlie.Little@nau.edu)
Northland Pioneer College
1001 West Deuce of Clubs
Show Low, AZ 85901
Mailing Address:
PO Box 359
Pinetop, AZ 85935
520-367-1152

NAU-Paradise Valley
(includes all communities in Maricopa County north and west of the Salt River)
Patty Bilby Moore, Coordinator and Graduate Adviser (Patricia.Moore@nau.edu)
Ann O'Hara, Secretary (Ann.Ohara@nau.edu)
602-493-2728
Charles Pilon, Coordinator and Undergraduate Adviser (Chuck.Pilon@nau.edu)
Barbara Gudgeon, Secretary (Barbara.Gudgeon@nau.edu)
602-493-2737
Paradise Valley Community College
Student-Community Services Building
18401 North 32nd Street
Phoenix, AZ 85032

NAU-Southern Arizona (Douglas)
(includes all communities in Cochise and Santa Cruz counties)
Paul Denham, Coordinator (denhamp@tron.cochise.cc.az.us)
Marlene Bassett, Secretary (bassettm@tron.cochise.cc.az.us)
Cochise Community College
2110 23rd Street
Douglas, AZ 85607
520-364-8084

NAU-Southern Arizona (Tucson)
(includes all communities in Pima County)
David Kennon, Coordinator (David.Kennon@nau.edu)
Jacqueline Larsen, Secretary (jpl@nau.edu)
2500 North Tucson Boulevard, Suite 100
Tucson, AZ 85716
520-323-3191

NAU-Yavapai
(includes all communities in Yavapai County)
Kay Dean, Coordinator (Kay.Dean@nau.edu)
Jeanne Roberts, Secretary (Jeanne.Roberts@nau.edu)
160 North Rush Street
Prescott, AZ 86301
520-445-5231

Interactive Instructional Television
As a unit within the Office of Statewide Academic Programs, we work with other NAU departments to plan and schedule televised courses that are offered on the Flagstaff campus and at a growing number of sites around the state. These courses include graduate and undergraduate courses applicable to a number of degree programs.

Instructional television courses that originate or are received in Flagstaff are noted in NAU-Flagstaff's Class Schedule. Full course descriptions are given in the Academic Programs chapter of this catalog.

For information about scheduling courses, contact Statewide Academic Programs-IITV, NAU, PO Box 4117, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-4117 (800-426-8315). You can also visit our site on the World Wide Web at http://www.nau.edu:80/~conted/iitv.html.

For information about the technical delivery of courses on television, contact NAU Television Services, NAU, PO Box 5676, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5676 (520-523-4259).

For information about which courses are available at specific statewide sites, contact the appropriate statewide office.

Personal and Professional
Development Programs
We provide noncredit and some credit-option programs in the form of workshops, conferences, seminars, orientations, and study tours on a variety of topics related to health, culture, education, mental health, and nontechnical business and management. These programs are for paraprofessionals and professionals in Arizona, the Four Corners area, and throughout the United States.

To request a detailed description of current programs, call 520-523-8063 or 800-426-8315 (option 4). You can also e-mail Statewide.PPDP@nau.edu or view our home page at http://www.nau.edu/~conted/ppdp.html. Finally, you can write to us at Personal and Professional Development Programs, NAU, PO Box 4117, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-4117.

Summer Sessions
We offer a wide variety of courses from NAU's regular curriculum during a three-week presession and two five-week sessions each summer. In addition, we offer a number of workshops, seminars, institutes, and intensive special-interest short courses. For selected academic courses, we also offer a ten-week summer session.

For information about summer sessions (costs, schedule of courses, and application procedures), request our summer bulletin, which is published each February by the Summer Sessions office of Statewide Academic Programs.

Summer housing is available. For housing information, contact the Office of Residence Life at 520-523-3978.

Please be aware that if you enrolled at NAU during the preceding year's summer session or for the fall or spring semesters preceding the summer sessions, you don't need to submit additional admission application materials for the summer sessions.

For more information, contact Summer Sessions, NAU, PO Box 4117, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-4117 (520-523-4212 or 1-800-426-8315). You can also view our home page on the World Wide Web at http://www.nau.edu:80/~conted/summer.html.

Educational Opportunities
through Information Technology
NAU is providing access to education throughout Arizona and beyond by using exciting technology to link people and programs in ways that have only recently become possible.

These services are described briefly in the paragraphs that follow. For more information, contact Educational Systems Development, NAU, PO Box 5752, Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5752 (520-523-1805).

Interactive Instructional Television
We are currently offering about fifty courses each semester for university credit through our interactive television system.

This exciting method of teaching allows interaction between students and instructor, despite the miles between them, and permits the use of sophisticated visual aids, such as computer graphics, video modules, and pad camera reproductions. We continue to develop additional ways to use this technology to improve educational opportunities throughout Arizona.

We have interactive classrooms at many sites, and additional sites are under construction. The control rooms for these classrooms are configured to be "user transparent," and operators using them can move from one to another with complete ease.

To contact us, see our site on the World Wide Web at http://www.nau.edu:80/~conted/iitv.html.

NAUNet
Telecommunications Network
This interactive microwave network allows multiple sites to interconnect with one another.

Our first instructional sites, in Flagstaff and Yuma, were completed in 1989. These were soon followed by sites in Phoenix (Arizona Department of Education and Supreme Court), Kingman (Mohave Community College), Tempe (Arizona State University), Tucson (University of Arizona and the UA Medical Center), and Holbrook (Northland Pioneer College). Three sites on the Navajo and Hopi Reservations are active, with a fourth site being developed at Fort Defiance.

NAUNet currently includes sixteen interconnected instructional sites throughout Arizona, and the network continues to grow. As a result, students in many parts of the state can pursue higher education goals without leaving their home communities.

Our system is fully interactive and includes T-1 data and telephony services on many circuits.

NAULA and the Satellite System
The Northern Arizona University Learning Alliance (NAULA) is a voluntary alliance of more than one hundred satellite downlink, cable, and wireless cable sites across Arizona for the delivery of statewide programs. We support NAULA with a C-band satellite transmission (uplink) system, which we completed in 1990, that can transmit to areas covering the contiguous forty-eight states.

In addition, we are developing educational programming to make use of this system to reach individual homes, public schools, community colleges, and other governmental entities. Our system is especially promising for bringing people from diverse areas together for educational conferences and for providing regular courses and other educational programming to people in remote parts of the state. For instance, this system brings foreign language courses to areas where on-site instructors are unavailable.

NAU is also a founding member of IDEANET, a nationwide distance education alliance.

Production Facilities
The center of NAU's communications system is our broadcast-quality television production studio and postproduction facility along with master control for NAUNet-Flagstaff, our campus-wide NAU cable television system, the "feed" to Flagstaff Cablevision, and a satellite reception facility that has Ku-band and C-band downlink (receive) antennas.

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