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As the comprehensive public university in a metropolitan region, the University of Missouri-St. Louis serves students who are in many ways nontraditional in their demographic make-up, their approach to higher education, and their educational needs.  Meeting the requirements of these nontraditional students while extending the expertise of the university to the community is the mission of Continuing Education and Outreach.

Through Continuing Education and Outreach, the university's schools and colleges administer a wide variety of credit courses, noncredit programs, and problem-oriented research for the benefit of the people of the greater St. Louis metropolitan area and beyond.  Programs are offered both on and off campus.  Research, generally of an applied, urban-related nature, is designed to solve specific problems of client groups.

Arts and Sciences
Continuing Education and Outreach in the College of Arts and Sciences includes credit courses and noncredit programs for the college's departmental disciplines, including courses and workshops in the arts, microcomputers, music appreciation, writing, languages, history, and science.  Interdisciplinary teaching and research programs deal with such fields as social work, the humanities, and economics.  Programs for ongoing professional development provide targeted, concentrated information to area employers and to the general public regarding scientific and technological advancements.  Informational lectures and workshops on current issues are offered to the interested public.

Continuing Education and Outreach in the College of Arts and Sciences also sponsors the Center for Entrepreneurship and Economic Education, which provides programs and curriculum consultations to local teachers and schools.

The Microcomputer Program, which develops and teaches applied computer courses and awards the Chancellor's Certificate on the Computer, is also a unit of Arts and Sciences Continuing Education and Outreach.

The Advanced Credit Program is administered by Arts and Sciences.  This program provides an enrichment experience for secondary students who are university-bound by providing freshman-level courses for credit in selected high schools.

The Nonprofit Management and Leadership Program offers credit courses and noncredit programs oriented toward current managers and volunteer leaders of nonprofit organizations.

The Gateway Writing Project offers credit and noncredit programs on writing improvement for classroom teachers.

A wide variety of credit courses is offered at several locations throughout the St. Louis metropolitan area to enable students to obtain academic credit at locations convenient to where they live and work.

The Annual St. Louis Storytelling Festival is also sponsored by Continuing Education and Outreach in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Continuing Education and Outreach in the College of Arts and Sciences partners with area cultural institutions to offer credit and noncredit programs for symphony, opera, and theater goers.

Business Administration
Continuing Education programs through the School of Business Administration are offered in several areas, including organizational and management development and individual professional growth. Programs include a certificate program for firstline supervisors and a certificate program for human resource administrators. Special seminars and conferences are offered regularly on specific topics of current interest. In addition, the school cosponsors programs in the area of microcomputing.

Education
The overall aim of the School of Education's outreach activities is to provide services that bring about better teaching and learning situations in educational settings. The programs and courses help students complete Missouri teacher certification requirements as well as provide work either toward advanced degrees or for inservice professional growth. The school extends instructional research and service to educational personnel in other parts of Missouri and the Midwest in addition to the St. Louis metropolitan area.

Nursing
Barnes College of Nursing at UMSt. Louis offers a variety of continuing education programs for nurses and other health care professionals. Undergraduate Nursing and Arts and Sciences credit courses are offered for those wishing to complete their B.S.N. or finish prerequisites to begin work on a master's degree.  Selected graduate corses are also offered.

Optometry
The University of MissouriSt. Louis offers Continuing Education and Outreach programs for optometrists through the UMSt. Louis School of Optometry. Diagnostic and therapeutic classes are held on a frequent basis with doctors coming from a variety of states. Each spring, the Optometric Institute draws several hundred optometrists, optometric assistants, and technicians for a twoday conference covering the latest optometric techniques.

Video Instructional Program
Various credit courses are offered by UMSt. Louis on several cable stations in cooperation with the Higher Education Channel (HEC). For more information, call (314) 516-5370.

Outreach Sites
Continuing Education and Outreach offers selected graduate and undergraduate credit courses at UMSt. Louis Lindbergh, a satellite center located at Lindbergh High School in south St. Louis County. Continuing Education and Outreach offers credit courses at other metropolitan sites, including St. Charles West Senior High School, Fox High School in Arnold, and Jefferson College in Hillsboro.

The UMSt. Louis St. Charles County educational center has been established on the campus of St. Charles County Community College. Junior and seniorlevel courses are offered at this site. In the Jefferson County educational center, courses are offered at Fox High School in Arnold and Jefferson College in Hillsboro.

In-house Training
Specialized research and technical assistance and inhouse training programs are available to local businesses and organizations. With the help of expert faculty and staff consultants, the university is equipped to deliver specialized training on an inhouse basis.

J.C. Penney Conference Center
This large conference facility at UMSt. Louis houses a 435seat auditorium, as well as six large conference rooms, designed to provide an excellent academic environment and maximum convenience for course participants. A complete conference staff provides administrative support for seminars and conferences, as well as coordination for hundreds of hosted programs each year.

For more information on programs and services offered by Continuing Education and Outreach, call (314) 516-5958.