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**There is absolutely no doubt that Distance Learning is growing in the UW System. The new Fall "UW Extension 1998 Catalog of Distance Learning from UW System Institutions", compiled and produced by ICS, attests to that. See for yourself as you read the list of *new* courses/programs from the catalog below:

UW COLLEGES - *Business* - Managerial Accounting, 3 cr (Compressed Video). *Communications and Letters* - Greek and Latin Origins of Medical and Scientific Terminology, 3 cr (Compressed Video); Introduction to Mass Communication, 3 cr (Compressed Video). *Education* - The Exceptional Child, 3 cr (Compressed Video). *Fine Arts* - Creative Writing, 3 cr (Compressed Video); Fundamentals of Music, 3 undergrad cr (WWW); History of Western Music, 3 cr (Compressed Video). *Foreign Languages* - First Semester French, 4 cr (Compressed Video). *Physical, Mathematical and Computer Sciences* - Data Structures, 3 cr (WisView Audiographics); Surfing the Net, 2 undergrad cr (WWW); Trigonometry, 2 undergrad cr (WWW). *Social Sciences* - Survey of Physical Geography, 4 undergrad cr (WWW); World Regional Geography, 3 undergrad cr (WWW).

UW-EAU CLAIRE with UW-BARRON COUNTY - *Business* - Legal and Regulatory Environment, 3 undergrad cr (Compressed Video). *Social Sciences* - East Asian Studies, 3 cr (WONDER Network).

UW-LA CROSSE - *Social Sciences* - Asian Government and Politics, 3 cr (WONDER Network).

UW-MADISON - *Agriculture* - Science of Food, 3 cr (Broadcast TV/Cable TV/Videotape); *Engineering* - Advanced Technical Japanese Seminar, 3 cr (Email). *Foreign Languages* - Basic Chinese Conversation for Professionals, 3 cr (Compressed Video/Videotape/National Technological University Satellite). Japanese Language and Culture for Professionals III, 3 cr (Compressed Video/Videotape/National Technological University Satellite). *Health* - Diabetes Educator Initiative, 1.2 CEUs (/WisLine); Unintentional Injury Prevention in Early Adolescence (10-14 year olds), 0.3 CEUs (WisSat Satellite). *Library and Information Studies* - A Book Is a Gift You Can Open Again and Again, 0.3 CEUs (ETN); After Frog and Toad and Before Ramona: Evaluating and Selecting Easy Readers and Transitional Fiction, 0.3 CEUs (ETN); Book Censorship and Intellectual Freedom 0.3 CEUs (ETN); Genealogy, 1 undergrad/grad cr (compressed video); If Only I Had Known (What They Never Told Me When I took This Job), 0.4 CEUs (ETN); Internet: Public Access Policies and Sites and Best Sites for children, 1.0 CEUs (ETN); More (and Better) Planning for Results, 0.4 CEUs (ETN); What is Everybody Reading? 1.0 (ETN).

UW-MILWAUKEE - *Foreign Languages* - French Literature from the Middle Ages to the 18th Century, 3 cr (Compressed Video). *Health* - Health Care Delivery in the US, 3 cr (WWW). *Social Sciences* - Individual Behavior and Social Welfare-offered with UW-La Crosse, 3 undergrad/grad cr (Compressed Video); Methods of Social Welfare- offered with UW-La Crosse, 3 undergrad/grad cr (Compressed Video).

UW-RIVER FALLS - *Education* - Introduction to Counseling, 3 cr (WestWING Network).

UW-STEVENS POINT - *Physical, Mathematical and Computer Sciences* - Special Topics: Using the Calculator Based Laboratories, 3 grad cr (CBL); Materials in the Algebra Classroom, 3 cr (Internet).

UW-WHITEWATER - *Business* - Accounting and Management Information Systems, 3 grad cr (Online); Advanced Statistical Methods, 3 grad cr. (Online); International Management, 3 grad cr (Online); Seminar in Business Communication, 3 grad cr (Online). *Education* - Approaches to Teaching ESL to Adults, 3 undergrad/grad cr (Compressed Video/Email/Internet); The Whole Child: A Caregiver's Guide to the First Five Years, 2-3 undergrad/grad cr (ETN/ETV).