The Mount’s innovative distance learning program provides flexible access to programs and courses for students in Halifax, across the region and around the world. Students enroled at other universities also take advantage of this program to take electives or specialized courses towards completion of their degrees.
Courses are delivered using an online course management system and a variety of media and technologies including real-time virtual classrooms. Ten undergraduate programs and four graduate degrees can be completed through distance learning, and more than 250 courses are offered each year.
The following undergraduate programs can be taken entirely through distance learning, unless noted:
• Certificate in Accounting
• Certificate in Business Administration
• Certificate in Marketing
• Certificate in Tourism and Hospitality Management
• Diploma in Business Administration
• Diploma in Tourism and Hospitality Management
• Bachelor of Arts, General Studies (with Minors in English, Psychology, Religious Studies and
Women’s Studies, and Concentrations in English and Psychology)
• Bachelor of Arts (Child and Youth Study) – Bermuda cohort (and most courses for students within Canada)
• Bachelor of Business Administration
• Bachelor of Tourism and Hospitality Management
The following graduate programs can be taken entirely through distance learning, unless noted:
• Master of Public Relations
• Master of Arts in Communication
• Master of Education (Education of the Blind or Visually Impaired) - with some residency
• Master of Education (Education of the Deaf or Hard of Hearing) - with some residency
Certain courses are also available at a distance in other Education programs and in the Master of Arts in Family Studies and Gerontology program.
All relevant information including distance course listings is available online. For assistance, contact Distance Learning and Continuing Education by telephone at (902) 457-6511 or 1-800-665-3838, by fax at (902) 443-2135, or by e-mail at msvu.ca.