Sandy Belote, Director of Evening School
Ruth Coleman, Director of Public Service
Candace Goad, Director of Student/Alumni Employment Information Center

One of the major responsibilities of the University is to provide educational opportunities for working adults and other part-time students. The requirements for upgrading in job performance and changes in manpower needs, as well as a desire for individual self-renewal, make it both necessary and desirable to continue learning throughout life. The Division supports the University in its mission to meet the educational needs of Tennessee by providing an evening school program, providing travel study programs, and sponsoring seminars, workshops, and other special interest courses.

The Division also offers a variety of youth and children's programs and manages the Cooperative Education programs and the Student/Alumni Employment Information Center.

Evening School and Public Service programs are available by writing to the Division of Continuing Education, The University of Tennessee at Martin, Martin, Tennessee 38238.

College credit courses are offered in the evening at several off-campus locations and on the Martin campus. Classes are offered in Jackson, Paris, Union City, and Waverly. These courses carry full-residence credit and provide an opportunity for working adults and other interested students to work toward a bachelor's or master's degree, gain professional recertification, occupational upgrading, or simply study in academic areas of interest.

The Evening School has off-campus office locations in Jackson and Waverly. For information on Jackson course offerings, please call 901/425-3350 or 800/491-6445. The Jackson office is located at Lambuth University, 307 Jones Hall. For information on Waverly course offerings, please call 615/296-3312.

The University of Tennessee at Martin is a member of The Cooperative Center for Study in Britain, a higher education consortium. UT Martin and CCSB sponsor a two-week study program in London in late December and early January as well as a two-week Australia program. During each summer there are two five-week terms in Britain, as well as a two-week program in Ireland. For students interested in a longer period of study CCSB provides a semester in Cambridge. UT Martin faculty participate regularly in programs. Courses and fees vary for each program. For a complete list of program offerings, contact Continuing Education in Gooch Hall.

The University sponsors a wide range of conferences, seminars, workshops, and special interest events relevant to the educational interests of the University community, business and industry, special groups, and the general public.

The public service program also includes technical assistance, management assistance, applied research, and other professionally related activities which are undertaken to help federal, state, or local government, business and industry, professional organizations, and educational institutions. These services are furnished specifically at the request and for the benefit of non-university organizations.

Cooperative Education is the integration of classroom theory with practical experience by means of alternating specific periods of attendance at the University with specific periods of employment.

The following factors are used to adhere to this definition: (1) The student's work should be related to his/her field of study and individual interest within the field. (2) The employment must be considered to be regular, continuing, and an essential element in the educational process. (3) The working experience will ideally increase in difficulty and responsibility as the student progresses through the academic curriculum.

Any UT Martin instructional unit that develops an academic program which permits students to rotate the semesters at the University and the periods of employment may participate. Presently participating are the Schools of Agriculture and Human Environment, Business Administration, and Engineering Technology and Engineering, and within the School of Arts and Sciences: Chemistry, Computer Science, Criminal Justice, Geosciences, History, Mathematics, and Political Science.

In Cooperative Education, students enroll in (Academic Major) 201C-202C-203C-204C-205C-206C (1,1,1,1,1,1) Cooperative Education Experience and receive one semester hour credit per work period. Academic qualifications and career training positions, as available, are determined by the Director of the Employment Information Center who assigns Pass (P) or Fail (F) grades for the courses. Normally, failing grades will not be given except in cases where students have been dismissed by their employers for unsatisfactory performance or students leave their jobs prior to completion of a work period without proper approval from the Director of Cooperative Education. In order to receive credit, the students must submit a work report, and the employers are requested to submit an Employer's Rating Form for each work period.

Students majoring in programs which require, or accept, internship credit for professional experience may elect to enroll in (Academic Major) 301C-302C (2-6, 2-6) Cooperative Education and Internship Experience and receive two to six semester hours credit per work period. To receive this experience, approval of the academic advisor and the Director of the Employment Information Center is required. To enroll, students must have, at least, junior status. An academic advisor from the participating instructional unit is assigned to help coordinate the internship experience and assign letter grades. The students are required to maintain all work reports necessary to satisfy the cooperative education requirements plus any additional assignments.

No more than twelve total credit hours for the entire Cooperative Education Experience and/or Cooperative Education and Internship Experience may be earned. Internship credit hours count toward the requirements of the Baccalaureate Degree and are not additive. The specific instructional units under which the students participate in the program determine the degree requirements for which the work experience substitutes.

Applications for the program should be filed in the Employment Information Center as early after enrollment in the University as possible thus permitting flexibility in obtaining the proper work experience.

While working, participants are considered full-time students of The University of Tennessee at Martin and have the same general status as students in attendance at the University.

Student fees are assessed according to the current per semester hour rate as shown under Financial information. For additional information, contact the Employment Information Center, The University of Tennessee at Martin, Martin, Tennessee 38238.

An employment service is administered in the University Center, Room 250, to find temporary part-time employment for students regardless of their financial needs. Part-time work opportunities are available off-campus as well as in the various schools and offices of the University. The student must come to the Employment Information Center, Room 250, University Center, and make application each semester to be considered for employment.

The Employment Information Center (250 University Center) provides assistance to degree candidates and alumni in securing professional employment. The services are free and available year-round. Candidates for degrees are encouraged to set up a graduate file early in their senior year to take advantage of the various employment services offered in the Employment Information Center. For additional information, contact the Employment Information Center, The University of Tennessee at Martin, Martin, Tennessee 38238.