Overseas students pay  624 

Industrial sponsored students pay  970. 

This is a nine month postgraduate course following the traditional British academic year (Oct 

  July). The start and finish dates are fixed. 

Colleges 

The institutions categorized as colleges are in many ways similar to the category of university 

department or center. They are however more independent entities. Among the colleges were 

The Central Michigan University, College of Extended Learning [117], The Tromso College, 

Faculty of Education [59], and Bellevue Community College <111>. 

The Central Michigan University, College of Extended Learning [117] 

(

http://www.cel.cmich.edu/faq/home.htm

) offers 18 courses in: Accounting, Astronomy, 

Business, Finance, Health, Journalism, Management, and Religion. Lecture materials, 

handouts, study guides and assignments are all online. Interaction with the instructor and other 

participants occurs through web based bulletin boards, web based chat sessions, web based 

messaging and e mail. 

The Tromso College, Faculty of Education [59] (

http://www.hitos.no/lutd/

) in Norway has 70 

students and 3 courses in computer science and environmental physics. The web is used as a 

medium for distribution of course materials and communication in a combination with 

students meeting at campus 3 8 times a year. It is primarily used for the distance learning 

students. They started the first experiments with Internet based courses in 1992. 

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