Distance Education

  • Mason is growing to be a world-class university with educational activities in many parts of the United States and
    the world.
  • The University makes extensive and innovative use of technology in the development and delivery of credit
    bearing courses.
  • Over time, our distance education programs will grow to support learners distributed in many locations across Virginia and beyond.
Learning Shouldn't Be Confined To A Classroom

Online, onsite, or on-the-ground in Northern Virginia, George Mason University provides a world-class education that meets demands of the first truly global generation of learners. We invite you to inquire about our online courses, certificates, and degree programs designed to assure your future. Ranked number one in U.S. News and World Report's "Up and Coming Schools" for 2009, Mason is committed to offering innovative, high quality distance education programs that value learner needs. Follow the links to get started today.

What is Distance Education at Mason?Distance education provides students with the opportunity to take the same classes offered on campus but in a different format. Many distance education courses may be completed at home, while stationed abroad, or on the road. Distance education courses have textbooks, assignments, exams, student-centered interaction, and, other features that encourage success. Classes are designed to have minimal face-to-face contact, and students may have to go to campus for certain testing. Communication with the instructor and classmates is usually electronic via email or online discussion forums. Some courses use real-time two-way audio and application sharing software.

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Digital History Center Looks at the Future of Preserving the Past

Dan Cohen at CHNM

Mason's highly successful Center for History and New Media has accomplished much in its 14 years. Director Dan Cohen, above, vowed to continue the center's revolutionary work after the untimely death last year of founder Roy Rosenzweig.

By Tara Laskowski

It is hard to believe the Center for History and New Media (CHNM) has only been around for 14 years. In that short period of time, the center's work has revolutionized the way historians think about history and the way history is taught. It is now the largest and most-funded digital humanities and history center in the world, having been awarded more than $20 million in grants since its inception.

In 1994, Roy Rosenzweig, Mark and Barbara Fried Chair of History and Art History, founded the center. At that time, the entire operation functioned out of his office in Robinson Hall. When Dan Cohen, the current director of CHNM, came on board at the beginning of 2001, he remembers doing his work at a desk in the cramped hallway just outside Rosenzweig's office.

But the center couldn't be contained to such small quarters for very long. Eventually the staff moved to Pohick Module and expanded their programs even more. Today the center is located on half a floor in the Research I building.

Read the rest at The Mason Gazette.