College of Education
COE Extended Studies
Welcome to the Home page for the Online Programs and the Extended Studies Programs.
Please click on the links below to find more information.
General Information
The College of Education Extended Studies Program at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs provides various high-quality undergraduate and graduate courses for traditional and non-traditional students.
This program also provides an outreach effort for Colorado residents who request workshops, seminars, course, and professional development experiences for undergraduate and graduate students, credit or non-credit. Extended Studies includes instruction of all types delivered off-campus.
Instruction may be offered at off-campus locations or at other institution's campuses; delivered to students via mail and print material or electronic media including e-learning, Internet, E-college, email, television, satellite, or other technology media; or provided in collaboration with other institutions, agencies, or organizations.
The organizational structure of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs (UCCS) Extended Studies is described as decentralized, or college based, as contrasted with Continuing Education, a centralized model for alternative course delivery. The College of Education is one of five Colleges participating in University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Extended Studies. Other colleges on our campus participating in the Extended Studies programs are Business, Engineering and Applied Science, Letters, Arts, and Sciences, and Nursing and Health Sciences.
Each college has an Extended Studies Coordinator who reports to the dean of the appropriate college. Coordinators, in turn, develop college-based programs within the policies and procedures of University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and the Colorado Commission on Higher Education and employ appropriate academic and financial support personnel.
The main objective of The College of Education Extended Studies Program is to increase campus capacity to respond to the region's educational, training, and professional development needs to support current students, potential students, community needs, and other regional and state clients.
The College of Education at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs is NCATE and NCA accredited. To ensure that the online programs are held to the same standards, they are currently being evaluated for the same accreditation. As with any new program, there may be unforeseen challenges in the timeliness of the approval process.
The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs is in Association with the Colorado Commission on Higher Education, please visit www.state.co.us/cche/extendedcampus/index/index.html for more information.
The College of Education programs are fully accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education and we are approved by the Colorado Department of Education and the Colorado Commission of Higher Education.
Director and Staff
Kyla Hammond
Executive Director of Enrollment Operations
and Extended Studies
Columbine Hall 4003
Phone: (719) 262-4116
email: khammon3@uccs.edu
Yvonne Bogard
Director of Technology and Distance Education
Columbine Hall 4005
Phone: (719) 262-3614
email: ybogard@uccs.edu
Cindy Brown
Program Assistant
Columbine Hall 4014
Phone: (719) 262-4344
email: cbrown@uccs.edu
Carla Rupprecht
Extended Studies Program Coordinator
Columbine Hall 4014
Phone: (719) 262-4134
email: crupprec@uccs.edu
Sharie Thompson
Financial Officer
Columbine Hall 4016
Phone: (719) 262-4665
email: sthompso@uccs.edu
Contact Us
Extended Studies Programs
Departmental office is located in Columbine Hall 4014.
Phone: (719) 262-4134 Fax: (719) 262-3915
Carla Rupprecht
Phone: (719) 262-4134 email: crupprec@uccs.edu
Cindy Brown
Phone: (719) 262-4344 email: cbrown@uccs.edu