Online and Distance Education
Carmichael Hall, Room 200
Ball State University
Muncie, IN 47306

Hours: Summer hours through Aug. 13: 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Eastern time, Monday-Friday
Phone: 1-800-872-0369 or 765-285-1581
Fax: 765-285-7161
E-mail: distance@bsu.edu

Summer Online Courses


Other Online Courses
In addition, to the online Independent Learning classes listed to the left, a few undergraduate classes will be offered in online formats that span specific weeks and require specific log-in times. View that list

Approximately 200 online, undergraduate courses are offered through Ball State's Independent Learning Program.

For your convenience, we have marked which classes count toward Tiers 1, 2 and WISER+ requirements of the new University Core Curriculum, which is applicable to students who enrolled during or after fall 2010. Register now.

  • ACC 201 Principles of Accounting 1
  • ACC 202 Principles of Accounting 2

  • AHS 100 Introduction to Art—Tier 1 , WISER I 

     
  • ANTH 101 Introduction to Cultural Anthropology—Tier 1 
  • ANTH 103 Archaeology and Culture—Tier 1
  • ANTH 105 Introduction to Biological Anthropology—Tier 1
  • ANTH 111 Anthropolgy, Culture, Globalization  
  • ANTH 231 Intro to Native American Studies

  • ASTRO 100 Introductory Astronomy: A Study of the Solar System and Beyond—Tier 1

  • AT 196 Introduction to Athletic Training
  • AT 340 Prevention and Care of Musculoskeletal Injuries  

  • BIO 100 People and the Life Sciences—Tier 1, WISER  E 

  • BL 260 Principles of Business Law

  • BUSAD 101 Introduction to Business

  • CJC 101 Introduction to American Criminal Justice System—Tier 1
  • CJC 102 Introduction to Criminology—Tier 1  
  • CJC 221 Data Analysis in Criminal Justice
  • CJC 230 Introduction to Policing
  • CJC 240 Introduction to Corrections
  • CJC 250 Introduction to Courts/Judiciary  
  • CJC 311 Race, Ethnic, and Gender Issues in Criminal Justice—Tier 2, WISER R
  • CJC 312 Victimology
  • CJC 329 Decision Making and Ethics in Criminal Justice—Tier 2, WISER R
  • CJC 331 Organized Crime
  • CJC 332 Crisis Intervention in Criminal Justice
  • CJC 333 Police Systems and Organization
  • CJC 340 Institutional Corrections
  • CJC 341 Community Corrections
  • CJC 350 Criminal Evidence
  • CJC 351 Criminal Law
  • CJC 410 Current Topics in Criminology
  • CJC 430 Current Topics in Policing
  • CJC 440 Current Topics in Corrections 
  • CJC 450 Current Topics in Legal Aspects of Criminal Justice

  • COMM 210 Fundamentals of Public Communication—Tier 1
  • COMM 320 Persuasion

  • CS 104 Introduction to Computers—Tier 2, WISER T 
  • CS 110 Introduction to Computer Science—Tier 2, WISER T 
  • CS 116 Visual Programming—Tier 2
  • CS 124 Discrete Structures—Tier 2
  • CS 203 Introduction to Computer Security
  • CS 233 Microcomputer System Architecture—Tier 2
  • CS 236 Computer Database Techniques—Tier 2
  • CS 276 Survey of Computer Operating Systems—Tier 2
  • CS 300 Local and Wide Area Networks—Tier 2  
  • CS 397 Multitier Web Architectures

  • DANCE 100 Introduction to Dance History—Tier 1 

  • ECON 116 Survey of Economic Ideas
  • ECON 201 Elementary Microeconomics—Tier 1, WISER R 
  • ECON 202 Elementary Macroeconomics—Tier 2, WISER R, A

     
  • EDPSY 254 Psychology of Early Childhood
  • EDPSY 270 Human Development Across the Lifespan
  • EDPSY 350 Child Psychology
  • EDPSY 351 Adolescent Psychology
  • EDPSY 355 Adult Psychology
  • EMHS 351 Introduction to Emergency Management and Homeland Security
  • EMHS 352 Science of WMDs and Technological Hazards

  • ENG 103 English Composition 1
  • ENG 104 English Composition 2—Tier 1
  • ENG 206 Reading Literature 

     
  • FCSFA 365 Study of Fashion Designers and Forecasting

  • FCSFC 250 Family Relations
  • FCSFC 425 Grant Writing and Research Methods

  • FCSFN 275 Personal Nutrition
  • FCSFN 345 Macronutrients 

  • FCSPM 104 Housing Decisions
  • FCSPM 235 Introduction to Residential Property Management
  • FCSPM 275 Marketing and Leasing Residential Properties    
  • FCSPM 305 Maintenance for Property Managers
  • FCSPM 315 Senior Housing: Design, Marketing, and Management
  • FCSPM 405 Management of Government Assisted Housing

  • FIN 101 Personal Finance for Fiscal Wellness—Tier 1
  • FIN 110 Personal Finance—Tier 1
  • FIN 255 Introduction to Financial Investments 

     
  • GEOG 230 Elementary Meteorology

  • GEOL 101 Planet Earth’s Geological Environment—Tier 1, WISER E 

     
  • HIST 150 The West in the World—Tier 1
  • HIST 151 World Civilization 1—Tier 1
  • HIST 152 World Civilization 2—Tier 1
  • HIST 198 Studies in Non-Western Civilizations—Tier 1, WISER I, R 
  • HIST 201 American History, 1492-1876—Tier 1, WISER A
  • HIST 202 American History, 1877 to Present—Tier 1, WISER A
  • HIST 205 Introduction to Sport in American Life
  • HIST 301 The United States and the Vietnam War
  • HIST 310 Introduction to the History of Business in the United States—Tier 2, WISER A
  • HIST 360 Selected Topics in Military History
  • HIST 370 Foundations of Asian Civilization
  • HIST 371 Tradition, Conflict, and Change in Modern Asia
  • HIST 372 Africa Since 1500
  • HIST 407 The American Civil War and Reconstruction
  • HIST 413 Recent United States History: 1945 to the Present   
  • HIST 487 The Soviet Union
  • HIST 495 Modern China, 1600 to the Present
  • HIST 496 Modern Japan, 1600 to the Present

  • HSC 160 Fundamentals of Human Health—Tier 1
  • HSC 180 Principles of Community Health—Tier 2, WISER S  
  • HSC 467 Drug Dependency and Abuse  
  • HSC 471 Death and Dying—Tier 2, WISER R  

  • ISOM 112 Document Processing
  • ISOM 125 Microcomputer Applications for Business—Tier 2, WISER T 
  • ISOM 135 Business Information Systems
  • ISOM 226 Business Systems Application Development
  • ISOM 228 Advanced Microcomputer Applications for Business 
  • ISOM 251 Introductory Operations Management
  • ISOM 313 Databases and Information Resource Management
  • ISOM 340 Multimedia and Web Publishing for Business
  • ISOM 341 Business and Managerial Communications—WISER W
     
  • ITGRA 184 Computer Applications in Graphic Arts—Tier 2, WISER T
     
  • JOURN 101 Introduction to Mass Communication
  • JOURN 250 Introduction to Advertising 

     
  • MATHS 125 Mathematics and Its Applications—Tier 1
  • MATHS 181 Elementary Probability and Statistics      

     
  • MGT 271 Introductory Organizational Behavior

  • MUHIS100 Introduction to Music—Tier 1, WISER I

  • NREM 101 Environment and Society—Tier 1, WISER E

  • PFW 160 Individualized Fitness and Wellness

  • PHIL 100 Introduction to Philosophy—Tier 1
  • PHIL 202 Ethics—Tier 2, WISER W
  • PHYCS 110 General Physics 1 

  • POLS 130 American National Government—Tier 1
  • POLS 237 State and Local Politics
  • POLS 342 Problems in Public Policy
  • POLS 350 Public Administration  

  • PSYSC 100 General Psychology—Tier 1
  • PSYSC 241 Statistics
  • PSYSC 367 Introduction to Biopsychology
  • PSYSC 471 Forensic Psychology

  • RE 332 Legal Aspects of Real Estate

  • RELST 160 Introduction to Religion in Culture—Tier 1

  • RMI 270 Principles of Risk Management and Insurance
  • RMI 377 Operations of Insurance Enterprises 

  • SOC 100 Principles of Sociology—Tier 1
  • SOC 224 Family and Society
  • SOC 227 Spirituality, Self, and Society
  • SOC 235 Sociology of Women
  • SOC 242 Social Problems—Tier 1  
  • SOC 312 Leisure   
  • SOC 382 Applied Social Statistics
  • SOC 424 Family
  • SOC 425 Sociology of Law    
  • SOC 472 Urban Dynamics and Problems 

  • SOCWK 100 Introduction to Social Work
  • SOCWK 220 Social Welfare Policy 1
  • SOCWK 230 Human Behavior and the Social Environment 1 
  • SOCWK 320 Social Welfare Policy and Programs 2
  • SOCWK 340 Research in Social Work 1
  • SOCWK 370 Selected Aspects of Social Work Practice
  • SOCWK 440 Research in Social Work 2

  • THEAT 100 Introduction to Theatre—Tier 1
  • THEAT 232 Acting 1

  • WGS 210 Introduction to Women’s Studies
  • WGS 220 International Women's Issues 
  • WGS 310 Special Topics in Women’s and Gender Studies