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General Online Course Information
Special 10% off Three-Unit Course Registration Fee Through Feb. 16th
Most Professional Development Institute courses are worth three semester units of graduate-level extension credit from the University of San Diego (USD). (Some courses are worth one unit of credit.) USD is a fully-accredited university. If you register for a PDI online course with university credit, upon completion you will receive an official USD transcript with a letter grade for the course. Credit fees are an additional $230 for three units of credit.
Course content is identical between flex courses and semester courses. The difference between the two options is that you can take up to one year to complete a flex course, whereas you must be finished by the end of the semester for a semester course. Additionally, a flex course has five online tests and four written assignments. A semester course has six written assignments.
Flex-Time Course Benefits
- Flex-time course registration fee is only $111 with the discount. The total cost for a three-unit course plus university credit is $341 with the discount!
- Courses are conducted entirely online. You do not have to go anywhere or be online at any specific time.
- Flex-time courses are self-paced and instructor-led.
- You have up to one year to complete a flex course. You must spend a minimum of three weeks in each PDI course. So, if you register for two courses you will be expected to spend a minimum of three weeks in each course for a total of six weeks. The timeline begins from the day you register and runs consecutively, not concurrently, when taking multiple courses. (Note that from June through August the minimum time requirement is two weeks.)
- Click here to view a list of PDI flex online courses
Semester Course Benefits
- Semester course registration fee is only $166 with the discount. The total cost for a three-unit course plus university credit is $396 with the discount!
- Courses are conducted entirely online. You do not have to go anywhere or be online at any specific time.
- Courses are instructor-led.
- Participate at your convenience. Coursework does not have to be finished until the semester deadline date. You must spend a minimum of three weeks in each PDI course. So, if you register for two courses you will be expected to spend a minimum of three weeks in each course for a total of six weeks. The timeline begins from the day you register and runs consecutively, not concurrently, when taking multiple courses. (Note that from June through August the minimum time requirement is two weeks.)
- Click here to view a list of PDI semester online courses
Do you need to get a PDI course approved by your school district prior to registering? If so, feel free to print our "Introduction to PDI Online Courses" letter to submit with your approval request. Click here to view and/or print the letter.
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