Anne Rose-Pierce from "...after seventeen years" gets credit for this one. It was in he quarterly newsletter and I just had to pass it along:

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) offers a compilation o 28 courses and the opportunity to receive 1 college credit hour for each course completed. If you have servere gaps in your employment history, it's a good way to show a potenital employer evidence of inititative. By accumulating college credits through FEMA Independent Study Courses, you can get some personal satisfaction and valuable college hours towards a degree.

Icing on the cake - FEMA is free and it does hire ex-felons. Write to:
FEMA Independent Study Program
Emergency Management Institute
16825 South Seaton Avenue
Emmitsburg, MD 21727

There website is as follows:
http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/ishome.htm

Of course as of 12/31/02 20:00 this link is broken...
http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/ishome.htm

I contacted the webmaster should take about 6-10 months.

Our tax dollars at work!

No wonder I'm a crook... lol

because previous link is now busted I did some digging and here is at least another way to skin the cat...

http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/EMICatalog1/menu/index.html

Find "independent study courses" on the left hand side this gives you a list of course offered, pretty horrific stuff being FEMA and all...
But it might finish my requirement for 3 college credits.

The text from their website:

Curriculum Descriptions
Independent Study
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Independent Study Program is delivered through the Emergency Management Institute (EMI) and consists of self-paced courses. Each course is supported with specialized sets of course materials. These materials include practice exercises, unit reviews, glossaries, subject matter appendices, and a final examination. The average course completion time is 10–12 hours. Those who score 75 percent or better on the final examination are issued a certificate of completion.

Enrollment Options (There are no enrollment fees or charges.)

All individual enrollment requests must include:

· Course selected by course title and course number.

· Student’s name (this name will be the one that will be maintained in the student file and will be printed on all completion records and certificates).

· Student mailing address.

· Student’s social security number.

Group Enrollments may be coordinated for groups of five or more participants. Each group enrollment must include all of the above for each student on the group roster with the name and contact information for the group enrollment coordinator.

· Fax to (301) 447-1201

· Internet at http://www.fema.gov/emi/ishome.htm (Group enrollments cannot be submitted over the Internet yet.)

· Or send by United States Postal Service to:

FEMA Independent Study Program

Emergency Management Institute

16825 South Seton Avenue

Emmitsburg, MD 21727

College credit may be obtained for each successfully completed course. For information regarding applications for academic credit and fees, contact the Independent Study office.

Continuing education units (CEU’s) may be granted if an individual is not seeking college credit. An individual may seek one or the other, not both.

Military retirement and retention points. Army, Air Force, and Coast Guard reserve personnel not on extended duty may earn points upon successful completion of each course. The number of points awarded is determined by the student’s unit or branch of service.

To contact the FEMA Independent Study office:

· Fax to (301) 447-1201

· E-mail at Independent.Study@fema.gov

· Or send by United States Postal Service to:

FEMA Independent Study Program

Emergency Management Institute

16825 South Seton Avenue

Emmitsburg, MD 21727

WOW this is great news guys!