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Enrollment for the Management Assistance Team's online Fall term courses will be open August 2 through September 17, 2010 for courses beginning October 11, 2010. Fish and wildlife personnel have unique perspectives, and the Management Assistance Team’s (MAT) online leadership development courses are tailored specifically to conservation professionals. These courses are part of MAT’s Leadership Development Initiative for state fish and wildlife agencies.  Each course carries a nominal fee to cover technology costs and copyright protected materials. Courses offered this Winter cost $44 plus materials for 4-week offerings and $63 plus materials for the 6-week offerings. Courses covering similar topics would cost approximately $400.

Effective Fall Term 2009, required course books will be the responsibility of the student to purchase and/or obtain. Books can no longer be obtained through and shipped by the Management Assistance Team to students for online courses. Total course costs for courses requiring a book will be decreased by the amount of the book originally included in the final invoice. If you register for a course that has required reading materials, you will receive an email from the registrar at the time of enrollment that will include the title and author of the book(s) you will need for that course. You may order books online from vendors such as Amazon.com, buy them from your local bookstore, or borrow them from someone in your agency who has previously taken the course. This new policy does not include XanEdu access codes for articles from periodicals which will still be invoiced and distributed to you through the MAT team.