Flexible course formats give busy part-time students choices for taking courses at times and in formats that best fit their schedules. Courses are open to any part-time matriculated or non-matriculated student. Alternate formats available: Accelerated, Condensed, Online, and Weekend College.

Students can combine these formats in any way that works for them: an online with an accelereated course, Weekend College with a condensed course, an online or Weekend College with a regular semester course, or any other variation.

Listing information is in the following order: Dept./Course / Course Title / Credits
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PLEASE NOTE:
See below for important registration and drop deadlines, and financial aid policies for flexible course formats. Tuition costs and registration forms are the same as regular semester courses.

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Accelerated Format
Complete a course in seven weeks. Accelerated courses meet in the classroom for nine hours (Saturday and Sunday, 4.5 hours per day). Students complete the course from home over the remainder of the seven weeks, using various methods (online, e-mail, regular mail). Accelerated courses will meet September 6-October 24, 2008(Accelerated I) and October 25-December 12, 2008 (Accelerated II).

OGL 300 Introduction to Organizational Leadership (3)
WRT 307 Advanced Writing Studio: Professional Writing (3)

Condensed Format
Students take an entire course in a more concentrated time period. Classes may meet once a week for eight weeks (five hours a night), twice a week for seven weeks (three hours a night), or on the weekends (Friday night and all day Saturday). Classes meeting all day usually have a workshop, presentation, or performance emphasis that makes long class periods desirable.

ACT 411 Supporting a Network Infrastructure (3)
ACT 421 Implementing and Administering Directory Services (3)
ACT 431 Designing a Directory Services & Networking Infrastructure (3) CANCELED


Online Format
Take a course from your computer at home -- no commuting necessary! They are conducted over the course of a semester. Online dialogue with the instructor and discussion with your classmates are integral parts of these courses. Students do not need to be computer experts, but basic computer skills are important; sending and receiving e-mail messages, posting to online discussion forums, "surfing" the web, and downloading files from a web site. Click HERE to view details on format, computer requirements and other class information.

AAS 402 Slavery and Abolition (3)
AAS 600 Slavery and Abolition (3)
ETS 215 Sophomore Poetry Workshop (3)
ETS 217 Sophomore Fiction Workshop (3)
ETS 401 Advanced Writing Workshop: Poetry (3)
ETS 403 Advanced Writing Workshop: Fiction (3)
HST 402 Slavery and Abolition (3)
NDS 225 Nutrition in Health (3)
PHI 171 Critical Thinking (3)
REL 101 Religions of the World (3)
REL 191 Religion, Meaning and Knoweldge (3)
SOC 377 Class, Status and Power (3)
SOC 434 Globalization and Social Change (3)
SOC 446 Social Impact of the Internet (3)
SOC 449 The Sociology of Evil (3)
SOC 646 Social Impact of the Internet (3)
SOC 649 The Sociology of Evil (3)
WRT 205 Studio 2: Critical Research and Writing (3)


Weekend College Format

Meet on campus for a three-day introduction to the course (four hours per day, per course). Attendance during this period is required. The rest of the course is completed from home by various mathods (online, e-mail, regular mail), depending on instructor preference. Weekend College will meet September 12-14, 2008, with independent work until November 21, 2008.

BPS 382 Leading Cooperaive Negotiations (3)
MAT 221 Elementary Probability and Statistics 1 (3)
PAF 420 Interpersonal Conflict Resolution Skills (3)


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Flexible Course Formats Special Information

Registration
Registration and drop deadlines associated with flexible courses do not follow the published deadline dates listed on this web site or in the Part-Time Course Schedule. Payment options are also unique to the start date and length of each class. Please call 315-443-4135 to speak to a Student Services Coordinator regarding the deadlines associated with your particular class.

Financial Aid
Register early for flexible format classes if you wish to receive financial aid! Students who expect to receive financial aid must register by the add deadline of the standard term within which the flexible format class is offered. Stafford loans for students in flexible format classes that begin later within the standard term may disburse on dates varying from those published for the standard term. Therefore, refund processing may also be affected. If you are anticipating the need for financial aid to pay for a class that starts after the official start date of the standard term, you should contact your UC Financial Aid Advisor during early registration for information and assistance.

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