Academics

In-Person, Online, or Hybrid Definitions

Our goal is to provide students and faculty with options that best suit their needs. Undergraduate courses are offered in-person, online, or as a hybrid to better accommodate students and faculty and minimize large group gatherings. 

There are three different categories of course delivery, including: 

• Online: The course will be fully online with no face-to-face meetings on campus.  These classes are accessible to all students, on-campus and remote.  Some will have scheduled meeting times (online) and we will work to ensure that students have access across all time zones.  
• Hybrid:  The course will provided a blended experience--face-to-face meetings and online classes--for students on campus while assuring that remote students have full access to content. The details will vary by course, but one example has online lectures with scheduled small-group meetings with faculty and teaching assistants on campus.  In another example, the faculty will divide their students into cohorts and hold face-to-face meetings with one cohort while the other cohort participates online.  

• In-Person:  The course has a required on-campus component.  Students who do not plan to come to campus will not be able to complete these courses in the fall terms.  Most courses in this category have a lab component that cannot be completed away from campus.