PROGRAM LOGISTICS

1. On-campus classes are video-taped in the Lowder Business Building's state-of-the-art classroom facilities. Distance students are shipped DVDs within seconds of the on-campus lectures ending. Students may also view the on-campus lectures via streaming video. Students must have a high-speed internet connection, such as a cable modem, DSL, or T1 line, to utilize the streaming videos. Links to the streaming videos will be through WebCT. Students log on to WebCT through the main Auburn web page. Sudents' classes should appear with a streaming video link on the main page of the distance course. In order to protect Auburn's servers and to restrict the students connecting to distance students only, students are asked for their Auburn user IDs and passwords again after selecting a class meeting date.

2. DVDs are mailed out with the frequency that the on-campus classes meet. During fall and spring, on-campus classes meet twice a week (Mondays and Wednesdays or Tuesdays and Thursdays) for 1 hours and 15 minutes. Therefore, distance students receive two DVDs per week. Distance students employed full-time should take no more than two classes per semester during fall and spring. Summer semester courses are taught in two five-week mini-sessions, and classes meet five days a week for 1 ½ hours per day. Therefore, distance students receive five DVDs per week. Distance students working full-time should take only one class per mini-session during the summer term. Students receive DVDs within 2-4 days normally. The streaming videos are available the same day of the on-campus lecture.

3. Homework assignments and tests are the same as those for on-campus students and should be completed and mailed in by the due dates specified on the course syllabus.

4. Tests are administered by an approved Test Proctor.

5. Advisor and faculty set aside designated telephone office hours for distance students.

6. Additional contact is facilitated through e-mail and web sites (commentary submissions, downloads of materials/handouts, homework assignments, etc...)

PARTICIPATION

To participate in distance education through the Graduate Outreach Program, individuals MUST BE ACCEPTED BY THE GRADUATE SCHOOL prior to registration for any class. If you have not received a letter of acceptance from the Graduate School, you will not be permitted to register.