Final Opportunity to Enroll in Self-Paced Online Courses
As announced in June of last year, the U of A is phasing out Self-Paced Online Courses. The deadline to submit an enrollment request form on the U of A ONLINE website is June 18. Fifteen courses are available.
Self-Paced Online Courses are the most flexible way to earn academic credit, and these courses do not follow traditional semester timelines. However, the demand for these courses, in which students work independently and have limited interaction with instructors, has declined significantly over the past eight years as semester-based online courses have increased in availability and popularity.
The U of A Global Campus, which facilitates Self-Paced Online Courses, collaborated with the campus' academic leaders to develop the phase-out plan.
"This is a bittersweet, but necessary, step in the evolution of distance education," said Cheryl Murphy, vice provost for distance education and head of the Global Campus.
Contacts
Nancy Arnold, director of credit studies
Global Campus
479-575-3647,
nharnol@uark.edu
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