The University’s participation in Semester Online, an online consortium of 10 prominent universities, will be a beneficial resource for students and a good use of technology.
Semester Online is an online educational platform that provides online courses to University students, to other students in the consortium and to qualified students at top U.S. schools.
Universities in the consortium include Duke, Northwestern and Vanderbilt Universities, among others, and it provides students with broader educational opportunities.
This program enables universities to offer credit to students from outside their own universities.
Semester Online promotes flexibility — it gives students who attend universities where desired courses might not be offered, nontraditional students and students with schedule constraints the opportunity to pursue their academics online for credit.
Semester Online classes are intensive and will be limited to 20 students per class. Students will be required to actively participate in discussion via face-to-face video chats.
By participating in Semester Online, UNC-CH is demonstrating its commitment to offer broader course offerings and to better harness technology.
Additionally, the University’s participation demonstrates its commitment to promoting educational accessibility. UNC is, notably, the only public university that is participating in this online consortium.
Course offerings for Semester Online will be available in early 2013, and students will be able to benefit from the flexibility and diversity that UNC’s participation in Semester Online will promote.
