The distance education application indicates that the term length for distance education courses will be 15 weeks and that this is the same as term length for the classroom program. However, it appears from the syllabi that 3-credit courses will run for the full semester and 1.5-credit courses will run for half of the semester. Please clarify.

• In addition: 

  • The syllabi for some 1.5-credit courses indicate a 7-week schedule and others indicate an 8-week schedule. Please clarify and confirm that all courses will meet the semester hour definition as stated in Section 50.1(o) of Commissioner’s Regulations: “Semester hour means a credit, point, or other unit granted for the satisfactory completion of a course which requires at least 15 hours (of 50 minutes each) of instruction and at least 30 hours of supplementary assignments...”  

  • The syllabi for some 3-credit courses indicate a 14-week schedule and others indicate a 15-week schedule. Please clarify and confirm that all courses will meet the semester hour definition as stated in Section 50.1(o) of Commissioner’s Regulations. If some courses are 14-weeks, please identify which 

The new capstone course, TCHS1-GCXXX Leadership, appears in the curriculum grid, but it does not appear in the sample program schedules. Please submit revised sample program schedules that incorporate the required capstone course. For courses that only run for half of the semester, please indicate on the sample program schedule if they are to be taken in the first or second half of the semester. 

• If the capstone course is to be taken in the final semester, along with TCHS1-GC3930 Internship, and remaining coursework, please speak to the feasibility of students completing all of these requirements in the final semester.