Course Types: Definitions and Requirements

* All courses at Newberry College utilize the online learning management system in Wolf Den for grades, attendance, submitting coursework, and accessing course materials. 

Traditional face-to-face courses are taught in a physical classroom and on a designated time/day schedule. 

Blended courses meet in a combination of face-to-face and online modalities. For example, a blended science class could have all lecture-related materials online and assignments online with the lab constituting the only face-to-face class time. The balance of face-to-face and online class time varies from course to course.

Online Synchronous courses meet at a specific time and day. Similar to traditional face-to-face courses, instruction takes place in real time, but online via Zoom, Microsoft Teams, or other interactive websites.  

Online Asynchronous courses are online but do not meet at a specific time and day. Students have access to coursework each week that they are required to complete and instruction takes place via discussion posts, videos, messaging, etc.).

** Students must receive approval from the Office of Accessibility Services to take classes in a different format from which they are offered.