On-line undergraduate and graduate courses now enrolling for spring semester
EDTECH Editor-Beil
From: OnLine at SUCE <onl...@uc.syr.edu>
Syracuse University, a pioneer in distance education, has offered
limited-residency degree programs since 1966. As a further innovation
in providing quality educational experiences to distant students,
students who cannot attend class for a variety of reasons, Syracuse’s
Continuing Education Division has begun to offer a select number of
purely online courses each term, in cutting-edge subjects not readily
available from other web sources, taught by the same faculty who teach
the courses on campus.
Announcement for ETS400 -- The New Literature: A Hypertext Fiction
and Poetry Workshop
Syracuse University is pleased to offer "The New Literature: A Hypertext
Fiction and
Poetry Workshop" on-line this spring semester through Syracuse
University Continuing Education (SUCE) OnLine. This course is an
exploration of the new medium of narrative and verse at the computer
terminal. The primary focus is on the student's development of
coherent hypertext multimedia stories or poems-- working to define an
art form at the cutting edge. Concepts include ideas about video games
as narrative text, achieving written structures relevant to hypertext,
introducing images, audio and video in writing. Students should have
familiarity with Netscape and E-mail.
For additional information about this course, or other courses
offered this spring through Syracuse University Continuing Education
Online, visit our web site at www.suce.syr.edu/online/
Please pass this notice onto your colleagues and friends. Thank you!
Announcement for ETS 400-2/600-1 The English Language: Strategies for
Effective Communication
Syracuse University is pleased to offer "The English Language:
Strategies for
Effective Communication" on-line this spring semester through Syracuse
University Continuing Education (SUCE) OnLine. This course is an
opportunity to
understand the complex ways in which language works, as well as to
improve
written/oral communication skills via the office or home computer.
Participants will
-- learn the fascinating history, variety, and politics of “standard”
English
grammar and usage.
-- understand and use skillfully the language/communication “codes” of
various discourse communities.
-- understand how language embeds attitudes toward gender and race,
and encodes
power relationships.
-- practice rhetorical analysis in several venues such as business,
the professions,
and various forms of popular culture.
-- learn strategies for effective communication of complex
information.
This course features development of a knowledge base as well as multiple
practical assignments.
For additional information about this course, or other courses
offered this spring through Syracuse University Continuing Education
Online, visit our web site at www.suce.syr.edu/online/
Please pass this notice onto your colleagues and friends. Thank you!
Announcement for LAW 774 -- Chinese Law
This course provides an overview of the legal system of the People's
Republic of China, with due attention to historical development,
political organization, and economic conditions. Specific areas of law
which will be studied are constitutional law, regulation of the
judiciary and the legal profession, criminal law and procedure (with a
focus on crimes against state security, drug trafficking, and white
collar crime), and labor and employment law.
There are no prerequisites for the course. Background in Chinese
language, history and/or political science is helpful but not necessary.
The final grade will be based on answers to study questions, a closed
universe research paper, and an open-book final exam. Auditors are
permitted with the permission of the instructor.
Distance learning students are expected to participate at least once a
week in a threaded discussion group which will include on-campus
students. Distance learning students are permitted to submit all written
This spring 1998 on-line course has been approved by the American Bar
Association Section of Legal Education and Admission to the Bar as a
“Limited Exception" experiment in legal educational methodology.
Students at American Bar Association-approved law schools must obtain
approval from their parent institution in order to receive credit for
this course. According to the Section's Temporary Distance Education
Guidelines, law students may not receive credit for more than three (3)
credit hours of course work delivered by this methodology.
For additional information about this course, or other courses
offered this spring through Syracuse University Continuing Education
Online, visit our web site at www.suce.syr.edu/online/
Please pass this notice onto your colleagues and friends. Thank you!
Announcement for LAW 778 -- International Human Rights
Syracuse University is pleased to offer "International Human Rights"
on-line this spring semester through Syracuse University Continuing
Education (SUCE) OnLine. This course examines the conceptual and
institutional foundations of international human rights law, including
north-south conflicts, cultural relativism, economics rights, role of
non-
governmental organizations, and international criminal tribunals. A
seminar-
length research paper and regular participation in class discussion are
required.
Although the course highlights the role of law in both the suppression
and promotion of rights, post-undergraduate students with backgrounds,
experiences and interests in disciplines other than law are welcome to
participate. In fact, the more diverse the class, the more we all will
learn from each other.
This spring 1998 on-line course has been approved by the American Bar
Association Section of Legal Education and Admission to the Bar as a
“Limited Exception" experiment in legal educational methodology.
Students at American Bar Association-approved law schools must obtain
approval from their parent institution in order to receive credit for
this course. According to the Section's Temporary Distance Education
Guidelines, law students may not receive credit for more than three (3)
credit hours of course work delivered by this methodology.
For additional information about this course, or other courses
offered this spring through Syracuse University Continuing Education
Online, visit our web site at www.suce.syr.edu/online/
Please pass this notice onto your colleagues and friends. Thank you!
Announcement for ISA 121 -- Linear Algebra
Syracuse University is pleased to offer "Linear Algebra" on-line this
Spring semester through Syracuse University Continuing Education
(SUCE) OnLine. This course provides a good foundation in linear
algebra, probability, and the mathematics of personal finance. Since
the entry of modern computers in to the business world, a variety of
topics,
which are often grouped together under the heading of Finite or Discrete
mathematics, have become to play an ever-increasing role among the
mathematical
tools employed in the work place. Three of these topics -- linear
algebra,
probability, and math of finance, are discussed. Students who have not
used
their mathematical skills for some time should take a basic introductory
mathematics
course to review of some of the basics of mathematical thinking. Each
student
must have a TI 83 Texas Instrument scientific, graphic calculator.
For additional information about this course, or other courses
offered this spring through Syracuse University Continuing Education
Online, visit our web site at www.suce.syr.edu/online/
Please pass this notice onto your colleagues and friends. Thank you!