Schedule Type
BANNER distinguishes the following schedule types. Category II course proposals require that the schedule type be identified. Courses may include more than one type. If, for example, a course is to have a lecture, separate discussion sections, and/or laboratory sections, all three schedule types should be indicated. No approval is required to change schedule types.
- LECTURE - An academic discourse given by an instructor before a
group.
- DISCUSSION - Those sections associated with a lecture course that
are used to facilitate consideration of a question or topic in open
and informal debate.
- RECITATION - A course requiring a public exhibition of acquired
skills and knowledge.
- LABORATORY - That part of a course set aside for experimentation,
observation, or practice in a field of study. Lab fee is assessed.
- SEMINAR - A course pursued by a small group of students under the
direction of an instructor for the purpose of presenting and exchanging
ideas or research findings via lectures, reports, and discussions.
- INDEPENDENT OR SPECIAL STUDY - A course of organized instruction
or research determined solely by a student and his/her instructor.
- RESEARCH - A course through which students earn credit for a studious
inquiry or examination aimed at the discovery and interpretation of
facts, revision of accepted theories or laws in the light of new facts
or practical application of such new or revised theories or laws,
and/or the collecting of information about a particular subject.
- ACTIVITY - A course or educational procedure designed to stimulate
learning via firsthand experience.
- EXPERIMENTAL - A course offered for a limited period of time for
the purpose of trying out or testing a new procedure, idea, or activity
- INTERNSHIP - An experiential course designed to provide on-the-job
experience in an academic setting on or off campus, where students
can earn academic credit.
- CORRESPONDENCE - A course covering a designated unit of instruction
via the mail.
- TUTORIAL - A course conducted by an instructor for one student or
a small number of students to give practical information about a specific
subject or discipline.
- PRACTICUM - A course designed for the preparation of teachers and
clinicians that involves the practical application of previously studied
theory under the supervision of a senior instructor.
- READING AND CONFERENCE - A course focused on designated subject
matter to be read by a student and discussed in conference with an
instructor.
- EXPERIENTIAL/COOPERATIVE EDUCATION (FIELD TRIPS) - A course relating
to, derived from, or providing experience.
- PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTION - A course requiring a students interaction
with a predetermined set of instructions which are presented in a
sequence of steps or segments.
- THESIS - A course designed to cover the thesis research and writing.
Students may register for thesis credit each term.
- STUDIO - A course incorporating practical experience where students
receive individualized instruction and lectures in a studio setting.
- PROJECT - A course with individualized instruction designed for
students to complete an independent project of the students design.
- TELECOURSE/DISTANCE LEARNING - A course covering a designated unit
of instruction conducted via television.
- EXTERNSHIP - An experiential course designed to provide on-the-job
experience in an academic setting off campus, where students can earn
academic credit.
- WORKSHOP
- WORLD WIDE WEB - A fully-developed course where the dominant medium
tool is on the World Wide Web. Students spend a significant amount
of time using Web in the areas of content, assessment, and interaction
to the degree that the student must participate through the use of
Web to complete course requirements. Although courses are not restricted
to the OSU campus, some classes may require attending some classes
on campus. If some sections of a course are taught as a Web course
and other sections are not, then the course description will indicate
that section 7xx is a Web course and the section title would begin
with WWW/. Courses with all sections on Web will include the WWW/
in the main course title.24.
- MODULAR - See guidelines and policies on Modular Courses
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