What is a correspondence course?
A. A correspondence course is a home study course that has been preapproved for continuing education credits, and allows you to obtain continuing education credits at your own pace and at your own convenience. Whether at home, or between appointments, correspondence courses give you the flexibility to obtain your CECs and keep your certification without giving up your schedule and family obligations.
Correspondence courses allow you to complete course work at home and on a self-paced schedule within quarterly, specified dates. Correspondence packets with all necessary information for course completion are mailed to students or can be picked-up at the Kirk Library, Learning Resources Information Desk. Textbooks and other materials can be purchased through the college bookstore, either by phone or email. Instructors can be reached by mail, email, telephone, or through the Correspondence office. Course work can be either mailed or dropped off and picked up on campus. Exams may be taken at the college or an approved proctor site. It is possible to complete a correspondence course without ever visiting the campus.
A correspondence is one that is offered entirely by mail. No on site attendance is required. All lectures come in the form of a manual, laid out in twelve weekly sections (corresponding to the twelve week in a semester). A text book will supplement the manual. Assignments will be written at home and mailed in to the instructor. Tests will be written in your hometown in the presence of an invigilator. The invigilator is arranged by the student in accordance with the regulations governing invigilators set out by the College.
A limited number of undergraduate courses may be taken by correspondence to meet the needs of non-resident Baylor students. In exceptional situations, the dean may grant permission to a student to take a correspondence course in residence. For more information see the Undergraduate Catalog and the Baylor website.
A correspondence course is a form of education known as distance learning. The typical correspondence course involves the exchange of teaching materials between a student and teacher geographically remote from each other. The student obtains a textbook locally, and lesson plans, lecture notes and problem sets are sent by the instructor to the student. The student sends completed assignments back to the instructor for grading, and exams are administered by a proctor local to the student. Traditionally, a correspondence course could work no faster than the mail system. With improvements in technology, communication has become virtually instantaneous. Lecture notes and problem sets can be distributed by email or posted on a web site. Even textbooks can be distributed in electronic form as PDF files. A correspondence course is not limited to any specific level of education. While high school completion programs, such as the GED, may be the most familiar form of distance learning, the earli
