What is a modular course?
Modular courses cover the same information, accrue the same credits, and fulfill the same program credits as their 15-week counterparts. However, they do it in a compressed timeframe of 9 to 10 weeks. This increases the expectation of students’ workload, as well. For a typical 15-week course, a minimum of 6 – 9 hours per week should be expected for classwork; for a modular course, this expectation increases to a minimum of 8 – 12 hours per week.
A modular course has both on-campus and online components. For Virginia Beach modulars, the on-campus component is completed via an intensive one-week residency at the campus in Virginia Beach. Modular courses also require work both before and after the on-campus session(s), which comprises the online component. This may include pre-readings, written assignments, online interaction, etc. Each semester, the School of Divinity holds “modular week” (usually held in October in the fall, March in the spring and during the summer). During modular week, all other classes cease to accommodate students who are attending all day modular classes.
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