What’s the difference between an online course and a hybrid course?
Online courses have no class meetings and students complete all work online over the internet. Hybrid courses meet about once a week and students complete the remaining hours online over the internet. An instructor may hold an orientation meeting at the beginning of the semester for the course. If orientation information is not available on Passport or the online course websites, students should contact the instructor for details.
An online course is conducted entirely over the internet. Course materials are posted on a course website. Most online courses never require meeting on campus. However, there are some professors who do require students to attend an orientation session or take exams on campus. Make sure that you understand the instructor’s attendance policy before enrolling in a class that will have meetings that you know you won’t be able to attend. A hybrid course combines online learning with face-to-face class sessions on campus with your professor and your class mates. The campus sessions meet on a regular basis. However, you do spend less time in the actual classroom than you would in a regular class.
