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Summer courses offer new alternatives
Classes offer trips to Thailand, Williamsburg, Va.; deadline to sign up April 15
By: Stephanie Covington
Issue date: 4/14/05 Section: News
As some students are getting ready for summer vacations with family and friends, others are getting ready for the summer semester. With a little over a month left in the spring semester, some faculty members are making preparations for extraordinary class agendas.
Summer registration began in March and is open through the first day of summer classes. "Session A" 8-week summer classes start June 6 and "Session B" summer classes start July 11. Graduate summer courses are primarily in the evenings.
Don Morris, Webster University registrar, said that summer classes are harder to fill than spring or fall classes.
During the summer of 2004, there were 1,061 undergraduate students and 2,553 graduate students enrolled in summer classes in the St. Louis area.
Thailand
A few classes offer students chances to leave the state and sometimes the country. A graduate class, Finance 5880, taught by Debbie Psihountas, offers students the chance to spend one week in Thailand. Finance 5000 is the prerequisite to the course. The deadline to sign up for the course is April 15.
The class, part of the Hybrid program, cost is the same as online course tuition, plus a $750 fee. Hotel accommodations, certain meals, transportation and activities in Thailand are all covered under the class fees. Students are responsible for the cost of textbooks, some meals, passport fees and personal expenses. Travel grants are also being offered to several students to cover the cost of airfare. Psihountas said that as long as the students finish their education at Webster, they will not owe the university for the airline ticket.
Psihountas said that the class offers students the flexibility of an online classroom plus the ability to meet face-to-face with her and classmates. She said that the advantage of the class is building relationships with the possibility of networking.
Psihountas teaches in the online Master of Business Administration (MBA) program and said that the online classes are usually hard for students and professors. Psihountas said that she prefers to have contact and personal interaction with students.
Summer registration began in March and is open through the first day of summer classes. "Session A" 8-week summer classes start June 6 and "Session B" summer classes start July 11. Graduate summer courses are primarily in the evenings.
Don Morris, Webster University registrar, said that summer classes are harder to fill than spring or fall classes.
During the summer of 2004, there were 1,061 undergraduate students and 2,553 graduate students enrolled in summer classes in the St. Louis area.
Thailand
A few classes offer students chances to leave the state and sometimes the country. A graduate class, Finance 5880, taught by Debbie Psihountas, offers students the chance to spend one week in Thailand. Finance 5000 is the prerequisite to the course. The deadline to sign up for the course is April 15.
The class, part of the Hybrid program, cost is the same as online course tuition, plus a $750 fee. Hotel accommodations, certain meals, transportation and activities in Thailand are all covered under the class fees. Students are responsible for the cost of textbooks, some meals, passport fees and personal expenses. Travel grants are also being offered to several students to cover the cost of airfare. Psihountas said that as long as the students finish their education at Webster, they will not owe the university for the airline ticket.
Psihountas said that the class offers students the flexibility of an online classroom plus the ability to meet face-to-face with her and classmates. She said that the advantage of the class is building relationships with the possibility of networking.
Psihountas teaches in the online Master of Business Administration (MBA) program and said that the online classes are usually hard for students and professors. Psihountas said that she prefers to have contact and personal interaction with students.