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Hey Folks,
I've seen the question of online / distance learning course designations at the University of New England floating around here and there, so I wanted to share an email I received in response to my question of how their online / distance learning pre-health classes show up on official transcripts -- I hope this helps:
My Initial Email:
"Good Morning,
I am interested in your online/distance learning science prerequisites for health professionals route, and I was curious about a few of things:
1.) Are courses taken online the same as those taken in a classroom setting?
2.) Do they appear as online or distance learning classes on transcripts?
3.) How are courses displayed with regard to semesters? For instance, I understand that there is a course offered during the “fall semester, 2014” that starts on December 15th and goes well into what would be the Spring semester of 2015. If I took this class, would it appear just as any other “Fall 2014” course, or do transcripts list the dates taken?
4.) Would there be anything shown on my transcripts that would differentiate me in any way from any other traditional “brick and mortar” student?
Thank you for your time!"
Their Response:
"The course topics are the same as the classroom setting courses, but we have a lot of different instructors and they have created different courses for the online offerings. As far as your other questions, you’ll need to speak with someone in the Registrar’s Office(207-602-2473). They have a transcript unit within their office that should be able to answer those questions. As far as I know, there are no labels added to these courses that signify that they are “online” or “distance” courses. The course number for online versus on-campus is different which would make it easy to figure out, but I believe that they do not label them as online courses."
I've seen the question of online / distance learning course designations at the University of New England floating around here and there, so I wanted to share an email I received in response to my question of how their online / distance learning pre-health classes show up on official transcripts -- I hope this helps:
My Initial Email:
"Good Morning,
I am interested in your online/distance learning science prerequisites for health professionals route, and I was curious about a few of things:
1.) Are courses taken online the same as those taken in a classroom setting?
2.) Do they appear as online or distance learning classes on transcripts?
3.) How are courses displayed with regard to semesters? For instance, I understand that there is a course offered during the “fall semester, 2014” that starts on December 15th and goes well into what would be the Spring semester of 2015. If I took this class, would it appear just as any other “Fall 2014” course, or do transcripts list the dates taken?
4.) Would there be anything shown on my transcripts that would differentiate me in any way from any other traditional “brick and mortar” student?
Thank you for your time!"
Their Response:
"The course topics are the same as the classroom setting courses, but we have a lot of different instructors and they have created different courses for the online offerings. As far as your other questions, you’ll need to speak with someone in the Registrar’s Office(207-602-2473). They have a transcript unit within their office that should be able to answer those questions. As far as I know, there are no labels added to these courses that signify that they are “online” or “distance” courses. The course number for online versus on-campus is different which would make it easy to figure out, but I believe that they do not label them as online courses."
