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<font size="-1"><font face="Arial">Hi Amy,<br>
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We have worked (for years) at the very thing you have asked about. The
best we have settled on is two courses in five days. Because most of
our students are in ministry and work full time, eliminating attendance
on Saturday and Sunday increases attendance greatly. While we do have
some courses that require three full days and full week for one course,
others are accomplished in 2.5 days, which allows for two courses in a
week. The key to the 2.5 day venue is the pre-seminar work. There
must be sufficient contact hours and appropriate seminar preparation.
The final half day is devoted to a four to five hour written proctored
comprehensive exam.<br>
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You can get a better idea of how we schedule by going to:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.mdivs.edu/seminars.html#Seminars">http://www.mdivs.edu/seminars.html#Seminars</a> are held in a variety of
venues. Specifically look at the June 2010 seminar schedule.<br>
<br>
Hope this helps a bit.<br>
<br>
God bless you in all that you are doing at GCTS,<br>
Dennis<br>
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On 4/27/2010 8:30 AM, Amy Donovan wrote:
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style="font-size: 11pt;">Dear Access Ed community,<br>
I’m writing to pose a question for the group.<br>
<br>
We are looking at options to increase the flexibility of our scheduling
options for some of our MA programs. Currently we offer 5 day
intensives (~30 contact hours) for our courses. We are looking at
options to condense the time on campus for a given course to 3 days and
schedule two back to back courses. For example, this would involve a 6
day period for 2 courses with 24 hours/course. The courses would
include pre and post work online.<br>
<br>
Do you know of any graduate level programs that cover coursework for
more than 1 course in a given residency?<br>
<br>
We want to understand the positive and negative implications regarding
educational quality, student schedules and finances, and degree
completion. I appreciate any insight you can provide and/or assistance
connecting with other schools that may be using this approach.<br>
<br>
Blessings,<br>
<br>
Amy E. Donovan<br>
Chief Information Officer<br>
Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary<br>
130 Essex Street<br>
South Hamilton, MA 01982<br>
978.646.4250<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="adonovan@gcts.edu">adonovan@gcts.edu</a><br>
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