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THE. 'BRUSSELS POST NOVEMBER 24, '1976
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If you've been thinking you'd
like to take a crack at a university
course, but missed the deadline
last Septemer all is not lostl
The University of Waterloo
announces the sernesterization of
its correspondence courses which
means those wanting to take them
can enroll at three different times
during the year -- at the middle of
December and at the middle of
March, as well as SepteMber.
"Until now, our -corrspon-
dence courses started in
September and ran through into ,
April,", says Dr. Ted Dixon, ph
ysics professor and associate
director of UW's correspondence
program. "This year, anyone who
missed the Septemer deadline
may enroll now for the courses
that will start the first of January.
Or, he or she may enroll later for
the courses starting the first of
This new flexibility is expected
to prove of widespread interest.
For instance, it is now possible to
take a four-moth course running
from September through
December ; drop out for the '
Janney - April period, and take
another beginning the first of
May. Each four-month course will
count as one-half a credit towards
U.W degree.
Dr. Dixon says, Waterloo
rejected the idea of a completely
open correspondence system .. . .
where one could start any month
in the year .... because of its
concern to make the correspond-
ence experience come as close as
po'ssible to the on-campus
experience.
"We try to make our
correspondence students feel'
they are part of a class," hesays.
"We send theM taped lectures
which they listen to in their
homes. We also send them the
names and home addresses of
. other students who may live
nearby . . . so -they can get ,in
touch with each other and interact
just as students on campus do.
We send them assignments which
they return to the professor for
marking according to 'a ""pre-
arranged schedule. After he's
marked them the professor
prepares a tutorial tape which is
sent to each member of the class.
This tape irrcludes comments as
to how the students are doing and
where some of them may be going
wrong. So each student can
actually compare himself or
herself with other members'of the
class. In other words the student
gets a feel for hoW things are,
going,"
Waterloo has pioneered the
taped lecture system in its
correspondence program. ( No
other university in Canada 'had
tried tapes until 1968 when UW
began sending them out to
off-campus science students.
Most of these ear ly students
were high school teachers seeking
to upgrade their qualifications.
This fall, close to 3,500
students enrolled in UWcorres-
pondence courses, from every
Rovince in Canada, and from
several other countries as well.
More than 150 courses are offered
via the taped lectuze system. It is
possible to obtain a UW bachelor
ohf arts degree in psychology or
IsterY, or a bachelor of science degree or bachelor of inathema lies degree, completely by correspondence. In addition, it is
Possible to obtain master of
science and Master of
..-University by mail is popular
mathematics degrees by
correspondence.
"There's been steady growth
and the future for these courses
seems very promising," says
Dr. Dixon, "particularly now that
they are on the semester basis.
The key to our success has been
the taped lecture system, a
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course which makes, taking a they can , evaluate the course and campus, and some of them come
correspondence course much the professor; (2) students are from, 200, and 70 miles away t4
more like a real class invited to an annual class party on , attend it.
experience."
Other things UW does to-
promote student interest: (1)
questionnaries are sent to all
correspondence students
half-way through each t erm, so