A brief explanation of teaching learning modalities at Garrett:

  1. In-Person: A 100% real-time course taking place on campus or at other locations, with set meeting times during semesters, J-terms, or summer terms, in which instructor(s) and learners are in the same learning environment. This includes domestic and travel seminars, and weekend intensives.
    1. Travel: A subset of in-person courses, courses that involve travel outside of the Chicago-area (eg., Proctor Conference, Holy Land, Rome, etc) will be flagged as Travel courses to distinguish them from courses meeting primarily in other locations
  2. Hybrid: A course with blended in-person and online components designed by the instructor, in which students must meet in-person and/or online during the meeting times and modality preset for the course. The online component may be synchronous or asynchronous. All students must engage the same modality set by the instructor.
  3. Blended Synchronous: A course offered as in-person and synchronous online at the same time; in-class and remote learners engage in the same learning environment. Students may choose which modality to participate in from week to week. Instructors will track the modalities and notify the registrar’s office at the end of the term.
  4. Online - Synchronous: Fully online course in which all learners participate in preset meeting times as live sessions.
  5. Online - Asynchronous: Fully online course in which learners complete preset course work fully online with no set meeting times. There would be no required live sessions.
  6. Online – Mix of Synchronous and Asynchronous (or “Bichronous”): A fully online course that combines synchronous and asynchronous engagement for all students. Students must follow the modality as predetermined by the course.
  7. HyFlex: A course that is designed for both synchronous (in-person and online) and asynchronous online engagement, and students may choose how to participate from session to session. 

Note: There will courses designed such that in-person and online learners meet synchronously, but they may not switch modality without prior approval of the instructor.

Additional Important Notes:

  • As of summer 2021, Federal policy considers a course with any online component, regardless of the percentage, to be an online course.
  • International students in the US with F-1 visas are limited to one (1) online course/semester. International students who remain in their home countries do not have such restrictions.
  • Our strategic plan commits us to ensuring that all master’s students can complete their degrees both in person and fully online.
  • Per ATS, PhD students may do up to 50% of their coursework “remotely.” This includes any courses taken online as well as courses taken at other schools (as we currently require for most of our programs).

 

--updated 3/15/2023

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  • 2024-2025 Course Schedules

    Required
    Fall 2024 Rooms - 2024-08-16.pdf

    Updated 7/10/2024

    • Updated title and prereqs for THEO-866
    • Change of professor for CE-835
    • Corrected dates for PCC-610 and PCC-910; classes meet M-F
    • DM-790SD dates changed
    • Course number and professor updated for DM-749 Practicum in Spiritual Dir II
    • PCC-900 added
    • Adjuncts confirmed for fall
    • HIST-608 cancelled for the fall
    • Added Dr. Ngwa's 2 Hebrew Bible electives
    • Confirmed time/modality for DENOM615 CME History
    • Dates/times confirmed for both section HIST-501
    • HIST-608 moved to online
    • Praying with the Earth given new course number; cross-listed as a spirituality elective; modality changed to in-person
    • African American Preaching moved to Tuesday nigh, online-only
    • corrected typo on day for HIST-650A
    • added LTRGY813 Eucharist
    • confirmed details for DMin Spiritual Direction Practicum 2
    • day/time change for PCC-500 (to Thursday mornings)
    Required
    Fall 2024 - 2024-07-10.pdf

    Updated 11/11/2024

    • Corrected DMin offerings to remove DM-716LP and add DM-736
    • HIST-856 include extensive pre-work due the first class session
    • ETH-650 changed to online only; schedule confirmed
    • Updated dates for SP-650
    • HIST-850 Medieval Mystics cancelled; replaced with HIST-626 Hermeneutics in the Early Church
    • Dates for THEO-500 changed
    • Added BIBNT881 travel dates and contact details
    Required
    January 2025 - 2024-11-11.pdf

    Updated 11/25/2024

    • Second section of LTRGY500 added
    • PH-904 time changed
    • DM-702 - prof and schedule confirmed
    • INT-003B date changed
    • Additional class session added to PH-903
    • CL-620 schedule confirmed
    • PCC-660/CE-830 and PCC-865 time shift
    • CE-616 and CE-837 modality confirmed
    • SP-650B Honoring the Body added
    • Spring PCC courses - schedule and modality confirmed/updated
    • added Dr. Ngwa's courses - online Intro to Hebrew Bible and 1 elective
    • removed BIBHB604A Jonah & Ruth
    • added CE-830 Methods of Qualitative Research
    • added placeholder for Substance Abuse course
    • changed day/time for LTRGY510 UM Worship
    • changed time for LTRGY811 Sacramental Theology
    Required
    Summer 2025 - 2024-11-25.pdf

    Updated 11/19/2024

    • Second professor added for one of the DMin seminars
    • THEO-540 professor and dates updated (due to pending faculty retirement)
    • added Group Dynamics for May session (TBA)
    Required
    Summer 2025 - 2024-11-19.pdf
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