Spring & Summer Courses Being Offered
By Cedric Bell
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The BU Senate announced the courses that would be offered over the spring and summer sessions, with registration for these courses having opened on march 8th. These courses can be looked at and registered for on the BU website in the 2021 spring/summer registration guide. The announcement of these courses is especially significant because the previous spring/summer session occurred right at the start of the COVID pandemic, and as a result had in person courses cancelled or switched to online delivery.
This year’s spring/summer session seems to have more courses being offered because of the extra time to prepare that the school has had. The spring courses on offer include classes in sociology, history, politics, geology, nursing, philosophy, as well as offering graduate courses, co-op courses and work experience terms. There are less courses being offered in the summer, but still a good amount to choose from in religion, gender, education, anthropology, english and history courses.
These courses are mostly being delivered online, with some containing in person requirements. They are being delivered in online synchronous, online asynchronous, and online blend formats. Online synchronous classes occur online and have regular meeting times, while asynchronous classes don’t have set meeting times. Blend courses contain a mix of online instruction and on campus instruction when necessary.
The spring session runs from May 3rd - June 17th in two separate terms, and the summer session will run from July 5th - Aug 23rd, also in two separate terms. Registration is already open, so if you’re interested, give it a look here: https://www.brandonu.ca/registration/2021-spring-summer-session/