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Director, Robin Allardyce
Manager, Instructor/Student Services, Beverlae Buckland
Manager, Presentation and Technical Operations, Jeff Cohen
Manager, Distance Education, Shelly O'Hara
Carleton University provides opportunities for full- and part-time studies to students on the campus and beyond through several types of access to instruction and learning. These include courses offered on campus presented through classroom lectures, seminars, laboratory practice and tutorials. An alternative mode of access is delivery of courses by Instructional Television (itv). Televised courses or course sections are available to students on campus, as well as to those participating from a distance. Instructional Television may be considered as an opportunity to experience learning in a different way and can provide students with more flexibility in course selection and in the development of a personal timetable.
Carleton's alternative delivery media are cable television (itv) and videocassette. Course lectures are broadcast without restriction on cable television in the Ottawa area. For registered students living outside the metropolitan Ottawa cable area, course lectures can be accessed by special arrangement with itv's Tapes-to-You (TTY) Service for home delivery of course lecture tapes. Course materials and course related information may be available to students through the itv Web site or through course Web sites. Lectures may also be viewed on the Carleton campus or borrowed overnight from Instructional Media Services' Media Centre. Further information is available at the itv Web site or by calling the office of Instructional Television.
For the full-time or part-time degree or Special student, itv provides alternative access to courses particularly suited to a program of study, to which normal access may be otherwise denied because of timetable conflicts, space restrictions in on-campus sections or geographic distance from campus. As well, this service allows students to re-enter the education stream, earn credits needed to complete a degree, or test their suitability for university studies. Students registered in itv courses are expected to meet all University and Faculty requirements. These requirements may differ among the Faculties. Please refer to the Calendar Index for information specific to the various Faculties.
An itv course is the full equivalent of the same course offered on campus. itv courses are either recorded live on campus or are offered as pre-recorded lectures. Students will complete the same assignments and examinations as the on-campus students, and in the same time period. All rights and responsibilities are the same as those that apply to on-campus courses. itv course sections are allotted the same support resources as those provided for on-campus sections.
Each itv course can count as credit towards a degree in the same way as the equivalent on-campus course. Generally speaking, appropriate itv courses successfully completed by Special students may be credited towards fulfillment of program requirements when the student is formally admitted to the degree or certificate programs. Students enrolled in a degree program at another institution may take itv courses as Special students and transfer earned credits to their home university by means of a Letter of Permission (See p.46.)
Students who choose to enrol in a television section and who live within the broadcast area of the cable systems in metropolitan Ottawa must have access to a television set, a cable television converter, and cable television service to view and/or record lectures. It is suggested that they have access to a VCR as well. Those living beyond the reach of these cable systems and viewing course lectures on videocassette need access to a VCR and a television set to view lecture tapes. Some itv courses will require Internet services to enable students to use course newsgroups and Web sites. Further information is available by calling the office of Instructional Television or by visiting the itv web site.
The tuition for itv courses is identical to that for on-campus courses. Any other costs associated with credit courses such as textbooks, course manuals, course materials fees or lab fees are also the same. Additional costs may be incurred, for example, in the form of cable television charges, Tapes-to-You (TTY) Services, off-campus examination charges or Internet service charges. All existing university charges may be applied to students enrolled in Instructional Television course sections. Tapes-to-You Service is available to eligible students who study at a distance.
Information pertaining to current charges for Tapes-to-You Service, including charges for TTY Arrangements, Off-Campus Examination Arrangements, and Service Deadlines are listed in the Registration Instructions and Class Schedule booklet, and at the itv Web site. Charges levied for service arrangements will be applied against the student's account with the University.
Charges for service include delivery of course videocassettes to an individual student's address.
Note: The Tapes-to-You (TTY) service arrangements must be made before the deadlines for each academic term. Deadlines are published in the Registration Instructions and Class Schedule booklet, and at the itv Web site
A Late Arrangement Charge will be levied for all Tapes-to-You (TTY) arrangements made in Late Registration periods as per deadlines noted for each academic term.
itv students who have arranged for Tapes-to-You service and who live at a distance (160-km) from the university, may apply for off-campus examination service for each itv course in which they are registered. A per course charge will be levied for this service where exams are written at off-campus locations. The charges for completed arrangements will be levied against the student's account with the University. Where available, students will be expected to write off-campus examinations at Examination Centres within 160 km of their local area.
itv reserves the right to levy charges for administrative services such as change of delivery addresses, preparation of materials, and for the replacement of video or print materials not returned.
For information pertaining to current charges, please refer to the itv web site or to the Registration Instructions and Class Schedule booklet published each July.
Academic advising is available to Special students through the School of Continuing Education by telephone and in person. Degree students must consult the Registrarial Services office of their Faculty for further information about advising. This service provides orientation to university courses, course selection information and degree admission requirements.
University policy governing English language requirements for non-native speakers applies to all itv courses available for credit (see p.31.)
Information about itv is available in person in Room 303 Robertson Hall, by telephone or by visiting the itv Web site.
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