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Academic Overview

Three characteristics mark DU's distance education approach:

1. Much of the learning takes place outside the classroom setting. The student works on his/her own, consulting an instructor/mentor when the need arises for clarification on a subject matter. The responsibility for learning is shared between the student and the University. Credits are earned after students have demonstrated learning. Students start the learning process when they are ready, and finish at their own pace. Recommended texts for course work are assigned and students are required to utilize resources available to them like individual and public libraries, internet or other school libraries.

2. The distance education program is a directed study. Guidance and assistance from faculty members are available to the students as the need arises.

3. The university allows the students to earn a degree on a more flexible basis than in traditional educational institutions.