Course Instructional Mode

Students can take SUNY Adirondack courses in a variety of course instructional modes, ranging from traditional in-person classes to fully online courses, and options in-between.  Students should plan to attend class the very first day of the semester, regardless of mode.  Students should plan to work a minimum of 9-12 hours a week for each 3-credit course.  Courses that have online options will require a significant amount of writing, using course communications tool built into the web-based learning management system.

The following chart provides the framework for the three standard types of instructional mode:

The college also provides variations of the standard types: