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:
| Course Section Formats | Campus Code | Campus | Common Description | Place/Time Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Traditional | TR |
Queensbury |
fully in-person on a campus |
Traditional 100% physical location, 100% day/time |
| Online | ON | On-line | fully online course content |
Asynchronous 100% online 0% day/time |
| Remote Synchronous | RS | Virtual | fully in-person through Zoom, WebEx or similar |
Synchronous 0% physical location 100% day/time |
The college also provides variations of the standard types:
| Course Section Formats | Campus Code | Campus | Common Description | Place/Time Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hybrid | HY |
Queensbury Saratoga |
half in-person on a campus and half online |
Traditional/Asynchronous |
| Remote Online | RO | Virtual | half through Zoom, (WebEx or similar) and half online |
Synchronous/Asynchronous ≥ 50% physical location, ≥ 50% day/time ≤50% online instruction |
| Flexible | FL |
Queensbury Saratoga |
students attend lecture in-person, or through Zoom (WebEx or similar) or listen to the recorded lecture at another time to learn course content |
Traditional/Synchronous/Asynchronous |
| Flexible Synchronous | FS |
Queensbury Saratoga |
students attend lecture in-person or through Zoom (WebEx or similar) |
Traditional/Synchronous Any % location, student choice limited to traditional and remote synchronous |