School of Distance Education Offering Two New Online Courses

The School of Distance Education will be offering HIST 117-99 Civilizations & Ideas 1 and PHYS 110-999 Astronomy for the spring semester. These new interactive courses are online and instructor-led but don't require live meetings. Email enrollgu@andrews.edu to learn more, or visit the course page at www.andrews.edu/distance/courses/new.

HIST 117-999 Civilizations and Ideas 1
When:   January 7 - May 2, 2013
Format: Interactive, online, instructor-led, discussion-based
             Live meetings are not required for these classes.
Faculty: Adam Fenner, PhD
Credits: 3 AU semester credits
Tuition: $360/credit (plus General Fee and Supply Costs)
Interactive online course. Survey of the development of major world civilizations to the eighteenth century, including the origins and history of ideas, worldviews, and institutions (Stoicism, Hinduism, Catholicism, etc.), with an emphasis on the interaction of cultures in the premodern world.

PHYS 110-999 Astronomy
When:   January 7 - May 2, 2013
Format: Interactive, online, instructor-led, discussion-based
             Live meetings are not required for these classes.
Faculty: Mickey Kutzner, PhD
Credits: 4 AU semester credits
Tuition: $360/credit (plus General Fee and Supply Costs)
Interactive online course. Exploring the cosmic environment— the solar system, stars and their development, star clusters, the interstellar medium, galaxies, and large-scale features of the Universe. Includes a distance laboratory component and meets the Andrews General Education Physical Science requirement. Does not apply to a major or minor. The distance equivalent of 3 lectures, 1 recitation, and a 2-hour lab per week.
Prerequisite: MPE P2 or MATH145 or 166 or STAT285 or equivalent.