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Online DDP Courses for the DTC

Some of you have indicated that you are interested in taking DTC courses online through the university's DDP. At the present and I suspect the near future there are no plans to offer the DTC major online. To date only two courses are ever offered: 475 and 355.

From what I learned yesterday at the DTC-State Wide Committee Meeting is that 355 was the first course offered through the DDP and was intended to serve non-majors who needed a "C" course. It was never meant to be taken by majors. I will follow that dictate and not make it available for our campus.

This leaves only the online version of 475 available. I would rather Vancouver DTC students take Vancouver courses since Harrison, John, and I have developed a very specific program of training that includes goals and objectives intended to help students be successful in their careers and future plans. I do not see such an overarching plan with the DDP courses. I do understand, however, the necessity of taking online courses due to illness and such and respect that.

The final thing that comes to mind about taking online classes is that students need contact with faculty who can help them get jobs. That the faculty for the DDP is located in Pullman means that contact with them is limited to the interaction in the online class. Having taught online myself since 1995 I can honestly say that students in those classes would at some point show up at my office to talk, ask questions, or ask for recommendations for a job or grad school. It may be difficult to do this when the faculty member is six hours away by car.

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