Eventually, the network will be extended to the residences and outlying areas of the university as well, a project which will require major new infrastructures. It is an opportunity not generally available to many students in many universities in the world. He said that it will not only enrich course content and be an information resource but it will also provide for peer exchanges with students at other universities and institutions. Particularly, students at such colleges as medicine or science will need reliable real time access for real time exchange. According to Dr. Michel Claerbourdt at the College of Agriculture, the students and grad students there are all given Internet accounts and receive special courses in Internet, including Internet search, email and listservs, Internet ethics and etiquette.
Course work throughout the program of the college includes Internet research projects.
According to Dr. Nafla Al-Kharusi, the Director of the Language Center, the University will be including the Internet across the board into the curricula at all the colleges of the university. The very first introductions to the Internet will occur at the Language Center for most students. Students will start using Internet in their classwork right in the very first weeks of their classes, right along with their language study. Independent study skills in particular, she said, are a very important need for SQU students and they will be assigned various projects on the Internet according to the level of language ability. Students will learn to get information from sites on their own.