The course objectives and activities will generally follow the syllabus with adaptations as appropriate. Prior approval is required by the graduate program director and the dean of the graduate school. A distance-taught course is a specially designed course in which all or part of the course materials may be presented by distance methods. This may involve a special packaging of an existing course or a completely new one. Primary responsibility for content and focus are assumed by the instructor and all normal expectations for student work per hour of credit apply.
Approval is by the graduate division head and the graduate program committee.