During each three-day weekend, a student takes three courses and meets with a project group. Each course meets once a month for four months. Additional electives are held during the week before class weekend. The project work earns four credits per term. Students take 9-10 credits per term.
All students communicate with each other and instructors through an electronic computer network.
The network is used to discuss course issues which promote informal discussions and link students to other conferences and data bases. A non-credit computer course is offered in the first term for students requiring training to access the network.