The students could be introduced to diverse population characteristics without actually travelling to the location, saving resources and time. Communications Department -Possibilities of offering a public relations and corporate media courses through Continuing Education and the Dixon University Center. Sociology and Anthropology Bob Wheelersburg, Assistant Professor of Anthropology , currently travels to Sweden each semester, and at least once during summer. Prof. Wheelersburg is a visiting professor teaching graduate and undergraduate courses at the University of Umea. The language of instruction is either Swedish or English.
Courses normally last one week.
The courses are valuable for the professor and the students, however, the costs and difficulty of travelling to Sweden in mid semester involve make the courses a taxing experience. There would be several other benefits to this distance learning capability. The first would be the reduction in cost of both time and money. While he normally travels on Spring and Fall break, the journey and time away from home prevents hime from working on his courses. In addition, the cost to fly him to and from Umea, as well as living expenses, costs the University several thousand dollars per trip.