Your Tutor Athabasca University tutors are committed to helping students learn at a distance. After registering in an Athabasca University course, and approximately two to three weeks before the course start date, students receive a letter containing their tutor's name, address, e-mail address, and tutoring hours. In all courses offered by Athabasca University, students may use e-mail to submit their assignments and to contact their tutor, professor, or learning facilitator. If you are a full-time student, you could take from three to five courses at once. To ensure you don't overburden yourself, the University normally limits each student's course load to a maximum of six.
Extensions are available in individualized-study courses only.
An increasing number of courses and program use the Internet as a course delivery method or enhancement. Each course syllabus provides course delivery information. Students are advised that online conferences are retained and may be made available for research purposes. Plagiarism Athabasca University is serious about academic misconduct, including plagiarism. Our faculty and staff trace suspected cases.