With the exception of some of the history workshops, these courses are held on the Freedoms Foundation Valley Forge campus . Click here for a schedule of upcoming graduate programs. A variety of formats have been used in conducting the seminars. In terms of faculty, the sponsoring university often has provided a Director responsible for the academic standards and processes of the program. In addition, instructors to assist in giving the course usually are provided by Freedoms Foundation, with university approval.
Participants can earn from one to three semester hours of graduate credit.
In addition to attending lectures and seminars, participants taking courses for credit have been required to take examinations, to write a short term paper or to prepare a teaching unit on some topic pertinent to the course. Speakers for Freedoms Foundation graduate courses have come from the academic community, from various professions and from industry. They have in many cases been selected jointly by the Academic Director and the Freedoms Foundation Programs Office, and generally have been in a relationship of adjunct faculty to the accrediting institution. The syllabus for any given course is a cooperative venture. Applicants are accepted and registered for the course through the Freedoms Foundation Programs Office.