Instructors include faculty members and academic administrators from Lesley's Cambridge campus, professors from other institutions and skilled practitioners, professionals and consultants from the region and beyond. They are selected both for their proven expertise in a specific area and their ability to teach and inspire adult students in a non-traditional learning format. Intensive Weekend Format Lesley developed the intensive weekend learning format not only to enable working professionals to fit graduate and undergraduate classes into their busy schedules, but also to permit students to focus intensely on classes and course content over a single weekend. Students enjoy the stimulating discussions, sense of community and high energy level the intensive weekend format provides. Classes generally meet Friday evening and all day Saturday and Sunday.
Students take one three-credit course at a time.
Each course meets for two weekends held approximately one month apart, for a total of 45 in-class hours. Therefore, a course that normally would take a semester to complete, if offered one night a week, is completed in two intensive weekends. Projects and assignments are completed prior to the first weekend, during the interval between classes, and after the second weekend. The weekend format enables students to take four or five courses during the academic year with an option to do summer coursework as well. Most programs are completed within two to two and one-half years.