Author: Andrew Castleberry

In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the university calendar for the spring 2021 semester will include the following one-time changes:

Winter Break will be extended by one week.

• Spring 2021 classes will begin Tuesday, Jan. 19.
• Employees will receive an additional week of paid leave from Jan. 4-8. Staff will report back to work Jan. 11.

Spring Break, scheduled for March 15-19, will be eliminated from the spring 2021 semester schedule.

• Students and faculty will continue classes

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Extended Classroom Options are Almost Ready

Last month, we shared our fall class instruction options. This includes in-person courses, 100% online courses, alternative instructional delivery and  new extended classroom option for some courses. Extended classrooms are virtual seats for in-person classes where students will join the class online at the same time as in-person students. These students will have the same professor and opportunities for interaction during class. For example, a classroom that traditionally would have a maximum capacity of 30 students might now only have 20 students attend in person. The remaining 10 students would participate virtually through the extended classroom. This will help us follow the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines for social distancing.

Academic departments have examined every in-person class for the fall semester to determine which ones would be able to utilize the extended classroom environment. We will send announcements via email, social media and the UCO website when these courses . . .  read more

President Patti Neuhold-Ravikumar updates students on the university’s COVID-19 response and plans for fall. The fall class schedule currently is being updated to reflect changes in capacity and delivery. An additional announcement will be sent once the changes are complete with instruction on how to find and enroll in classes in the varying delivery . . .  read more

We recently sent an email detailing the university’s working plan for fall 2020 classroom instruction. Some of the differences in the class options were not completely clear to some of our students. We hope the following information helps clarify options for fall 2020. The bottom line is that we will offer classes in person and online in an effort . . .  read more

Amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Central Oklahoma has sought ways to continue classroom instruction while also preventing and slowing the spread of the virus. Incorporating feedback from the faculty and colleges, the university has drafted a working plan for the fall 2020 semester that will allow the university to resume in-person . . .  read more