CALCampus
How It Works
Individualized Instruction
CALCampus courses are designed and taught by qualified instructors for individual, one-to-one study, as opposed to pre-scheduled group classes. This provides the benefit of a high level of individualization and attention to the student's needs. Students work offline and use the online medium for communication with their instructors and for submitting homework.
Course Materials
1) Most courses use a hardcopy textbook that the student buys. Each course description specifies if a textbook is needed, and those are available for ordering through the Bookstore in our Online Campus. CALCampus uses course textbooks that are published by nationally-recognized, educational publishers, following national standards.
2) Some courses also provide PowerPoints and/or teacher-written lessons that are either in hypertext form readable with a common Web browser,
or text lessons that are printed. These are provided online for downloading.
3) Each course has a syllabus which is provided for the student at the beginning of the course.
Honor Code System
CALCampus operates on the Honor Code System. This system presumes that the student
will do his/her own academic work and all assignments, quizzes, and exams submitted for evaluation
will be done solely by the student. All research assignments must be clearly documented according to standard citation guidelines.
Exams
Under our Honor Code system, students do their exams at their home location without a proctor.
However, individual teachers have the option to require proctored exams for all or selected
exams, for all or selected students, at any time during a course. Also, we can accommodate proctored exam requests,
if requested by a school for its student.
Homework and Teacher-Student Interaction
We use traditional instructional methods. There are weekly homework assignments, projects, exams, and research papers. Students study on their own weekly schedule, prepare homework offline, usually with a word processor, and send assignments to the course teacher each week. Communication with instructors is done through a combination of the Course Management System and Internet e-mail. Your instructors are also available to you through weekly online office periods during which you may stop by to chat. Additional meetings with your instructor may be scheduled, by appointment.
Homework assignments and tests are submitted weekly by the student, one assignment per week. The instructor evaluates the assignment and sends comments to the student. Then, the student progresses to the next assignment. Do not submit batches of assignments.
Rolling Admissions
We have individual rolling admissions which allows students to enter at any time throughout the year.
Course Durations
Courses are designed to be completed in 12 weeks from date of confirmation, although we allow students to work
longer on their courses. We do not approve of
rapid completions that do not allow enough time for the student to adequately assimilate the learning that is
taking place. If a request is made for completion in shorter than 12 weeks, the administration will confer
with the CALCampus instructor before making a decision for or against approval.
Registration and Admissions Procedure
For individual courses, after we have received your course registration form, you are e-mailed by the Registrar with official confirmation of course enrollment. Then, you are e-mailed by your instructor and provided with a course syllabus which is a roadmap of readings and assignments. For diploma program admission, the Director provides individualized academic counseling during the planning stage of your enrollment. Thereafter, the Registrar contacts you as detailed in the individual course registration above.
Student Account
As a CALCampus student, you will have your own CALCampus User ID
and password, which you will use to enter the online campus whenever you wish.
The campus allows you to download course materials and to communicate with your
instructors.
