COPLAC Shared Online Courses

COPLACDigital is a Mellon Foundation-funded initiative to develop distance mentoring digital liberal arts courses across the Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges (COPLAC) consortium. Based on the highly successful Century America seminar, COPLACDigital brings together faculty, students, archivists, and instructional technologists to collaborate in the public creation of knowledge. More information is available on the COPLAC website. General guidelines follow. (Home institution refers to the institution the student normally attends. Host institution refers to the institution offering the COPLACDigital course.) 

• Students admitted (full-time, part-time, “special” undergraduate or graduate status) at a participating COPLAC institution and who have completed required prerequisite courses or are otherwise at an appropriate level to participate, will be accepted by the host institution. 

• Each student participating in a shared course will follow the host institution’s deadlines, procedures, and policies used for its students related to enrollment, adding, dropping, withdrawing, etc. 

• The host institution decides upon the learning management system used for instruction, enrollment limit, grading policies, and delivery method. 

• Ideally, the online courses address unmet needs at the home institution, broaden program offerings, and offer intellectual and experiential opportunities to students that travel costs, tuition costs, etc., might otherwise prohibit.