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From: CAROLE RICHARDSON <>
Newsgroups: sci.cryonics
Subject: Online Course on *Death and Dying*
Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 14:02:37 EDT
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Central Michigan University is going *beyond the book*
with undergraduate courses on the Internet during the
fall semester, 1996.
 
Religion 334, "Death and Dying," and Statistics 382,
"Introduction to Statistics," are both being offered as
courses on the World Wide Web, beginning Sept. 16 and
continuing through Dec. 6.
 
The study of death and dying is certainly practical. We
must inevitably face our own mortality as well as that
of our friends and loved ones. This course is, in part,
designed to help the student think hard about these
issues, and develop effective coping strategies based
on careful reflection as well as careful analysis. This
course is not designed to be a "self help" course, but
a rigorous, yet interesting, academic study of one of
the central dimensions of modern life, dealing with the
perplexing topics of dying and death.
 
CMU's College of Extended Learning has always been at
the forefront in offering quality off-campus degree
programs. For 25 years, CMU has expanded that quality
throughout the state of Michigan, the United States,
Canada and Mexico. Now, CMU has taken that quality into
cyberspace through its Center for Distance Learning
with courses on the World Wide Web.
 
These courses extend the traditional quality
established in CMU's course content to include the
finest achievements in cutting edge educational
delivery via the information superhighway. Each
students will receive a syllabus, lectures and other
material for the course via the World Wide Web. CMU's
"Virtual Learning Center" will feature multiple levels
of communication for students enrolled in the course.
Interactive chat sessions will be scheduled between the
students and the instructor in each course. A virtual
student lounge, "The Webytes Cafe," has been
established for students to communicate among
themselves about informal topics and about course
topics such as assignments, projects and upcoming
examinations.
 
Technical recommendations for taking these classes are:
SYSTEM: Multimedia PC 486 or Pentium, Macintosh 68040,
or Power PC
SOFTWARE: Netscape 2.0 or Microsoft Internet Explorer,
Adobe Acrobat Reader 2.0, Netscape Mail or Internet
compatible mail system
 
Those interested in taking the course may preview REL
334 may do so at
(http://cyclops.cel.cmich.edu/religion_334/rel334_pages
/rel334_home.html).
 
The courses are available as credit or no credit upon
request. Tuition is $285. Students must also pay for
the text, and there is a one-time CMU admission fee of
$50. If you have already been admitted to take CMU
courses, then you are not required to pay the admission
fee. Registration goes through Sept. 15, and is limited
to 20 students. To register for REL 334, or for more
information about STA 382, please send e-mail to
 or call 1-800-688-4268.


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