Disproving the Myths: A UBC Employee Finds Success with Distance Education
Jennifer Nielsen is a full time UBC employee and has “found the option of taking distance education classes to be essential to finishing and upgrading [her] Bachelor of Arts degree.”
It’s Never too Late to Learn Something New: Finishing Your Degree with Distance Education
A 4th year Political Science student, Greg Dunn, began his studies at UBC more than 20 years ago. Recently, he registered for three distance education courses to finish his degree: HIST 432, FREN 348, and FREN 349.
Integrated Science Student Learns the Value of Distance Education
Jonathan Lopez is a second year student in the Integrated Sciences Program, specializing in Environmental Microbiology. One of his program requirements is the completion of BIOL 200: Cell Biology I: Structural Basis and he “chose to do it through distance education because it best fit [his] schedule.”
Flexibility, Time Management, and Comfort through Distance Education
Kathleen Reid is a 3rd year Political Science Major and Sociology Minor. When she needed to fulfill one of her science credits she opted to take FNH 200: Exploring Our Food via distance education after she “heard from friends that [this] was a good course and the format was easy to understand.”
Discovering the Earths’ Complexities through Distance Education
As an upper level Biology Major and peer tutor for first year biology courses, Jessica Lu faces a demanding schedule. Because of these demands Jessica “didn’t have any time to commit to another course with fully scheduled lectures.” In order to add more flexibility to her schedule, Jessica took two distance education courses: EOSC 114 and EOSC 116.
One UBC Staff Member Gains More than Knowledge with Distance Education
Cheryl Kinkaid works in the Dean’s Office in the UBC Faculty of Applied Science. She has been taking distance courses as a way to work towards her degree while still working full-time.
How One English Literature Student Learned More Than Just Literature With Distance Education
Helen Darbyshire is a 4th Year English Literature Major who enrolled in FREN 348 to “help [her] fulfill requirements outside of [her] Major,” after it was recommended by Arts Advising. “It enabled me to take two courses at the same time (my other course is on campus) which I could not normally do, so therefore it assists in my goal of completing my Degree.”
How Distance Education Leaves One Psychology Student Pleasantly Surprised
Chris Wirth is a 4th Year Psychology Major who needed to find a way “to complete [his] degree while working full-time in order to pay for [his] studies.” Registering in two Psychology courses through distance education made this scenario possible, while providing him with pleasantly unexpected experiences in his education.
Teach and Be Taught: A Teacher Uses Distance Education to Move Up
Karla Sapp started off using distance education as a way to catch up on her university credits and now she is using it to finish her Bachelors of Arts Degree while working full time as a teacher on call for elementary and high school students, grades K-12.
A Nursing Student Works towards a Master’s Degree with Distance Education
Sherri Morrish has spent the past 16 years in the nursing field and has now set her sights on earning a Master’s of Science in Nursing with a major in Clinical Education. It seems like a lot to handle, being a wife, mother to two young daughters, and working full time while studying for her degree, but not for Sherri. She has managed to balance it all with distance education.
