Class Schedules

The course schedule is published before registration begins each semester. The course schedule includes course meeting days and times, seat capacity, course prerequisites, textbook information and additional information for courses meeting the search criteria. 

If a class session is missed due to inclement weather, no make-up date is scheduled but instructors are expected to post course content and assignments for students in lieu of the missed class session. This applies for both graduate and undergraduate courses.

Please note that students enrolled in courses at the university may be required to participate in online discussion forums, student-to-student collaborations and student presentations with other students as part of course requirements. 

Undergraduate courses: Courses are generally scheduled Monday through Thursday. Courses will be delivered over 16 weeks. Most undergraduate day program classes will meet twice per week, each over a 75-minute class period.

Academic Classes — MW or TR Culinary / Baking Labs — 15 class meetings — MW or TR Science Labs / Design Studios
8–9:15am 7am–1pm Double class periods
9:30–10:45am 1:45–7:45pm
11am–12:15pm
12:30–1:45pm Culinary / Baking Labs — 15 class meetings — MTWR
2–3:15pm 7am–1pm
3:30–4:45pm 1:45–7:45pm
5–6:15pm
6:30–7:45pm (as needed)

Graduate courses: Master’s level courses are delivered over 8 or 16 weeks, in standard and hybrid formats. The majority of courses will be offered in the evening from 6–8:45pm. While graduate class schedules vary by program, the course schedule reflects specific meeting days and times for all courses. 

Course Delivery Methods

On-Campus In-Person

An on-campus in-person course is organized around scheduled meeting days and times that take place entirely on campus in the location(s) listed on the course schedule available through jwuLink. 

  • Courses may use educational technology such as ulearn and other digital tools for class activities, communications and assignments completed outside of the scheduled times spent on campus in the face-to-face classroom.

Course Search Campus Code: Providence Downcity, Providence Harborside or Charlotte 

Hybrid: On Campus & Online (HYBRD)

A hybrid course is offered principally through face-to-face instruction in a classroom setting for more than 50% of the class meeting times for any given semester. In-class sessions must include the first and the last class of the semester (which might be the final exam).

  • On-campus and online synchronous course components are organized around scheduled meeting days and times listed on the course schedule available through jwuLink. 
  • Assignment of a day and time, but not a location, indicates that a course or section of a course takes place online synchronously.
  • Assignment of a building and room number, in addition to the day and time, indicates that a course takes place entirely on-campus and in-person.
  • Assignment of days, no times and no location, indicates that a section of a course takes place online asynchronously.

Course Search Campus Code: Providence Downcity, Providence Harborside or Charlotte 

Online Asynchronous

An online asynchronous course is fully online with no required-on campus activities or any mandatory face-to-face class sessions; thus, no meeting days or times will be listed on the course schedule available through jwuLink. 

  • All course activity, including assessments (which may include proctored exams), is done online.
  • Students access the course when it’s convenient for them while still meeting deadlines posted in the syllabus.
  • Online asynchronous courses use ulearn and other digital tools for class activities including lecture delivery, assignments and exams, as well as all class communications.

Course Search Campus Code: Online

Online At Set Times — Synchronous

Virtual courses are online synchronously-delivered courses with no face-to-face class meetings. Students have the same frequency of direct interaction with faculty and other students during regularly scheduled day/class periods as in-person courses.

Students are expected to attend synchronous sessions in the same way they are expected to attend face-to-face courses. Coursework is handled through videoconferencing tools such as Zoom, with synchronous sessions enhanced by various educational technology tools. Assignments are administered and turned in through ulearn. Students have access in ulearn to course materials that support faculty-delivered content along with other course materials, such as videos and links that enrich the subject.

  • Classrooms are not assigned for these courses.
  • Scheduled course activities may include weekly lectures and discussions.
  • Assignments, quizzes and exams are administered and turned in through ulearn.

Instructors may also offer online office hours and review sessions as indicated in the syllabus or course announcements.

Online synchronous courses require students to join class sessions remotely and in real-time utilizing video conferencing technologies such as Zoom. 

Course Search Campus Code:  Off Campus | Virtual Delivery

Off-Campus Experience

An off-campus experience course takes place off the JWU campus. Examples of off-campus experiences could include study abroad, student teaching, internships, practicums or clinical experiences.

Course Search Campus Code: Off Campus | Virtual Delivery