DISTANCE COURSES: Virginia

 

Please consult our course schedules for more information on course offerings in Virginia each semester.

Richmond
Courses in Richmond are occasionally held at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts  and at Virginia Commonwealth University.
Directions to Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Directions to VCU

Northern Virginia/Loudon County
Courses in Northern Virginia/Loudon County are occasionally held at the Fairfax County Government Center, at the George Washington University Ashburn Campus, and other locations in the Northern Virigina, D.C. suburbs including the Loudon County Public Schools Administration Building.
Directions to GWU Ashburn
Directions to Loudoun County Public Schools

Richmond Program Assistant
Every off campus site has a student who is hired to be a program assistant.  This person helps take care of administrative duties such as ordering text books and coordinating library privileges for students and faculty. The current program assistant for VCU is:

          Kareemah Hamdan
          kareemahhamdan@hotmail.com
          804-683-7142

Please contact Kareemah with any questions regarding issues specific to classes being offered at VCU.

Library Privileges
During the first class meeting, each student will fill out a Community Borrower Form from the VCU libraries.  This allows each user to utilize and check out materials in the VCU libraries.  CUA students may utilize fee-based auxiliary services, borrow up to five books from the VCU libraries at one time, ask for reference assistance, and check out reserve materials.  Use of computer classrooms are for VCU students only.  Document delivery and interlibrary loan services must be processed through the CUA library

Textbooks
Textbooks can be purchased by students on the first day of class during the first class meeting. The program assistant orders textbooks from the VCU bookstore based on the number of students enrolled in the course. After the first class, a second order is placed for textbooks for students not enrolled prior to the first day of class.

Reserve Materials
Reserve materials are kept in the Media Resource Service section of the Cabell library on the third floor. Depending on the professor’s choice, materials can be checked out for two hours, one day, or three days. A picture ID is required to check out reserve materials.

Parking
Classes at VCU are typically held at the James Branch Cabell Library located at 901 Park Avenue. Limited street parking is available after 6:00 p.m. There is a parking garage on Main and Laurel Streets, approximately 4 blocks from the library.

University Closings
In the event that a distance location closes due to weather or other emergency, CUA classes held at that location will also be cancelled.  All such closings should be announced on the local TV and radio news stations.  See the complete policy on university closings.

University Holidays
In case of different holiday dates between CUA and a distance location, follow the CUA schedule unless otherwise notified by your instructor.  Scheduled class cancellations at CUA can be found on the academic calendar.

CUA ID Card
As CUA students, everyone enrolled in SLIS courses at a distance location is entitled to a CUA ID card.  They are not strictly required for study at distance locations.  They are required, however, for study on Catholic University's campus.  These cards also give students access to CUA's Mullen Library and provide admittance to CUA events open only to students.  They may also be required to access off campus libraries (e.g. George Mason Univeristy Libraries).  To find out more about the CUA ID card, visit http://cardinalcard.cua.edu.

Faculty Availability
All instructional faculty members who teach in the MSLS program in Virginia arrange office hours convenient to students and held at the class site.

Title IV Disclosure Requirements
Title IV requires institutions particpating in financial aid programs to disclose specified information to all prospective students. Please see the following page for the required information: http://counsel.cua.edu/StudLife/publications/consumerinfo.cfm