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1929: Correspondence Courses established
The need for correspondence
courses was recognized early in the University’s development but they were used
sporadically during the first two decades.
Due in part to dissatisfaction with the junior colleges, the University
first offered extramural classes in 1929, with Mabel Timlin as the first director. Students were allowed to take five of the
required fifteen university classes by correspondence, although classes were
limited to those not requiring laboratory work and to those not prescribed for
the honours program. In the first year,
78 students were enrolled in 117 classes.
Throughout World War II, correspondence courses were used extensively by
the armed forces.
By 1979 correspondence courses
had become the responsibility of the Extension Division’s independent studies
program, and degree courses continue to be available by correspondence
today. Indeed, with the introduction of
Internet delivery for some courses, the original concept of “correspondence
courses” has been expanded tremendously.
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Correspondence Courses fonds, RG 2111
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1929a: Intramural courses - general circular no. 1. Correspondence Courses fonds, RG 2111, file A1.
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Guide to
Holdings, p. 66.
Hayden, p. 122.
Correspondence Courses fonds,
RG 2111, file A1.
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