The University of Georgia- Independent and distance learning

About Independent and Distance learning (IDL)

The Independent and Distance Learning (IDL) aims at providing that will fit your lifestyle through the online courses that can easily be accessed at your pace from the location that is most suitable to you.
You can utilize these courses in order to work towards your degree and broaden your professional expertise or to simply learn more about a subject that will interest you the most.

You can register your IDL course from anywhere and at anytime. The minimum enrolment time required is 8 weeks.

The main aim of IDL

IDL’s mission is to offer calibre courses to the students of University of Georgia. It also offers its calibre courses to the individuals who are interested in earning academic credit through distance learning programs.
IDL thrives strives to broaden the access to higher education by transcending the barriers of geography and time, while meeting the highest academic standards, heartening the academic rigor as well as requiring equivalent levels of student achievements as well as qualify of courses in spite of of delivery format.

It also allows flexibility of registration and permits the students to register at anytime and take maximum of three courses simultaneously and upto nine months to accomplish each course.

One can obtain an online degree at the convenience of his/ her. Apart from this, you will also be offered with:

• 24/7 assistance
• Study material can easily be downloaded from the internet
• One can interact with the faculty and fellow students
• Small classroom size, so that each and every student could be given attention
• You can take the lecture anytime of the day or night

Course delivery and timings

After registering yourself, you will be able to receive the course access information through e- mail. Besides this, you will also receive a student packet that will contain your IDL Student handbook, forms, notices and special materials and instructions for some courses.

As far as earning academic credit is concerned, the credit earned through IDL is recorded on an official transcript by the University of Georgia office of the registrar.

It may also be utilised to fulfil the degree requirements as per the regulations of your college or university.

The maximum time allowed to accomplish an IDL course is 9 months though you are encouraged to finish the course in as less time as you can. You must be enrolled in the course for at least 8 weeks and all the required lessons must be accomplished as well as submitted before talking your final exam.
After the final exam, you will be allowed 30 days to receive your final grade.

Costs and Fees

The tuition fees for IDL courses is $203.00 per credit for the in- state as well as out- of- state residents.

Accreditation

The University of Georgia is accredited regionally by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.