GET AHEAD, CATCH UP, EXPERIENCE ONLINE!

SUNY New Paltz is offering online courses in Summer Session 2012. Take the opportunity to attend a class at your own convenience — anytime and anywhere. Using a computer, you can receive instruction, compose and submit assignments, ask questions of the instructor and other students, discuss issues and actively participate in the class — all from your home, your office, or the student computer lab on campus! Most courses offered at SUNY New Paltz run on Blackboard.

Hardware / Software Requirements

Your Computer:
Find details about browsers, operating systems and other technical issues:
http://acs.newpaltz.edu/media/nponline.pdf

• If you connect through a commercial ISP, it is up to them to help you get your computer to connect. You need a non-restrictive Internet service provider (ISP) which will allow you to stay connected for the length of time required to post in a discussion, take a quiz and participate in other online activites. Some satellite Internet services may not work with Blackboard.
• On campus: computers in any open lab provide access.

Browser Settings:

• Your browser MUST accept cookies and the browser popup blockers must be set to allow blackboard.newpaltz.edu.
• Details on setting pop-up blockers can be found at http://acs.newpaltz.edu/safecomp/popup-blockers/.

Software on Your Computer:

• Word processing software MUST be installed on the computer you will use. You MUST be able to save in a format that your instructor can open.
• You MUST have an up-to-date anti-virus package installed on your computer.
• For all operating systems, the supported version is Java Standard Edition 6 and later. PLEASE keep your Java up to date.
• RealPlayer® may be required for courses with streaming media content.
• Adobe® Acrobat Reader is required by those faculty providing course material in PDF format.
• Adobe® Shockwave Player may be required.
• Adobe® Flash Player
• Your Professor will let you know of any special software requirements.

NOTE: Links for downloading these free applications can be found at http:acs.newpaltz.edu/downloads/

Be sure to go to http://acs.newpaltz.edu/help/ for links to the Blackboard FAQ.

All links can be found from the Academic Computing home page: http://acs.newpaltz.edu

 

Course Sites

Summer 2012 courses reside on the New Paltz Blackboard servers. Blackboard course sites will be available to students one week prior to the beginning of your class.

Username (BannerID/NPCUID) and Password:
Your Banner ID/NPCUID is your login name and follows the form N0#######. You should be sent an email (to the personal email address we have on file) to activate your account. Clicking the link in that message will allow you to set a password.

If you have a problem with your username and/or password, contact the Student Help desk (deskh@newpaltz.edu) or Linda Smith (smithl@newpaltz.edu).

If you do not know your Banner ID, please call Records and Registration at 845-257-3100, and press "0" to speak to a person. Or go to acs.newpaltz.edu/about/npcuid for further information.

 

DO NOT SEND YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER. You MUST provide your first and last name and include a course and section number in which you are enrolled.

 

Practice Using Blackboard:
After logging in to Blackboard, click on the Community Tab/"All Students" where you can practice your online skills prior to the beginning of your actual course. Examples of different types of material will be found behind the links. Please explore them.

Your email:
Students are provided with a campus email account http://mail.hawkmail.newpaltz.edu which uses the same username and password as you use with Blackboard. This is the email address known to Blackboard. Your instructor may send email to your hawkmail account. Be sure to check it frequently. Your campus email can be redirected to another account after logging into http://csc.newpaltz.edu/hawkmail for general information, or http://csc.newpaltz.edu/e-mail.hawkmail/accessing-hawmail/ for details on how to access hawkmail or for forwarding email: http://csc.newpaltz.edu/e-mail/hawkmail/forwarding-mail/ For the direct link to hawkmail: http://mail.hawkmail.newpaltz.edu We cannot guarantee that redirection will work with all commercial accounts.

If you need help with Blackboard, your NPCUID, or your email account, send an email to smithl@newpaltz.edu or call 845-257-3188. Email is preferred to voice mail.

General Information:
The Office of Regional Education will assist you with add/drop, withdrawals, and general registration problems. Please call (845) 257-2904.

 

Online courses being offered in Summer Session 2012:

UNDERGRADUATE COURSES

ANT215/01 Introduction to Biological Anthropology*
ANT305/01 Cultures of South America
ARE200/01 Art Criticism
ARH202/01 Art of the Western World II
ARH356/01 Architecture of New York City
ARH359/02 Art of the Later Twentieth Century*
ARH369/01 History of Modern Design
ARH382/01 American Art
BIO112/01,02 Biology Today
BIO135/01, 02, 03 Evolution for Everyone
BLK269/01 Black Poetry and Drama
BLK331/01, 02 American Civil Rights Movement
BLK350/01 Contemporary Social Issues in the Black Community
CMD202/01 Deaf Culture and Heritage
CMD310/01,02 Anatomy & Physiology of Speech & Hearing Mechanism
CMD312/01,02 Introduction to Communication Disorders
CMD401/01 Observations in Communication Disorders
CMD407/01 Speech Perception and Hearing Impairment
CMD417/01,02 Audiology
CMD419/01 Research in Communication Disorders*
CMM101/01,02 Media and Society
CMM102/01 Introduction to Communication
CMM221/01 Introduction to Advertising
CMM224/01 Introduction to Media Programming and Management*
CMM319/01 Writing for Digital Media*
CMM323/01 Digital Media Content and Technology
CMM355/01 Nonverbal Communication
CMM359/01/02 Communication Among Cultures
ECO100/01 American Economic Development
EDS371/01 Child Psychology and Development
EDS372/01 Developing Adolescent
ENG200/01 Analysis & Interpretation of Literature
ENG210/01 Great Books: Western
ENG224/01 Expository Writing
ENG226/01 Practical Grammar
ENG230/01 Women in Literature
ENG231/01 American Woman Writers 20th Century
ENG307/01 The Novel
ENG308/01 Short Story
ENG345-01/445-01 Creative Writing Workshop I and II*
ENG423/0  Major Trends in 20th Century Criticism
ENG440/01 The Beats
ENG477/01 Literature of the Holocaust
EVO301/01 Evolutionary Studies Seminar
GEO273/01, 02, 03 Physical Geography
GEO293/01 Geography of Cities*
GLG205/01,02 Environmental Geology
HIS221/01 US History to 1865
HIS222/01 US History from 1865
LIN201/01 Introduction to Linguistics*
MAT140/01 Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers 1
MAT183/01 Introduction to Mathematical Modeling
MUS160/01 History of Jazz
MUS260/02 History of Rock
PHI120/0  Intro to Philosophy: Classics
POL216/01 American Government and Politics
POL227/01 Introduction to International Politics
POL323/01 Modern Political Theory
PSY272/01 Introductory Psychology
PSY304/01 Industrial Psychology
PSY307/01 Evolutionary Psychology
PSY313/01 Psychology of Personality
PSY344/02 Psychology of Adolescence and Adulthood
PSY350/01 Psychology of Women
PSY403/01 Health Psychology*
PSY412/01 Abnormal Psychology
PSY498/01 Seminar in Psychology
REL270/01, 02 Religions of the World
SOC100/01 Introduction to Sociology
SOC220/01 Social Inequality in the U.S.
SOC250/01,02 Crime & Society
SOC305/01 Juvenile Delinquency
SOC350/01 Introduction to Human Services
SOC370/01 Sociology of Families
SOC407/01 Sociology of Organizations & Work
THE239/01 History of Fashion
THE327/01 Race Gender and Performance
WOM20/01 Women Images and Realities

GRADUATE COURSES

ARH515/02 Studies in Twentieth-Century Art*
CMD509/01 Advanced Speech Science*
CMD511/01 Aural Rehabilitation of Children & Adults
CMD523/01 Language & Literacy Development
COU585/04 Contemporary Issues in Counseling
EDI774/01 Theoretical Foundations of Reading*
EDS537/01 Issues in Multicultural Education
EDS539/01 Social Foundations of Education
EDS730/01 Adolescent Development*
EGE533/01 Introduction to Parallel Computing
SPE565/01 Teaching in Inclusive Classrooms*
SPE703/01 Research in Special Education*

* Course will run pending approval.

Online courses run for 9 weeks unless otherwise noted in the syllabus.
See Academic Calendar for the drop/add periods, percent of liability, and withdrawal deadlines for online courses. Please note that all summer classes will be billed online starting April 16, 2012. Payment is due by May 14, 2012, regardless of the first day of class. Students who do not pay in full by May 14, 2012 will be de-registered from their classes on May 15, 2012. Paper invoices are no longer mailed, so students will be alerted via email that their charges are available for viewing on their my.newpaltz.edu accounts. Please visit www.newpaltz.edu/student_accounts/billing_info.html for log-in instructions.

See the schedule of classes for course descriptions.

If you have trouble registering for an online course, contact Martha Teck at 845-257-2904 or teckm@newpaltz.edu.

** Grades for classes ending before the end of a session will not be available until the normal grade posting period at the end of the session.

WITHDRAWING FROM AN ONLINE COURSE
To withdraw from an online course after May 29, please contact Martha Teck at the Office of Regional Education, 845-257-2904, or Records and Registration, 845-257-3100, to obtain a course withdrawal form. A $20.00 fee is required.

Bring or mail the completed withdrawal form and a check for $20.00 made payable to SUNY New Paltz to:

Attention: Martha Teck
Office of Regional Education
SUNY New Paltz
1 Hawk Drive
New Paltz, NY 12561-2443

In addition, the course instructor must send a request to Martha Teck at teckm@newpaltz.edu, via email including the following:
Student name; student ID number; course name, number and semester; and the last date and time the student attended the class.