TAKE NEW PALTZ HOME WITH YOU THIS SUMMER!
With over 100 online courses offered for summer 2013, you have the opportunity to attend a class at your own convenience — anytime and anywhere. Most online courses offered at 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 Internet service provider (ISP), it is up to them to help you get your computer to connect. You need a non-restrictive 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 activities. 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 may be required.
- 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 2013 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.
New Paltz Computer User ID (NPCUID) and Password:
Your username may be your Banner ID or the new NPCUID which is up to the first seven characters of your last name, the first character of your first name, and a digit provided when you register. First-time registrants 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, contact the Student Help desk (helpdesk@newpaltz.edu) or Linda Smith (smithl@newpaltz.edu). If you have trouble with your password, go to my.newpaltz.edu and click on "Trouble logging In?" 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-hawkmail/
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 Extended Learning will assist you with add/drop, withdrawals, and general registration problems. Please call 845-257-2904.
Online courses being offered in Summer Session 2013:
UNDERGRADUATE COURSES
| ANT215-01 | Intro to Biological Anthropology |
| ANT305-01 | Cultures of South America |
| ARE200-01 | Art Criticism |
| ARH201-01 | Art of Western World 1 |
| ARH202-01 | Art of Western World 2 |
| ARH359-01 | Art of the Later 20th Century from 1940 |
| ARH369-01 | History Modern Design |
| ARH382-01 | American Art |
| BIO112-01/02/03/04 | Biology Today |
| BIO135-01/02 | Evolution for Everyone |
| BLK272-01 | Rap and the Spoken Word |
| BLK331-01 | American Civil Rights Movement |
| BLK350-01 | Contemporary Social Issues |
| CMD202-01 | Deaf Culture and Heritage |
| CMD306-01/02 | Language Development in Children |
| CMD310-01/02 | Anatomy and Physiology of Speech |
| CMD312-01/02 | Intro to Communication Disorders |
| CMD401-01 | Observations in Communications Disorders |
| CMD406-01 | Diagnosis Speech-Lang Pathology |
| CMD407-01 | Speech Perception and Hearing Imprd |
| CMD417-01/02 | Audiology |
| CMM101-01/02 | Media and Society |
| CMM102-01 | Intro to Communication |
| CMM221-01 | Intro to Advertising |
| CMM224-01 | Intro Media Programming & Mgmt |
| CMM319-01 | Writing for Digital Media |
| CMM323-01 | Digital Media & Tech |
| CMM355-01 | NonVerbal Communication |
| CMM359-01/02 | Com Among Cultures |
| CMM360-01 | Organizational Communication 1 |
| ECO100-01 | American Economic Development |
| EDI774-01 | Theor Found of Rdg and Writing |
| EDS371-01/02 | Child Psychology and Dev |
| ENG200-01 | Analysis and Interpretation of Literature |
| ENG224-01 | Expository Writing |
| ENG226-01 | Practical Grammar |
| ENG230-01 | Women in Literature |
| ENG302-01 | English Literature 2 |
| ENG307-01 | The Novel |
| ENG308-01 | Short Story |
| ENG331-01 | American Literature 1 |
| ENG345-01 | Creative Writing Workshop 1 |
| ENG423-01 | Contemporary Literary Theory |
| ENG440-01 | The Beats |
| ENG477-01 | Literature of the Holocaust |
| EVO201-01 | Evolution and Human Health |
| EVO301-01 | Evolutionary Studies Seminar |
| GEO245-01/02 | Cities of the World |
| GEO273-01/02/03 | Physical Geography |
| GLG205-01/02 | Environmental Geology |
| HIS221-01 | US History to 1865 |
| HIS222-01 | US History Since 1865 |
| HIS303-01 | The Empire State |
| JRN315-01 | Intro to Public Relations |
| LAM270-01 | Intro to Latin American Studies |
| LIN201-01/02 | Intro to Linguistics |
| MAT140-01 | Math for Elem Teachers I |
| MAT183-01 | Introduction to Math Modeling |
| MUS160-01 | History of Jazz |
| MUS260-02 | History of Rock |
| PHI120-01 | Intro to Philosophy:Classics |
| POL227-01 | Intro to International Politcs |
| POL323-01 | Sovereigns & Subjects |
| PSY272-01 | Introductory Psychology |
| PSY304-01 | Industrial Psychology |
| PSY307-01 | Evolutionary Psychology |
| PSY313-01 | Psych of Personality |
| PSY343-01 | Psych of Infancy and Childhood |
| PSY344-01 | Psychology of Adolescence & Adult |
| PSY350-01 | Psychology of Women |
| PSY403-02 | Health Psychology |
| PSY412-01 | Abnormal Psychology |
| PSY498-02 | Seminar in Psychology |
| REL270-01/02 | Religions of World |
| SOC100-01 | Intro Sociology |
| SOC220-01 | Social Inequality US |
| SOC250-01 | Crime and Society |
| SOC305-01 | Juvenile Delinquency |
| SOC308-01 | Medical Sociology |
| SOC350-01 | Intro Human Services |
| SOC370-01 | Sociology of Families |
| SOC407-01 | Organizations and Work |
| THE233-01 | Western Drama I |
| THE239-01 | History of Fashion |
| THE327-01 | Race Gender and Performance |
| WOM220-01 | Women Images and Realities |
GRADUATE COURSES
| CMD509-01 | Advanced Speech Science |
| CMD511-01 | Aural Rehab Child/Adults |
| CMD523-01/02 | Language and Literacy Dev |
| COU585-01 | Contemporary Issues in Counseling |
| EDA772-01 | Administrative Theory and Practice |
| EDI774-01 | Theoretical Foundations of Reading and Writing |
| EGE533-01 | Intro to Parallel Computing |
| SPE565-01 | Teachng in Inclusive Classrooms |
Online courses run for nine 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, 2013. Payment is due by May 14, 2013, regardless of the first day of class. Students who do not pay in full by May 14, 2013 will be de-registered from their classes on May 15, 2013. 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 Extended Learning at (845) 257-2904, or Records and Registration at 845-257-3100, to obtain a course withdrawal form. A $20 fee is required.
Bring or mail the completed withdrawal form and a check for $20 made payable to SUNY New Paltz to:
Attention: Martha Teck
Office of Extended Learning, HAB 805
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.
