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[vc_row][vc_column width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]UT Health San Antonio ensures the quality of programs it offers online through synchronous and asynchronous electronic delivery.\u00a0 Schools offer academic programs and courses through a variety of distance education structures.<\/p>\n

Definition of Online Programs and Courses:<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Distance Education Programs<\/u>:\u00a0 THECB rules define distance education as “the formal educational process that occurs when students and instructors are not in the same physical setting for the majority (more than 50 percent) of instruction.” Distance education can include courses and programs offered online, off-campus face-to-face, and electronic-to-groups.<\/p>\n

The institution currently offers the following programs of study through distance education:<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>UT Health San Antonio Academic Programs Offered Via Distance Education<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Degree<\/b><\/td>\nSchool<\/b><\/td>\nDelivery<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Respiratory Care (BS)<\/td>\nSchool of Health Professions<\/td>\n100% asynchronous<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Respiratory Care (MS)<\/td>\nSchool of Health Professions<\/td>\n100% asynchronous<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Emergency Health Sciences (BS)<\/td>\nSchool of Health Professions<\/td>\n100% asynchronous<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dental Hygiene (BS)<\/td>\nSchool of Dentistry<\/td>\n100% asynchronous<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dental Hygiene (MS)<\/td>\nSchool of Dentistry<\/td>\n100% asynchronous<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Deaf Education & Hearing Science (MDEHS)<\/td>\nSchool of Medicine<\/td>\n100% synchronous<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Doctor of Nurse Practitioner (DNP)<\/td>\nSchool of Nursing<\/td>\n\u00a0 85% synchronous<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Distance Education Courses<\/u>: THECB rules recognize two categories of distance education courses: fully distance education courses and hybrid\/blended courses. A fully distance education course is defined as “A course which may have mandatory face-to-face sessions totaling no more than 15 percent of the instructional time. Examples of face-to-face sessions include orientation, laboratory, exam review, or an in-person test.” A hybrid\/blended course is defined as “A course in which a majority (more than 50 percent but less than 85 percent), of the planned instruction occurs when the students and instructor(s) are not in the same place.”<\/p>\n

Distance Education for Students Outside of Texas<\/strong><\/p>\n

UT Health San Antonio is a member of the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements (NC SARA).\u00a0 NC SARA is a voluntary agreement among its member states and U.S. territories that establishes comparable national standards for interstate offering of postsecondary distance-education courses and programs. It is intended to make it easier for students to take online courses offered by postsecondary institutions based in another state.<\/p>\n

Participation is available for institutions accredited by an association recognized by the U.S. Secretary of Education, such as UT Health San Antonio\u2019s regional accreditor, SACSCOC and allows institutions to offer distance education courses and programs to students in other SARA participating states without seeking state authorization.\u00a0 As a member of the association, the programs listed above are authorized to enroll and deliver instruction to students residing outside of Texas. For more information on SARA, including an up-to-date list of\u00a0SARA States and Institutions<\/a>, visit\u00a0NC-SARA.org.<\/a><\/p>\n

Additionally, NC SARA participating institutions agree to follow the\u00a0Interregional\u00a0Guidelines for the Evaluation of Distance Education Programs (Online Learning)<\/a>\u00a0for best practices in postsecondary distance education developed by leading practitioners of distance education and adopted by the\u00a0Council of Regional Accrediting Commissions (C-RAC)<\/a>.\u00a0 UT Health San Antonio abides by the guidelines and is led by an institutional advisory committee that monitors institutional distance education activity. Additional information for faculty and staff is available through the My UT Health Academic Effectiveness resources page.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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