Center City Campus adopts quarter system
Jason Hand
Issue date: 10/7/05 Section: News
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The School of Public Health and the College of Nursing and Health Professions, both housed on the Center City Hahnemann Campus, have switched over to a quarter system this year in order to synchronize courses with the University City Main Campus.
Though the new system is being phased in gradually in the coming years, current students will remain on the semester system while new students will be placed on the quarter system.
"Drexel University is a quarter system environment and given that we are now part of Drexel, we decided that it is necessary to fully match the remainder of the University so that our students are not compromised in any way," Dean of the College of Nursing and Health Professions Gloria Donnelly said.
She pointed out that if the school remains on a semester system, it would deny its students of taking electives or dual majors in the University's other schools and colleges. Additionally, Donnelly stated that it is tough for students to work in two different schedule systems and that it would be cumbersome for faculty to teach in both semester and quarter format, something the college's undergraduate nursing faculty did for three years. Furthermore, the CNHP had been moving towards the quarter system since before the merger with the University.
"At the School of Public Health we totally agree [with the decision to move to quarters]," Dean of the School of Public Health Marla Gold said. "Our full time Masters of Public Health program is undergoing a transition to the quarter system this year. First year, entering Master's in Public Health students are on the quarter system, while our second year students are finishing their MPH degree program with us on the semester system out of necessity."
Gold also maintained that the school would be moving all full time programs to the quarter system as of next year for two reasons. First, the students will have the opportunity to take advantage of all the University has to offer, since it has a broad range of graduate level classes in many vicinities that count for public health credit. As of next year, second year MPH students will have the choice of taking numerous electives in their specific public health concentration in other University schools and colleges. This is regulated with the University's long term strategic plan, specifically the need to take advantage of the educational assets the institution has to offer as a whole. Second, the transition serves to make the administrative processes for students more cohesive-procedures involving enrollment, the bursar or registrar will be much simpler when the academic calendars match across the University.
Though the new system is being phased in gradually in the coming years, current students will remain on the semester system while new students will be placed on the quarter system.
"Drexel University is a quarter system environment and given that we are now part of Drexel, we decided that it is necessary to fully match the remainder of the University so that our students are not compromised in any way," Dean of the College of Nursing and Health Professions Gloria Donnelly said.
She pointed out that if the school remains on a semester system, it would deny its students of taking electives or dual majors in the University's other schools and colleges. Additionally, Donnelly stated that it is tough for students to work in two different schedule systems and that it would be cumbersome for faculty to teach in both semester and quarter format, something the college's undergraduate nursing faculty did for three years. Furthermore, the CNHP had been moving towards the quarter system since before the merger with the University.
"At the School of Public Health we totally agree [with the decision to move to quarters]," Dean of the School of Public Health Marla Gold said. "Our full time Masters of Public Health program is undergoing a transition to the quarter system this year. First year, entering Master's in Public Health students are on the quarter system, while our second year students are finishing their MPH degree program with us on the semester system out of necessity."
Gold also maintained that the school would be moving all full time programs to the quarter system as of next year for two reasons. First, the students will have the opportunity to take advantage of all the University has to offer, since it has a broad range of graduate level classes in many vicinities that count for public health credit. As of next year, second year MPH students will have the choice of taking numerous electives in their specific public health concentration in other University schools and colleges. This is regulated with the University's long term strategic plan, specifically the need to take advantage of the educational assets the institution has to offer as a whole. Second, the transition serves to make the administrative processes for students more cohesive-procedures involving enrollment, the bursar or registrar will be much simpler when the academic calendars match across the University.
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