Jessica Sabbath// January 3, 2014//
Virginia Tech has launched the debut of its winter session, with almost 1,100 students taking 79 courses.
The idea was launched to help students get ahead in coursework, satisfy a requirement or for explore new interests.
Classes during the winter session include online coursework, a combination of in-class and online instruction, daily classes over the 12- to 15-day winter session, or a winter experience, with courses offered offsite, either domestically or internationally.
The inaugural winter session includes 32 virtual course offerings, including music appreciation, hospitality and tourism management, Africana studies, Spanish, sociology, urban affairs and planning, and women’s and gender studies.
The abroad options include programs in Senegal, the Dominican Republic, London, Spain and New Zealand.