Self-Paced Online Courses

Self-Paced Online Courses (SPOCs) are Online Asynchronous courses taken in a Fall or Spring semester and completed, at the student's own pace, by the end of term.

Purpose:

• For students who are unable to maintain full-time status due to temporary personal situations the opportunity to make academic progress while away from campus.
• Options for full-time students who need flexibility in order to graduate during their last semester at Baylor.
• For students who have left the University with 15 or fewer hours (roughly one semester) remaining to finish their degree from another location.

Eligibility: 

• A student must be a previously enrolled full-time Baylor student, a currently enrolled part-time Baylor student, a graduating senior,* a High School Accelerate student, or a non-degree seeking student before he/she may register. Full-time Baylor students not in their final semester are not eligible.
• Baylor students must have a cumulative GPA of at least 2.0.
• If the Baylor student is on academic probation, he/she must have at least a 2.5 cum GPA.
  
  *a graduating senior is defined as a student with 21 or fewer hours remaining and who has filed for graduation with their respective Dean's Office.

Restrictions: 

• A maximum of 15 semester hours of SPOCs may be earned for credit toward a degree conferred by the College of Arts and Sciences.
• Baylor students may take no more than 3 SPOCs during one semester.
• No SPOCs may be taken during the summer terms (including Maymester) or during Wintermester.

Tuition/Costs:

• Tuition is the same as for regular courses for part-time Baylor students and non-degree seeking students. Full-time students who are eligible for SPOCs are under flat-rate tuition and incur no additional fees.
• Textbooks are not included in tuition payment.
• There are no fees associated with SPOCs, but students must have computers and reliable internet access.

Registration & Completion: 

• Eligible Baylor students and non-degree-seeking students may register for a SPOC between the 6th class date and not later than the end of the 7th week of the fall or spring semester.
• A SPOC may not be dropped after the 50th class day of the fall or spring semester.
• The grade for SPOCs will be assigned at the end of the regular semester through regular processes.

Questions?

Contact Carol McCulloch in the A&S Dean's Office or your academic advisor!
See the Undergraduate Academic Catalog for more information!