Overview of Course Modalities

Modalities That Will Not Require Students to be Vaccinated

Online-Asynchronous (AS)

The modality allows students to access materials and assignments on a flexible schedule in accordance with deadlines set by the professor. All contact hours are held online asynchronously.

Online-Synchronous (OS)

Resembles on-campus in-person courses in which students must be (virtually) present on the designated days and times. All required instructional hours are online synchronously.

Online Mix (OM) new

Offers a combination of online asynchronous work and online synchronous meetings.

In-Person Exam Only (IPEO)

There is a new course attribute for online courses that will require students to be vaccinated as per CUNY guidelines. CUNY has created a new course attribute “In-Person Exam Only” (IPEO) which may be attached to online sections. The IPEO attribute informs students that the particular online section requires in-person exams, such as midterms and final exams.

Modalities That Will Require Students to be Fully Vaccinated

Hybrid Asynchronous (HA) new

Classes offer a combination of in-person and online instruction/contact hours. Online portions of the course are offered asynchronously.

Hybrid synchronous (HS) new

Classes offer a combination of in-person and online instruction/contact hours. Online portions of the course are offered synchronously, in which students must be (virtually) present on the designated days and times.

In-Person (P)

Classes require all contact hours to take place on campus or a designated location during scheduled times. Online technology, via a learning management system or website, does not displace any of the required contact hours that would normally occur in an in-person class.

Students enrolled in courses with the IPEO attribute will be required to be fully vaccinated as per CUNY guidelines.

HyField (HF) new

Classes offer a combination of in-person instruction hours that occur off-campus doing field-based experiential learning during scheduled times and online instruction hours that may be asynchronous and/or synchronous. All in-person instruction occurs off-campus.

HyFlex (HX) new

Courses provide multiple learning paths and are distinguished from other mixed modality courses by relying on individual student choice from session to session, rather than the instructor determining the modality for any given lesson. The number of formats available to students will vary from course to course. HyFlex courses are in-person with option of synchronous online, and/or asynchronous online contact hours.