Indiana College Network to end at IUS

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Lynn Baily, Staff

IU Southeast’s best kept secret has come to an unfortunate ending. IU Southeast will no longer offer online courses through Indiana College Network (ICN) after this semester.

Through ICN, students at IU Southeast could take online courses offered by other Indiana colleges that would count as the equivalent of taking courses here on campus, an added plus being that some of these courses are not traditionally offered at IU Southeast.

Misti Whitaker, academic adviser, said she thought ICN was great because it provided students with alternative options for class offerings.

“Especially, when they cannot get into a course on campus because it is full,” Whitaker said.

To sign up for ICN classes, students had to go to the registrar’s office and complete ICN paperwork.

Temporary Intercampus Transfer is for IU students pursuing an IU degree from any of the eight regional campuses. Students can transfer to another IU campus for a semester as a visiting student before returning to their home campus.
Temporary Intercampus Transfer is for IU students pursuing an IU degree from any of the eight regional campuses. Students can transfer to another IU campus for a semester as a visiting student before returning to their home campus.

This paperwork required approval from their academic adviser and the dean of the student’s enrolled school.

The Indiana college offering the class the student chose to take through ICN also had to approve the student for the course. Approval was based upon having at least a 2.0 G.P.A. and good academic standing.

In addition to filling out the required ICN paperwork and getting approval from the student’s academic adviser and school dean, students had to register for an account through ICN.org.

ICN coordinator Mary Beth Nanz spoke about why the ICN program is ending and what alternatives students have for taking online classes.

“We decided to offer classes through IU Class Connect, these online courses are offered through other IU campuses,”  Nanz said.

Nanz said it’s a much easier process to sign up for IU Class Connect classes than ICN.

“There is no approval process; students simply sign up through onestart like any other classes,” Nanz said.

Whitaker talked about why she thought ICN had to end.

“I understand that it takes a lot of work to run and coordinate, and right now there is just no one that has the resources to continue to do it,” Whitaker said.

Whitaker said IU Southeast is working on improving other methods of taking courses that are the same in ways ICN was helpful.

“Something that Social Sciences has been utilizing is the Temporary Intercampus Transfer page.” Whitaker said

Temporary Intercampus Transfer is for IU students pursuing an IU degree from any of the eight regional campuses. Students can transfer to another IU campus for a semester as a visiting student before returning to their home campus.

For more information about ICN go to http://icn.org/ , or go to IU Southeast registrar office.  For more information about Temporary Intercampus Transfers go to http://www.iupui.edu/~moveiu/ .