10 am PT
Hi NtFs / Nontheist Friends (atheist Quakers?), Live WUaS Hangout on Air happening now - http://youtu.be/it3NpZDPEX4 - and can talk about for example NtF wiki school at WUaS or what you're interested in.
Scott
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World Univ & Sch - Applying to matriculate at WUaS
https://youtu.be/it3NpZDPEX4
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Here's the main wiki subjects' page - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Subjects - where you can teach, for example, by adding a video or an idea (book, etc.) - a little like editing a Wikipedia page (e.g. see video re Non-theist Friends' wiki subject - https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Nontheist_Friends_(atheist_Quakers%3F) ).
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The College at WUaS for Bachelors' degrees -
https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/The_College_at_World_University_and_School
Ph.D. degrees at WUaS -
https://wiki.worlduniversityandschool.org/wiki/Ph.D._Degrees_at_World_University_and_School
(MIT OCW Creative Commons' licensing and endorsement clarifications:
a) MIT is not affiliated with, and does not endorse, World University and School b) MIT does not offer credit to WUaS students, and c) All MIT OpenCourseWare materials are available for free through http://ocw.mit.edu)
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Per today's WUaS Live Hangout on Air video per the state of California's BPPE licensing:
12. INSTRUCTION AND DEGREES OFFERED (5 C.C.R. Section 71210)
Identify and describe the educational program(s) the institution offers or proposes to offer.
If the educational program is a degree program, identify the full title including the name of a specific major field of learning involved, which the institution will place on each degree awarded.
List the following for each educational program offered:
1. The admissions requirements, including minimum levels of prior education, preparation, or training;
2. If applicable, information regarding the ability-to-benefit examination as required by section 94904 of the Code.
3. The types and amount of general education required.
4. The title of the educational programs and other components of instruction offered.
5. The method of instruction.
6. The graduation requirements.
7. If the educational program is designed to fit or prepare students for employment in any occupation, identify each occupation and job title to which each educational program is represented to lead.
To begin WUaS will offer 6 undergraduate degree programs - https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1VRHhXYsk-V9lvSh5onaU2hnEhwoapSN7HyBK1P09LIk/edit#gid=1316151271 (http://worlduniversityandschool.org/) - and then think in terms of 6 Ph.D. programs initially for planning purposes, but see what emerges and how extensible this will be re CC-4 MIT OCW's ~32 departments online.
Electrical Engineering / Computer Science - EECS
General Science - GSCI
General Engineering - GENG
History - HIST
English - ENGL
Business - BUS
1. The admissions requirements, including minimum levels of prior education, preparation, or training;
High school diploma or equivalent such as GED
C average or higher
Math thru algebra
For Ph.D.
Bachelor’s degree with set of core courses within discipline
GRE or equivalent
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Similar to Stanford's eventually (and MIT's as well)
2. If applicable, information regarding the ability-to-benefit examination as required by section 94904 of the Code.
NA
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Since WUaS is CC-4 MIT OCW-centric, and seeks to get reimbursement from departments of education from many governments, these questions are not applicable - like question 12.2
3. The types and amount of general education required.
Bachelors -
40 courses online over 4 years or 120 credit hours
Ph.D. -
2 years of course work initially
4. The title of the educational programs and other components of instruction offered.
Programs
BS - Bachelor of Science
BA - Bachelor of Arts
BBA - Bachelor of Business Administration
Electrical Engineering / Computer Science - EECS
General Science - GSCI
General Engineering - GENG
History - HIST
English - ENGL
Business - BUS
Ph.D.
Will build on CC-4 MIT OpenCourseWare’s ~32 departments with time
5. The method of instruction.
Primarily online
Conference method - in Google group video Hangouts with graduate student instructors teaching to the MIT OCW faculty in video for planning purposes
Threads' approach re HarvardX / edX / JuryX - per Charles Nesson's recent course - https://www.edx.org/course/juryx-deliberations-social-change-harvardx-hls3x-0
6. The graduation requirements.
Bachelor -
120 credit hours
(40 courses over 4 years)
See Reed College's graduation requirements
Ph.D.
See WUaS departmental web pages as they emerge
7. If the educational program is designed to fit or prepare students for employment in any occupation, identify each occupation and job title to which each educational program is represented to lead.
NA
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WUaS Ph.D. programs as employment for WUaS graduate students teaching sections for one.
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https://youtu.be/D7WGqmUj2U4
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