Instructional Modes and Formats

Adult Continuing Education offers on-campus and online courses in a variety of sessions, depending on the term.

• On-campus courses are scheduled for specific days and times in our buildings in Chicago's Loop.

• Synchronous online courses are scheduled for specific days and times. Students in these courses will use Zoom, Canvas, and their SAIC email addresses to interact with content, the instructor, and peers. All class meetings take place in Central Time. 

• Asynchronous online courses are project-based with weekly deadlines but no set meetings. Weekly activities may include readings, video demonstrations, tutorials, online discussions, assignments, and critiques

• Hybrid courses combine in-person and synchronous online learning. Students in these courses will use Zoom, Canvas, and their SAIC email addresses to interact with content, the instructor, and peers when not meeting face-to-face.

Adult Continuing Education offers 5- and 10-week courses, 1-week and 2-weekend intensives, and weekend workshops.

Preparing for Your Course

You have received a Welcome & Next Steps email for each class. This email contains the Zoom link courses offered online. If you are enrolled in an on-campus course, it will instruct you to confirm the location of your course. 

Add saic-ace@saic.edu to your email contacts to prevent important information from being sorted into your spam folder. 

Curriculum and Instruction Team: saic-ace@saic.edu | 312.899.8900  //  Continuing Studies Enrollment Team: cs@saic.edu | 312.629.6170