Student Registration

Course Offerings and Schedule

Course Request and Withdrawal Forms

Questions concerning course requests and withdrawals should be addressed to the Office of Student Services via phone 202-685-6300, DSN 325-6300, or email CICOSS@ndu.edu 

 

CIC Enrollment Procedure

Once accepted into an academic program, students will receive an admission letter with instructions to access different systems in the college such as Blackboard.

 

Registration Periods

 

Semester Registration Opens Registration Closes

Course Offerings

Fall 2023 July 22, 2023 September 4, 2023 September 2023 - December 2023
Spring 2024 October 15, 2023 January 2, 2024 January 2024 - March 2024
Summer 2024 February 15, 2024 April 22, 2024 April 2024 - July 2024

 

 

Confirmation of Enrollment & Contact Information Validation

Students who successfully register for a course offering will receive an email confirmation to their email address of record.

 

Courses Formats

Intensive courses are offered either through a blended model or by distributed learning (DL) for students around the globe.

eResident (eRes)
The eRes format uses a blended model in which students and faculty engage in both online and resident activities that ensure high quality interaction and feedback, student learning and assessment, and academic rigor. Each offering of five (5) weeks consists of four (4) components: Preparation, Seminar, Synthesis, and Assessment.

  • Preparation: The first week of an eResident course is an asynchronous DL lesson. Students begin by signing in to Bb, retrieving their readings, assignments, and other course instructions. During this Preparation week of virtual engagement, students complete the assigned readings, participate in activities, and prepare the assignments due no later than the following Monday when they attend the Seminar week in residence. Students who are not prepared for the seminar cannot receive lesson credit toward the final course grade. See the CIC Schedule of Course Offerings for beginning and ending dates of courses.
  • Seminar: Immediately following the one-week Preparation DL lesson, students attend a five-day in-residence Seminar. During this full-time week of Seminar, students and faculty participate in an interactive learning environment in CIC classrooms at Ft. Lesley J. McNair in Washington, D.C. The Seminar is conducted from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, with homework often assigned to prepare for the next day’s lessons.
  • Synthesis: In the week immediately following the Seminar, students and faculty engage virtually in a one-week asynchronous DL lesson designed to synthesize learning and prepare students for the follow-on graded final assessment.
  • Assessment: Students enrolled for certificate/graduate credit must complete an end-of-course Assessment, typically a substantive paper or project. Students may engage virtually with the faculty and/or other students as appropriate on this assessment for two and one-half (2.5) weeks after the last day of the Seminar. Normally assessments are due no later than the Monday, two and one-half (2.5) weeks after the last day of the Seminar (as noted as the last day of the course offering in the schedule).

Distributed Learning (DL) 
The Distributed Learning (DL) format engages students and faculty virtually over 12 weeks via Blackboard. Most DLs are asynchronous with a few optional live synchronous sessions weaved in for guest speakers etc., most synchronous sessions will be recorded for student who can’t attend.  During the 12 weeks student engage in weekly lessons, assignments and discussion boards. Each course will end with a final assessment which is typically a substantive paper or project that allows students to demonstrate their mastery of the intended learning outcomes. To receive credit for a course, students must be actively engaged virtually in every DL lesson as assigned by faculty.

 

Course Credits

All CIC eResident and Distance Learning Courses award three (3) graduate credit hours. Courses taken by students in other colleges through the NDU electives system are awarded two (2) graduate credit hours for eRes courses and three (3) hours for DL courses.