Learning outcomes will be achieved through several interwoven strategies:
- An inititial 5 day, in-person intensive to orient students to the program in general, launch work on core courses, and meet peers, faculty members, academic advisors, etc.;
- On-line course work that integrates synchronous and asynchronous components including regular, technology-supported, group-based discussions that are independent of course work to support the development of a community-of-learning and professional network.
Subsequent in-person intensives are spaced throughout the 3 year program to support peer-to-peer and student-to-faculty interaction, experiential learning, and completion of the comprehensives and the dissertation.
- First in-person intensive in May
- Second in-person intensive in November/December
Participation in the in-person intensives is mandatory, other than in cases of exceptional extenuating circumstances. RHL students pay to cover the costs of accommodations and meals during the in-person intensives. Students are required to fund their travel to and from Kingston.
These in-person intesives are held at the Donald Gordon Conference Centre, a conference facility on the Queen’s University Campus.