Some college classes may not offer as many courses this fall if conditions change with the coronavirus pandemic. It’ll depend on whether that course can be brought online, or must be taught in person.
Most colleges in Pennsylvania are planning for a mix of online courses with limited in-person instruction. With large gatherings prohibited and an eye to the future possibility of a second wave and more closures, most courses are planned for at least some online learning, with the caveat that it could move fully online if things change.
But other fields of study require in-person contact for accreditation, or from sheer practice. Art schools are still planning to give students face-to-face time with an instructor in studio courses. Many technical programs with hands-on work also plan to do that in person. In either case, that will necessitate in-person contact during a pandemic that has infected more than 4.3 million Americans.
“If you want to be a physical therapist, a leg is attached to a person. There’s no way around that,” said Greg Lupinski, director of environmental health and radiation safety at Temple University. Students in that situation will be given augmented personal protective equipment - more than just a mask - on par with what one would see in a hospital.
He, like his counterparts at other universities who spoke to NBC10 in Philadelphia this week, is focused on spreading out the flows of people on campus. There will be social distancing signs everywhere, floor-markings, one-way paths, hand sanitizer stations galore. Parts of a recreation building, performing arts center and former library were all converted to classroom space to spread out students more.
Signs reminding students to social distance are in place at Stockton University. Photo provided by the university.
Cecelia Fitzgibbon, President of the Moore College of Art & Design, said students will have a choice whether to complete studio work on- or off-campus.
The sliding barn doors that separate studios will stay open and students in painting, as an example, will sit at easels spread out. At the same time, the class will be filmed and livestreamed, she told NBC10.
In South Jersey, Stockton University shared several images of a campus blanketed in 2,000 social distancing signs, with more on the way. "As Stockton prepares to welcome back staff, faculty and students, steps are also being taken to make clear that COVID-19 is definitely not welcome on campus," a news release says.
Visit NBC 10 for more on what schools are doing to keep students safe during in-person, hands-on classes.
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