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SUNY Suffolk offers classes in a variety of instructional delivery methods to meet your needs.

Please be aware that the tech device you use for your classes will need to have a webcam and microphone for you to participate in online instruction.

Here is a brief explanation of how each modality works:

  • Face-to-Face - Traditional on-campus in-person instruction typically in a classroom or lab setting.
  • Fully Online - instruction is provided by the professor through Brightspace, the College’s Digital Learning Environment. Students interact with faculty and complete assignments working on their own time, while adhering to course deadlines.
  • Real-Time Online - recreates a classroom experience with your instructor and other class members coming together for live virtual instruction at regularly scheduled days and times.
  • Combined Online - 50% Online and 50% Real-Time Online meeting times with your instructor.
  • Blended - partly on campus and partly Online or Real-Time Online, used mostly for labs and performance courses.

Learn more about online modalities