FDTC was the first college in South Carolina to offer complete programs via the Internet. If your personal situation, such as your job, health, or family obligations, prevent you from attending college on campus, the Online College provides you the opportunity to receive a certificate or degree and reach your educational goals. Remember, you may also take online courses even if you attend on-campus classes in other curriculums.
Online classes require no traditional class attendance; however, you are required to log in to your online class at least once every 48 hours or you may be dropped for non-participation. (Students will be required, at a minimum, to come to FDTC or other approved location for a supervised exam.) Students register for online classes just as they would for on-campus classes. However, students "attend" by logging into their courses from a computer at home or work. Assignments are displayed in the Desire2Learn learning management system, as are instructor's lectures, study notes, and other course materials, such as multimedia and self-assessments. Students submit assignments via the electronic drop box, they participate in online discussion groups, and take assessments within the Learning Management System. Although students must follow a schedule of assignment submission, they work at a time and a place convenient to them. Generally, students attend campus only for supervised testing or labs. Students living out of the FDTC service area may obtain a local proctor for their supervised testing. You must have a GPA of 2.0 or better in order to take online classes. Approval of the academic division Associate Vice-president is required for exception to this procedure.
The policy of the Online College is to offer students educational opportunities which may otherwise not be possible in on-campus programs. Online courses are not an easy way to get college credit without working. Online courses are designed to be comparable to on-campus courses in terms of subject-matter covered, course objectives, and competency testing. Although regular, on-campus attendance is not required, the student can expect to spend as much, if not more, time on course work as he/she would in an on-campus course. Success in an online course requires a high degree of self-discipline and communication skills. Online College teachers carefully monitor all students’ progress. Students who are not keeping up with assignments may be withdrawn from the course.
Two facts stand out among online students:
(1) The withdrawal rate is typically higher than that of on-campus courses.
(2) The grades of students who complete the course are typically very good.
Ask yourself the following question: "Am I a self-motivated, serious student who is willing to keep up with my assignments without letting up, and who is willing to communicate frequently with my teacher and ask for help whenever I need it?" If your answer is "Yes," Online College courses are for you, and the chances are very good that you will succeed.
Current Online Programs
- Associate in Arts
- Associate in Criminal Justice Technology
- Associate in Leadership and Management
- Associate in Marketing
- Associate in Management
- Associate in Robotics Production
- Certificate in Accounting
- Certificate in International Business
- Certificate in Management
- Certificate in Robotics Assembly Technician
Policy and Procedure
Students will log into the course area, receive assignments from the online course materials, and depending upon the particular course, submit work and receive evaluation via e-mail, file transfer, or other electronic means, participate in class discussions via online conferencing, and use multimedia resources and the Internet. Read the Online College Policy Statement and Student Self-Evaluation.
The below listed documents pertain to all FDTC online courses and constitute the policies and procedures to be followed by students and the College. Decisions by the college regarding your status will be based upon these documents.
What You Need
In order to take a course over the Internet, you must have access to the following:
- A computer with Internet connection and a web browser (Internet Explorer or Firefox recommended)
- An e-mail address and an e-mail program which supports file attachments
- A word processing program
- Specific hardware/software which may be required by the course
- Virus protection software. (E-mail or attachments with viruses will be immediately deleted and not received by your instructor. It is your responsibility to insure that your submitted work is virus-free. )
- Fundamental skills in personal computer operation, word processing, e-mail (including file attachment), and use of a web browser, including searching and downloading. Some courses will also require you to develop research skills such as library use and electronic information retrieval.
The above are minimum requirements. You may also need a CD-ROM drive, a downloaded document "reader" (such as Adobe Acrobat Reader, Microsoft Word Viewer, or Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer).
Attendance Policy
See Attendance Policy.
Refund Policy
See Refund Policy.
Online College
Let us know if we can be of help! For questions, contact:
Derk Riechers
Director of Online College
derk.riechers@fdtc.edu
843.661.8061
Online Course Log In
Desire2Learn (D2L) Login Procedure
In order to log in to Desire2Learn you will need to use the same username and password you use for all other systems: Web Advisor, Campus Computers, etc. Firstname.Lastname1 and the password you set in Passchange. If you have any questions please contact the Help Desk at 843-661-8123.
*** Students will not have access before the first day of class. ***
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If you receive an error message or do not receive a response from your instructor, please call the Online College at 843.661.8117.
Program Outcomes
All online programs will follow the same program outcomes identified by the respective department. Program outcomes that have been identified apply to all types of instruction.
| Accounting |
Demonstrate written and oral communications for business.
Analyze, record, and summarize transactions, adjust and close financial records at the end of the accounting cycle, and prepare financial statements.
Prepare a payroll register and apply the relevant tax laws.
Calculate and analyze product costs among manufacturing systems.
Use relevant computer software to carry out accounting functions. |
| Leadership and Management |
Demonstrate an understanding of management skills
Acquire key supervision skills
Demonstrate decision-making skills
Acquire an understanding of the relationships among departments in an organization
Identify the different leadership styles and their appropriate application |
| Management |
Do a variety of financial calculations, create a budget, and learn investment basics.
Utilize various statistical techniques in order to analyze data relevant to business decisions.
Demonstrate written and oral communications for business.
Prepare a payroll register and apply the relevant tax laws.
Apply different management theories to potential situations as appropriate. |
| Marketing |
Do a variety of financial calculations, create a budget, and learn investment basics.
Utilize various statistical techniques in order to analyze data relevant to business decisions.
Demonstrate written and oral communications for business.
Demonstrate an understanding of the retail process.
Demonstrate integrated marketing communication through promotional media. |
| Associate in Arts |
Apply the scientific method to a problem
Construct and deliver a persuasive speech
Demonstrate critical thinking skills
Articulate the historical significance of an event
Demonstrate college level writing proficiency
Forecast outcomes using appropriate mathematical techniques. |
| Criminal Justice |
Understand the major components of the criminal justice system (law enforcement agencies, criminal courts, and correctional institutions) and their functions.
Understand the basic functions and practice of policing.
Understand the basic functions and practices of the correctional system.
Understand the courtroom and its procedures, the criminal law and issues of criminal procedure.
Demonstrate competency in written and oral communication skills.
Gain an understanding of the role of punishments and the effect that punishment has on the criminal law.
Develop knowledge of the concepts/perspectives of criminology.
Develop an accurate knowledge base relating to crime.
Develop knowledge and understanding of the functions and process of the Criminal Justice System
Evaluate criminal law and law enforcement procedures.
Discuss Constitutional due process protections applied to the criminal justice system.
Develop leadership and professionalism.
Demonstrate the ability to apply principles of criminal law to criminal justice practice and understand the civil liabilities of criminal justice agencies and practitioners.
Demonstrate the ability to utilize information and resources to make sound decisions incriminal justice agencies. |
Courses Offered Online
With a few exceptions, all of the following courses are offered online each term. Please use our Web Advisor system to view up to date course offering information.
Online Course List
| Course | Course Name | Sections |
|---|
| ACC-101 |
Accounting Principles I |
50 - 59 |
| ACC-102 |
Accounting Principles II |
50 - 59 |
| ACC-111 |
Accounting Concepts |
50 - 59 |
| ACC-112 |
Organizational Accounting |
50 - 59 |
| ACC-115 |
Managerial Accounting |
50 - 59 |
| ACC-124 |
Individual Tax Procedures |
50 - 59 |
| ACC-230 |
Cost Accounting I |
50 - 59 |
| ACC-231 |
Cost Accounting II |
50 - 59 |
| ACC-240 |
Computerized Accounting |
50 - 59 |
| AHS-102 |
Medical Terminology |
50 - 59 |
| AHS-108 |
Nutrition |
50 - 59 |
| AHS-126 |
Health Calculations |
50 - 59 |
| AMT-106 |
Manufacturing Workplace Skills |
50 - 59 |
| AMT-160 |
Principles of Quality and Continuous Improvement |
50 - 59 |
| AMT-161 |
Computer Systems and Sensors |
50 - 59 |
| AMT-164 |
Communication Systems |
50 - 59 |
| AMT-166 |
Cameras, Photonic, & Light Sources |
50 - 59 |
| AMT-167 |
Robot Mobility & Navigation |
50 - 59 |
| AMT-220 |
Concepts of Lean Manufacturing |
50 - 59 |
| AOT-141 |
Office Procedures I |
50 - 59 |
| AOT-162 |
Basic Information Processing |
50 - 59 |
| AOT-180 |
Customer Service |
50 - 59 |
| AOT-261 |
Office Spreadsheet Applications |
50 - 59 |
| AOT-265 |
Office Desktop Publishing |
50 - 59 |
| ART-101 |
Art History and Appreciation |
50 - 59 |
| BIO-101 |
Biological Science I |
50 - 59 |
| BUS-123 |
Business Law II |
50 - 59 |
| BUS-240 |
Business Statistics |
50 - 59 |
| BUS-250 |
Introduction to International Business |
50 - 59 |
| BUS-268 |
Special Projects in Business |
50 - 59 |
| COL-103 |
College Skills |
50 - 59 |
| CPT-170 |
Microcomputer Applications |
50 - 59 |
| CRJ-101 |
Introduction to Criminal Justice |
50 - 59 |
| CRJ-102 |
Introduction to Security |
50 - 59 |
| CRJ-115 |
Criminal Law I |
50 - 59 |
| CRJ-120 |
Constitutional Law |
50 - 59 |
| CRJ-125 |
Criminology |
50 - 59 |
| CRJ-130 |
Police Administration |
50 - 59 |
| CRJ-210 |
The Juvenile and the Law |
50 - 59 |
| CRJ-220 |
The Judicial Process |
50 - 59 |
| CRJ-222 |
Ethics in Criminal Justice |
50 - 59 |
| CRJ-224 |
Police Community Relations |
50 - 59 |
| CRJ-230 |
Criminal Investigation I |
50 - 59 |
| CRJ-236 |
Criminal Evidence |
50 - 59 |
| CRJ-244 |
Probation, Pardon and Parole |
50 - 59 |
| CRJ-246 |
Special Problems in Criminal Justice |
50 - 59 |
| ECO-201 |
Economic Concepts |
50 - 59 |
| ECO-210 |
Macroeconomics |
50 - 59 |
| ECO-211 |
Microeconomics |
50 - 59 |
| EET-275 |
Introduction to Robotics Manufacturing Technology |
50 - 59 |
| EGR-175 |
Manufacturing Processes |
50 - 59 |
| ENG-100 |
Introduction to Composition |
50 - 59 |
| ENG-100 |
Introduction to Composition |
50 - 59 |
| ENG-101 |
English Composition I |
50 - 59 |
| ENG-102 |
English Composition II |
50 - 59 |
| ENG-155 |
Communications I |
50 - 59 |
| ENG-160 |
Technical Communications |
50 - 59 |
| ENG-201 |
American Literature I |
50 - 59 |
| ENG-202 |
American Literature II |
50 - 59 |
| ENG-205 |
English Literature I |
50 - 59 |
| ENG-206 |
English Literature II |
50 - 59 |
| ENG-230 |
Women in Literature |
50 - 59 |
| ENG-238 |
Creative Writing |
50 - 59 |
| ENG-260 |
Advanced Technical Communications |
50 - 59 |
| ENG-32 |
Developmental English |
50 - 59 |
| GEO-102 |
World Geography |
50 - 59 |
| HIS-101 |
Western Civilization to 1689 |
50 - 59 |
| HIS-102 |
Western Civilization Post 1689 |
50 - 59 |
| HIS-115 |
African-American History |
50 - 59 |
| HIS-201 |
American History: Discovery to 1877 |
50 - 59 |
| HIS-202 |
American History: 1877 to Present |
50 - 59 |
| HIS-222 |
Global Women's History |
50 - 59 |
| HIS-230 |
The American Civil War |
50 - 59 |
| HSS-205 |
Technology and Society |
50 - 59 |
| HUS-205 |
Gerontology |
50 - 59 |
| IET-223 |
Industrial Safety |
50 - 59 |
| MAT-101 |
Beginning Algebra |
50 - 59 |
| MAT-102 |
Intermediate Algebra |
50 - 59 |
| MAT-110 |
College Algebra |
50 - 59 |
| MAT-111 |
College Trigonometry |
50 - 59 |
| MAT-120 |
Probability and Statistics |
50 - 59 |
| MAT-122 |
Finite College Math |
50 - 59 |
| MAT-130 |
Elementary Calculus |
50 - 59 |
| MAT-155 |
Contemporary Mathematics |
50 - 59 |
| MAT-165 |
Statistics |
50 - 59 |
| MAT-170 |
Algebra, Geometry, and Trigonometry I |
50 - 59 |
| MAT-31 |
Developmental Mathematics Basics |
50 - 59 |
| MAT-32 |
Developmental Mathematics |
50 - 59 |
| MGT-101 |
Principles of Management |
50 - 59 |
| MGT-120 |
Small Business Management |
50 - 59 |
| MGT-121 |
Small Business Operations |
50 - 59 |
| MGT-240 |
Management Decision Making |
50 - 59 |
| MGT-280 |
Executive Development |
50 - 59 |
| MKK-120 |
Sales Principles |
50 - 59 |
| MKT-101 |
Marketing |
50 - 59 |
| MKT-110 |
Retailing |
50 - 59 |
| MKT-140 |
E-Marketing |
50 - 59 |
| MKT-240 |
Advertising |
50 - 59 |
| MKT-250 |
Consumer Behavior |
50 - 59 |
| MUS-105 |
Music Appreciation |
50 - 59 |
| PHI-110 |
Ethics |
50 - 59 |
| PHS-101 |
Physical Science I |
50 - 59 |
| PHS-102 |
Physical Science II |
50 - 59 |
| PSC-201 |
American Government |
50 - 59 |
| PSC-215 |
State and Local Government |
50 - 59 |
| PSY-201 |
General Psychology |
50 - 59 |
| PSY-203 |
Human Growth and Development |
50 - 59 |
| PSY-208 |
Human Sexuality |
50 - 59 |
| PSY-210 |
Educational Psychology |
50 - 59 |
| PSY-212 |
Abnormal Psychology |
50 - 59 |
| RDG-32 |
Developmental Reading |
50 - 59 |
| REL-103 |
Comparative Religion |
50 - 59 |
| SOC-101 |
Introduction to Sociology |
50 - 59 |
| SOC-102 |
Marriage and the Family |
50 - 59 |
| SOC-205 |
Social Problems |
50 - 59 |
| SOC-220 |
Sociology of the Family |
50 - 59 |
| SPA-101 |
Elementary Spanish I |
50 - 59 |
| SPA-102 |
Elementary Spanish II |
50 - 59 |
| SPC-205 |
Public Speaking |
50 - 59 |
| THE-101 |
Introduction to Theatre |
50 - 59 |
General