Corporate body

University of British Columbia. Guided Independent Study

• Credit and Independent Study

1977-1986

Guided Independent Study was first established in 1973 as Credit and Independent Study, offering university courses by correspondence. The name was changed to Guided Independent Study in 1977; after 1986, it became known as UBC Access. However, its functions remained the same: to offer credit and non-credit courses to students outside the Lower Mainland by correspondence. The department was always closely associated with the Centre for Continuing Education. In 1998 it was re-organized and re-named Distance Education and Technology, and later the Office of Learning Technology. In July 2010, it merged with the Centre for Teaching and Academic Growth to form the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology.