I have to choose a topic for my presentation and I would like to talk about being an extramural student. In my country there are opinions that these studies are worth less than full time studies so I want to show pros and cons of part-time studying. Is this quetsion correct? also I'm not sure if I should use "extramural" or "part-time" student/studies? To be precise, my lectures are on weekends so I'm not sure which word is more adequate for weekend studies?
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2"Extramural" literally means "outside the walls". It applies to people who do not attend classes in person and has nothing to do with weekend studies.– Canadian YankeeCommented Nov 4, 2020 at 13:41
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Okay, so is there in english a better term that menas "weekend studies"? Is "part-time" term better than extramural?– Kasia WojciechowskaCommented Nov 5, 2020 at 12:54
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1"Part-time" is better. Some universities may call these continuing education students, especially if the evening or weekend classes for students with full-time jobs are offered through an organized Continuing Education program that is separate from the program for full-time "traditional" students.– Canadian YankeeCommented Nov 5, 2020 at 13:25
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The words "off-campus" might be more widely understood than "extramural".
The words "part-time" are in contrast to "full-time", which seems different from "on-campus" versus "off-campus".
If you are linking the two, you might ask "Is it bad to be a part-time, off-campus student?".
answered Nov 4, 2020 at 11:12