{"619883":{"#nid":"619883","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Fall 2019 Mini-Mester Pilot Program","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EIn Fall 2019, SGA\u0026rsquo;s Academic Affairs board will launch the Mini-Mesters pilot program. Mini-Mesters are 1 credit hour, 5-week long course offerings that will occur during the normal academic semester with the goal of introducing students to non-traditional classroom material.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EStudents will be able to explore different passions and interests outside of their major to gain a greater breadth of knowledge across academic disciplines. With the goal of making Tech\u0026rsquo;s curriculum more personalizable, the semester will be broken up into three terms of Mini-Mesters, allowing students to sign up for the one(s) they want without overloading their schedule. Registration for Mini-Mesters is now open!\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECourses and additional information on the pilot courses can be found at\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.sga.gatech.edu\/ug\/?q=fall-2019-mini-mesters\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003Ehttp:\/\/www.sga.gatech.edu\/ug\/?q=fall-2019-mini-mesters\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":" Mini-Mesters are 1 credit hour, 5-week long course offerings that will occur during the normal academic semester with the goal of introducing students to non-traditional classroom material."}],"uid":"33693","created_gmt":"2019-04-01 14:32:23","changed_gmt":"2019-04-01 14:32:23","author":"Kayleigh Haskin","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-04-01T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-04-01T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"595343":{"id":"595343","type":"image","title":"SGA logo","body":null,"created":"1504188874","gmt_created":"2017-08-31 14:14:34","changed":"1504188874","gmt_changed":"2017-08-31 14:14:34","alt":"","file":{"fid":"226885","name":"Screen Shot 2017-08-31 at 10.13.59 AM.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202017-08-31%20at%2010.13.59%20AM.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202017-08-31%20at%2010.13.59%20AM.png","mime":"image\/png","size":56915,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202017-08-31%20at%2010.13.59%20AM.png?itok=49HbsIsn"}}},"media_ids":["595343"],"groups":[{"id":"473211","name":"_OLD: School of History and Sociology Student Blog"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"166849","name":"HSOC Blog"},{"id":"2738","name":"Academic Affairs"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}