Contained within NIU's Online Course and Program Policy are the following definitions for online courses and online students at NIU:
Online Course
"Online courses are those in which 100% of course activity is online and which have no required in-person sessions within the course or requirements for on-campus activities."
Online Students
"NIU defines online students as students enrolled in online programs and/or who only take online courses in which there are no required in-person sessions within the course and no requirements for on-campus activity. For specific program outcomes, there may be non-course-related program requirements that are not completely online."