Under the direction of Dalhousie's vice president, student services, the program initially offered two career-related credit courses and a skills transcript program, providing students with documented evidence of employability skills gained through coursework.
When they study a unit on the presidents, students access the Internet and take a virtual tour of the White House, visiting each room as if they were inside.
Matthew Kennedy, 21, a student government vice president, said students were angry, yet somewhat resigned, about the death.
Knox officials will not yet say, but Liesl Pereira, the senior class president, said students were emboldened.
This week, the president urged students not to take the conservatives' bait.
Professors are furiously writing papers and designing courses about the former president, and students are eagerly signing up.
David Haseltine is a senior and president of Students for Sensible Drug Policy at the University of Connecticut.
Earlier, before departing Istanbul, the president told students, "Moving the ship of state takes time".
"I have faith that Yan is going to make some great discoveries in his lifetime," said Jerrold L. Stein, associate vice president for student affairs and dean of students.
"It's good-bad," said Tom Rocklin, interim vice president for student services, who oversees much of student life outside the classroom.
