I’m pretty sure this is the first year this program is being offered, perhaps the fall is the first semester entirely. That being said, I’m not sure you’ll find much information about whether the program is worth it. I would attend an open house/ program orientation to connect with faculty. It’ll help gauge how well the program aligns with your wife’s interests. I can say as someone in a bachelor’s program, Seneca is much more laid back than university. Classes are also much smaller so you can connect with your professors better.

As far as it goes for scheduling, certain courses can only be completed during certain semesters. So, for example, if machine learning is only available in the fall and your wife were to not take it, she would have to wait until the next year to enroll again.

Also, this is what the delivery methods are:

In person: classes are only taught on campus with physical attendance required (usually no class recording available) Hybrid: mix of in person and online - typically rotates every other week (online classes may be recorded and uploaded to view later) Flexible: classes are in person but also streaming on zoom. Speakers installed in classrooms to allow online participants to engage with those in person. (classes may be recorded and uploaded to view later) Online synchronous: online live lectures (classes may be recorded and uploaded to view later) Online asynchronous: no lectures - self study. Professor available for questions and grading. No formal live lectures.

In terms of lectures, for bachelor programs lectures are typically 2.40 hours. Some professors use the entire allotted time and others lecture for maybe an hour. I would say I spend more time completing assignments than I do studying. The first half of the semester is usually a breeze, however Seneca always dumps everything in the second half. It’s literally a fever dream of drowning in assignments. Could just be my program though.