As of 2009, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) reports 28,756 students enrolled. Just over 10,000 of these students are listed as part-time students (less than 9 credit hours). IUPUI is made up of a total minority student population of nearly 5,000. Just over 16,000 students are classified as 24 years old or younger, while more than 12,500 students are 25 years old or older. Nearly 700 students are enrolled in the Computer Science degree program at IUPUI, including 540 at the undergraduate level and 157 at the undergraduate level. Of the nearly 700 students, more than half (365) are enrolled in the Media Arts and Science program, including 340 at the undergraduate level and 25 at the graduate level. Nearly 70% of students enrolled in the Media Arts and Science program are full-time students, with 35% of students in the Media Arts and Science program being 25 years of age or older. Of the 340 undergraduate students in IUPUI's Media Arts and Science program, 93 are part-time students, 71 are from an ethnic minority background, and 113 are 25 years old or older. To summarize, IUPUI's undergraduate student population is made up of a diverse group of students: commuter students, older adult students, online students, on-campus students, and first-generation college students. These students come from different backgrounds. Therefore, the average IUPUI student experience can vary greatly when compared to campus life at a traditional four-year residency college or university.N100The course in which the research was conducted is N100 and is an introductory arts and sciences course. media program at the Indiana University School of Informatics at IUPUI. This is a large lecture course that is held...in the middle of a sheet of paper...but is suggested so that students will be able to name faces during the live lesson. The social network is divided into two types of forums: the course forum and the casual forum. In the course forum, students discuss lessons and reading material. In the informal forum, students connect with classmates just like on Facebook. The course is divided into three sections. In each section of the course, you are required to start at least 1 new forum thread on a reading problem or lesson and to reply to another person's forum thread on a reading problem or lesson. You can also participate fully in the informal forum to get to know your classmates, discover similar interests, and share ideas, but you will only be graded on posts in the course forum. Course forum threads, posted in each section of the course, are cumulatively worth 100 points.