Just like classes at a B & M college online courses vary in the amount of work and time required. I can't say I am an old hand(just one online course), but when the work on my course got Extremely time consumming I looked into it. Depending on the course and the professor, I have seen everything from hardly any time or effort for an A to my case where 100 pages of textbook, two 250-500 word essays two 100-250 word essays, more side reading and Five four paragraph book evaluations were due each of the last three weeks of a 12 week course.

As a part time working mother of 3, helping my mother move in the middle of my course, I still found it difficult, but i did do it and get A-. So I would say it depends on what courses you are taking, how hard your professor/mentors are and how much time you are willing to be in Major stress mode.

I may take future online courses, but I will definetly research what others have to say about the course before i do.

Good Luck

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Linda

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1/07 TECEP Psycology of Women (Needed/ acheived) 60/74
1/08 DSST Technical Writing 46/64
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4/07 CLEP Info Systems & Computor App. 50/64
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11/07 DSST Intro to World Religions 48/65
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6/12/08 CLEP Intro to Sociology 50/69
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Intro to Theater TECEP
Organizational Behavior TECEP or DSST
Physics I TECEP or EXCEL
Physics II TECEP oe EXCEL
Physical Geology TECEP or DSST
Calculus CLEP or EXCEL
Foundations of Education DSST
Intro to Education Psycology CLEP
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