TESU Introduces Accelerated Courses (4-week format)

[LevelUP]

If you are a CS major, that means you may only have to complete the capstone and could be done in just four weeks.

can you tell which tecep courses are super easy ?

If you view the description of the TECEP exam, you’ll find practice questions. If you can score high on those practice questions, then that’s a major clue that the exam will be easy for you.

https://www2.tesu.edu/listalltecep.php

[studyingfortests]

As far as the 48 hours/week thing, I'm assuming that the course material is substantially the same. For Info Literacy, I knocked out almost all of the assignments in the first 10 days or so of the 12 week semester when I took it. Some of them I had to wait to turn in, as the assignments weren't yet open to turn in at the beginning of the semester, but I should think that if one is diligent and efficient, it won't take anywhere near 48 hours/wk for that class.

Now the Capstone on the other hand... offering that in 4 week format could be pretty crazy. I doubt I would have been able to crank out the quality of capstone that Dr. Black was expecting in 4 weeks.

[matycon]

As far as the 48 hours/week thing, I'm assuming that the course material is substantially the same.  For Info Literacy, I knocked out almost all of the assignments in the first 10 days or so of the 12 week semester when I took it.  Some of them I had to wait to turn in, as the assignments weren't yet open to turn in at the beginning of the semester, but I should think that if one is diligent and efficient, it won't take anywhere near 48 hours/wk for that class.

Now the Capstone on the other hand... offering that in 4 week format could be pretty crazy. I doubt I would have been able to crank out the quality of capstone that Dr. Black was expecting in 4 weeks.

I just wrapped up my coursework for SOS-1100. It was quite a bit of work but as you said definitely not 48 hours a week. 7 written assignment, 7 reflections, and a 4 part final project. (1 of which is just a topic selection. And, there are NO forum discussions which I get the need for in online classes but I find tedious at best. 

10 days of work sounds about right, It definitely felt condensed and with work couldn't stay too far ahead with the schedule but I ended up being done about 5 days early. I agree a capstone but be overly challenging in 4 weeks.

[Paperplanes]

Is this possible? (5 classes for the flat rate). Take two classes the first 4 weeks, Two for the next 4 weeks and for the last 4 weeks take the capstone but ask for the 8 weeks extension? Would the extension be considered none flat rate?

[justsomeguy]

If you are a CS major, that means you may only have to complete the capstone and could be done in just four weeks.

Isnt that capstone like intense even for 12 weeks? i really would like to see how the heck someone could get a research paper like that done in 4 weeks.

[LevelUP]

If you are a CS major, that means you may only have to complete the capstone and could be done in just four weeks.

Isnt that capstone like intense even for 12 weeks? i really would like to see how the heck someone could get a research paper like that done in 4 weeks.

I usually tell people to expect the capstone to take around 80 hours, give or take 20 hours.

For the business capstone, you can preread most of the book ahead of time. I would probably wait until the course actually begins before reading the case studies, though, so you only spend time on the ones you end up needing.

For the research paper capstone, you can also get a head start by choosing a topic and doing some preliminary research or even prewriting parts of the paper before the course begins. There isn’t really a textbook that walks you through the course step by step.

Also, keep in mind that this is not original research. You’re primarily researching and synthesizing existing sources, which makes it much more manageable than a capstone that requires you to conduct your own original research.