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Newbie Question about course order - MD_AJIBULU - 03-13-2017
Help me out here - Begin with April 2017, these are my remaining courses to complete my BSBA in Gen Mgmt.
I am looking for the simplest, most cost effective way to get these courses completed within the 6 month timeframe (yes, ambitious, I know, I know - but not impossible so lets be optimistic).
Should I throw this (below) grouping to the wind and take all "same course provider" classes (regardless of subject) together? Or, should I have membership at multiple providers at one time (pay for Study and SL etc) to take any 4 courses per month and try to group them as close as possible)?
Also, is there a preference for taking a test via the course provider as an at home proctored exam or a live (in-person) proctored exam? I imagine this varies by course/provider but feel free to make your recommendations.
I'm looking to save as much time/ money/headache as possible - to whatever extent this is even possible.
March 2017
Aleks - Int Alg, Col Alg, Stats (In Progress)
Institutes - Ethics
April 2017
Eng Comp II, Tech Writing, Business Comm, Managerial Comm, A&I Lit
May 2017
World Religions, Sociology, Intro to Marketing, Digital Marketing
June 2017
Financial Acct, Managerial Acct, Applied Acct, MacroEcon
July 2017
MicroEcon, Pr. of Finance, Corp Finance, Business Law
August 2017
Pr. of Mgmt, Org Behavior, HR Mgmt, Global and Int Mgmt
September 2017
Strategic Mgmt
Newbie Question about course order - Synicaal - 03-13-2017
That's very manageable if you have the time and commitment to it. Your April/May look good but I would tweak a few things after that. I would do
Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Financial Accounting, Principles of Finance for June (If your not set on Applied Acct I would switch to Advanced Accounting and take right after Financial Accounting. I took both Adv and Applied from Study.com and found Advanced Accounting easier.
Managerial Accounting, Applied Managerial Accounting, Corp Finance, then the rest is on someone who knows management stuff better.
You Global and Int Management definitely gives you some of the studying for Strategic Management out of the way. However I don't know if the TECEP will still be given by then.
Newbie Question about course order - rlw74 - 03-13-2017
Since I'm not a business major I can't tell you what overlaps but I do know that study.com lets you take placement tests for some of those. Also if there is any overlap in any of the courses you get credit too. So it speeds things up. For example, I took Soc 101 and Social Psych immediately afterwards and before I ever started Social Psych I had 16% of the course completed. Bus 107 Org. Behavior I took the placement test multiple times and completed 40% of the course before I started it. I'm certain some of your courses will overlap too. Your Institute Ethics you can probably complete in a day and start on one of your courses for April now. You can also use study.com to study for exams you can take through Saylor because those are only $25.
If you haven't already - apply for the study.com scholarship. It will pay for six of those exams over three months.
Regarding your question about proctoring - I personally like taking the exam as soon as I'm ready - not having to schedule them. I like taking them at home. Its a simple process once you are set up. That's just me though - I don't have time to run to a testing center but I can take a test at midnight or 2 in the afternoon or whenever I get an hour set aside.
Newbie Question about course order - dfrecore - 03-13-2017
It totally depends on what course providers you use as to the preference of course order.
But, here is what i would do:
Group 1
English Comp II and Tech Writing near each other
A&I Lit, World Religions, Sociology - whenever, no linking that I know of
Macro before Micro, taken close to each other
Business Law (no real links to other stuff)
Group 2
Principles of Management before any other business courses
Business Comm, Managerial Comm - together
Org Behavior, HRM, International Mgmt - any order, don't have to be near each other
Marketing then Digital Marketing
Strategic Management
Group 3
SL's Accounting I (Financial Accounting) then Financial Accounting (Intermediate Acct) if you want
SL's Accounting II (Managerial Accounting) then Managerial Accounting (Cost Acct) if you want
Then any other accounting (Applied, Advanced)
Prin of Finance & Corp Finance near end
I don't think you need to take Group 2 before Group 3, it doesn't really matter. I did not think Macro/Micro really helped with Finance. But I did think Finance was hard, so it's probably better if you know some of the earlier stuff before taking it.
Good luck.
Newbie Question about course order - MD_AJIBULU - 03-14-2017
dfrecore Wrote:It totally depends on what course providers you use as to the preference of course order.
But, here is what i would do:
Would you make any recommendations on which providers to use and/or tests to take for any? Im also searching the forum for other recommendations, of course they vary depending on preference of testing/study styles.
Newbie Question about course order - dfrecore - 03-14-2017
MD_AJIBULU Wrote:Would you make any recommendations on which providers to use and/or tests to take for any? Im also searching the forum for other recommendations, of course they vary depending on preference of testing/study styles.
It is so hard to say, because people only use ONE course provider for a course. So a person who took the Study.com version won't be able to tell you what the SL version is like for that same course.
Depends on the course, but people here seem to drift towards SL or Study.com for most of their stuff. I think it's easier for a lot of people to stick with a single course provider as much as possible, because you can reduce costs, plus once you take a course, you kind of have the "hang" of it for future courses.
It's what I would do by the way - stick with one course provider for a month or two, and then switch when needed.
Study.com offers more courses than SL at this point (95 vs. 63), so they have that going for them. Plus they give you the ability to use the course materials to study for other exams (like Saylor) while you have membership. SL makes you pay for every class separately.