03-21-2011, 04:24 AM
(This post was last modified: 03-21-2011, 04:38 AM by bawhitsett.)
The grad courses I took were more difficult than anything I took at the undergrad level, due to greater amounts of homework, many semester-long group assignments (2-3000 word research presentations), and having all proctored, closed book mid-terms and finals.
A week's worth of homework typically involved reading a chapter or 2, possibly listening to a lecture, multiple discussion posts, summarizing the most important factoid you took from the assigned readings, and participating in group activities. Some classes included additional assignments like summarizing articles, in say 500-600 words, but you usually had 2-3 weeks to do these.
The tests honestly weren't bad, they typically regurgitated the homework you'd previously done verbatim. Some didn't but the teachers usually would provide a study guide to get you through this. It could be a PITA to set up proctoring services, especially if you live in an area where the schools are not very flexible. When I was in VA it was a piece of cake as the local CC offered weekend testing. in TX, many schools don't offer external proctoring services, and those that do do it only during biz hours.
All told with the motivated folks here I think a lot of you could excel in grad programs. Takes a lot to finish a degree in this way. The biggest obstacle could be all of the traditional hoops you have to go back to jumping through in order to finish it.
A week's worth of homework typically involved reading a chapter or 2, possibly listening to a lecture, multiple discussion posts, summarizing the most important factoid you took from the assigned readings, and participating in group activities. Some classes included additional assignments like summarizing articles, in say 500-600 words, but you usually had 2-3 weeks to do these.
The tests honestly weren't bad, they typically regurgitated the homework you'd previously done verbatim. Some didn't but the teachers usually would provide a study guide to get you through this. It could be a PITA to set up proctoring services, especially if you live in an area where the schools are not very flexible. When I was in VA it was a piece of cake as the local CC offered weekend testing. in TX, many schools don't offer external proctoring services, and those that do do it only during biz hours.
All told with the motivated folks here I think a lot of you could excel in grad programs. Takes a lot to finish a degree in this way. The biggest obstacle could be all of the traditional hoops you have to go back to jumping through in order to finish it.
I m edumakated thanx to distunce lerning.
MEd, Texas A&M University, 2018
MBA, University of North Dakota, 2014
MS, University of Illinois Springfield, 2010
BSBA, Thomas Edison State University, 2008
AS / AAS, Tidewater Community College, 2004
MEd, Texas A&M University, 2018
MBA, University of North Dakota, 2014
MS, University of Illinois Springfield, 2010
BSBA, Thomas Edison State University, 2008
AS / AAS, Tidewater Community College, 2004
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