<p>Hi there,</p>
<p>I wanted to take M 316 as a university extension class. I am currently a junior, and I need to take this class in order to take certain upper division classes.</p>
<p>Are there any downsides or penalties to taking UEX classes? Why would a UT student choose to take a UEX over a regular UT class? </p>
<p>It seems like a good option and tuition is much cheaper, so I feel like its too good to be true lol</p>
<p>Thanks :)</p>
<p>Thanks for pointing this out! I have a friend who teaches one of these classes and should have remembered.</p>
<p>I can’t see a downside, other than you have to pay a late fee to register at this point. Maybe next semester you can make the deadline.</p>
<p>Are the classes easier, harder, or the same level of difficulty? I really wanted to take Calculus 2 using this program next semester, but I don’t want to do it if it’s harder… I doubt I’ll do it if it was the same difficulty. Even though you learn everything by yourself in Math mostly, I would like to go to class just so I can talk to students and the teacher about questions (and complain with other students about how much the class sucks. That’s always fun).</p>
<p>I thought of another disadvantage: the cost is not trivial and isn’t included in the tuition paid for the regular classes.</p>
<p>Most often, the UEX courses are easier than the ones offered on UT’s campus - not always, mind you, but in most cases I have heard of (including the government course I took through UEX to avoid the UT offered ones). It is not factored into your tuition for classes, you pay separately and it is not always cheap. The plus is that it will factor into your gpa and give you the class credits, so if you are trying to get more hours done in a shorter amount of time it allows you to take courses aside from whatever your college’s maximum hours are. That being said, the UEX course does not count as a course for any particular semester, so to be a full-time student you still have to take 12 hours at the school.
Hope that helps some</p>
<p>Don’t forget that UEX courses are concurrent enrollment and require approval.</p>
<p>Approval for Concurrent Enrollment must be obtained through your academic advisor each semester.</p>
<p>Thanks for all the great advice! So far registration was fine and so was getting approval :)</p>
<p>Patrick Jay- I’ll let you know about level of difficulty once classes start</p>
<p>“Why would a UT student choose to take a UEX over a regular UT class?”</p>
<p>UT student would choose to take a UEX over a regular UT class if there is a schedule conflict and the particular class is a prerequisite to other classes and cannot wait. It seems to be an issue right now with almost a thousand over-admitted students.</p>
<p>Don’t you have to pay extra to take an extension class?</p>