<p>I am a incoming sophomore at a community college, this upcoming semester, which starts in slightly over a week, has me slightly worried because I am not sure if I am going to be have time to study for all my classes, I am going to be taking 17 credits hours, which compared to last semester, 19 credits all online, shouldn't be that much worse, but the classes are more challenging this semester. Here is my schedule for the upcoming semester:
Human Anatomy and Physiology 1 ( no experience with this subject matter whatsoever) ( online with proctored testing)
Business Statistics ( still no experience with this subject matter) ( online with proctored testing)
Microeconomics ( online)
Art History 1( no experience with subject matter) ( online)
Brief Calculus ( on campus with online supplement, proctored testing) </p>
<p>I am worried about this schedule because there are so many classes that I do not have experience with the subject matter for, does anyone have any tips on how to schedule out study time for these kinds of classes or even just study tips for these kinds of classes. I am typically an A and B student, got one C last semester, but I would really like to get straight A's for the first time ever in college. I don't have a job or anything, just household chores, so i can dedicate any amount of time necessary to get the grade that I want. Anyone with advice on any of these class well be greatly appreciated, thanks in advance</p>
<p>spend at least 2 hours a day on each class. since some of them are online classes from my experience the professor usually tells you the syllabus and list of every assignment before classes even start. you should start doing that work now and start reading through your textbooks on the sections you guys will be covering first just to get a head start and have more time to study for future assignments and you will know early on if you will need to make time for tutoring. don’t wait until they give the assignment to do it. make a day by time schedule of everything you do during the day and then make specific times for when you will study and stick to the schedule. make it a flexible plan though in case there is a cool event you really want to go to so you can still have time to study. what I do when i have online classes is to set a time each day for them as if i were going to the actually classroom and spend my time doing only that classwork with my phone off and no distractions. </p>
<p>Art history and microeconomics shouldn’t be too terribly bad. Calculus, stats and physiology can be challenging classes though. </p>
<p>With a schedule that’s all online, you want to set up a schedule that would reflect real classes. </p>
<p>For example, something alone these lines would work nicely. </p>
<p>Monday -
Physiology: 9:00-11:00
Statistics: 11:30-1:00
Art History: 2:00-3:00</p>
<p>Tuesday -
Microeconomics: 9:00-11:00
Calculus: 12:00-2:00
Physiology: 3:00-4:00</p>
<p>And so on along those lines. If you treat these as -real- class times that are a daily obligation, and get in the habit of doing so right away, you’ll manage to stay on top of things. Online classes are great in some ways because of the freedom to work around your schedule…but they also have a drawback because you can work them around your schedule…lol</p>
<p>I’ve seen a lot of people “forget” about a lot of things in their online classes. I took American Government, and Western Civilization since 1648 online over the summer. There were quite a few people who were missing discussion posts, or cramming in hurried, half-assed replies when there were ten minutes left before the discussion closed. Myself and several other people were getting our posts made on the day that they opened, and had ample opportunity to engage in insightful discussions on our posts. We’re the ones that did well in the classes. </p>
<p>both of you have good suggestions, I am working on making a study schedule since I haven’t heard from any of my teachers about syllabuses yet, I have another question though, after I have created my study schedule, how can i keep myself motivated to go along with the schedule on a weekly basis? </p>
<p>Now that’s the hard part. The trick is to just start on it immediately. If you get set on the schedule immediately; from the very first day of classes, it’s easier to stay on it. </p>
<p>I don’t think there’s any real trick to it beyond that. You just have to do it. That’s the drawback to online classes. You aren’t being graded on attendance as such, because there is no physical class to attend. However, there is still an attendance grade of sorts. Many online classes have discussion boards that you have to post on. You typically have to reply to at least 2 or 3 other posts as well. That is sort of like an attendance/participation grade. Some people skip those because each post is only 5 points or something like that. If you have to make two posts a week at 5 points each, times 16 weeks…that’s 160 points. That adds up. You’ve gotta make sure to stay on top of it.</p>