<p>Deciding whether or not I should take an Online class on sociology or poli sci..but how do online classes work? do we go into a chat room or something? i have no idea how it works..do we just turn in work through emails? and how do we take tests? do we just send it in without a time limit??? </p>
<p>thanks alot! everyone</p>
<p>from my experience, online classes are much easier. just sign in a few times a week to know what work you have to do, participate in discussions, etc. The teacher will assign you readings and you are expected to keep up with them.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure it’s different for every school but from my experience taking one at De Anza:</p>
<p>First I took an online orientation thing. The text for me was provided online, so I didn’t have to buy anything (which was nice. I hear some courses do NOT do this). The teacher required that we post responses to a “Issue of the week” or something, basically she posts up an article, and we have to post a 250-500 word response tying in something from the reading for credit. The quizes were online, timed format, but it was easy to look up everything since I was sitting cozily at home at the text was online (ctrl+f ftw!). In order to take the midterm/final however, we actually had to go to a test center at De Anza to take the exam (boo!). I wouldn’t recommend it for lazy people who do not pick up quickly, because it’s VERY tempting to half ass everything (more than having to actually physically attend a class) which will cause you to do poorly if you aren’t a skilled procrastinator. Many of my friends who took online courses did rather poorly despite being 3.5-4.0 students, so I don’t think it’s for everyone. Hope this helps!</p>
<p>depends on what you take.</p>
<p>I’ve taken two online classes, into to programming and critical thinking. Critical thinking was all about just keeping up with the reading and doing the work so it wasn’t too bad. On the other hand, programming where you had to learn and apply concepts was difficult without a regular lecture, if my professor wasn’t so good at keeping up with my e-mails the class would have been a disaster.</p>
<p>Online classes were lifesavers for me - working full time and raising two children while in CC. That being said, I am very motivated and managed my time wisely. I had friends in online classes who outright FORGOT they were in these classes because they didn’t have the constant reminder of having to go to class. </p>
<p>It depends on what kind of environment you need to learn and thrive. I would suggest starting in a subject you are comfortable in, and not taking more than 1 online class the first time around!</p>
<p>I’m going to be honest here…I’ve had 1 easy online course, 1 medium one, and 1 of the hardest classes I’ve ever had.</p>
<p>In regard to the hard one, it’s a psych course. Sounds easy, right? Nope. I’m up right now doing this busy-work.</p>
<p>Semester coursework:</p>
<ul>
<li>10 pg. research paper</li>
<li>500+ key terms</li>
<li>112 workbook pages</li>
<li>16 hours of online video to watch + 60 pages of notes (oh yes, she grades them).</li>
<li>200 question midterm and 200 question final</li>
</ul>
<p>The point of this anecdote is: Please be careful when picking an online class. This one has been the hardest and most tedious class I’ve ever taken. I’ll be getting a B in this class :(.</p>
<p>wowwww ***ffff. i mean yeahh that psych classs is like excellent preparation for upper div of psych = hoping that’s ur major but gahhhhhhdayuumm.</p>