<p>I've got 4 classes lined up to sign up for this coming Fall semester at my local CCC, totaling 13 units. If I can't find another class that fits my schedule I'm thinking about signing up for my 1st ever Online Class. </p>
<p>But I have to ask here with all the CC students on this board about your opinion on them, if you've taken a course online. </p>
<p>I've heard from a few people that you can't hide behind a desk online and need to participate. Also, there is much more homework, I've heard.</p>
<p>I signed for an online class about a year ago at my college, and never did it again. I found I wasn't disciplined enough to take online courses. Somehow, they didn't feel like "real" classes, so I'd slack off and postpone any work due for that class.</p>
<p>Depends on your attitude.
I've taken a half-dozen online classes. While at CC, I've worked most weekdays and traveled frequently.
Some of the most difficult and easiest classes I had were among those. Those classes, whether hard or easy, I entered dedicated to I got a lot out of. The one I'm taking right now is to finish up my AA degree, and I'm a week ahead and active poster despite working 2 part-time jobs and in the middle of moving. But a class I had to repeat when I flunked out of it 5 years earlier in my first try at college, I entered that with a bad attitude and left with a poor grade.</p>
<p>It really depends on the type of person you are. You gotto be disciplined to be able to do. I had a bad attitude about mine cause I thought since I'm online I'd rather be doing other things than taking a class, so I ended up with a grade I didn't want.</p>
<p>It's easy to "forget" to do assignments online when you don't actually have to show up to class. I took one online class and got an A but that was after a string of B's on quizzes and assignments and a lot of last minute buckling down. I truly feel like I put in a lot more work into this class than the others even though it was a subject I enjoyed and am good at (English). If you cannot find another class to fit your schedule then go for it but understand that it will be equally as difficult to do well and not easier like some people claim.</p>
<p>Sometimes online classes are easier than they are in actual classes. It primarily depends on your professor. They should be your last resort. Often times, people have difficulty learning or retaining anything learned from an online course because they are the judge of their own time. The only time i would take an online course is if the class doesn't matter to you. Besides, when you take the class in person, you meet more people!</p>
<p>Does the professor just give out assignments and tests and expect you to read the textbook on your own? I'm a little confused with how an online class actually works.</p>
<p>I took two online classes during CC due to schedule conflicts. The first was dead easy, but it would have been an easy class if it was in a classroom, too. The second was Advanced Composition and it seemed like a lot more work than a traditional class. It was not an easy class by any means.</p>
<p>This is generally what we had to do:
-Read one chapter of the textbook plus an article per week
-Quizzes on the textbook concepts (fairly easy)
-Post every week to the discussion boards
-Write a short essay response/analysis on the article each week
-Four longer essays
-One 10-15 page research paper
-One group assignment (was easier than I had anticipated, we did it by email)
-Midterm and final were on campus (I had to take vacation time from work). </p>
<p>I was "lost" on the concepts a lot and frequently had to wait a day for the teacher to respond to my questions by email. I felt that I wouldn't have been as lost in a classroom setting. Then again, I developed a strong relationship with my professor, and she was more than willing to write recommendation letters for me. I also felt it was one of the best English classes I have taken. I really improved my writing which I could definitely see. </p>
<p>I would say give it a try, but go into it expecting to log into the class once every day, sort of like we do to read our personal email, and you'll be fine.</p>
<p>Yes. Some professors will offer brief notes, additional reading material or websites of interest.</p>
<p>The trick of taking online tests is not to rely on their convenience. Doing assignments, submitting assignments, studying, reading mesageboard postings, etc. at 3 AM is convenient. However, if you're doing that when you're tired, malnourished or distracted it's a disaster. And do not wait until the last minute - computer or server problems can happen at any time.</p>
<p>interesting, yeah i would have to assume it works that way since never at any point in my school catalog does it say not transferable or something like that. Either a class is UC + CAL Transferable, one or the other only, or none.</p>
<p>What I mean is some schools, if you were admitted as a transfer, would not give you credit for online courses. If there is no indication that the course was an online one, you could probably get away with it.</p>
<p>I'm not familiar with the UC system, but you could always call the registrars and find out for sure.</p>
<p>A quick search finds Bryn Mawr doesn't accept online courses in transfer, but they also don't accept anything but liberal arts classes. So it's possible other LACs do not accept online courses. However, URichmond accepts online courses despite requesting the syllabus of every college course in transfer.</p>
<p>I can't imagine a university having as rigid transfer policies as Bryn Mawr, let alone a public flagship with the community colleges they have articulation agreements with.</p>
<p>definitely depends on how your work style is. I took an online class and procrastinated throughout the whole course. I passed, but don't think I learned very much. If you're taking it no pass/pass, it's not a req for your degree I'd take an online course again.</p>
<p>Trancripts don't show if it's online or not. I think the only way a school would find out if it's online or not, is if they seek to see the syllabus for a course that isn't part of the school's articulation agreement. For the UCs, a class like Sociology 1 or 101, Philosophy 1 or 101, or Psychology 1 or 101, are basic courses that will transfer from any community college, so I doubt they'll ever ask to specifically see syllabus for classes like that, and usually the online courses community colleges have to offer are those type of basic classes. </p>
<p>Some schools, like USC just state that they wont give credit for certain courses taken online, such as a biological/physical science with lab, ie Chemistry, Biology, Physics etc.</p>