Fort Hayes, am I reading this right?

Discussion in 'General Distance Learning Discussions' started by AppleCruncher, Jul 2, 2011.

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  1. AppleCruncher

    AppleCruncher New Member

  2. Randell1234

    Randell1234 Moderator

    Actually, it is 124 credits. Each credit takes roughly 18 hours of study to earn (rule of thumb)
     
  3. Maniac Craniac

    Maniac Craniac Moderator Staff Member

    Is it July Fools already?
     
  4. SteveFoerster

    SteveFoerster Resident Gadfly Staff Member

    In theory, it's much more. A three semester-hour course is supposed to require three hours per week just in class and also twice as many studying outside of class. Now, yeah, it doesn't always work this way in practice, but that's supposedly the accepted definition.
     
  5. JBjunior

    JBjunior Active Member

    To clarify, when it says "hours" it means "credit hours." As was mentioned, there are many more hours (time) in earning an hour (credit). So those 124 hours, taken traditionally with a full course load, will take you roughly 4 years to complete.
     
  6. Kizmet

    Kizmet Moderator

    and this is why so many people have found it useful to pick up as many credits as possible with CLEP (and other) exams. It also explains why many people are interested in accelerated courses because most of the people who visit degreeinfo are working people who can not take a full courseload for 4 years. They might be able to take half of that and so they're looking at a possible 8 year course of study in order to earn a Bachelors. People have done it but, let's face it, 8 years is a long time.
     
  7. landocalrissian

    landocalrissian New Member

    What's with everyone looking for an easy way out?

    There is something very honorable about devoting 4-5 years to a Bachelors degree.

    You won't feel the same level of achievement if you clep out of every course and take 5-6 week accelerated courses.

    Don't cheat yourself out of going at it the hard way. Anyone can take the easy way out.
     
  8. AppleCruncher

    AppleCruncher New Member

    I'm not looking for self-gratification, I'm only looking for a paper that says "O.K. this guy has a degree" the history/quality of that paper really does not matter to me, I'm already able to get jobs with my diploma, the reason I want a degree is for international travel, you get to loose many perks if you don't have a degree.
     

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