USU Acoustics & Longwood Neurology

[Cowsy]

Anyone taken either of these courses and have anything to share about workload, types of assignment, etc.? I'm taking both this summer at the same time as stats and a few general science classes and want to know what I'm getting myself into. Thanks! :-)

Edited April 24, 2016 by Cowsy

[slptobe92]

I'm in neurology at Longwood right now and I actually really love it! The material is interesting and the quizzes are usually short and to the point, not a huge pile of information. You have assignments due usually every two weeks so it's not too much to handle at all.

[Cowsy]

Oh that sounds delightful. I'm taking an online Biology 101 class right now and it legitimately takes up 3-4 hours of my day. Every day. 5-10 assignments a week. I realize this is partially because it's a lab class, and I'm also enjoying what I'm leaning, but it's exhausting. So a class with less frequent assignments sounds like a breath of fresh air. I can handle processing a lot of information but keeping up with the constant assignments is taxing. Thanks for the info!

[esopha]

I'm currently taking acoustics. There's only one unit on actual acoustics (I assume you're talking about COMD 3400?) and the rest is anatomy of the hearing mechanism. The grad school I am going to requested that I take the speech science class as well as 3400, in order to be sure I covered all the material they wanted me to.

Overall, the course is manageable. I am taking two classes with group projects this semester and not totally loving it (the effort of coordination across time zones is awful), but overall I've had a positive experience with USU, and the cost is relatively cheap compared to other methods of getting your prereqs.

[Cowsy]

Thanks! Yeah, 3400. Agreed, I feel like group projects in online classes are usually horrible in terms of delegating tasks and how uneven the effort amongst group members tends to be. Blah. But it can be good leadership experience I suppose. I took 3 other classes through USU and those went well so I'm confident this one will be okay too. Thanks for the info!