SUNY New Paltz Post-Bacc courses!

[theominousfuture]

Hey all!

Does anyone know how much time should be set aside for 9 credits (3 classes) in SUNY New Paltz's online post-bacc program? The advisor recommended 10-12 hours per week per course but I'd love some input from people who've been through the program.

Thanks a ton!

[kc1m2l8c]

On 4/24/2016 at 6:42 PM, theominousfuture said:

Hey all!

Does anyone know how much time should be set aside for 9 credits (3 classes) in SUNY New Paltz's online post-bacc program? The advisor recommended 10-12 hours per week per course but I'd love some input from people who've been through the program.

Thanks a ton!

 

I completed most of my pre-requisites through the University of Florida online program and Marymount Manhattan College's (MMC) post-bacc program (in person), but I am taking my last course through SUNY New Paltz (speech science). I've been exposed to a lot of the material in the course I'm taking through SUNY New Paltz through the other courses I had taken previously, so I have been dedicating a bit less time to the class. There are typically three homework assignments per week, each which can take 1-2 hours. If you were watching the audio powerpoints, that would be another 3-6 hours. We have a test every two weeks, so if you figure you're doing the readings and studying for that an additional 3 hours per week, that gets you to a total of 7 to 15. I have never spent 15 hours on any single course (including those at UFL and MMC) in a week, but there were probably weeks that demanded 10 to 12 hours of my time for a class (not every week though). I knew someone who did half her pre-requisites through SUNY New Paltz and she said she had more work for those courses than she did for our in-person course at MMC. It sounded like she had to do a lot of writing. The speech science course has more labs than writing, which I personally find less time consuming. Each course is definitely different, and you will find some require much more time than others. If it helps, I worked full time while doing my prerequisites, and I was able to comfortably handle 2 classes at a time (with short periods of extreme stress thrown in). I usually reserved my entire Saturday to school work (up until about 5:00pm). Sometimes, I had to use a portion of Sunday as well. And I read / studied / attended class for about two hours per day during the work week. If I wanted to push myself to squeeze in 3, I probably could have, but I definitely would have had to sacrifice sleep, exercise, and even more social time. I hope this helps.