Friday, March 8, 2013

Entry #3 Shorter Class, Good For You A.S.U.

Is adding  71/2 week classes to it's Spring and Fall face-to-face semesters.

I don't really know how I feel about this, I get that everyone is different and maybe this does appeal to some people. I get that some people can handle cramming everything down to half the amount of time and not go crazy trying to juggle school, and life. I just don't think I wouldn't want to put myself through that kind of stress to graduate a little sooner. 

This is cool though because usually people who want that kind of fast paced class environment like the article said are having to take online course to accomplish that. Online course at A.S.U. even for an instate student are treated as out of state for tuition purposes. So now people who need to have a shorter class time to allow for more time for working, or things like that, are able to.

All and all I think it is a step in the right direction, and also the article does say that they realize not all classes are able to be condensed down like this. Not all material can be taught in a 71/2 week format, but for the more general classes this is a great move on A.S.U.'s part.

1 comment:

  1. I completely agree with you in regards to this concept working well for basic courses. The more complex the course is the less likely the quality is going to stay the same.

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