Online Studying Feasible?

magiscoder
Tue, 30 Dec 2008 17:40:18 +0000

I took micro/macro economics last year online, and I was blessed with a great teacher. Even so, I easily could have gotten an A for the class without knowing a thing about economics. However, I had a slight amount of discipline, so I studied as I would independently and got double 4s. This year I’m taking Computer Science and Psychology, and it’s pretty much the same deal. At the moment, I don’t know anything about either class, but I’m already starting to study and learn the material.

The bottom line is that online courses, in my experience, are like self-studying with homework, grades, and a slight amount of pressure to do your work.

Oh, just an edit: Euro, chem, and bio are probably some of the last classes you would want to take online. Bio and chem are tricky classes, especially since there’s such an influence on labs. As for Euro, you deserve an award if you can discipline yourself to read an entire (or even the majority of a) textbook by yourself without any teacher lectures.