Capstone with three other courses

[MrBossmanJr]

I am curious to see if anyone else completed the capstone while taking other courses at the same time. I am set to take my capstone in January 2019, but I have to take some classes to maintain my GI Bill at a local community college. I will be taking chem I with lab, microeconomics, and quality control. I'm hoping these classes won't affect my ability to complete the capstone. Judging by the ratemyprofessor, I'm thinking microeconomics and quality control will be easy classes and chem I will just take a slight bit of effort.

[Ideas]

A capstone is still just a course, so I don't see a problem with 3 classes and a capstone, especially since you think two will be easy.

[bjcheung77]

You're going for a BALS Capstone, it's slightly easier than the BSBA Capstone. I would say go for it if you think you can handle the extra work preparing for it and completing the assigned work before their deadlines. Time management is the key, it will either make you or break you. One word of advice, if you have a deadline you can't make, email your mentor about it before the deadline date and you will NOT be docked points if you get prior permission. The only item that can't be late, is the final assignment, else you're golden...

Your grade in the course will be determined as follows:

Online discussions (6)—23 percent
Written assignments (5)—45 percent
ETS proficiency profile—2 percent
Capstone project—30 percent

If you're putting "double" the amount of effort into doing the written assignments as you are with the Study.com/SL/English Comp assignments, you should be able to get near perfect marks, 70%. Heck, don't do double, 1.5x the effort into the discussions, and maybe more for the assignments, it's an easy 70%.

The capstone project is the harder part, but you should still be able to make at least a 25 out of 30. Even if you made minor mistakes with the APA/sources, whatever else the rubric may have, it's still an easy grade. Did you know my cousin got an A easily at 93% and he wasn't sweating it out! People here have had anywhere from High B's all the way to 99% - yes, 99% on the capstone course!

[MrBossmanJr]

Is the written assignments the same as the capstone project? At Excelsior, the combined assignments were organized into the capstone for my associate degree.

[tobyisking]

I managed to complete the business capstone plus an upper level digital marketing class at TESU at the same time, I know I also completed about 15 additional credits through SDC and SL during that time as well.

[Merlin]

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If you're putting "double" the amount of effort into doing the written assignments as you are with the Study.com/SL/English Comp assignments, you should be able to get near perfect marks, 70%. Heck, don't do double, 1.5x the effort into the discussions, and maybe more for the assignments, it's an easy 70%.
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Just to clarify, at TESU you need a weighted average of 73% or better to receive credit for a Capstone course. You also need a 73% or better for any other course considered part of your area of study, but you only need 60% to pass other courses.

[MrBossmanJr]

Oh, that ain't bad then. I might try for the bare minimum as I have a lot going on.

[zzzz24]

Seems like the instructor plays a big part too. Some people seem to have glowing reviews of their instructors. while others did not.

I hope I will be able to get a decent grade from the assignments/discussions heading into the final project. It would make it less stressful.

[MrBossmanJr]

Who did you take? I think I am taking J Cody in Jan 2019.

[zzzz24]

Haven't registered yet. I think I am just going to do it in February since I can't graduate until June either way.
Might be able to get a head start on it before the course starts.

Having a lot of trouble thinking of a topic that I can write 25+ pages on without poking my eyes out.