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A college I attended about 9.5 years ago (Georgia Military College) has greatly increased their online course selection since I attended in 04-05.
Some of the courses available are Anatomy and Physiology I and II (w/ labs), Principles of Biology I and II (w/ Labs), Chem I and II (w/ Labs), and Microbiology.
There are many MANY other courses available, but these were the ones that interested me the most.
http://www.gmc.cc.ga.us/search_classes.php
Tuition runs around $133.00 per credit hour for both in state and out of state. They offer many online degrees, including pre-nursing, sociology, psychology, homeland security and emergency management, and criminal justice.
http://www.gmc.cc.ga.us/page.php?page_id=1248
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How come most of their courses are 5 or 6 credits?
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sanantone Wrote:How come most of their courses are 5 or 6 credits?
They're on a quarters, not semesters.
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Most quarter hour courses are 4 credits. I can understand the lab courses having more, but 5 to 6 credits for non-science courses seems ridiculous.
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sanantone Wrote:Most quarter hour courses are 4 credits. I can understand the lab courses having more, but 5 to 6 credits for non-science courses seems ridiculous.
4 quarter hours converts to 2.67 semester hours.
5 quarter hours converts to 3.33 semester hours.
Also, in a 3 semester hour course, a student can expect to spend 3 hours per week in class for the entire semester (at a b&m school). 3 hours per week multiplied by 15 weeks equals 45 hours of instruction.
In a 5 quarter hour course, a student spends 5 hours per week in the class for the entire quarter. Each quarter lasts around 10 weeks. 5 hours per week multiplied by 8 weeks equals 40 hours of instruction.
The difference in time does not mean there's a difference in quality.
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publius2k4 Wrote:4 quarter hours converts to 2.67 semester hours.
5 quarter hours converts to 3.33 semester hours.
Also, in a 3 semester hour course, a student can expect to spend 3 hours per week in class for the entire semester (at a b&m school). 3 hours per week multiplied by 15 weeks equals 45 hours of instruction.
In a 5 quarter hour course, a student spends 5 hours per week in the class for the entire quarter. Each quarter lasts around 10 weeks. 5 hours per week multiplied by 8 weeks equals 40 hours of instruction.
The difference in time does not mean there's a difference in quality.
I understand the conversions, but it still doesn't change the fact that most quarter hour courses are 4 credits. A 5-credit course at this 2-year college costs almost as much as a 3-credit course for non-residents at TESC. $133 per credit hour sounds really cheap until you find out every course is 5 or 6 credits. I think the quarter hour system is a rip off. Thankfully, more and more schools are moving away from it.
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sanantone Wrote:I understand the conversions, but it still doesn't change the fact that most quarter hour courses are 4 credits. A 5-credit course at this 2-year college costs almost as much as a 3-credit course for non-residents at TESC. $133 per credit hour sounds really cheap until you find out every course is 5 or 6 credits. I think the quarter hour system is a rip off. Thankfully, more and more schools are moving away from it.
How is $133 per quarter hr a rip off? That comes out to about $199 a semester hr, that doesn't sound terribly bad. Not everyone wants to do SL.
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Prloko Wrote:How is $133 per quarter hr a rip off? That comes out to about $199 a semester hr, that doesn't sound terribly bad. Not everyone wants to do SL.
For a junior college, it is a rip off. Even in-state students are paying that rate. I don't know of many community colleges that charge $200 per credit hour. That's what small state colleges/universities charge.
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And for TESC types taking courses from a small state college or university, with four-year accreditation rather than two-year (junior college/community college), will retain the possibility of some courses transferring to TESC as upper-level.
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Jonathan Whatley Wrote:And for TESC types taking courses from a small state college or university, with four-year accreditation rather than two-year (junior college/community college), will retain the possibility of some courses transferring to TESC as upper-level.
I think this would also apply to EC, COSC, and other 4-year schools that don't give UL credit for CC courses.
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