Keep job during final term?

[thecontrarian]

Hi everyone, I'm preparing to try and do the one term final-16 credit thing at TESU starting in March (just got to wrap up 2 TEL courses in April).

Do u think its viable to do the plan below while keeping my part-time retail job?

I work 3 days a week, don't have kids or any other commitments. For certain reasons I can't study much on weekends. Was planning to do the actual courses rather than e-Packs.

Prior Learning Assessment
Critical Information Theory
Intro to Psychology
Nutrition
Computer Concepts
Business Capstone

[rachel83az]

I don't have any direct experience with those courses, but it might be difficult to do if you're only devoting 2 days a week to school. On the other hand, if you spend 2 days a week doing nothing but school and can manage to squeeze in a couple of hours after work, it might be doable. PLA-100 and Computer Concepts should be relatively easy. You should be able to mostly finish the cornerstone in a day or two, leaving just the discussion posts.

[natshar]

Maybe you could keep your job and move down to just one or two days a week. Or still work 3 days a week but work shorter shifts maybe get off an hour or two earlier. Either option would have you still working but have more time for school.

[Ideas]

Maybe you could swap two of those for a 6 credit course. I think that Nutrition could be more work than many courses.

[ss20ts]

6 classes? While working 3 days a week, only doing school 2 days a week, and no weekends for school? That will be tough! Your 2 days dedicated to school will be like 18+ hour days.

[rachel83az]

Well, the PLA isn't a full course. It takes maybe a day to complete. The cornerstone is similar. So that leaves 4 courses for a semester, not 6.

[ss20ts]

4 courses is still a lot for someone only working on classes 2 days a week. That's also assuming they complete those 2 courses in a day. Psychology will have a lot of reading. Nutrition probably will as well.

[WALLACEMC11]

Congrats on your last term! 16 credits seems to be a lot for one term. luckily, Prior Learning Assessment won't take much time to complete. During my last term, I took three courses and was able to keep my full-time and part-time jobs, but it was kind of challenging to keep up with the deadlines (I missed a few, but still passed). If you can devote your off days (including weekends) to completing your schoolwork, I think you'll be just fine. Just stay organized with your assignments. But just 2 days of study a week..... that might be very difficult.

[allvia]

Honestly, the business capstone is a great deal of work on its own.

[davewill]

I would be ready to put the capstone on extension if time gets tight. That should give you enough wiggle room to keep your part time job, but I think you'll still have to plan on doing school more than 2 days a week.

Also, always be sure to notify your mentor if you even think you might need to turn something in late. TESU policy requires them to dock points if you miss a due date, unless you have prior permission. If you don't notify the mentor, their hands are tied.