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(08-05-2018, 07:32 PM)eriehiker Wrote: Hey! How is everyone doing with this class? I've been cranking out a bunch of classes this summer and I just have been remiss in chatting here about the class. Anyway, I just finished the final paper and submitted it. Wednesday is the exam and I have some studying to do. I have enjoyed the class and currently sit at 96%. How is everyone else doing?
Also, registration is open for the fall classes and I have registered.
https://www.extension.harvard.edu/course...ts=English
https://www.extension.harvard.edu/course...ts=English
$450 for both. 8 graduate credits. Great deal.
How was the course? I was thinking about taking one or two of those courses this fall. I'm taking 18 credits at a B&M this semester, so I'm not sure if I'll have enough time for them. How much time per week did you spend in the course?
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I am taking this class. I just submitted my paper about 30 minutes before the deadline and am now studying for the final. I enjoyed it immensely, but this has NOT been an easy class. It is Harvard, I didn't expect it to be easy. It took about about 3 hours per week for me to get through the two chapters and then there were the annotations which took another two hours or so, then the discussion board assignments, which took at least an hour for me each week, often more. Finally, the two writing assignments, which I spent a lot of time on. However, I have not written for academic reasons for a long time and I will probably get more time efficient with it. Oh, and I forgot the two live discussion(video based) sessions, which were mandatory, but only lasted only a little over an hour each.
This was a summer session, 7 week class, and it has the same amount of work that a full semester class has in half of the time.
I am currently trying to decide if I should take one or both in the fall.
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I like writing papers honestly and I do very well on them, English is my favorite subject. However, this course? I HATE IT! Granted, my grade is still in the 90s but this course managed to suck the fun out of English courses for me. I was actually going to take the other poetry courses that they offered but after this one I'm scrapping that plan. Can't wait to knock out the final and be done with this one.
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Haha. I think that it is a little bit easier than expected. Maybe these are famous last words and the exam will be killer. I did the alternative assignments for both of the live seminars.
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Thanks everyone for your feedback on the course. The only reason I considered the courses is because of the possibility of using them to get a graduate certificate from the Extension School. What motivated you guys to take the course?
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08-06-2018, 06:19 PM
(This post was last modified: 08-06-2018, 06:20 PM by eriehiker.)
I am just about to start my 20th year teaching MS/HS English/Social Sciences/Economics/Civics/Etc. at my current school. I was also a preschool teacher and a live-in school counselor before that and I purchased those years in our state retirement system. I will reach 30 years of service in four years and retire from my current position. My wife will do the same thing. We will then move out-of-state with our kids and I would like to teach college classes or dual enrollment classes or do curriculum work in my next incarnation. There are currently five of these HES courses in English for $200 a piece. That means that I can reach 18 graduate credits in English for $1000 via this program. It is actually an incredible opportunity for me and I am going to take them all.
I might also pick up a cheap plane ticket to Boston at some point and go to office hours at Harvard. Haha.
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(08-06-2018, 05:53 PM)alexf.1990 Wrote: Thanks everyone for your feedback on the course. The only reason I considered the courses is because of the possibility of using them to get a graduate certificate from the Extension School. What motivated you guys to take the course?
I took it for undergraduate credit but it counts as upper level which was the reason I took it.
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(08-06-2018, 06:19 PM)eriehiker Wrote: I am just about to start my 20th year teaching MS/HS English/Social Sciences/Economics/Civics/Etc. at my current school. I was also a preschool teacher and a live-in school counselor before that and I purchased those years in our state retirement system. I will reach 30 years of service in four years and retire from my current position. My wife will do the same thing. We will then move out-of-state with our kids and I would like to teach college classes or dual enrollment classes or do curriculum work in my next incarnation. There are currently five of these HES courses in English for $200 a piece. That means that I can reach 18 graduate credits in English for $1000 via this program. It is actually an incredible opportunity for me and I am going to take them all.
I might also pick up a cheap plane ticket to Boston at some point and go to office hours at Harvard. Haha.
I just went online to check the courses out. It looks like there are two available this fall and two more this spring. Has there been any word about the fifth course being offered again next summer?
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I am trying to gather 18 graduate credits in English in order to teach at the Community College level. If I could figure out the funding, the Masters in English through HES looks awesome! However, these classes are a great first step and very affordable!
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(08-07-2018, 06:38 AM)hsfamfun Wrote: I am trying to gather 18 graduate credits in English in order to teach at the Community College level. If I could figure out the funding, the Masters in English through HES looks awesome! However, these classes are a great first step and very affordable!
If you complete all 5 of these courses, you could finish an ALM in English for 7-10k. The HES Grant gives you half all of courses and a free course during the summer. You'd only have 7 courses left. If you took two summers to finish, you'd only have to pay for 5 courses at half price. There is a thesis component to this ALM. I'm not sure what that process looks like. There's also an American Literature and Culture grad certificate that these courses count towards. In order to get it, you have to take two of these courses and two social science courses.
So these poetry courses should take about 5-7 hours per week? You just have a weekly quiz, discussion, then two papers, and a final? How was the paper? Was it a research paper or a personal reflection?
