TESC Guided study or Online
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TESC Guided study or Online
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11-13-2012, 01:48 PM
Hello everyone, I've been googling the forum here and can't find some specifics on OL or GS courses at TESC. I took an OL course a few years ago and I'm looking at taking a few more now. What is the largest difference between OL and GS? Is one format better if you have trouble or does it matter?
11-14-2012, 02:03 PM
I don't know if this will help or not, but here is what the TESC website says about the different types of courses. I haven't taken any TESC courses so I can't really give my opinion on them, but I'm sure some others who have will chime in. Thomas Edison State College courses
CLEP:
West. Civ I - 65, A&I Lit - 66, Biology - 65, Chemistry - 55, Nat. Sciences - 64, US Hist I - 68, Am. Lit - 61, US Hist II - 62, Am. Gov. - 67, Macroecon. - 63, Microecon. - 75, College Comp. - 66, Prin. of Marketing - 68, Prin. of Mngt - 71 DSST: Civil War and Reconst. - 70, Prin. of Supervision - 443, Intro to World Rel - 477, Intro to Bus - 443, HR Mgmt - 64, Intro to Computing - 458, Prin. of Fin. Acct - 80  , Bus Ethics & Society - 447, Prin. of Finance - 437ALEKS: Int. Algebra, College Algebra, Precalc, Intro to Stats., Business Stats. SAYLOR: Corp. Comm - 78%, Bus Law and Ethics - 76% PENN FOSTER: Manag. Acct. - 96, Int. Acct. 1 - 98, Int. Acct. 2 - 87, Cost Acct. - 94, Strategic Bus. Mngt. - 95 ADAMS STATE: Auditing - 89 LSU: Adv. Acct. - B TECEP: Fed Income Taxation BSBA Accounting
11-24-2012, 12:29 AM
It seems to be a matter of preference. I only took one GS course, but that was because it was not a great experience and I think that was mostly due to the instructor. I preferred online format far and away above guided study, but there are plenty of people I've seen comment the opposite.
Online (OL): You are in a course with a group of other students, under a course mentor. About 30-50% of your grade will come from midterm and/or final exams. The other 50-70% will come from papers submitted to the instructor, and discussion topics on a forum with classmates. Some mentors are involved and some are not, but it does not really matter because you can often pick up additional aspects of the material from other students' observations in the discussions. The discussions are much easier to reply to and have less specific requirements to earn full credit than the submitted written assignments; the time investment for the GS course seemed far higher than the OL courses I took of equivalent difficulty level. Guided Study (GS): You have 1:1 contact with your mentor. Again, 30-50% of your grade will come from midterm and/or final exams. The other 50-70% will come from papers. If you have an involved course mentor, the 1:1 communication could be great. If you are comfortable with writing papers and are not fond of contrived discussions (the discussion topics are quite often simple questions that everyone answers roughly the same, so coming up with replies that are not simply "I agree" can be a bit mind numbing, admittedly), GS may be for you. My own experience with a GS mentor was non-response; he did not reply to questions or give feedback on papers, and since they are your only source of interaction other than the text, it was like stumbling through the material blindly which could have been a disaster if it was not a subject I already had a lot of familiarity.
BSBA, HR / Organizational Mgmt - Thomas Edison State College, December 2012
- TESC Chapter of Sigma Beta Delta International Honor Society for Business, Management and Administration - Arnold Fletcher Award AAS, Environmental, Safety, & Security Technologies - Thomas Edison State College, December 2012 AS, Business Administration - Thomas Edison State College, March 2012 |
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