TESC Online Course or Guided Study Course?

[starlinghunter]

I have one course to do in my General Management degree; Managerial Communications.

Which form would be better to choose; the Online Course, or the Guided Study Course?

Does anyone know the differences in price too?

If you have had good experiences with any course mentors, add their name.
For the online courses, I have: J. Lampman, D. McNeff, and M. Powers available, and for guided study courses, M. Hatcher

Thanks,

-Sam

[cooperalex2004]

I have one course to do in my General Management degree; Managerial Communications.

Which form would be better to choose; the Online Course, or the Guided Study Course?

Does anyone know the differences in price too?

If you have had good experiences with any course mentors, add their name.
For the online courses, I have: J. Lampman, D. McNeff, and M. Powers available, and for guided study courses, M. Hatcher

Thanks,

-Sam

I took that course last year as online with Dr. Young. Since they aren't on your list I'd go with whoever you can find anything on or join the one with the most students which is sometimes a good sign. As for online versus guided study, both are the same price. You need to decide if you like the schedule and interaction with the class or just want to do things on your own schedule with guided study. Both are covered by financial aid and give letter grades so it doesn't make a big difference.

[sanantone]

The costs are exactly the same. In the guided study courses, I don't think you have to worry about discussion board assignments. You don't have to interact with other students.

Edit: I see Cooperalex posted around the same time.

[dposborne]

I have one course to do in my General Management degree; Managerial Communications.

Which form would be better to choose; the Online Course, or the Guided Study Course?

Does anyone know the differences in price too?

If you have had good experiences with any course mentors, add their name.
For the online courses, I have: J. Lampman, D. McNeff, and M. Powers available, and for guided study courses, M. Hatcher

Thanks,

-Sam

The great thing about online is that the discussion forum posts usually count toward some percentage of your grade, and those are gravy points... You don't get those freebie points with guided study.

[starlinghunter]

Thanks guys, that helps.
Now with the guided studies, would I be free to finish the course earlier, or is it still based on the 12 week period?

[dmar001]

It is still based on the 12 week period but I don't see why you can't knock out all of the assignments and schedule the exam ahead of that time. You could technically be done with the class much sooner as long as you get passing scores on your assignments and enroll in another course for the next month if you wanted too. But the mentor will only post grades 2 weeks after that 12 week period is up.

[mrs.b]

GS and OL are both based on the 12-week schedule. Whether you can work ahead varies mentor to mentor. Some will let you submit everything on the first day and grade as they get around to it. Others will not allow early assignment submissions too far before the due date, and may mark you at zero or reject the submission and make you redo it if you do not talk to them ahead of time and submit too early. No matter whether you choose the online or guided study version, you should contact the course mentor when the course opens and ask permission, particularly if you have special circumstances such as deployment, numerous business trips, spotty internet, etc. You will not be able to schedule your midterm or final before the assigned weeks without very good reason; that is driven by school policy, so no matter whether you choose OL or GS, you'll take the midterm on week 7 and the final on week 12. I was able to get permission to take my midterm one week late only once, and had to provide proof in the form of a copy of my confirmed airline itinerary that I had a business trip that took me away from available and approved proctors during the week before and of the scheduled exam week. They are not too flexible with that minor point, or at least were not when I was taking courses. That may have changed with the transition to ProctorU, though.

That does not mean you cannot work ahead, no matter what format you choose or what your mentor says about earlier submissions, and just wait until the week of the due date to submit them. For discussion board postings, you could draft your own post and save it to send, then just post to others' when they appear. I did that in a few courses, and it worked great to free up time during the term. The midterm and final are still on their assigned weeks, but the rest of your work can be done ahead and waiting for a date to come around to log in and upload.

[Can219]

Regarding this class at TESC.... does anyone know what time the discussions are held?? I'm overseas but I think I would prefer this version of the class. Also... Overall is this class hard? What topics do you have to write about? Nervous about this class because I really need to do well. TIA

[Westerner]

Regarding this class at TESC.... does anyone know what time the discussions are held??

With online TESC classes, you can get on anytime before the deadline and post. No set times.