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TESU Liberal Arts Capstone mentor feedback
#61
Wiley was great.
Finished: BA Liberal Studies TESU 2016



"Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway." - Earl Nightingale
#62
Based on recommendations here, I chose Dr. Steve Ryan for my mentor. I also chose online over self-guided because the forums count as 23%, which helps your grade since the forum grade seemed to be based mostly on mere completion (as long as you do what he says).

I was not happy with Dr. Ryan as a professor. He was a generous grader - I scored 99.7% in the course - but I almost wish he had been harsher on the grading and had actually given me constructive feedback. Most of the time, I felt like his responses to my assignments were a generic paragraph he had cut and pasted and perhaps tweaked slightly. When I sent him questions, he was slow to respond and often missed some of my questions. The questions he did answer were often addressed vaguely or incompletely. I ultimately obtained more guidance and clarification on assignments from two friends who had other capstone professors than I did from my mentor. However, I do appreciate his lenient and prompt grading and suppose part of the reason he is so popular is his hands-off, encouraging approach (which does have its merits). I was just somewhat disappointed in his level of involvement.

One of my friends had Nina Haydel and seemed to enjoy her, and another friend had Bruce Arnold and was not happy with him at all (far, far too strict).
#63
I seem to have gotten the last available spot with Cody:hurray:

However, my Pell Grant is still showing for Aug/Nov and that is going to bump me out of what I am trying to register for if I don't pay the complete amount via credit card, or get someone to take care of that issue today (already I have spoken to a very unfriendly fin aid person, and emailed multiple people in fin aid, registration, and the Bursar's Office) :willynilly:
BA.SS: TESU '17
AA.LS, with Honors: CC '16
CHW Certification: CC '15
ΦΘΚ, Alumna Member

"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."― Confucius



B&M University: '92-'95
CC: '95-'16
CLEP: A&I Lit; '08
DSST: HTYH; '08
FEMA: unusable at TESU
IIA: Ethics & CPCU; '15
Kaplan: PLA course; '14,
NFA: 2 CR; '15
SOPHIA: Intro Soc; '15
Straighterline: US History II, Intro Religion, Bus. Ethics, Prin. Mgmt, Cult. Anthro, Org Behavior, American Gov't, Bus. Comm; '15
Study.com: Social Psych, Hist of Vietnam, Abnorm Psych, Research Methods in Psych, Classroom Mgmt, Ed Psych; '16
TECEP: Psych of Women, Tech Writing, Med Term, Nutrition, Eng Comp I; '16
TESU: BA.SS Capstone course; '16

Ended with a total of 170 undergrad credits (plus lots of CEUs). My "I'm finally done" thread
#64
Today is the final day of my Capstone class (though I've had my work completed for some time now). That means for the next week I'll be anxiously, obsessively refreshing the grade report waiting for that final project score to come in...

:willynilly:
Northwestern California University School of Law
JD Law, 2027 (in progress, currently 2L)

Georgia Tech
MS Cybersecurity (Policy), 2021

Thomas Edison State University
BA Computer Science, 2023
BA Psychology, 2016
AS Business Administration, 2023
Certificate in Operations Management, 2023
Certificate in Computer Information Systems, 2023

Western Governors University
BS IT Security, 2018

Chaffey College
AA Sociology, 2015

Accumulated Credit: Undergrad: 258.50 | Graduate: 32

View all of my credit on my Omni Transcript!
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#65
FYI in case of interest: I just checked, and as of today Cody has 1 spot available again in his October OL Capstone class.
BA.SS: TESU '17
AA.LS, with Honors: CC '16
CHW Certification: CC '15
ΦΘΚ, Alumna Member

"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."― Confucius



B&M University: '92-'95
CC: '95-'16
CLEP: A&I Lit; '08
DSST: HTYH; '08
FEMA: unusable at TESU
IIA: Ethics & CPCU; '15
Kaplan: PLA course; '14,
NFA: 2 CR; '15
SOPHIA: Intro Soc; '15
Straighterline: US History II, Intro Religion, Bus. Ethics, Prin. Mgmt, Cult. Anthro, Org Behavior, American Gov't, Bus. Comm; '15
Study.com: Social Psych, Hist of Vietnam, Abnorm Psych, Research Methods in Psych, Classroom Mgmt, Ed Psych; '16
TECEP: Psych of Women, Tech Writing, Med Term, Nutrition, Eng Comp I; '16
TESU: BA.SS Capstone course; '16

Ended with a total of 170 undergrad credits (plus lots of CEUs). My "I'm finally done" thread
#66
jsd Wrote:Today is the final day of my Capstone class (though I've had my work completed for some time now). That means for the next week I'll be anxiously, obsessively refreshing the grade report waiting for that final project score to come in...

:willynilly:

Many congrats!!! What a relief to have it over -- I'm sure you did *great*!! I know you probably mentioned it, but I can't remember... what was your topic?
BA.SS: TESU '17
AA.LS, with Honors: CC '16
CHW Certification: CC '15
ΦΘΚ, Alumna Member

"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."― Confucius



B&M University: '92-'95
CC: '95-'16
CLEP: A&I Lit; '08
DSST: HTYH; '08
FEMA: unusable at TESU
IIA: Ethics & CPCU; '15
Kaplan: PLA course; '14,
NFA: 2 CR; '15
SOPHIA: Intro Soc; '15
Straighterline: US History II, Intro Religion, Bus. Ethics, Prin. Mgmt, Cult. Anthro, Org Behavior, American Gov't, Bus. Comm; '15
Study.com: Social Psych, Hist of Vietnam, Abnorm Psych, Research Methods in Psych, Classroom Mgmt, Ed Psych; '16
TECEP: Psych of Women, Tech Writing, Med Term, Nutrition, Eng Comp I; '16
TESU: BA.SS Capstone course; '16

Ended with a total of 170 undergrad credits (plus lots of CEUs). My "I'm finally done" thread
#67
Thanks! I'll have to come back to this thread soon to give some thoughts on my mentor.

My topic was about how Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (a stress intervention program focused on meditation) could be integrated into sports/athletics. It was essentially a sports psychology project, which is funny because I'm not much of a sports fan hilarious

But it did the job, and it's very unlikely I won't get an A, unless I somehow really messed up/overlooked something for the final module, which I'm pretty sure I didn't Smile
Northwestern California University School of Law
JD Law, 2027 (in progress, currently 2L)

Georgia Tech
MS Cybersecurity (Policy), 2021

Thomas Edison State University
BA Computer Science, 2023
BA Psychology, 2016
AS Business Administration, 2023
Certificate in Operations Management, 2023
Certificate in Computer Information Systems, 2023

Western Governors University
BS IT Security, 2018

Chaffey College
AA Sociology, 2015

Accumulated Credit: Undergrad: 258.50 | Graduate: 32

View all of my credit on my Omni Transcript!
Visit the DegreeForum Community Wiki!
#68
jsd Wrote:My topic was about how Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (a stress intervention program focused on meditation) could be integrated into sports/athletics.

Interesting! I'd love to read it sometime, if you are okay with sharing it. So I just googled Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction. How is it different from other similar sounding programs such as EFT (which I don't know much about but have seen referenced)?
BA.SS: TESU '17
AA.LS, with Honors: CC '16
CHW Certification: CC '15
ΦΘΚ, Alumna Member

"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."― Confucius



B&M University: '92-'95
CC: '95-'16
CLEP: A&I Lit; '08
DSST: HTYH; '08
FEMA: unusable at TESU
IIA: Ethics & CPCU; '15
Kaplan: PLA course; '14,
NFA: 2 CR; '15
SOPHIA: Intro Soc; '15
Straighterline: US History II, Intro Religion, Bus. Ethics, Prin. Mgmt, Cult. Anthro, Org Behavior, American Gov't, Bus. Comm; '15
Study.com: Social Psych, Hist of Vietnam, Abnorm Psych, Research Methods in Psych, Classroom Mgmt, Ed Psych; '16
TECEP: Psych of Women, Tech Writing, Med Term, Nutrition, Eng Comp I; '16
TESU: BA.SS Capstone course; '16

Ended with a total of 170 undergrad credits (plus lots of CEUs). My "I'm finally done" thread
#69
With apologies to anyone who is a big proponent of EFT, it's basically pseudoscience. No research has found any effectiveness beyond placebo effect. There's not much support for it among professional psychologist.

MBSR can sound a little wishy-washy as well if you're not keen on meditation, but it has decades of clinical research and is considered an evidence-based approach to dealing with acute stress. It's has specific structure and isn't considered a cath-all, cure-all like EFT tries to be. Meditation alone has a lot of proven benefits, and MBSR is essentially just a structured approach to meditation.

Some have claimed that MBSR can assist with disease prevention/curing, but there's no evidence for that and it's really beyond the scope of MBSR, and I think these claims damage the reputation a bit. Except I guess, lowered stress in general leads to better health... but really, MBSR wasn't established as trying to be a magic cure.
Northwestern California University School of Law
JD Law, 2027 (in progress, currently 2L)

Georgia Tech
MS Cybersecurity (Policy), 2021

Thomas Edison State University
BA Computer Science, 2023
BA Psychology, 2016
AS Business Administration, 2023
Certificate in Operations Management, 2023
Certificate in Computer Information Systems, 2023

Western Governors University
BS IT Security, 2018

Chaffey College
AA Sociology, 2015

Accumulated Credit: Undergrad: 258.50 | Graduate: 32

View all of my credit on my Omni Transcript!
Visit the DegreeForum Community Wiki!
#70
jsd Wrote:With apologies to anyone who is a big proponent of EFT, it's basically pseudoscience. No research has found any effectiveness beyond placebo effect. There's not much support for it among professional psychologist.

MBSR can sound a little wishy-washy as well if you're not keen on meditation, but it has decades of clinical research and is considered an evidence-based approach to dealing with acute stress. It's has specific structure and isn't considered a cath-all, cure-all like EFT tries to be. Meditation alone has a lot of proven benefits, and MBSR is essentially just a structured approach to meditation.

Some have claimed that MBSR can assist with disease prevention/curing, but there's no evidence for that and it's really beyond the scope of MBSR, and I think these claims damage the reputation a bit. Except I guess, lowered stress in general leads to better health... but really, MBSR wasn't established as trying to be a magic cure.

Fascinating. I don't know much about EFT, but when I was first diagnosed with cancer, an alternative medicine doc at a Nationally known hospital suggested it. Obviously I never looked into it more, lol. Do you have a suggestion for a reputable site to learn more about MBSR?
BA.SS: TESU '17
AA.LS, with Honors: CC '16
CHW Certification: CC '15
ΦΘΚ, Alumna Member

"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."― Confucius



B&M University: '92-'95
CC: '95-'16
CLEP: A&I Lit; '08
DSST: HTYH; '08
FEMA: unusable at TESU
IIA: Ethics & CPCU; '15
Kaplan: PLA course; '14,
NFA: 2 CR; '15
SOPHIA: Intro Soc; '15
Straighterline: US History II, Intro Religion, Bus. Ethics, Prin. Mgmt, Cult. Anthro, Org Behavior, American Gov't, Bus. Comm; '15
Study.com: Social Psych, Hist of Vietnam, Abnorm Psych, Research Methods in Psych, Classroom Mgmt, Ed Psych; '16
TECEP: Psych of Women, Tech Writing, Med Term, Nutrition, Eng Comp I; '16
TESU: BA.SS Capstone course; '16

Ended with a total of 170 undergrad credits (plus lots of CEUs). My "I'm finally done" thread


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