2nd Bachelors PLUS accountability thread

[davewill]

davewill, can you hazard a guess as to how many math and computer science courses someone without distractions could reasonably complete in a single calendar year under the comprehensive plan? By math, I mean calculus and above.

There's way too many simultaneous variables in that equation. Everything from how many hours week you can study to your aptitude for the subjects to the availability of tutoring. A standard "full load" is 24 units. Working year round should help, but if all the courses are tough ones it may be hard to sustain that.

My kids are having that kind of issue right now. The both did two years of community college, but that has left them with all the upper division requirements to do at once, which is really challenging. Their classmates who were regular full time students were able to spread them out a bit more so that even in their senior year, there are easier courses in their schedule. One professor asked my daughter why in the world she was taking all the hardest courses in the department at once, and she explained that she had no choice if she wanted to graduate in a reasonable amount of time.

The max that you can do in a year under the comprehensive plan is 36 credits. You would have to have 2-3 courses going during the whole year to achieve that. You can cheat a little by registering for courses in the last month that so that you actually take 14 months to do everything. However, in that last month, you have to pay for at least a TECEP to continue your enrollment. Yes it sounds weird, but you can be actively working on courses, but be unenrolled.