my unofficial transcript - your profound wisdom

[rachel83az]

Yes, you will have the 12 weeks for the cornerstone/capstone regardless of which route you take. Taking 6 classes at one time CAN be a lot of work, yes. But that's why you look for courses that have fewer/shorter assignments and/or no exams (when possible). The "no fail" courses on the wiki are ones that meet this requirement, but they're not exclusive. There might be ones that are easier. That said:

SOS-110: Can be mostly completed within the first week. The only thing left should be (relatively short) weekly discussion posts.
PLA-100: Can be completed in 5-10 hours. Super easy.
Complete these first two within the first week.
CIS-107: ePack exam that requires little, if any, study for the average person. Take this exam in the second week of class.
That leaves you to focus on the remaining courses (making it more like you're only taking 3 courses, not 6):
Capstone: This will take most of your focus. Even if you need to pay for the 8-week extension, that's still a lower cost than paying the residency waiver.
Pick two of:
COM-339 The Story of Human Language: According to syllabus, assignments consist of very short "essays" of around 300 words. Final assignment is only worth 25% of your grade. As long as you do well in the short essays, you should easily get a passing grade even if you bomb the final assignment.
CIS-351 Software Engineering: According to a student who took this course, assignments consist of Word documents with no programming whatsoever. I believe that this focuses more on UI than on how the software actually works? Can be completed fully in 20-30 hours.
LIB-320 The Music of War & Peace: Assignments are longer than COM-339 at 500-1250 words in length, but should still be relatively easy to complete. The final paper/project is only worth 30% of the grade. Do well on the regular assignments and you should be able to get at least a C even if your final paper is graded poorly.