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Does anyone have any experience with the program at FCC? I am currently taking my pre-req's now and I'm worried about getting in. They keep raising the GPA every year, now it's a 3.39 min. and you can only apply once a year as they only have 56 slots or something. And it seems like everyone in my BI55 class is going for nursing. Can anyone say anything about what the program is like?

Thanks!

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I am planning on taking the Medical Terminology class online. Seems like it will be a bit more helpful for me than the pottery class I am now taking to fulfill my art credit...:confused:

Oh I didn't know that you were even allowed to do a studio class for art? I thought it had to be like art history or something. I did art appreciation way back when. I actually think that pottery would be fun.

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Pottery is one of the art classes offered in the Arts & Humanities section and they offer it as a 5 week session during the summer so I thought it would be a good time to get it out of the way. It is turning out to be more time consuming than my two online classes combined! It is 8 hours of class/week plus homework and a research paper which I was not expecting. Ah well. It is pretty fun, I just wasn't expecting it to be so much work. The teacher (Shane Sellers) is very good and I am learning a lot.

I may have to drop one of my online classes (Spanish). Every time I try to submit my work on the website they use, it says my transmission was lost! Very frustrating and the tech support people were unable to solve it. I was really excited to take Spanish (and get my Humanities credit checked off!) so I am hoping my teacher will allow me to give her my answers over the phone or typed out in email. Waiting for a reply from her on that. I don't know what else to do and we're into the second week of class. If I have to drop it, I will just take the recommended EN 102 this fall I suppose. But it will be a waste of a $160 book (the online access it comes with is almost $100 by itself!).

Are you taking any summer classes?

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Sorry-just getting to this! I can't believe how much work pottery is! That's crazy! I am taking PS108 right now, on line. And honestly it's a glorified health class. If I don't get an A it's because I was so bored that I wasn't paying attention. It's honestly really frustrating because the book actually has false info. or incomplete info. sometimes and the instructor is very nice she is just scatter brained. Half the thing on the black board site are from her regular 15 week section and she doesn't bother to clarify or change it. I even pointed it out to her and she didn't change it. She has misspelled words all over the place and doesn't really seem to care very much. I can't believe I actually have to pay money to take this class. It's a repeat from pyc 101 and most of it is just common sense. It's silly.

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Is it PS 208 (not 108) which is Human Growth and Development? I think I am going to try that during the Jan-term or next summer session. I heard that class was pretty easy so that is why I thought the Jan-term might be a good option for me. If you don't mind me asking for a hint of the last name of the professor, I will make sure I don't sign up with her!

Well, I dropped English and kept Spanish. Pottery will be done next Wednesday. I have to do a research project for the last class. My projects are so bad, I don't think I will get an A. I have been joking for the last month that Pottery will be the class that keeps me out of nursing school. So now I will take English this fall along with Micro. I checked into Coffman's class (from previous poster) but his class was full.

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Oh yes sorry 208. It is pretty easy. I'm glad I took it in the summer term. But the exams are tricky though. She doesn't come up with them though, it's the same people that write the book. Her name is Spence. She's really nice, don't get me wrong just a little bit disorganized. Very reasonable though, just frustrating.

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You have to do a research paper for pottery? that's actually rather amusing. I hope you do well in the class!

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Yes, I think they have to have a requirement like that so that it can qualify for the Arts & Humanities credit. There is one test, too, which is this Monday.

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Okay, so my Pottery class is done! At least all my work is. For the last class the professor meets one-on-one with each student to critique their work and give the research project grade, and the grade for the class

I dropped the 8 week online English class after Pottery took over my life, and was able to keep the online Spanish class.

Sooooo...with all my newly found free time I am thinking I could start another 5 week class next Thursday. I am leaning towards Sociology 101, but Human Growth & Development is in the running, too. But I could take HG & D in the two week Jan term and get it done that way. It sounds like the easier of the two classes so I thought if I am going to do a class in two weeks, that would be a better choice.

So, Jenniepage, have you taken the Sociology class yet? Just hoping to get some feedback on if it is a doable class in 5 weeks.

Psychology is a possibility too. Argh.

Any advice is welcome!

Kim

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P.S. Could you give me an idea of what the homework load is for HG & D? Sociology too, if you have done that one already. Thank you!

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Well, I went with the 5 week Human Growth & Development class. I am really glad I went for it. Erick Williamson is the professor, who was recommended to me by some other students back in the spring, so I was thankful for the chance to have him for a teacher. It appears the only homework will be reading the chapters plus one outside assignment doing an assessment on a child we do not know. That assignment and two exams, a midterm and final, will be our only grades, and the exams are open notes. Should be good. :yeah:

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Sorry! Just getting back on here. How is the class going so far? I am almost done. Pretty easy class, kind of a joke I think actually. I'm really rather surprised that it's a requirement. I have an A and only have one easy assignment left and the final. How did you do with Pottery?

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Well, I went with the 5 week Human Growth & Development class. I am really glad I went for it. Erick Williamson is the professor, who was recommended to me by some other students back in the spring, so I was thankful for the chance to have him for a teacher. It appears the only homework will be reading the chapters plus one outside assignment doing an assessment on a child we do not know. That assignment and two exams, a midterm and final, will be our only grades, and the exams are open notes. Should be good. :yeah:

I have heard about Erick Williamson. he is a good professor.

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