University of Phoenix MSN Program - Page 15

Thanks for your quick reply. I currently teach at a community college - LPN students and love it. That is why I want my MSN to be able to do more with teaching. I have read a lot negative about these "teams" , how much of your grade is reflected by the team?

GiGi

Hi Gigi... I did UOP for both BSN and MSN... once I got going I went all the way... I would not have done school any other way... I LOVED the online format... are you on Facebook? There is a UOP application there too that people are "fans" so you can chat with other students there too. Books...well I am the type who doesn't like to read online books...one of the ladies I teach with went to UOP had a lot of the books I needed...but you can get books through Amazon...used copies are well priced...and then you can sell them back through Amazon... it is a fast-paced program (but I loved that classes didn't take an entire traditional semester like ground programs)... so you do have to be dedicated to the program. Support from your family is a must! There will be times you can't "go out" because you have to log into class or get a paper/group project worked on. But it's 2 years!! That's it! I took the Nursing education track and now teach in a nursing program at the local community college. I finished last Nov (08) but am headed to Phoenix in a couple weeks to officially "walk" at graduation... very excited about that. I agree with JoMom, a lot of the research you will do is found in the UOP library... some of the books for classes I barely even opened... which is why I sold them back on Amazon.
I hope that helps. I am so happy I went back to school at UOP!

If you get onto Facebook, check out the UOP group!

Team projects are pretty good... I have to be honest, you get good people and you get lazy people...but I had better success with teams at the MSN level. At the BSN level I think there was a lot of catfighting and I think people were just not cut out for the online environment. Going through the MSN program, I found people to be more cooperative and had less problems with groups. At the end of each class, the group is always swapped around anyway...you are never in the same class of people...because there are multiple classes of the same course starting at the same time. The facilitators (as the profs call themselves) say that they take into consideration (and grade accordingly) people in the learning teams who don't pull their weight. I really only had a problem with 1 lady over the course of 13 classes so that was very good.

I teach LPN students in the lab through the year and in the summer teach them OB at clinicals. My state (PA) board is cracking down on nursing programs...even adjunct clinical faculty MUST be an MSN or be actively working on their MSN. So going back to school is a must for those adjuncts who want to continue teaching.

I agree that sometimes you have to buy the text book, it is nice to have later on.

The teams do prepare you for life, usually 20% of your grade. I enjoyed the program I graduated 2006.

My husband and I did the walk in July of 2006, it was definitely worth the trip. We are from the Boston area, and the plane was full of UoP graduates.

I have a facebook - which one did you select for UOP there were several.

Just the regular UOP...you can type that in the facebook search and it will pull it up. I also am part of the alumnae group, but the basic UOP seems to have a lot of current students... that might be the most helpful to you...

I seen the site on UOP website. Thanks

I went o UOP for a previous degree and I value the education I got at UOP, found my courses much more challenging than any other school setting, and I attended classes, did not do it online. I did find that many courses did not transfer out or if they did they were "lowered". I wish other educational institutions would see the great educational value and the great professors UOP offers. In their setting, we do 2x as much reading and writing as a reg university would, and the group projects are "testing" at times because you put your heart and soul into it and your grade still depends on many times pulling other peoples' weights...Anyway, good luck, I'd go back to UOP, but can't afford it.

I am in my second week and love it. I am so glad I chose UoP.