I just registered, ordered my books and my at home lab kit. I'm nervous about taking a lab science at home- but the schedules for Micro at my local community colleges just didn't work for me. I'm also going to be taking Org. Chem at the same time (not online) :uhoh21:
I start my nursing program in Sept and these are the last two pre reqs I have to get through. At least I'm already accepted, so I don't have to stress about making As in both of them! :chuckle
It is more time consuming than your traditional classes. The labs were grouped together. For example, Labs 1, 2 and 3 were due by a certain day. It's much easier to plan a good block of time and get them done. There are lab quizzes and lab reports that are due in addition to chapter quizzes and exams. You can do them ahead, before the last due date and this makes life easier. I don't know how the summer classes run at CCCOnline though, as in the amount of labs to perform.
Kelly
Really?!? Why do you say it's more time consuming? I thought cutting out the commute it would pretty much be a wash when compared to a traditional class. Is it just the labs that a re more time consuming- or the whole thing? (starting to re-think the wisdom of my plan to do micro online!) The summer session is (i think) 10 weeks- so that's similar to a regular semester- maybe a little shorter.
I didn't think it was more time consuming. It was just difficult for me to find time to do the labs with no children around. I had to send them away for an afternoon. That is why I say do some of the prep that involves no microbes (Like making your petri dishes of nutient agar) on a nice slow afternoon. You do have to spread the labs over a few days (or week as the last lab is) to get your stuff to grow. My big issue was not being able to grow S. epidermidis. You use that in a lot of the experiments and it is a culture from you or another's skin. It slowed me down when I was ready to go on with the experiments. The rest, it was less time to me. I work nights, so I read at night, took my quizzes and exams at night. You don't have to have a proctor, so you can do it whenever you want. And you can work ahead. That helps. If you have any issues or questions, don't hesitate to ask Kelly or me.
Really?!? Why do you say it's more time consuming? I thought cutting out the commute it would pretty much be a wash when compared to a traditional class. Is it just the labs that a re more time consuming- or the whole thing? (starting to re-think the wisdom of my plan to do micro online!) The summer session is (i think) 10 weeks- so that's similar to a regular semester- maybe a little shorter.
I didn't think it was more time consuming. It was just difficult for me to find time to do the labs with no children around. I had to send them away for an afternoon. That is why I say do some of the prep that involves no microbes (Like making your petri dishes of nutient agar) on a nice slow afternoon. You do have to spread the labs over a few days (or week as the last lab is) to get your stuff to grow. My big issue was not being able to grow S. epidermidis. You use that in a lot of the experiments and it is a culture from you or another's skin. It slowed me down when I was ready to go on with the experiments. The rest, it was less time to me. I work nights, so I read at night, took my quizzes and exams at night. You don't have to have a proctor, so you can do it whenever you want. And you can work ahead. That helps. If you have any issues or questions, don't hesitate to ask Kelly or me.
Thanks! That totally makes sense that the labs would be the hard part with kids around. For labs you don't want to have to stop in the middle of them so it would really be best to have the kids out of the house for a while. In my case I have a babysitter to cover "class" time- but I think the labs will be hardest to get done because I can't really tell her to take them to the park for 4 hours, you know? Maybe I can arrange a sleep over at grandma's house a few weekends... hmmmm
Also, how many of the microbes are dangerous? I have a high shelf in my closet that I was planning on storing my cultures, etc and I can be reasonably sure that it is too high for my 2 yr old to climb up to- but in the off chance that she comes in contact with any of the germs (or I spread them through my clothing or something) are they really dangerous? I think in the Micro class at Mass Bay they had strep cultures- I thought that was a remarkably bad idea during cold and flu season- but then, maybe it was a different kind of strep?
We cultured the aforementioned S. epidermidis, normal flora of the skin, a weakened strain of E. Coli , regular baking yeast and L. acidophilis, the yogurt bacteria. They are all considered pretty tame, but as you will learn, anything can cause disease if given the right conditions so you treat them all as you would any other pathogen. Also, you culture your skin, so it is quite possible to get something other than S. Epidermidis, hence the precautions. The E. coli is in the kit in a glass tube. You kill everything in the end in a bleach solution. You also culture some environments, and grow molds, so you really don't know exactly what you have. A high shelf is probably fine. That is what I used. Hope this helps.
Thanks! That totally makes sense that the labs would be the hard part with kids around. For labs you don't want to have to stop in the middle of them so it would really be best to have the kids out of the house for a while. In my case I have a babysitter to cover "class" time- but I think the labs will be hardest to get done because I can't really tell her to take them to the park for 4 hours, you know? Maybe I can arrange a sleep over at grandma's house a few weekends... hmmmm
Also, how many of the microbes are dangerous? I have a high shelf in my closet that I was planning on storing my cultures, etc and I can be reasonably sure that it is too high for my 2 yr old to climb up to- but in the off chance that she comes in contact with any of the germs (or I spread them through my clothing or something) are they really dangerous? I think in the Micro class at Mass Bay they had strep cultures- I thought that was a remarkably bad idea during cold and flu season- but then, maybe it was a different kind of strep?
Really?!? Why do you say it's more time consuming? I thought cutting out the commute it would pretty much be a wash when compared to a traditional class. Is it just the labs that a re more time consuming- or the whole thing? (starting to re-think the wisdom of my plan to do micro online!) The summer session is (i think) 10 weeks- so that's similar to a regular semester- maybe a little shorter.
-Jess
Comparing them to the labs you do at our local college, the amount of time is more. The commute for me is maybe 8 minutes to our local college. The part that was better for me was the unscheduled times. For example, lab was when I had the time vs. schedule times (M-W-F at the college), so it worked much better around my work schedule.
Or it could be that I took two classes, one with a lab and I work 2 jobs. lol
Where you guys able to set up a payment plan for this summer's tuition through ccconline or did you have to pay in full????
I paid in ful and my home college is Pueblo if that makes any difference. I think if you qualify for financial aid you can work something out with your home college for books and tuition if you have to start before your fin. aid check arrives.
I paid in ful and my home college is Pueblo if that makes any difference. I think if you qualify for financial aid you can work something out with your home college for books and tuition if you have to start before your fin. aid check arrives.
HTH!
-Jess
Thanks,
I won't get fin aid for these classes this go around. The tuition is just 136.40 per cr hour in-state or out of state, right? They are giving me some screwy $ amount and I can't seem to get anyone on the phone today.
Has anyone recieved their logon infor for classes that start tomorrow? I thought we were supposed to get the un/pw the fri before the summer term began. I emailed them fri evening and got back a form letter that said we should receive it over the weekend. It's sun night and still nothing.....
Jess RN
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Really?!? Why do you say it's more time consuming? I thought cutting out the commute it would pretty much be a wash when compared to a traditional class. Is it just the labs that a re more time consuming- or the whole thing? (starting to re-think the wisdom of my plan to do micro online!) The summer session is (i think) 10 weeks- so that's similar to a regular semester- maybe a little shorter.
-Jess