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Hi all. So it seems with the creation of the "new" Capstone course (to accommodate the "new" Intro courses), the Capstone course I must take is ONLY going to be offered April 11th 2015. I am pregnant with our first child and due May 29th. Capstone is my only course left. My question is, is it possible to get ahead in Capstone? What's it's like compared to other courses? Am I out of my mind for thinking I can get ahead and give birth and finish up the class? (I obviously won't be working after and I'm lucky that I will have tons of family help with the baby). For what it's worth, I was able to get ahead in Vulnerable and Research to schedule some vacations, and I did fine in both classes. Any advice is welcome. Thanks!
JoJo_Mommy, BSN
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I have learned that UTA doesn't seem to be the best at accommodating students. I just had my first child a few months ago (a few days after the semester started) and I spoke with my clinical instructor about orientation. She told me if I didn't make it to orientation I wouldn't be able to make it up they would not make accommodations for me having a child. Luckily, I was induced and had my child on Sept. 9 and went to orientation on Sept. 14. My instructor told me I should take the semester off but I decided not to. I finished that semester with a 3.0 gpa so you can have a baby and realistically finish capstone. I was under the impression that capstone wasn't a class but just clinical.