When they say 30 hrs at Frontier a week of studying part time, do they really mean it

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Hello to all you Frontier people out there on this Forum! I have a question, I am applying for next year's class and was wondering, do they really mean its 30 hours a week of studying if you go part time? How many papers do you write? Are there alot of online tests? Just trying to get an idea of what this would be like for the CNM program.

Thanks!

Rhiannon

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Specializes in LDRP.

Rhiannon,

I had my telephone interview for Frontier last week. I am applying for the ADN-MSN bridge, CNEP program. In addition to asking questions,the bridge coordinator was also telling me about the program. I got the impression that the 30 hours part time/40 hours full time is the minimum required to get good grades and a grasp of the material. She emphasized repeatedly what an enormous commitment it would require.

Several of the interview questions focused on how I plan to incorporate the rigors of grad school into my life, how supportive my family is, how many hours I will work while going to school, etc. I will have to go full time for the bridge year, then I plan to pursue part time study during the CNEP program. Just to give you an example , I plan to work 24 hours/week, take care of my three kids and study all those hours, too.

I do have a supportive husband, so I'll have some help when I need it. If I get accepted, I'll let you know how much time I actually spend studying, and writing papers, etc. I'm sure others on this board will be able to help you more. Good luck!!! Shannon :D

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Specializes in Rural Health.

I haven't even applied to Frontier yet but I did meet with an instructor a few months ago to get a feel for the school and her ideas on study time and working, family, etc.....

She teaches a core class that everyone takes that is 3 hours in length. She said you can anticipate about 15-20 hours per week for her class alone. Her class is very structured, assignments and readings required weekly so students do not seem to "get behind" but she said that she does see students who spend less than 15 hours per week on her class struggling. That doesn't mean failing, but they are slow to respond to postings (haven't read the assignments yet) and are slow in returning required papers and assignments to her.

She strongly encouraged me to pursue the part time route so I could continue to work, have a life and see my family.

She said most classes will require 15-25 hours per week of studying, reading, posting, assignments and papers. She said that didn't mean 25 hours EVERY week but instead it was more of an average.

I told her that I would have to continue to work full time (3 shifts per week) and she didn't think that would be an issue at all.

She also said that the classes have syllabus that are posted on Angle that anyone can see, even if you aren't enrolled yet - most of the instructors have posted the anticipated "study time" per week for each class in the syllabus. She encouraged me to spend some time on Angle to get an idea of what would be expected of me before I applied.

http://angel.frontierschool.edu/frames.aspx

Find the class you want under "course search" and open the class and the class syllabus is posted there.

Good luck!!!

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Specializes in OB/GYN.

Frontier is very time consuming. It's a great school and you'll learn alot but distance ed always requires more work than traditional school. I graduated over a year ago and it was a tremendous ammount of work. Many, many huge papers to write. Before Frontier I used to think a 10 page paper was alot. Now I think that's just a little paper. Frontier prepared midwives are the best out there but you will put in many hours of work per day, week, month, year. You'll know your stuff when you graduate.

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Hi! I am a current CNEP student and am just about done with clinicals. I have done the fulltime track, I started 2 years ago in November. I worked fulltime up until last April when I started clinicals. It is possible to work during the first part but very difficult during clinicals. It is definitely a ton of studying, I have done nothing but study and work for the past two years. What I decided at the beginning was that I could do anything for a short time, but to go part time would just drag it out too long. It is definitely not an easy program but you will be ready when you are done! Good luck!

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Specializes in Dialysis.

She also said that the classes have syllabus that are posted on Angle that anyone can see, even if you aren't enrolled yet - most of the instructors have posted the anticipated "study time" per week for each class in the syllabus. She encouraged me to spend some time on Angle to get an idea of what would be expected of me before I applied.

http://angel.frontierschool.edu/frames.aspx

Find the class you want under "course search" and open the class and the class syllabus is posted there.

Good luck!!!

Thank you so much for this link! I never knew you could access this without being enrolled.

Kate

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Reading what everyone has written abour Frontier only makes me feel better! My husband is extremely supportive and told me I didn't have to work while doing this! We have one child, a wonderful 13 year old, who is also exicted that mom is going back to school. I couldn't ask for a better family! I need to know the link to the U of Utah to take stats....I am petrified of this and this alone has kept me from pursuing my dream of being a family nurse practitioner.

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I plan to definitely devote this amount of time. A friend is in it now and says it does require this much time per week.

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