This Saturday I'm going to be going to Tuscon to tour the University of Arizona with some friends. Although I am not particularly interested in going to a University in Arizona I'm going to get out of town for the day so of course I'm going!
Hell yeah I would do the same! Anyways, I posted this comment on my own blog in response to your question, but I'm going to post it here as well for your own convenience:
I like Rio Salado classes because I don't think they're all that hard. Of course, it depends on the class. I'm sure that the set-up of the class also depends on the particular class. I took CIS 105 through them, which is basically an introduction to computers. Given the subject matter, most of it was easy since it was stuff I already knew. This particular class could be completed entirely online, that is, there was no midterm as such, and I was able to take the final online. Not all classes are like that with Rio Salado; some classes (I think typically science classes with a Lab accompaniment) must have the midterm and final taken in person. But even that's not all that impossible to do. The computer class I took consisted of 13 book chapters. I had to read each chapter, and then there was a 20-question quiz for each chapter, as well as 2 short essays which required APA citation (which was pretty easy; I'd never cited in APA format before but they made it really easy because they provided me with some links of examples to learn how. Most classes take place over 14 weeks, but you can choose to take the 8-week track, which is what I did with my class, since I needed the impetus to get it done and not slack off. I ended up getting an A in the class, and the credit is in the process of being transferred to ASU. I would easily take another class through Rio Salado again - if money were not an issue, lol. With in-state tuition it's about $200 for each class (which is still cheaper than ASU) but when you first register there is a one-time registration fee. Which basically means you pay $15 for someone to click their mouse a couple of times to get you into their system. Anyways, the short and short of it is that my experience with them was a positive one, so if you're able to at all go that route, then I highly recommend it.
thanks. I might take CIS 105 through them because for all majors at most schools you need a computer course as part of the "core curriculum". how many credit hours was it?
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Hell yeah I would do the same! Anyways, I posted this comment on my own blog in response to your question, but I'm going to post it here as well for your own convenience:
I like Rio Salado classes because I don't think they're all that hard. Of course, it depends on the class. I'm sure that the set-up of the class also depends on the particular class. I took CIS 105 through them, which is basically an introduction to computers. Given the subject matter, most of it was easy since it was stuff I already knew. This particular class could be completed entirely online, that is, there was no midterm as such, and I was able to take the final online. Not all classes are like that with Rio Salado; some classes (I think typically science classes with a Lab accompaniment) must have the midterm and final taken in person. But even that's not all that impossible to do. The computer class I took consisted of 13 book chapters. I had to read each chapter, and then there was a 20-question quiz for each chapter, as well as 2 short essays which required APA citation (which was pretty easy; I'd never cited in APA format before but they made it really easy because they provided me with some links of examples to learn how. Most classes take place over 14 weeks, but you can choose to take the 8-week track, which is what I did with my class, since I needed the impetus to get it done and not slack off. I ended up getting an A in the class, and the credit is in the process of being transferred to ASU. I would easily take another class through Rio Salado again - if money were not an issue, lol. With in-state tuition it's about $200 for each class (which is still cheaper than ASU) but when you first register there is a one-time registration fee. Which basically means you pay $15 for someone to click their mouse a couple of times to get you into their system. Anyways, the short and short of it is that my experience with them was a positive one, so if you're able to at all go that route, then I highly recommend it.
thanks. I might take CIS 105 through them because for all majors at most schools you need a computer course as part of the "core curriculum". how many credit hours was it?
it was 3 credit hours.
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