What is it like to be in an online program?
When you are admitted into a program via PACE, your entire program schedule is already determined for you. 学生 simply need to complete the courses each term as they’re scheduled.
课程
学生 are typically engaged in only two courses at the same time even though you will be completing 5 courses each term (with a reduced load of courses in summers). To illustrate how this works, see the table below.
Example: Year 1-Term 1: Five courses (Fall)
| 课程 | 长度 | 名字。 | 日期 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 总线V30 | 8 Weeks (3 units) | Introduction to Business | 8月14日- 10月8日 |
| 公共汽车15,17 | 5 Weeks (3 units) | Computer Applications | 8月21日- 9月24日 |
| 总线46节 | 5 Weeks (3 units) | 市场营销 | 9月25日- 10月31日 |
| 英格兰V01A | 8 weeks (4 units) | English Composition | 10月9日- 12月10日 |
| 亩V03 | 5 Weeks (3 units) | 世界音乐 | 11月3日- 12月10日 |
In this fall term example above:
- 学生 begin their first course, Intro to Business--an 8-week course--on August 14.
- A week later, their second course, the five-week Computer Apps course, begins on August 21.
- You will be engaged in those two courses simultaneously until September 24, when the Computer Apps course ends.
- Immediately after that, your next five-week course, 市场营销, starts. You’re then engaged in Intro to Business and 市场营销 at the same time, until October 8.
- Intro to Business ends and English Comp, your next 8-week course, starts on October 9.
- At that point, you’re in English Comp and 市场营销 simultaneously.
- Once 市场营销 ends on October 31, you pick up the five-week 世界音乐 course. Music runs while English Comp is running, and you finish those two courses at the same time, 在12月中旬.
In this course schedule students complete five courses by the end of the term 但我只需要 focus on two courses at any given time. This allows you to focus your energy on two courses at a time but still complete 16 credits at an accelerated rate.
Please review the Components of Online Programs Through PACE page for more details about our fully online programs and what it is like to participate in one.