On-Line Classes

[Greekopedia]

nearly all my classes for the College of Business at UF are online. It was a challenge at first... kinda different to watch classes casually at home. But I've grown accustomed to it. Its nice to watch lectures at 1.4x speed.... saves time haha.

[epchick]

I also have an online class this quarter. It will be my first time experiencing online classes and my first time experiencing a quarter system

I've heard from some that it can be a pain in the butt----more work than a regular lecture class, but i've also heard that it can be a piece of cake. Hopefully yours and mine go well!

[Buttonz]

Goodluck epichick!

I've never taken anything on-line. so this wil lbe a first for me...but I do want to give myself something to do while recovering from surgery and the wya I look at it, it's only one class so I'll be ableot spend a lot of time on it.

[epchick]

My professor for the online class just sent the syllabus to everyone.

He requires 3 books for the class and he told us "you won't be able to find the books in the bookstore, so you are going to have to find another place that might have them." Which sucks for me, because i'm at a new school and I don't know my way around.

I can't even drop the class because I need to keep 12 credits for my scholarship, and so i'm pretty much screwed. UGH...i just wanna go back home now! lol.

[Buttonz]

Originally Posted by epchick

My professor for the online class just sent the syllabus to everyone.

He requires 3 books for the class and he told us "you won't be able to find the books in the bookstore, so you are going to have to find another place that might have them." Which sucks for me, because i'm at a new school and I don't know my way around.

I can't even drop the class because I need to keep 12 credits for my scholarship, and so i'm pretty much screwed. UGH...i just wanna go back home now! lol.

Um...that's crazy. Why would he want books that people might not be able ot get b/c they aren't ath te bookstore?

good luck finding them!

[alum]

Try MBS Direct, Barnes and Noble, Amazon (all online sources). Complain to the dept head that the professor is assigning books that even the bookstore can't find.

Originally Posted by epchick

My professor for the online class just sent the syllabus to everyone.

He requires 3 books for the class and he told us "you won't be able to find the books in the bookstore, so you are going to have to find another place that might have them." Which sucks for me, because i'm at a new school and I don't know my way around.

I can't even drop the class because I need to keep 12 credits for my scholarship, and so i'm pretty much screwed. UGH...i just wanna go back home now! lol.

[epchick]

He said it was because he was "hired late." The original professor had to leave for medical reasons, and so they got this person to fill in, and he could only teach it online---thus why it became an online class.

And he just sent out the syllabus this morning...and that si when he said that we could check out a place called Cody's that *might* have it, but he said the bookstore wouldn't because he didn't ask for them to carry those.

I check B&N.com, each book is like $40. I hate it, especially since I don't have a credit card or nothing---is there any other way to pay for the books w/o a credit card? lol..i'm so "behind the times."

I emailed the professor and let him know...I just wanna see what he says before I do anything, but I might end up dropping the class (i actually found a class that wasn't full and that I actually had wanted to take!! the time sucks though). I'm not a fan of hassle, especially when i'm trying to adjust from a semester system to a quarter system.

[Buttonz]

Originally Posted by epchick

He said it was because he was "hired late." The original professor had to leave for medical reasons, and so they got this person to fill in, and he could only teach it online---thus why it became an online class.

And he just sent out the syllabus this morning...and that si when he said that we could check out a place called Cody's that *might* have it, but he said the bookstore wouldn't because he didn't ask for them to carry those.

I check B&N.com, each book is like $40. I hate it, especially since I don't have a credit card or nothing---is there any other way to pay for the books w/o a credit card? lol..i'm so "behind the times."

I emailed the professor and let him know...I just wanna see what he says before I do anything, but I might end up dropping the class (i actually found a class that wasn't full and that I actually had wanted to take!! the time sucks though). I'm not a fan of hassle, especially when i'm trying to adjust from a semester system to a quarter system.

The adjustment is hard, I went from the semster to the trimester system and it was tough at first, because everything is so much faster (midterms, major projects/papers, finals, etc) but I've gotten used to it.

If you can get into another class that you really want to take, go ahead and drop this class, he doesn't sound that helpful the professor which suchs