I have been attending online school for a few years and a lot of people have asked me what is really involved within taking classes for an online Psychology degree. I have heard a lot of different comments like "I do not think I'd be able to sit still enough to take a class online" or "I have heard that online classes are really hard in comparison to going to a school on campus." So today I will tell you guys what my experience has been like so far within getting n online Psychology degree.
1. My classes are only 6 weeks long...... but there's a catch.
I honestly have never ever finished a complete on-campus course at a college, but I have heard that a semester is about 2 or 3 months long with being present in a class for either once a week or twice a week. My classes are only 6 weeks long, but it is accelerated. I have to submit specific discussion posts, 1 or 2 papers, and other assignments every week. I also have to participate in other discussions 5 out of 7 days of the week to receive my participation points and those participation points can make or break your grade heavily.
2. I have some sort of work to do everyday.
Like I said before, I usually have some sort of assignment that I need to complete almost everyday and if I don't have an assignment due that day, then I need to be starting on an assignment in advanced so that I can turn it in on time.
3. There have been a few Psychology case studies or observational studies that I have had to complete.
Within obtaining a Psychology degree, you will need to conduct a ton of research and even test out your own theories or recreate different experiments that have already been done to examine what you find. In the textbooks I have had to purchase for class there are usually examples of the way I am supposed to complete the assignments and I am usually given 2-3 weeks to complete these studies. Another great thing about going to school online is that my professors usually have examples of the way our assignments should be set up and they are pretty self-explanatory.
4. Psychology classes tend to repeat themselves to a certain degree because every topic within Psychology is connected.
Developmental Psychology is connected to Social Psychology. Social Psychology is connect to Cross-Cultural Psychology. Cross Cultural Psychology is connect to the Intro to Psychology and so on. Every single class within Psychology connects to the other. So if you find certain topics repeating themselves, it is okay because it is simply a refresher on what you previously learned. Everything within psychology is connected and I think that it is great that certain things are repeated because sometimes things can be forgotten that are important within understanding the ways in which the mind works.
