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Originally Posted by adios
you are just wrong.
Okey Dokey
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Originally Posted by ShooGazer
Thanks for your response. I haven't submitted my intent to enroll just yet, but I most probably have to take the pre req courses given my background. To my understanding, that would take me ~3 years to finish the whole program, correct?
Depends mostly on the course load you take on. When its all said and done, it will have taken me about 3 years and 3 months to finish, including the pre-req. A couple things to note here are that initially I took extra unneccessary courses just to gain some extra knowledge/experience, and I have been working full time the last 1 1/2 years, so I have slowed down quite a bit. Most people I know take 8 hours a quarter and the program itself is 52 hours, plus 20-24 hours for the pre-req phase. Thats 76 hours, so that should help somewhat lay out how long things would take. If you're not working, I think 12 hours a quarter is possible ( I did 12 twice), but I tend to stick to 4-8 nowadays.
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I am definitely checking to see if this route is possible. How much time do you spend studying for your courses if you don't mind me asking? How is the workload?
At the point Im at, I spend a lot of time. Lectures themselves are 3 1/2 hours a week, so thats 7 hours if you take 2 course, then probably 10-20 hours a week per class, usually leaning more on the lower side of that spectrum. Also to add, foundational classes tend to have near weekly homework, usually a bigger project of some sort, and 1-2 tests. The pre-req classes had homework, sometimes only once every 3 weeks or so though, much less reading needed, and typically 2 tests.
Also note, the pre-req phase is a good feel out process, and requires much less work. The java 1 and java 2 classes would be good gauges I think to start to shape if you are ready for it (If you did well in C++, these should be a breeze). I spent probably an hour a week max on those classes. Truthfully I dont think I spent as much time as most on the pre-req classes, but that time sort of rapidly expanded once I started working and got into the foundational classes.
Are you currently working?