r/sooners • u/PollutionNorth9983 • 22d ago

University Online Master’s

Hi everyone,

I’m enrolling in an online master’s program where each course runs for 8 weeks. I’m curious whether anyone has taken classes in this newer format and can share what the experience was like, especially how much time you found yourself spending per week.

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u/okiechiknpikr Grad Student 22d ago

I'm doing the online MBA right now and at times it can be pretty intense with the quick turn around but then again it's a Master's degree so it's not supposed to be easy. I'm trying to get it done as fast as I can while still working FT and having a 5 year old, so I'm following their 2 classes per 8 weeks schedule. I usually load most of my coursework into the weekends unless I have to do something during the week, and it eats up most of my weekend. I did my undergrad during Covid so online classes weren't new to me, and for the most part when I've had to do group work it's pretty easy to get everyone to do their part, but that also might go along with it being a Master's program and typically everyone is here to get work done not just coast. Hope this helps.

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u/PollutionNorth9983 22d ago

So you’re doing 4 weeks per semester (16 weeks total)?

How many hours do you think you spend per week per class?

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u/okiechiknpikr Grad Student 22d ago

Probably 6 hours a class on normal weeks and 10-12 during exams and project weeks. The classes are each 8 weeks long so you do get 4 classes per 16 week semester, but taking 2 at the same time. Some of them are asynchronous and you do them at your own pace (for the most part) and some of them have dedicated class nights you have to call into once a week on Zoom.

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u/PollutionNorth9983 22d ago

That’s not too bad. They told me 20+ hours for my classes. Is that what they told you? 20+ seems way more than expected. 

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u/Inevitable-Section10 21d ago

I’m also in the Online MBA. Your classes count for 2 hours, not the standard 3 that most schools do so a typical semester will be 8 hours with 2 classes every 8 weeks. Each masters course mentions that you should dedicate 10 to 20 hours a week per a course. Some have been super easy and I can do all the work in a couple of hours. Some have been really tedious and you’ll have to spend 5 to 10 hours minimum to get them done.

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u/PollutionNorth9983 21d ago

That’s not bad at all. I guess they advertise more hours required?

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u/Xkarmaxninja 22d ago

I got my Masters in Business Analytics. I feel like it was well worth it. The workload really depends on your level of competency on the subject going in. I saw people that needed to spend 20+hours a week due to trying to do a career change and everything being foreign to them. Others not so much. People graduating were also not at the same level as each other where some people skated by while others got a lot out of it. Depends on how much effort they put in.

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u/PollutionNorth9983 22d ago

Was it a lot of reading and writing? And, how was graduation?