Post 5: Eight Week Courses

Most every college is America goes by a 16 week fall and spring semester because students needed more time in order to make room for homework in other classes. What is happening now, according to an online article entitled Arizona State University to offer more short classes by Anne Ryman a journalist for the Arizona Republic is the length of classes are cut in half? The article from 2011 talks about how ASU wanted to cut its tuition costs and flexibility when scheduling classes. It also gives students the chance to graduate faster than ever before by completing the same amount of classes in half the time.

 The article informed about the newer classes ASU was going to offer but let’s examine the rhetoric of the article. The audience could be anyone from students to parents it just depends on who would be looking up information on ASU. Ryman often talks about the students as well as older students and working adults that may be going to school there. The purpose of the article was to inform the reader about these new classes that ASU has to offer.

I personally have taken a two week class already and passed it and I am taking the follow up ENG 102 class as an eight week course. I think these classes are built for people who have the tenacity to work multiple hours to complete assignments as well as balance time to do work for other classes. For me these classes have been very rewarding because I am pushing myself to stay on task and getting my classes out of the way faster than I would normally. Less school the better!

As I plan to attend ASU I am looking forward to be taking some of the courses in the eight week format. This will help me get into my job in communications faster, as well as get me into ASU a whole semester sooner.

For now that’s all. See you all soon!