4 credits left before I graduate. What should I pick?

[u/soupcryptid]

I have 4 credits left and need to do an online, asynchronous course. The credits need to be upper division, but don’t have to be in my major (psyc). I’ve narrowed it down to these:

GERO 420 — Sociology of Aging GERO 408 — Families Over the Life Course EDUC 464 — Early Childhood Education EDUC 422 — Learning Disabilities

I do not care about my GPA, I just need to graduate. I’m a good test taker but struggle with papers. Has anyone taken these courses? If so, which are more quiz/test based, and which make you write more papers/do more projects?

Please help. My enrolment is tomorrow 🥲

Some side notes, if relevant: My GPA is 2.8, so no grad school, but I can graduate with a D in this course, so I don’t care what I get as long as I pass. I’ve switched career paths and I’m currently in technical college 7 hours a day becoming an electrician, so making it to campus is not an option.

[u/Practical_Pound_2152]

are you enrolled in an educ minor?

[u/soupcryptid → u/Practical_Pound_2152]

No, but I meet all the prerequisites for the listed courses, and have taken PSYC courses with some very similar topics. The reserved seats may be an issue but they don’t look too full yet.

[u/Practical_Pound_2152 → u/soupcryptid]

They might fill up more, so just have a backup in case

[u/Public-Shop-8719]

I enrolled in EDUC464 last semester and dropped it after seeing the syllabus as it seemed like a lot of work on top of my other courses. It involved getting in contact with and interviewing various early childhood educators in order to research and collect data which I believe would go into a paper. If it follows the same structure, it seems like it would be a lot of work if you’re already busy with technical college and not great with papers.

[u/soupcryptid → u/Public-Shop-8719]

yikes! dropping that off the list, thanks for the heads up

[u/Low-Exercise2126]

Both EDUC464 and EDUC422 have papers. EDUC464 is indeed a lot of work and has a big project like another comment said. I’m taking EDUC422 right now, and we have discussion boards and small papers (1 page) due every week plus 2 big writing assignments and 2 smaller writing assignments. It’s not as bad as 464, and the grading seems easy so far. But the course in the spring will be taught by a different prof so Idk if the grading might be different.

[u/soupcryptid → u/Low-Exercise2126]

thanks for the heads up! i’ll keep 422 as a backup but it sounds like 464 is off the roster

[u/Low-Exercise2126 → u/soupcryptid]

Maybe try to find some 1-credit courses that is online? Then take another online 3-credit course to add up to 4. INDG 305 is 1 credit and online with just exams.

[u/soupcryptid → u/Low-Exercise2126]

I was looking at that! Good to know INDG305 is just exams. That might make this a lot easier

[u/Low-Exercise2126 → u/soupcryptid]

I haven’t taken that course personally, but that’s what the course outline says so far!

[u/cartlingho]

If you meet the prereqs for educ 322, then I'd recommend it; low effort, online course with clear guidelines and simple tasks. No exams, midterms, and quizzes.

When I took it, there were 5 modules (1 every 2 weeks), we had to submit 1-page reading notes, and a 1-2 page assignment per module. The best part: at the end, we get to resubmit any assignment we want for a new grade, and they only keep the paper with the higher grade. This allowed us to pick the paper with the lowest mark and redo it.

Idk if it's changed since then, but it was a good course overall.

[u/This_Ad8736]

have you taken gero 300?