OU Students Past, Present and Future

mum2one · 18 January 2013 at 11:36PM

cavbex wrote: »

Did you pass? I have my exam in June, our tutor haven't released a past paper as yet, so don't know what to expect!

I passed it, it was a weird exam, as from memory the exam was in 3 parts, but 2 parts = 50%, the other was 50%, so when you allocate your time remember that.

It choices based on the course - when I did mine we were the 1st yr at B203, but you can buy the past exam papers there on the OU site think there about £5 each, sometimes your tutor gets the past exam paper and goes through that. I found the exam easier than B201. xx

mum2one · 18 January 2013 at 11:37PM

gravitytolls wrote: »

I Have just completed third essay for DD101. It was data, quantitative and qualitative, I found it really hard going, thought I'd be lucky to scrape a pass and got my best mark yet!

Pressures on now though, I need to up my game to keep getting good results, I'm such a lazy student, I need a kick up the bum.

Thats brilliant, - how you finding the course? xx

gravitytolls · 19 January 2013 at 1:42AM

mum2one wrote: »

Thats brilliant, - how you finding the course? xx

Not quite what I expected TBH. I am enjoying the tutorials though, two tutors in our area so we join groups which is good for more input, folk are a bit shy in case they say something daft.

The course itself it certainly introducing me to some new observations about ourselves, but I didn't like the data one, I saw graphs and a choroplath map, immediately thought 'ugh, maths' and my brain shut down. Just goes to show what you can do when you need to.

I'm starting the W100 in Feb, hoping to manage to be committed to them both and that tutorials don't clash.

mum2one · 19 January 2013 at 1:51PM

gravitytolls wrote: »

Not quite what I expected TBH. I am enjoying the tutorials though, two tutors in our area so we join groups which is good for more input, folk are a bit shy in case they say something daft.

The course itself it certainly introducing me to some new observations about ourselves, but I didn't like the data one, I saw graphs and a choroplath map, immediately thought 'ugh, maths' and my brain shut down. Just goes to show what you can do when you need to.

I'm starting the W100 in Feb, hoping to manage to be committed to them both and that tutorials don't clash.

Your be fine, the good thing with the exam paper is the multi choice, and if you go to the tutorials you tend to find out a bit more, - having 2 tutors you get a different perspective, when I did mine the tutor was a bloke called Steve, he was brilliant.

W100 - is that intro to Law, sounds famaliar? xx

gravitytolls · 19 January 2013 at 11:47PM

mum2one wrote: »

Your be fine, the good thing with the exam paper is the multi choice, and if you go to the tutorials you tend to find out a bit more, - having 2 tutors you get a different perspective, when I did mine the tutor was a bloke called Steve, he was brilliant.

W100 - is that intro to Law, sounds famaliar? xx

It is yes, it looks good. Thinking of doing youth crime after DD101, to run alongside with W100.

Where are you now with your studies?

mum2one · 20 January 2013 at 12:04AM

gravitytolls wrote: »

It is yes, it looks good. Thinking of doing youth crime after DD101, to run alongside with W100.

Where are you now with your studies?

Your love W100, I did that in my 1st yr of studying, its intensive and heavy going but on the other hand you get a lot from it, I really enjoyed it. You work through the books week by week then you have the "work books" where you study from, when I did it, it gave you chance to express your opinion as to why you choose the route you did, I always remember my 1st assisgnment, my tutor put a comment on that I should work for the prosecution as the one "character" we had to make a judgement on, I was trying to prosecute her for everything!.

Studying, I've cheated this yr and doing DD101, as i wasn't ready to do level 3 courses, But needed to keep my place to get the low rate courses. So Sept be level 3 business, get full degree xx

celyn90 · 1 March 2013 at 2:58PM

A sneaky bump as we'd slipped a bit

How is everyone doing?

cel x

celyn90 · 5 April 2013 at 11:43AM

Hi everyone,

Hope study is going well

It's been chaotic here - when I signed up for the workload I hadn't anticipates general life (well, work) chaos, so I'm running like a crazy thing trying to keep up with everything at the moment (and determined not to have to ask for yet another extension on E891!). Collecting data for my other module project at the moment as well (although I admit I am enjoying this module far more, so it doesn't feel like study!)

I feel a bit like I'm treading water atm, but I will get there.

I have a quick query - I was looking for something to do next year (not that this is addictive or anything :rotfl: ) as with a bit of luck I would have finished my current course at the end of this academic year and I've found one which looks quite interesting.

The only problem is that it contains a compulsory module that I've already done, and counted, towards something else. There doesn't appear to be a substitute for it (this one is made up of three compulsory modules). Does this mean I can't do it as I've already used the module against another qualification?

mum2one · 14 April 2013 at 7:34PM

celyn90 wrote: »

Hi everyone,

Hope study is going well It's been chaotic here - when I signed up for the workload I hadn't anticipates general life (well, work) chaos, so I'm running like a crazy thing trying to keep up with everything at the moment (and determined not to have to ask for yet another extension on E891!). Collecting data for my other module project at the moment as well (although I admit I am enjoying this module far more, so it doesn't feel like study!) I feel a bit like I'm treading water atm, but I will get there.

I have a quick query - I was looking for something to do next year (not that this is addictive or anything :rotfl: ) as with a bit of luck I would have finished my current course at the end of this academic year and I've found one which looks quite interesting.

The only problem is that it contains a compulsory module that I've already done, and counted, towards something else. There doesn't appear to be a substitute for it (this one is made up of three compulsory modules). Does this mean I can't do it as I've already used the module against another qualification?

it would depend on the course, as when I did Level 1 - I had W100 (intro to Law) that was a single qualification, plus I joined it up to get a cert in business with 2 other courses.

It also dependant on your funding are you on transational fees? x

mummyroysof3 · 26 April 2013 at 5:52PM

Gt ema to do for sdk228 and starting d240. Signed up for d308 in October too...must be mad

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