OU Students Past, Present and Future

justpaper

juno wrote: »

The reviews seem to suggest that you should do BU130 fairly early. B203 and B201 are supposed to be harder, so you might also benefit from the "practise" of essay writing and studying that comes from doing more courses before them.

mum2one wrote: »

Hi
The best bet would be ur 1st suggestion (C63), gets both level ones out of the way, snd u gsin the cert, then do the 2 x level 2 and get the dipolma, as you can count the level 1.
xx

yes i do agree, as then ill have the C63 in my hand, Ill be signing up for BU130 within the next few days (got untill Oct/), My B120 should be finishing around september time, all going well starting book 4,

I like the fact that BU130 is only 3 TMAs )

mum2one wrote: »

I'll have to do the Bu130, but to me that feels like I'm going backwards + not 4ward. x

im sure after doing B201,.. BU130 will be clean sweep

I'm aiming to alteast get the diploma and maybe grab the open degree,

Thank you for you replies,

welshmoneylover

I've just completed BU130 and the work load is extremely light and could probably be taken alongside a L2 course.
hth
ps, I found it a v boring course!

juno

welshmoneylover wrote: »

I've just completed BU130 and the work load is extremely light and could probably be taken alongside a L2 course.
hth
ps, I found it a v boring course!

Oh good! I was a bit worried that I'm taking on too much this autumn.

justpaper

Juno : are you going to do B201 and BU130 ? would be a good idea, im looking at it like this,
start BU130 Nov 2009 ends Apr 2010,
then start B201 in Feb 2010 ends Oct 2010
then jump on to B203 no start days showing as of yet, but i guess it will be a Oct 2010 start,

juno

justpaper wrote: »

Juno : are you going to do B201 and BU130 ? would be a good idea, im looking at it like this,
start BU130 Nov 2009 ends Apr 2010,
then start B201 in Feb 2010 ends Oct 2010
then jump on to B203 no start days showing as of yet, but i guess it will be a Oct 2010 start,

Yes, but throw MST121 (maths) in there too, and add a promotion at work

justpaper

juno wrote: »

Yes, but throw MST121 (maths) in there too, and add a promotion at work

are you advising me .ME to do MST121? , my brain is hurting just thinking about it, :eek:

mum2one

welshmoneylover wrote: »

I've just completed BU130 and the work load is extremely light and could probably be taken alongside a L2 course.
hth
ps, I found it a v boring course!

One of the ladies on B201, said exactly the same thing........HELP!!x

penguin83

Hi all

I've had confirmation of my registration for W221 (Nov 09) and W200 (Feb 10) due to finish W100 in October - fingers crossed I pass so far TMA marks have been 84, 68, 70, 70, 70 with 2 more and the ECA to go.

Has anyone done either the W221 or the W200? xxx

Floxxie

Hi penguin83, I'm doing W200 and starting W201 next year. I have another course starting in October this year. I found the W100 very easy in terms of time and content but the W200 is very time consuming. I'm not too sure how I am going to cope with 2 courses though!

I got lower marks in W100 (between 70 and 85) than I'm getting in W200; not sure why. Maybe W200 makes more sense;)

Good luck!

Ames

Haven't read all the thread (yet). I'm Ames, previously studied A103, A200, A207, and starting DD306 in October. Studying towards BA History.

I didn't attend any tutorials last time and my TMA marks were pretty good. I have mental health problems, and find it easier to hand in essays to someone I've never met than worry that I'm 'letting them down' by writing a duff one. Crazy I know!

I'm a bit nervous about my next course being just cd roms, I'm oldschool and prefer books! Also there's no exam, and I'm much better at exams than I am essays. But it was the only one starting in October, which I find easier for some reason.