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P/t MA how much study time is expected?

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sunnyside · 30/09/2005 14:40

Starting MA and have suddenly been struck with 'Will I have time?' jitters. How much extra study time do people do in general? I've got a 13 month old DS and idea is that while I'm at home with him I'll make use of the time out of work to do some more study but now I'm panicking that I'm being unrealistic. What do you think?

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suzywong · 30/09/2005 14:43

well I am expecting at least one two thirds day in the library and four or five hours throughtout the week, and one day of contact time. So that's ds2 in the campus daycare for two 9-3 days a week

geekgrrl · 30/09/2005 14:45

hiya, I'm doing an MSc f/t - was going to do p/t but timetable is so light I decided to go f/t. Anyway, I have 5 hours of teaching per week (all on one day) and am expected to do 10 hours of independent work. So, p/t would be about 7.5 hours in total.

suzywong · 30/09/2005 14:48

oh that's all right isn't it?
Academic Years don't start til February here (Oz) so I don't know.

Did you do a lot of reading round your subject before starting? I am getting owrried aobut that, I don't have time to get stuck in to anything at the moment

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logic · 30/09/2005 14:53

Well, I started a p/t MA before I had kids and while working 40 hours a week. I needed to do 12 hours of studying a week approx. I'll be honest with you - after getting the PGC I quit because it just wasn't worth it IMO. It was too intrusive. With kids, I think it would be very hard to find the time. I think it would have to involve childcare...

geekgrrl · 30/09/2005 16:18

suzy, I didn't do anything beforehand... I'm doing an MSc in software development which is aimed at people with a degree in a non-computing subject. I've only had one week of teaching so far, it's been great - though I can tell it'll be a lot of work, and the research project is hefty.
It's so liberating to be back at uni - I almost forgot I had children on Thursday.

sunnyside, I started a p/t distance learning course when my ds was one month old (and my other kids were 2 & 4). It required 4 hours per week and wasn't a problem to fit in. I was so proud of myself at the end of it. Go for it.

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sunnyside · 01/10/2005 22:33

You've all made me feel much better about it. I have 6 hrs a week at college and then I'm planning another day or so for extra reading etc. I'm SAHM so in theory I should be able to sort it out. I need to be disciplined though which is perhaps not my strongest point!

I really enjoyed my first taught sessions but can tell there's going to be a lot to do. I'd love to keep talking to anyone else that's in similar situation.

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beetle73 · 01/10/2005 22:50

Sunnyside don't know what course you're doing, but I'm sure it's manageable. I was doing a p/t MA before and during preg, whilst also working 3 days a week, and it was totally doable. I've since moved abroad and effectively dropped out of 2nd year because unable to attend classes, but did manage to do a couple of bits of coursework from home with baby and job. So I would say no problem - enjoy it.

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