Question

How long does it take to complete a course? --I'm getting ready to start the single variable calc course.

Answer 1

Well I guess it will take as long as you will want it to take because I think how fast you move on the study will depend on how fast you can grasp the content. Good luck!

Answer 2

Yes, the beauty of online courses is that you can set your own pace, taking extra time on concepts that don't click immediately and breezing through the stuff you already understand. Depending on your ability level, aptitude, and focus, you can complete a course in a little longer than it takes to watch the videos. There is a chrome plugin available at http://cs50.net/2x that lets you watch videos at double speed (and other modified paces also) which is great for making quick passes through videos for concepts you're already fairly comfortable with.

Answer 3

I agree with the previous answers, online courses are readily available lessons to give you a deeper understanding of every topic you find interesting. Don't set time as to when are you're gonna finish it. Just try whatever you want and you can in fact skip some lessons you already know :) If you find yourself satisfied with all you've learned you can always move on to the next lessons. Don't pressure yourself :D

Answer 4

I am even willing to say that online course videos have lots of benefits compared to lecture you are present. You can stop at any time, make your notes investigate the meaning of terms, investigate about persons referred to, rewind and repeat until you grasp it, really get the most out of lectures and replay much later when some topic requires to be further understood. The great thing about mathematics is, that you can dwelf into any topic and there is little limit to how far you can go.

Answer 5

One of the pages that I read indicate that they expect that a typical student will spend about 150 hours on this course, including all activities, watching lectures, doing the work you see on the screen, reading the accompanying PDF pages, looking at other calculus books you might have, doing problems to make sure you understand it, etc.

For example, I watch each segment at least twice, usually three times, The second or third time, I pause the video to do myself what I know he is going to do next, then I continue the video to verify that I did it the right way (or in some cases, a similar but equally correct way). (The latter is okay because there are multiple ways to a solution.)

Don't hold yourself to a time, but learn the subject the best that you can.

I remember, when I was in college (back when I carried a slide rule with me to math classes, around 1970), we were expected to spend about five hours on homework for every hour we spent in class, but as with this group, some of us spent more time, and some of us spent less. (I flunked Calculus in 1970 because I had not learned to focus on homework as I do better with now).

Hope the anecodes and estimates help you.

John