Home Study Fixed Schedule of Assignments
Although free schedule proves to be the best choice, Bircham International Universitymay provide you with a fixed schedule of assignments in order to help you organize your adult home studies through the establishment of weekly goals. During your distance learning higher eduction, you may request the fixed schedule of assignments anytime, although if you do not meet the schedule goals on three occasions you will be automatically reassigned to a free schedule. The schedule of assignments is set per report required by your program of home study. You have the freedom to follow the free schedule for some of the reports assigned and the fixed schedule for the others. Choose always whatever suits your needs best.
Week 1: 15 Hours - Reading: Start reading. Comprehensive reading of the assigned textbook.
1 Hour - Key concepts: Email submission of the key concepts of the first 150 pages aprox.
1 Hour - Advice: Teacher's feedback and guidance upon request (email or phone) along the reading.
Week 2: 15 Hours - Reading: Continue reading. Comprehensive reading of the assigned textbook.
1 Hour - Key concepts: Email submission of the key concepts up to page 300 aprox.
1 Hour - Advice: Teacher's feedback and guidance upon request (email or phone) along the reading.
Week 3: 15 Hours - Reading: Continue reading. Comprehensive reading of the assigned textbook.
1 Hour - Key concepts: Email submission of the key concepts up to page 450 aprox.
1 Hour - Advice: Teacher's feedback and guidance upon request (email or phone) along the reading.
Week 4: 15 Hours - Reading: Finish reading. Comprehensive reading of the assigned textbook.
1 Hour - Key concepts: Email submission of the key ideas of the subject (table of contents).
1 Hour - Guidance: Teacher/student set up of the synopsis objectives and development of the key ideas.
Week 5: 5 Hours - Writing: First synopsis without textbook assistance. Email submission of synopsis draft.
2 Hours - Guidance: Teacher's guidelines to ensure student comprehension and detect understanding errors.
Week 6: 4 Hours - Writing: Synopsis review with textbook assistance and teacher's guidelines.
1 Hour - Monitoring: Teacher's monitoring to ensure student comprehension and progress.
Week 7: 4 Hours - Writing: Final synopsis writing with textbook assistance. Text review to ensure summary accuracy.
1 Hour - Evaluation: Email submission of the reviewed summary. Teacher's evaluation of the synopsis.
Week 8: 1 Hour - Guidance: Teacher's feedback and final comprehension guidelines about the textbook contents.
2 Hours - Discussion: Teacher/student selection of the appropriate case study or an illustrative example.
Week 9: 5 Hours - Writing: Analysis of the case study. Email submission of the case study conclusions.
2 Hours - Discussion: Teacher's advise and email discussion about the student arguments and criteria.
Week 10: 4 Hours - Writing: Writing of the final report integrating key concepts, synopsis and conclusions.
1 Hour - Advice: Teacher's guidance upon request (email or phone) along the report writing process.
Week 11: 4 Hours - Writing: Final formatting, production, and submission of the report.
1 Hour - Advice: Teacher's guidance upon request (email or phone) along the report formatting process.
Week 12: 3 Hours - Evaluation: Teacher's evaluation of the submitted report. First correction results.
Week 13: 3 Hours - Evaluation: Supervisor evaluation of the submitted report. Second correction results.
1 Hour - Feedback: Final grade. Improvement and assessment comments about the evaluated report.