168 HOUR ASSIGNMENT

There are only so many hours in a week. Most of us have busy schedules, so its important to think about the way you current spend your time
and then plan how you could organize and plan your time for your online course. For this assignment, youll be asked to assess your current
schedule and the hourly amount of time spent on various activities. Youll then be asked to create a tentative weekly schedule where
you set aside time specifically for your online class.

PART 1: YOUR CURRENT SCHEDULE

Directions: Fill in the table below with your current schedule.

Time

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesd
ay

Thursday Friday

Saturday

Sunday

6:00 AM
7:00 AM
8:00 AM

sleep
sleep
Getting ready
to for school

sleep
sleep
sleep

sleep
sleep
Getting ready
for school

sleep
sleep
sleep

sleep
Sleep
sleep

sleep
sleep
Waking up to
eat breakfast

sleep
sleep
sleep

9:00 AM

Commuting to
school by
taking the
gold line

sleep

Sleep/wake up
time

sleep

Spending time
with my
mother

Begin to wake
up

10:00 AM

First class
western art

sleep

Heading to
school by
taking 2 buses
and the red
and gold line
Western art
class

Hanging out
with friends

sleep

Watch the
morning news

11:00 AM

Eat the first

meal of the
day, breakfast

Watch a bit of
tv channels
such as
comedy
central, Tbs,
fox

Eat breakfast.

Football and
basketball

Waking up,
begin to clean
the room and
quick eggs
and bacon for
breakfast

Ps vita Netflix
ipod ifunny
cartoon wars

Getting ready
to spend time
with my
cousins
Commuting to
different
places
depending on
where we
havent been
ex: mall,

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Time

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesd
ay

Thursday Friday

Saturday

12:00 PM

Relaxation my
staring up at
the sky

Eat both
breakfast and
lunch

Relax by
playing my PS
vita

Football and
basketball

Heading to
City Of Hope
to visit my
mother

1:00 PM

Usage of all
my
electronics:
phone, ps vita,
laptop

Use Netflix all

hour long

baseball

Taking the bus

and 2 trains to
take the 264
to get to City
Of Hope

2:00 PM

Netflix all hour

long. 30 rock,
prison break,
HIMYM
Hanging out
with friends.
Eating
tommys
burgers
4:30 my
English 1A
class beings

Play Xbox 360:

fable
anniversary,
dark souls 2,
gta V, and
castlevania
lords of
shadow 2
Continue
playing xbox

Lunch time
cheese burger
and fries with
mash potatoes
with gravy
Watch tv

Hang out with

friends

Taking the 264

to arrive at
City of hope

Getting ready
to head back
home

Get dessert
such as ice
cream

The final hour

of game time

Go to tommys
burgers and
rest until
English class
begins
English 1A
begins

Lunch time
with friends by
eating at
dennys
Relaxation

Spending
quality time
with my
mother and
lunch time
Watch a
couple of
movies

Taking the 264

back to
Pasadena

Going back
home

Taking the
gold line, red
line, and expo
line
Walking back
home

homework

3:00 PM

4:00 PM

5:00 PM

6:00 PM

7:00 PM

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Gaining new
knowledge
from my
English class
Just finish my
English 1A
class
The start of
my English
900

Snack time.
PB&J sandwich
with fruit and
juice
Watch mtv,
tbs, and fox

Heading back
home

Sunday
restaurants
Hanging out

Hanging out
with my
cousins

Taking notes
listening to the
instructor

Take a quick
shower

Take a nap

homework

Begin to clean
my room

End of English
1A

nap

Order food for

dinner

Xbox live

Preparing
dinner

Going back
home

Clean my
room, wash
dishes, and
take out the
trash
Clean my
guinea pigs
cage

Wake up to
attend my
mothers
needs/ dinner

Cleaning my
room

Xbox live/
dinner time

Time

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesd
ay

Thursday Friday

Saturday

Sunday

8:00 PM

Just finish my
englis 900
course

Dinner time
with my father

Arrived home
and eat dinner

Dinner time

laundry

Dinner time

9:00 PM

Arrive from
school
The day is
over, take
shower, brush
teeth

Xbox 360

Play Xbox 360

Ps vita, Netflix
and homework
Homework

laundry

Take a shower
and go to
sleep

Take her out of

the cage and
socialize with
her
Use ifunny and
watch netflix
Getting to bed
early

Finish my
homework
Getting ready
for the worst
day of the
week, Monday

sleep

sleep

Getting ready
to spend the
night at the
hospital
Watching
again movies
sleep

Getting ready
to go to bed

sleep

Ifunny and
netflix
sleep

sleep

10:00 PM

11:00 PM

sleep

Ifunny, phone,
and watch
youtube
videos and
netflix
sleep

12:00 AM

sleep

sleep

sleep

sleep

1 6 AM

sleep

sleep

sleep

sleep

Play xbox live

with old high
school friends

sleep

PART 2: 168 HOUR EXERCISE

Directions: Based on your schedule above, write down how much time you intend to spend on average in a week for each of the following
activities:

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Activity

Time Spent (in

Hours)

Sleep (hours per night x 7)

Meals (hours per day x 7)
Classes (current credit hours x 3)
Work
Commute Time for classes and/or work
Family/Friend Time
Activities (hobbies, exercise, spiritual
practice, etc.)
Extra Responsibilities (chores,
obligations, etc.)
Personal Care

52 x 7 = 114
19(total) x 7= 26
7x3=21
zero
zero
28
7
3
10

Activity

Time Spent (in

Hours)

Free Time
Other:

0
0

Total=
168-Total=

209Hours
41Hours
Remaining

Note: You may want to assess your workload if you are spending more than 65 hours per week on Classes and Work. Being a successful
student requires that you also have time to get enough rest and take care of yourself!

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PART 3: ONLINE COURSE STUDY SCHEDULE

Directions: Fill in the chart below with a tentative weekly study schedule for your online course. Please keep in mind that the amount of time
you should put into your class is the following:

Time

For 16 Week Semester: Credit Hours X 3

For an 8 week Semester: Credit Hours X 6
For a 6 Week Semester: Credit Hours X 7.8

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesd
ay

Thursday Friday

Saturday

Sunday

11

Check canvas
for given
assignments

Check back at
canvas

Check canvas

Relax and do
other
homework

Do any given
assignment for
my online
course

Work on the
my online
course

12:00

Understand
the given
instructions
Work and look
through
textbook to
answer
questions if
given
Do initial post
for online
course

Double check
initial posts

Read new
instructions

relax

Check back at
canvas for
new
instructions
that might be
on Sunday
night
Understand
the concept

Homework

homework

Reply to a
classmate for
online course

Reply to
second
classmate

relax

If given read
through the
book

homework

homewrok

Finish both
replies to
classmates

Finish 2nd
replies to
classmates

relax

Take notes to
do the work

Finish if
possible

homework

:00

1:00

2:00

Activities adapted from:

"Planning Your 168-Hour Work Week." University of Redlands Academic Success Center. Academic Success and Disability Services. Web. 4 Feb 2014.

<http://www.redlands.edu/docs/StudentLife/168_Hour_Week.pdf>.
"How to Spend your 168 Hours A Week Wisely." Delta College. Teaching Learning Center. 2009. Web. 4 Feb 2014.

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