Introduction to a non-traditional OU student
Hi, I'm Kathy! But you can call me Kat, most everyone does. I'm a non-traditional OU student. I'm 46 years old and going back to college. I was one year away from an accounting degree back at the age most kids finish college when we moved away due to my husband's business. Back then, online courses weren't really an option. OU doesn't really have the classes available to finish my accounting degree online and I wanted to shift my focus more to IT so I switched majors to Information Studies. This makes it almost like starting all over again so what I thought would take 2-4 semesters is going to take me pretty much the full four years. My favorite classes in my major have been my programming courses, but I surprisingly also love Human Relations and Business Ethics as well. I also work full-time, at least I did until May when my position as manager for a local saddle shop got down-sized. We thought my husband had found a great job i...