How many hours should a student plan to devote to MSON in a week?

In general, an MSON course—including the synchronous seminars and out of class time—could take a student anywhere between 6 and 8 hours of work a week. MSON courses are “flipped,” meaning that presentation of content traditionally done in class (such as lectures) is available to students as homework through recordings or reading, and work students would traditionally complete as homework (such as practice problems) can be completed in class and done interactively with other students and the teacher. Students prepare outside of class so that when they come to class they can go further with the material and engage in discussions or debate that deepen their learning. As such, the MSON workload varies course to course, and the emphasis is always on deep learning rather than “seat” time or hours of homework.