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| 7\/29 | C176:IT業務-項目管理 | 3 | 項目管理 | 3:45 | | 7\/30 | C165:綜合物理科學 | 3 | 環境科學 | 3:30 | | 7\/31 | C955:應用概率與統計 | 3 | 統計學導論 | 13:45"}}},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"align":null,"level":3},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"西部州長大學 (2020 年)"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"9 月 1 日，我終於開始了我在 WGU 的第一個也是唯一一個學期，還有 23 門課 (83 個學分) 要上。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"到那時，我已經通過了 9 個預評估 (實踐考試)，因爲這些課程教材可以在學期開始之前就拿到，而不像課程教材那樣需要等到開學之後。"}]},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null}},{"type":"paragraph","attrs":{"indent":0,"number":0,"align":null,"origin":null},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"第一天，我在 4 個小時內完成了 4 門課程。在傳統的學校，這需要 4 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