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| 7\/29 | C176:IT业务-项目管理 | 3 | 项目管理 | 3:45 | | 7\/30 | C165:综合物理科学 | 3 | 环境科学 | 3:30 | | 7\/31 | C955:应用概率与统计 | 3 | 统计学导论 | 13:45"}}},{"type":"heading","attrs":{"align":null,"level":3},"content":[{"type":"text","text":"西部州长大学 (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，我终于开始了我在 WGU 的第一个也是唯一一个学期，还有 23 门课 (83 个学分) 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":"到那时，我已经通过了 9 个预评估 (实践考试)，因为这些课程教材可以在学期开始之前就拿到，而不像课程教材那样需要等到开学之后。"}]},{"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 个小时内完成了 4 门课程。在传统的学校，这需要 4 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