BS in Psychology - Cheap and Fast (and dirty)

[LadySearchDog]

Mysonx3 - is there a limit on how many courses you can enrolled in? On either study.com or any other free range course. ( by the way, what is a free range course really called on here). Thanks

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Other the asking an advisor at a college, does places like study.com say if the college of your choice will take their program test credit before you take the course?

[MNomadic]

This page shows study.com's partner schools:
https://study.com/academy/college-accele...dycom.html

[Merlin]

Mysonx3 - is there a limit on how many courses you can enrolled in? On either study.com or any other free range course. ( by the way, what is a free range course really called on here). Thanks
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You don't "enroll" in courses, you enroll in schools. But you can register for and take as many courses you want at a time via Study.com or any of the alternative education providers.

That said, its best to take only one course at a time. You can get through each course much more quickly that way. I completed 92 credits over 10 months, averaging 3 courses per month, but 2 courses per month is more common.

[mysonx3]

There's no limit, though with Study.com only two per month are included free with your membership. Each additional one in a month costs $70. So, for example, I did one month and completed the finals for 7 courses. It cost me $549 ($199 for the membership and $350 for five "extra" classes. Then I paused my membership to work on other courses (specifically, StraighterLine). Other providers have different pricing structures (e.g. with StraighterLine you pay $99 per month for a membership plus you have to pay for each course (most are $59, but some have other prices). Other providers have no monthly membership and you only pay either A. For the course or B. To take the final. I haven't personally used ALEKS, but my understanding is that it is $20/month for unlimited courses, but you can only use up to three of their classes for credit because they overlap. And my personal favorite is CLEP, which you obviously know about already, which is free if you go through the corresponding course on Modern States.

[LadySearchDog]

Where do MOOC’s come in play with all of this?

Getting college credit basically free from places like Haverd and Stanford... etc....

https://homeschoolingforcollegecredit.com/?s=Moocs+

[mysonx3]

Free or near-free MOOCs don't actually get credit for you outside of select partnerships, unfortunately. They can be useful in studying for an exam that you are using to test out, however.

[LadySearchDog]

Mysonx3 but if I can’t test out in all my classes, free or nearly free is the way to go! And from Harvard! How would I find out what schools are partnership with MOOC’s? Mostly from edx!

WSU didn’t even give a yes or no to MOOC’s....

https://www.wichita.edu/academics/adult_.../index.php

[mysonx3]

But what I'm saying is that the free or near-free MOOCs don't actually earn you credit, outside of select partnerships (which typically make it no longer near-free). For example, Arizona State partners with edX (or maybe Coursera? I can't remember) to give credit for some MOOCs, but it costs a pretty good chunk to have ASU award the credits, and my understanding is that the only courses that are offered that way are ones that have other test-out options (albeit those options are less freely transferrable)

[LadySearchDog]

But what I'm saying is that the free or near-free MOOCs don't actually earn you credit, outside of select partnerships (which typically make it no longer near-free). For example, Arizona State partners with edX (or maybe Coursera? I can't remember) to give credit for some MOOCs, but it costs a pretty good chunk to have ASU award the credits, and my understanding is that the only courses that are offered that way are ones that have other test-out options (albeit those options are less freely transferrable)

pooh... so your saying there are cheaper routes , being ACE programs.......

[mysonx3]

If you're going to a school that takes ACE, that's correct. Looks like WSU is selective about which ones they take, and it appears not to include Study.com/StraighterLine type providers. I don't want to push you towards a specific school, but if you REALLY want to do a test-heavy route your best bet is one of the big 3 (Thomas Edison State University, Charter Oak State College, and Excelsior College). All three have Psych degrees.