Consensus on the best place to take american gov for TESU?

[StudentOLife]

Due to take on American government, the SL course has been updated but TESU hasn't. What's the easiest way to do so, ideally one with no proctor exam would be great but seems like both SL and Instantcert requires proctoring. 

Or are there other courses under Civic engagement you'd recommend? Thank you!

[rachel83az]

InstantCert has the same kind of proctoring as Study.com (which is different than SL). Definitely recommend that one at just $45.

Otherwise, Olivet Nazarine's American Government looks like a solid choice: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Ol...University Olivet estimates that it will take about 100 hours to complete the course.

[jch]

As Rachel stated, there are several options but most include proctored exams. If you can live with one exam and will be taking at least nine other credits in a term at TESU, consider looking into the ePack course option. The exam would then be free, with an optional prep course for a small fee.

[StudentOLife]

Thanks @rachel83az and jch!
Got it, seems like I can't escape the proctoring without a huge expense. Is the instantcert format very similar to SL? (any faster you think? I was inclined to do SL since I've done some of their courses and know what to expect).

The other thing that would help my consideration:
Does Instantcert allow retest for the non-proctored test, is there a limit? (SL allows x3 retest and takes the highest grade)

[LevelUP]

Thanks @rachel83az and jch!
Got it, seems like I can't escape the proctoring without a huge expense. Is the instantcert format very similar to SL? (any faster you think? I was inclined to do SL since I've done some of their courses and know what to expect).

The other thing that would help my consideration:
Does Instantcert allow retest for the non-proctored test, is there a limit? (SL allows x3 retest and takes the highest grade)

SL is very different from Study.com or Sophia in that it's not a self-contained course.  SL has a Powerpoint slide show that barely covered anything that will be on the exams. Instead, you have to read their 1000 page small print book.

Instantcert is probably the best way to go.  I did CLEP for American Government, which wasn't easy, not worth the effort to do as a CLEP.

[studyingfortests]

My experience with American Government was that the Modernstates.org free CLEP option was a good choice for me. I knocked out the course in about 2 days, did a little extra study using Quizlet, and passed the test with I think 72 or something... having had no prior knowledge other than what one pics up from reading the news.

I'm the one who wrote about the problem with CLEP's at-home proctoring, but if you aren't bugged by the privacy concerns (I'm a pretty big privacy advocate, and it didn't bother me) then I'm sure they've now fixed the problem I had, which was an errant button that seemed like it was exiting the review of your answers, but actually exited the test itself.

I would have no problem doing CLEP again, it's free with MS, and I found MS to be good preparation.

[dfrecore]

Due to take on American government, the SL course has been updated but TESU hasn't. What's the easiest way to do so, ideally one with no proctor exam would be great but seems like both SL and Instantcert requires proctoring. 

Or are there other courses under Civic engagement you'd recommend? Thank you!

What does "the SL course has been updated but TESU hasn't" mean?  I don't get what your question is?  What hasn't TESU been updated with/to/on?

[cizzie]

Thanks @rachel83az and jch!
Got it, seems like I can't escape the proctoring without a huge expense. Is the instantcert format very similar to SL? (any faster you think? I was inclined to do SL since I've done some of their courses and know what to expect).

The other thing that would help my consideration:
Does Instantcert allow retest for the non-proctored test, is there a limit? (SL allows x3 retest and takes the highest grade)

Instantcert all the way. their exams are two attempts and only the final is proctored. Also the assignments you can just retry them and see the correct answer so the coursework gives you a good cushion before your test come into play so if you do goo on the majority of the course and fail the final you still pass American govt on instantcert was also pretty easy, most of the questions in the assignments matched the exams, if not exactly they asked the same questions in reverse. I passed it in a week barely reading and skipping the videos so it's fairly easy. I think SDC has a similar setup where 70% overall is what you need to pass so good grades on quizzes and assignments can save you points on the final in my case i only needed a 35% to get credit of course i did not score that low lol but just to show my point. also on instantcert the class is 20$ & the exam proctor is 15$ fairly cheap and your going to probably use SDC for other courses so id avoid paying 100$ to take something i could on instantcert.

[bjcheung77]

I suggest InstantCertCredit.com for the course, if you have other requirements that are needed, go with them if they provide the course/exam required. Otherwise, the bulk should be from Sophia.org for lower level and Study.com for upper level requirements, I haven't recommended StraighterLine except for calculus II, science courses with labs that aren't offered elsewhere, etc...