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Just wanted to pass this along because I have not seen it posted anywhere. I just took the Information Literacy Class for Excelsior from Coopersmith Career Consulting. It is approved by Excelsior but you need to get approval before signing up. Watch a 90 minute youtube video and then take the 34 question test which is done through ProctorU.
Should take an afternoon.
$100 plus $25 for ProctorU
Just thought this may help some other people
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Can you tell what is the name of the course at Coopersmith? All I can see are 4 Microsoft Office courses.
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12-07-2014, 01:32 PM
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The test is super easy. They list a book as part of it but honestly if you watch the 90 min video a couple times, you will have no problem. Every question is covered in the video. They actually give you 2 credits for the class so that is a little bonus.
The bad? Other then the cheap course and the easy test they kind of suck. Total amateur hour. Had to take the test 2 times because of computer testing issues on their end. They said I was their first student for this so I hope they get better.
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Great info. Thank you very much!
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Are all the courses $100 plus test fee?
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$50 per credit plus test fee. There are some 2 and some 3 credits courses.
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This looks like a great option for some humanities and sociology courses with no test or Straighterline equivalents.
CLEP
Intro Psych 70, US His I 64, Intro Soc 63, Intro Edu Psych 70, A&I Lit 64, Bio 68, Prin Man 69, Prin Mar 68
DSST
Life Dev Psych 62, Fund Coun 68, Intro Comp 469, Intro Astr 56, Env & Hum 70, HTYH 456, MIS 451, Prin Sup 453, HRM 62, Bus Eth 458
ALEKS
Int Alg, Coll Alg
TEEX
4 credits
TECEP
Fed Inc Tax, Sci of Nutr, Micro, Strat Man, Med Term, Pub Relations
CSU
Sys Analysis & Design, Programming, Cyber
SL
Intro to Comm, Microbio, Acc I
Uexcel
A&P
Davar
Macro, Intro to Fin, Man Acc
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Are textbooks required for these courses? If not, it seems like they're a competitive option to UExcels.... $150 + $25 for Coopersmith compared to $95 + $25 (PT) + $50 + textbook for some UExcels.
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I'm liking what I hear so far, i wonder if all their courses are like that? has anyone taking any otheres there?
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