Preparation for UExcel Philosophy

[Leebo]

I have the assigned textbooks, but it's a real slog to try and read and take notes for 1500 pages of material. Does anyone have any recommendations for other, perhaps more concise, study materials?

I notice InstantCert does not seem to have Philosophy flash cards.

[Leebo]

Has anyone taken this? I know the UExcels aren't all that popular with people outside of Excelsior...

[NAP]

Has anyone taken this? I know the UExcels aren't all that popular with people outside of Excelsior...

It's possible that you are the first member to try this one. From my perspective, you are the first of a new generation of EC students, who are using the increasing number of UExcel exams with lower prices. I hope you realize that your experiences with the study guides and materials will be valuable to others and will share what worked well for you.

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Have you tried the free Saylor course recommended in the Philosophy content guide? I've used Saylor for both Intro to Psychology and Sociology, without purchasing the recommended textbooks.

[Leebo]

Have you tried the free Saylor course recommended in the Philosophy content guide? I've used Saylor for both Intro to Psychology and Sociology, without purchasing the recommended textbooks.

I have not, thanks. =)

[sknnyftn]

I know this is an old thread, but I took this test today and got a B. I used the main textbook listed in the content guide and studied for about 10 days. Instead of reading the whole books, I just went from the content guide and matched the outline to the chapter summaries at the end og each chapter in the text, making note cards for Anki as I went. This, with a 30 min cram session to review all cards in the lobby of the testing center, worked out well for me. If I had it to do over again, I would have started studying at least a week sooner.

[ElisabethBlu]

The two main tools I used are: Crash Course Philosophy, a Youtube series that is really comprehensive and covers everything I ever saw in the books, and the Philosophy quiz on the app QuizUp, it's a basic quiz app but it helps with recall speed and memorizing who said what. These tools are a bit unconventional but, they really worked well for the way I learn!! I would especially recommend the Crash Course videos, it is honestly the most comprehensive and interesting thing I found!!

[triceratops]

For anyone who might stumble upon here like I did: just took the Philosophy test and got a B.

I was scared shitless as I found just a few weeks ago I needed a class to be able to graduate on time. Got the practice tests too and scored 28/50 and 34/50 on 1 and 2 respectively. Watched all the crash course Philosophy videos which were extremely helpful, then tried reading the chapter summaries from the main book by Chaffe. Once I was somewhat familiar with concepts and history, I made a presentation with about 1 slide for each topic in the content guide and spent a few days reading and rereading it. Went over the chapter summaries one last time before the test today. It helps to have a separate document or print with only the chapter summaries. Overall took me about a week.