Taken Coopersmith's UL courses? Please sound off!

[ctcarl]

Just completed PSY-305, Drugs, Society and Human Behavior, while I'm waiting for my Abnormal Psych textbook to arrive.  Agree with Darthweezy, the single PPT provided was enough for test prep.

PSY-312, Theraputic Interviewing next!

[anewmanx]

Just completed PSY-305, Drugs, Society and Human Behavior, while I'm waiting for my Abnormal Psych textbook to arrive.  Agree with Darthweezy, the single PPT provided was enough for test prep.

PSY-312, Theraputic Interviewing next!

How did it go, did you need the book?

Has anyone taken the human growth and development? The book is crazy expensive. I’d love to avoid needing it.

[ctcarl]

PSY-312, Theraputic Interviewing next!

How did it go, did you need the book?

Has anyone taken the human growth and development? The book is crazy expensive. I’d love to avoid needing it.

I didn't buy the book for Therapeutic Interviewing because there were no essay or short-answer questions, and I do pretty well with muitiple choice.  I was able to pass with just the provided study guide.

I didn't take Human Growth and Development, but I'd be willing to bet that I could either find it used or for rental on that auction website, or that other big website named after a river in South America.  I never paid more than $16 shipped for a Coopersmith or Davar textbook.  One trick I found was to buy a previous edition for as little as $5.  Usually not much changes.

[scorpion]

I've taken the Coopersmith PSY-303 Physiological Psychology course and transferred it to TESU (my degree plan). The format was a single comprehensive exam, with around 35 multiple choice & 5 short answer questions. I did not use MyPsychLab but I did use the textbook.

I had a lot of domain knowledge going in, so I was able to finish within a couple weeks. If you're starting from scratch, I'd set aside a month to learn the material comfortably and make time for the textbook readings. Coopersmith provided an outline of expected readings, practice questions, a comprehensive powerpoint outline, and a short crash-course powerpoint and video. If you hit all of the practice questions and topics covered in the outlines, you shouldn't have any surprises on the exam.

My grades were posted within a week, but I didn't get any notification when they sent my transcript to TESU. You may need to prod them if you're in a time crunch.