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01-02-2018, 01:09 PM
Hey ya'll. May be a silly idea, but I wanted to make a thread where anyone and everyone can pop in for a quick "I want ____, where can I find it" question instead of starting a new thread every time. I have one, and felt silly making an entire thread for 1 question that people will answer quickly, so here we are.
So, if it makes sense, we can use this thread for "where can I take this course/find this class", and get our questions answered.
I will start.....
Where can I find an astronomy 101 course online for credit? Curious if there are any courses other than $1k and up, non self-paced options.
Thanks!
feel free to add your "where can I find" questions if you don't feel like making a whole thread for a quick question.
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01-02-2018, 01:26 PM
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(01-02-2018, 01:09 PM)icampy Wrote: Hey ya'll. May be a silly idea, but I wanted to make a thread where anyone and everyone can pop in for a quick "I want ____, where can I find it" question instead of starting a new thread every time. I have one, and felt silly making an entire thread for 1 question that people will answer quickly, so here we are.
So, if it makes sense, we can use this thread for "where can I take this course/find this class", and get our questions answered.
I will start.....
Where can I find an astronomy 101 course online for credit? Curious if there are any courses other than $1k and up, non self-paced options.
Thanks!
feel free to add your "where can I find" questions if you don't feel like making a whole thread for a quick question.
I like the idea!
For astronomy, you can try self-study via edX (free) https://www.edx.org/course/introduction-...-ast111x-6
followed by the FreeCLEPPrep's online study guide and practice test (free) http://www.free-clep-prep.com/Astronomy-DSST.html
and InstantCert's Astronomy flash cards + Specific Exam Feedback https://www.instantcert.com/product_page...onomy.php4
(code 100150 takes $5 off)
DSST currently costs $80 with free re-take option.
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Thanks, on both counts!
Got a telescope for Christmas, so I've been pouring over astronomy books and videos, thought it would be cool to get astronomy on my transcript.
Did not realize there was a DSST, very cool. Thanks for the sources!
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Also, the Crash Course Astronomy Youtube videos are an excellent source of study for the DSST.
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This is a free Open2Study course with certificate and transcript.
Astronomy: Discovering the Universe (IntAstro)
by Dr. John Morgan
Curtin University
https://www.open2study.com/courses/astro...technology
Non-Traditional Undergraduate College Credits (634 SH): *FTCC Noncourse Credits (156 SH) *DSST (78 SH) *CPL (64 SH) *JST Military/ACE (48 SH) *CBA (44 SH) *CLEP (42 SH) *FEMA IS (40 SH) *FEMA EM (38 SH) *ECE/UExcel (30 SH) *PLA Portfolio (28 SH) *EMI/ACE (19 SH) *TEEX/ACE (16 SH) *CWE (11 SH) *NFA/ACE (10 SH) *Kaplan/ACE (3 SH) *CPC (2 SH) *AICP/ACE (2 SH) *Sophia/ACE (2 SH) and *FRTI-UM/ACE (1 SH).
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I have seen an awful lot of people looking for a good source for a non-Western lit course. If anyone knows of one I'm sure it would help several students here
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For college credit, study.com offers "Astronomy 101: Intro to Astronomy" recommended for 3 credits.
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Thanks, just added it to my SDC courses :-)
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(03-04-2018, 11:05 PM)jsh1138 Wrote: I have seen an awful lot of people looking for a good source for a non-Western lit course. If anyone knows of one I'm sure it would help several students here
I have BYU's 'Chinese Lit. in Translation - Poetry' pre-planned to fulfill my non-Western lit requirement at TESU. It's the only one that really gets brought up on the forum, but I'm sure there are local on-campus classes for some people that could fulfill this requirement.
Here's the link to the course:
https://is.byu.edu/description/CHIN-343-M001
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i have seen people mention that one. I know TESU offers an African Biographies course that fulfills it too, although its obviously more money and a "Non-Western Literature" course, that again is more money but seems more interesting to me
anyway I'm sure there's someone somewhere that offers something else that would do it, we just need to find it
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