University of Arkansas, $200 Certificate

[KUJO]

I can't find the instructors email from the directory. Found his LinkedIn account but I didn't want to contact him using that platform. I sent an email to a generic email address for the college asking about the certificate.

[jsd]

So is this an "undergraduate certificate"?

Like davewill said, looks like a professional development course. There's no indication that this is an academic program with credit available.

[KUJO]

The reply I received.

I am contacting you in regards to your inquiry submitted via the Walton Executive Education website. This course would not be documented on a transcript. It is a non-credit executive education certificate program. A potential employer would need to contact Walton Executive Education to confirm that a certificate was issued. We appreciate your interest in the course and are happy to answer any additional questions or connect you with the instructor, Wes Kemp.

[FilMor]

Started this class.

You're expected to have 3 Ayn Rand books and the whole course is based around these books alongside some of Milton Friedman
works.

There's 60 modules and each module has anywhere from 3 to 5 sections which are based on reading.

If you are going to take this course expect to read Atlas Shrugged (all 1,200 pages since it is a requirement) and two other of Rand's works. The quizzes are built around the text.

This is not going to be something that's finished in a week IMO unless you have already studied Rand's philosophy in the past, other wise expect it to last a bit more since you're supposed to digest I'm guessing over 2,000 pages of Objectivism philosophy or close to it.

Also, the videos have glitches on them and I had to re-start them a few times, it's a bit problematic since you can't skip forward so it's a bit of a time waste. I'm not sure where that problem is rooted though. I'm not sure it's my system or a QA issue.

[Life Long Learning]

Started this class.

You're expected to have 3 Ayn Rand books and the whole course is based around these books alongside some of Milton Friedman
works.

There's 60 modules and each module has anywhere from 3 to 5 sections which are based on reading.

If you are going to take this course expect to read Atlas Shrugged (all 1,200 pages since it is a requirement) and two other of Rand's works. The quizzes are built around the text.

This is not going to be something that's finished in a week IMO unless you have already studied Rand's philosophy in the past, other wise expect it to last a bit more since you're supposed to digest I'm guessing over 2,000 pages of Objectivism philosophy or close to it.

Also, the videos have glitches on them and I had to re-start them a few times, it's a bit problematic since you can't skip forward so it's a bit of a time waste. I'm not sure where that problem is rooted though. I'm not sure it's my system or a QA issue

Darn, that is a lot of work.  Please keep us informed how it goes?

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In the end if it's a real University Certificate it's still a great deal. Most require 10x that amount of work (credits).

[Ideas]

If you are going to take this course expect to read Atlas Shrugged (all 1,200 pages since it is a requirement) and two other of Rand's works. The quizzes are built around the text.

This is not going to be something that's finished in a week IMO unless you have already studied Rand's philosophy in the past, other wise expect it to last a bit more since you're supposed to digest I'm guessing over 2,000 pages of Objectivism philosophy or close to it.

That's a lot, but are they closed-book quizzes?

How many quiz questions?

Papers? Exams?

[FilMor]

If you are going to take this course expect to read Atlas Shrugged (all 1,200 pages since it is a requirement) and two other of Rand's works. The quizzes are built around the text.

This is not going to be something that's finished in a week IMO unless you have already studied Rand's philosophy in the past, other wise expect it to last a bit more since you're supposed to digest I'm guessing over 2,000 pages of Objectivism philosophy or close to it.

That's a lot, but are they closed-book quizzes?

How many quiz questions?

Papers? Exams?

Open book with what it looks to be a few short papers here and there and far in between. But the questions seem to have been created by the professor so going cold on them could cause some stress if you are planning to search for the answers on Google. I went cold on the first quiz and while searching for answers I decided that Objectivism is actually an interesting philosophy, so I got the required books on my Kindle and will go ahead and read them. There's one negative though, Rand's style of writing is deep, intellectual and hard. This is going to take some willpower to finish.

Here's the complete Syllabus. 

[eriehiker]

This could actually be fantastic. Wes Kemp is the actual instructor of the course and his number/email is listed in the syllabus. If a person did a good job in the course, it would be great to have him as a reference and who knows if he has any connections higher-up in Walmart. The extensive syllabus is also a very good thing in terms of the legitimacy of the certificate. $200 might buy a lot in this situation.

[Ideas]

Thanks for the information!

It seems the videos are hosted on YouTube, so they can be sped up. There are 10 videos, almost an hour long each.

I wouldn't Google, but I hate when quizzes require memorizing dates, people's names, places, statistics, etc.

I want to read those books anyway

[tesu-acct-student]

Certificate for the Study of Capitalism
University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas
The Sam M. Walton College of Business (6,132 students) of 27,558 University of Arkansas students
Program Cost: $200
https://execed.uark.edu/capitalism-certificate.php

I just found this.  Looks interesting and cheap for a real certificate from a University (not a MOOC).

Great find! Looks very interesting. Thanks for posting. Will keep it in mind for the future.