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Study.com completion time? - him22 - 09-14-2022
On avg how long would it take to complete a study.com course? Such as lower-level business courses. Looking to transfer to WGU
RE: Study.com completion time? - dragonwolf - 09-14-2022
(09-14-2022, 04:48 PM)him22 Wrote: On avg how long would it take to complete a study.com course? Such as lower-level business courses. Looking to transfer to WGUI think the average on Study is 2 classes per month. I think the average for degree forum members is 5 per month! LOL
You can take the placement tests to test out of what you already know. I've seen some placement tests say you can test out of 81% but I don't know personally (not all classes have placement tests but a lot do).
RE: Study.com completion time? - bjcheung77 - 09-14-2022
It's hard to say "how long" it will take as each person does things at a different pace due to commitments and time constraints. I would pace yourself, get at minimum 3-5 lower level a month, 2-3 upper level a month. It depends how much effort and resourceful that student is, I would review the thread and see how others have done it: https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-The-official-guide-to-courses-by-Straighterline-Study-et-al-We-want-YOUR-input
RE: Study.com completion time? - him22 - 09-14-2022
(09-14-2022, 05:08 PM)dragonwolf Wrote:How does placement test work? For example if you do well on the placement test are you allowed to skip certain sessions or the entire course itself?(09-14-2022, 04:48 PM)him22 Wrote: On avg how long would it take to complete a study.com course? Such as lower-level business courses. Looking to transfer to WGU
You should be able to complete 2 classes per month. If you have previous knowledge then you can go a lot faster by taking the placement tests first.
*Not all classes have placement tests but a lot do.
RE: Study.com completion time? - bjcheung77 - 09-14-2022
That's exactly what the placement test does, it allows you to go through the placement tests a few times, the max you can get "completed" is 30% not the entire course. I've never had that much completed on any of my placement tests, there are only a few courses that have these tests, so I wouldn't worry about it...
Furthermore, you should take courses that have overlapping content, sometimes a course would have some quizzes completed already for that course, example: History 108 and History 308, it deals with the Vietnam War, the content would overlap immensely. Again, strategically try to do overlapping courses and go from there...
Edit to add: Oh and I did 7 exams (even though the max is 5/month) as I completed two exams very close to my subscription renewal and 5 exams the next couple of weeks during my next month subscription. So in total, 7 lower level exams in about 3.5 weeks...
RE: Study.com completion time? - spohara - 09-14-2022
(09-14-2022, 04:48 PM)him22 Wrote: On avg how long would it take to complete a study.com course? Such as lower-level business courses. Looking to transfer to WGU
Ditto on everyone who says it varies. I'd look for particular courses on the review thread and see what people say. I did a lower level computer science course in under 2 days with no issues. Did an upper level that took 7 8 hr days. Those are my only two so far, but I'm casually working my way through a LL discrete math , and so far it is a cake walk. Just listening to vids on my drive and taking the quizzes really quickly before going into work I've done about 6 quizzes a day. When I enter the more visual stuff or stuff I actually have to calculate, I imagine I'll be slightly more bogged down. I think for LL on a topic that comes easily to you but maybe you don't know well enough to just skip vids, plan for the # of lessons x the average length, plus about 5 min per quiz and about 15 min per chapter practice test and about 20 min for course practice tests. All in all that works out to around 20 hrs for a 10 chapter 80 lesson course. But if you really know the material, you can also go a lot faster. There is also a database course I'm casually going through, and I'm skimming the lesson text in about 1-2 minutes and taking the quiz. I think I did the entire first chapter on a lunch break today. I work in databases every day writing SQL queries, so that's my jam. It can really vary.
RE: Study.com completion time? - lisarox - 09-15-2022
I managed to do 5 classes last month. But 4 of those classes were at the 100 level; straight multiple choice. The 5th class was Advanced Technical Writing; which now has 3 written assignments.