Coopersmith Testing Question

[tls7291]

Hi Everyone,

I'm taking History 301 Eastern European Jewish Immigration and Settlement in the United States. This is my first time taking a class with this Coopersmith and I'm wondering how their tests are laid out. Are they multiple-choice, essay, or both? Can I pass their tests by just studying their crash course, study guide, and practice questions? This is my last class for my TESU degree and any guidance is much appreciated. TYIA! 

[rachel83az]

You should be able to pass just by studying the materials they give you. I don't know about this specific course, but they're usually multiple-choice exams with a handful of "essay" questions. The "essay" questions really just require 1-3 sentences with keywords proving you know the material. You don't need to actually write an entire essay or even a whole paragraph for most questions.

When you're done, please let us know exactly what course that this transfers to TESU as!

[tls7291]

You should be able to pass just by studying the materials they give you. I don't know about this specific course, but they're usually multiple-choice exams with a handful of "essay" questions. The "essay" questions really just require 1-3 sentences with keywords proving you know the material. You don't need to actually write an entire essay or even a whole paragraph for most questions.

When you're done, please let us know exactly what course that this transfers to TESU as!

Thank you for that Info. So I made a bit of a mistake and assumed that the Capstone would count for UL History credits and it doesn't. I emailed them about this Coopersmith course because I had already taken all the other UL classes at Study.com that I could take. They replied by telling me that this class would fulfill my UL remaining History requirement.

[rachel83az]

Which UL credits did you take? It's my understanding that you need 18 UL credits. The capstone counts for 3, meaning you need 5 more UL courses. History 301, 306, 308, and 311 are all UL. Where it gets potentially iffy is Non-Western Civilization. There are UL and LL options that work. If you used a LL option there, that explains why you need the Coopersmith course.

[tls7291]

Which UL credits did you take? It's my understanding that you need 18 UL credits. The capstone counts for 3, meaning you need 5 more UL courses. History 301, 306, 308, and 311 are all UL. Where it gets potentially iffy is Non-Western Civilization. There are UL and LL options that work. If you used a LL option there, that explains why you need the Coopersmith course.

Yes, you are correct, but the person I talked to explained it a bit confusing and told me that I had to take 15 UL units. I assumed that the Capstone would count towards my 15 UL units. They never told me that I needed 18 units, so I took Hist 379, Hist 354, Hist 351, Hist 450, and the Capstone. So, here I am taking another UL History course. I did check to see if any of the other Study.com courses could be taken as UL and was told no.

[rachel83az]

Ah, that's a shame. It's too bad that you were given incomplete information.