Study.com - Courses that take longer than a month?

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I'm looking at the microbiology course on study.com & thinking it might take me longer than a month to complete it. So, what if I pay for the premium edition ($59.99 for videos & quizzes) and then switch to the college accelerator ($199.99) when I finally get through the course & feel ready for the final? Have any of you guys gone that route? I'd hate to pay $199.99/month for a course that just drags on and on, and I'm curious to know how you guys handle situations like this.

Thanks for the input!

I am not sure of your learning/available time but there is no way a course at study.com "should" take more then a few weeks. I could see a month maybe for that awful Globalization and International Business course but Microbiology doesn't seem bad. There isn't any projects or essays. Its just the lessons and the final. Now I can see if you don't have the time to give it a few hours a day then you may have to take the course much differently then lets say I would for instance. In that case you might want to double check with Study.com if you have to do the quizzes while on the College Plan or not. I honestly think you are wasting money doing that route. What you SHOULD do is find two courses that you could likely hammer out very quickly like the very short Vietnam War course and maybe an English Comp or something if you need those. You should plan to finish those two in the first two weeks of your membership. Once those are completed start working on Microbiology. If you are ready before the end of your sub pay the $70 and take the exam. If not pay the next 200$ and you get Microbiology and another course out of it after. If you haven't taken them you might see the courses as very time consuming. This isn't really the case. Most "lessons" are 7-9min videos but you can read the lesson a lot quicker. If you do watch all the videos you will hear stuff over and over again and it will be impossible to get those questions wrong on the test.

Good Luck to you!