SDC - Both Assignments Required? UL

[Supermind]

I am seeing that one of the assignments for SDC’s English Comp courses is an APA style research paper. Suppose I have completed written assignments for UL Psych courses, what’s SDC’s policy if I wanted to turn in the same paper again? I have only authored that paper; why should I rewrite one? Has anyone tried it out?

You honestly expect to be able to use the same papers over and over again for various courses? You seriously had to ask this?

Not for ‘various’ courses. I understand if they expect me to write different papers for each of the 5-6 psychology courses I complete. Because each course deals with something very different. But I see an English language course as being over-arching. If they only want to check my written communication skills, they just need to look at all my papers. That was the point I was trying to make. And I don’t think me turning in my paper again qualifies to be called ‘plagiarism’.
Anyways, that was just to present my view, and to know your thoughts. I understand that is not SDC’s policy.

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The other thing I am noticing is that SDC has designed each of its courses to be a ‘stand alone course’. They don’t seem to be bothered about the order in which you do the courses, or whether the contents in one course might be repeated in another. So, if someone completed the English Comp courses first, as is customary, testing their writing skills makes perfect sense. But if some of us did the English course somewhere in between, or may be even closer to earning a degree, we would have authored a few papers by then. And I frankly do not see a point in wanting to check my writing skills with a completely different paper. At least, if it was something like English literature and poetry, it would be a totally different learning curve. This, to me, feels like reinventing the wheel! Anyway, that’s my view.