Tanc, welcome to the forum, and thanks for sharing your thoughts.
This thread has been a really interesting read! I've completed all of Sophia's courses, except for English Comp II. Because they were free, I took a couple I never would have voluntarily taken, like Stats and Algebra. What surprised me most is that those weren't the hardest for me. By far, in my case that was Ethics. The only reason I can remember anything at all about "Kantian Deontology" was Monty Python's Philosopher's Song. The whole concept of studying a branch of ethics where the only thing that matters is yourself is puzzling to me. I managed to get through it, but I'll never go near another Ethics course.
In terms of "easiest", well, Essentials of Conflict Management and Building Effective Teams were a breeze, but they ought to be, they're one credit courses.
With the exception of Ethics, I can't really say that one course was significantly "harder" than another. I really enjoyed all the history courses (Art I & II, US I & II). I had read negative comments from other posters about one or the other, but, I can't say there was much difference in difficulty. Follow the material, take the quizzes, pass the test.
I thought I would hate Accounting and Stats because I dislike Math. They were both a slog for me, for that reason, but on the plus side, I learned some skills I never would have acquired otherwise. And they really weren't that bad! The formulae were all well explained and presented in a logical format.
Sociology, Psychology, Visual Communications, Ancient Greek Philosophers, Intro to Business, Project Management, Environmental Science, and Studying Religions were all good experiences, not too dry and an excellent base to start building on.
I did dislike Public Speaking and the English Comp courses, for a couple of reasons. First, I loathe academic writing, and you do have to "write" a speech for Public Speaking, even if you are submitting it via a video clip. Second, now that Sophia is getting hammered because of their free promo, it takes forever to get Touchstones graded. The feeling I got from completing an exam, adding the course to ACE, and seeing it in my ACE credit list, all in a manner of hours, was amazing. But waiting four or five weeks to get a Touchstone graded...I don't think I've ever clicked "refresh" on one web page that many times in my life. Really took the wind out of my sails.
But to be fair, that's largely because of the free promo, so I don't think I can fault Sophia for that. Prior to the pandemic, it took more like a week or ten days to get a graded Touchstone back, and that's pretty reasonable.
Overall, I liked Sophia's content even when I was paying for it, but for free, it's hard to beat.
This thread has been a really interesting read! I've completed all of Sophia's courses, except for English Comp II. Because they were free, I took a couple I never would have voluntarily taken, like Stats and Algebra. What surprised me most is that those weren't the hardest for me. By far, in my case that was Ethics. The only reason I can remember anything at all about "Kantian Deontology" was Monty Python's Philosopher's Song. The whole concept of studying a branch of ethics where the only thing that matters is yourself is puzzling to me. I managed to get through it, but I'll never go near another Ethics course.
In terms of "easiest", well, Essentials of Conflict Management and Building Effective Teams were a breeze, but they ought to be, they're one credit courses.
With the exception of Ethics, I can't really say that one course was significantly "harder" than another. I really enjoyed all the history courses (Art I & II, US I & II). I had read negative comments from other posters about one or the other, but, I can't say there was much difference in difficulty. Follow the material, take the quizzes, pass the test.
I thought I would hate Accounting and Stats because I dislike Math. They were both a slog for me, for that reason, but on the plus side, I learned some skills I never would have acquired otherwise. And they really weren't that bad! The formulae were all well explained and presented in a logical format.
Sociology, Psychology, Visual Communications, Ancient Greek Philosophers, Intro to Business, Project Management, Environmental Science, and Studying Religions were all good experiences, not too dry and an excellent base to start building on.
I did dislike Public Speaking and the English Comp courses, for a couple of reasons. First, I loathe academic writing, and you do have to "write" a speech for Public Speaking, even if you are submitting it via a video clip. Second, now that Sophia is getting hammered because of their free promo, it takes forever to get Touchstones graded. The feeling I got from completing an exam, adding the course to ACE, and seeing it in my ACE credit list, all in a manner of hours, was amazing. But waiting four or five weeks to get a Touchstone graded...I don't think I've ever clicked "refresh" on one web page that many times in my life. Really took the wind out of my sails.
But to be fair, that's largely because of the free promo, so I don't think I can fault Sophia for that. Prior to the pandemic, it took more like a week or ten days to get a graded Touchstone back, and that's pretty reasonable.
Overall, I liked Sophia's content even when I was paying for it, but for free, it's hard to beat.
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