Sophia Quality... Questionable?

[rachel83az]

I've just finished with my first set of instructor-led ASU classes. I've also completed 90% of currently available Sophia classes. ASU and Sophia were both similarly "easy" for me in many ways. With ASU, I got 3 As and a B in my 4 classes without studying or turning in any "design projects" that were expected. It took me less than 10 minutes to finish each of my proctored ASU exams (actually, Astronomy may have taken me closer to 20 minutes). Does this mean that the ASU classes are too easy and should be thrown out? No, it just means that I had familiarity with most of the subject material beforehand. There were a lot of students who were struggling with all of the courses, based on the discussion board comments. I simply happen to be a mature student while many of the other students were just high school grads.

Sophia has never claimed to be anything other than a source for lower-level credit. This means that there are going to be a lot of students who find at least some of the courses to be extremely easy. Sociology is a 101 level course, so of course it's going to be easy for someone who has a passing familiarity with the subject. Personally, I did come very close to failing out of Macro/Microeconomics, Project Management, Principles of Finance, and Accounting because I have comparatively little experience in those areas. Statistics is something I feel I could've done much better in if I hadn't been trying to rush to finish it before the 31st. I totally agree with openair that what you get out of Sophia totally depends on both what you bring to it and what effort you put into it. No different than any other college classes, really.