how many sophia classes have you passed?

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That's been true of pretty much every alternative credit provider I've used. For what its worth, I love history and enjoyed all of Sophia's history courses.

Frankly, and no offense to anyone, just pick the "politically correct" answers on the quizzes and exam and you are getting an 80, which is a CR anyhow. Don't let perfection or politics get in the way of a degree for YOU.

Perhaps this is my mistake in taking these courses with the hope of learning something, rather than simply collecting credits. If I wanted to be lectured to by one guy on high and then get a present for participation, I'd go to church, which is at least a lot cheaper and comes with free wine.

I'm not going to excuse a poorly designed course on the basis of 'well other people do it too'. History IS interpretive, and much like other humanities and social sciences, should provoke conversation. However, if your testing structure is multiple choice, there is no room for conversation and interpretation. This is not intrinsically a problem, but instructional designers should be adapting to available testing channels.

In short, if there is no room for the student to also share their political views, then I'm uncomfortable with an instructor doing so.

It's a bad course. Just like the others here, I too worked around it and am content with my 89%, but unfortunately the course itself is still dreadful and inadequate.

I'm not blaming Sophia, or the Sophia structure - the fella who wrote the History I course, however, needs to go back to teacher's school.