08-03-2022, 10:56 AM
Some Coursera certificates and specializations have been evaluated for ACE credit. If you've taken one of these, what have your experiences been like?
Use this template:
Provider: (Google, Meta, IBM, etc.)
Certificate/specialization:
Content: How is the material presented? A lot of graded or practice quizzes? Are there a lot of peer-reviewed assignments or labs?
Final course format: Lab(s)? Peer-graded assignments? Graded quizzes?
Final course content vs. prior courses: Did the prior course content build up to the last course and its assignment(s), or was it a total curve ball?
Time taken: Hours? Weeks? Days?
Familiarity with subject before certificate/specialization: Never heard of it before taking the course, Low, medium, high, I do this every day.
Pitfalls, high points, things others should know: Were any of the courses in the certificate/specialization especially easy or difficult?
1-10 Difficulty level: From learning the colors to rocket surgery
Use this template:
Provider: (Google, Meta, IBM, etc.)
Certificate/specialization:
Content: How is the material presented? A lot of graded or practice quizzes? Are there a lot of peer-reviewed assignments or labs?
Final course format: Lab(s)? Peer-graded assignments? Graded quizzes?
Final course content vs. prior courses: Did the prior course content build up to the last course and its assignment(s), or was it a total curve ball?
Time taken: Hours? Weeks? Days?
Familiarity with subject before certificate/specialization: Never heard of it before taking the course, Low, medium, high, I do this every day.
Pitfalls, high points, things others should know: Were any of the courses in the certificate/specialization especially easy or difficult?
1-10 Difficulty level: From learning the colors to rocket surgery
In progress:
TESU - BA Computer Science; BSBA CIS; ASNSM Math & CS; ASBA
Completed:
Pierpont - AAS BOG
Sophia (so many), The Institutes (old), Study.com (5 courses)
ASU: Human Origins, Astronomy, Intro Health & Wellness, Western Civilization, Computer Appls & Info Technology, Intro Programming
Strayer: CIS175, CIS111, WRK100, MAT210
TESU - BA Computer Science; BSBA CIS; ASNSM Math & CS; ASBA
Completed:
Pierpont - AAS BOG
Sophia (so many), The Institutes (old), Study.com (5 courses)
ASU: Human Origins, Astronomy, Intro Health & Wellness, Western Civilization, Computer Appls & Info Technology, Intro Programming
Strayer: CIS175, CIS111, WRK100, MAT210