Study.com adding an assignment to Psych 315

[jsh1138]

Study.com is making changes to our course Psychology 315: Psychology of Motivation. We’re reaching out to you because you’re enrolled in this course and the changes affect your course progress. We will make these changes August 2.

As of August 2, Psychology 315: Psychology of Motivation will require the completion of two mandatory assignments, rather than one.

The first assignment will be a 750-1000-word literature review essay that analyzes and synthesizes the information about intrinsic and extrinsic motivation and how these may relate to life goals.

The second assignment will be a 2000-3000 word essay, in which you will present one intrinsic and one extrinsic goal from your own life and evaluate them through the lenses of psychological theories.

We’re giving you advance notice of these changes so that you’ll have time to complete the course before we change the assignment requirements if you’d like. If you do not finish the course and pass the final exam before August 2, then you will need to complete the new assignments.

[ss20ts]

Yuck! 2000-3000 word essay? Wow

[Kab]

Essays are becoming more popular...

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[jsh1138]

yeah essays are an easy way for the provider to tell if you have any idea what you're talking about at all. I don't blame them for using them

Anyway I just wanted to give anyone who was interested in the course a heads up that it's about to get a little harder so if you want the credit go ahead and do it.

[bjcheung77]

Furthermore, I think Study.com is trying to keep in line with similarly evaluated or graded college level classes. They want to retain their upper level recommendation and need to make their classes more like a regular upper level class at a 4 year college. In essence, they're trying to conform to requirements, they're not here to make things harder for people, they're here to help you learn the material more, written in your own words to help you retain the info taught...

[jsh1138]

yeah I agree with all that

[dfrecore]

I'm going to take a guess and say that this was not Study.com's idea (or Sophia's for theirs): I'm thinking that ACE told them it was required. But it's just a guess, I don't actually know. It just seems like this is happening more now, and I can't imagine that either provider said "how can we make things more difficult for our customers?"

[jch]

I'm inclined to agree. Papers cost far more to grade than quizzes. Why would a provider take on the extra expense unnecessarily? ACE and/or the schools likely forced the hands of course providers. That Sophia Ancient Greek Philosophers course could be completed far too quickly without the new paper.

[jsh1138]

Oh I'm sure it's a regulatory thing. If it were up to the providers you wouldn't even have proctored tests

[ss20ts]

Too many of us complete too many ACE credits during the shutdowns last year? Now all of a sudden changes are all around us.