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Hello everyone,
I've combed through the forums looking for information about Coopersmith. It seems to be a recommended provider at times, but I haven't seen anything by anybody who has actually taken courses with them. I'd like to get a sense of what it's like to work with them. Would love to hear from anybody whose successfully completed one or more of their courses. For example:
What was the learning format? Videos? Reading? Something else?
Was there a final exam? (I think the answer is yes.)
Was the final exam proctored? (again, I believe the answer is yes)
Can you share a course syllabus?
Thank you.
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08-18-2025, 05:14 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-18-2025, 05:15 AM by Ares.)
Funny, I had an odd fascination with Coopersmith looking for sources of UL credit. The closest thing I could compare them to is a CLEP exam. They provide you with the study materials and it is all self-study followed by a final online proctored exam. For the price and time they look like a good deal so long as your school accepts them for credit. From what I can tell they are a very small or one-man operation with a fairly ingenious setup and course offerings.
Coopersmith (DF Wiki)
There are about a dozen or so random forum posts about them. These are just a few:
Coopersmith
Who has used Coopersmith?
Coopersmith Exam format?
They seem to popup whenever someone needs one or more hard to get UL courses that you cannot get at somewhere like SDC.
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(08-16-2025, 06:28 PM)tesu-acct-student Wrote: Hello everyone,
I've combed through the forums looking for information about Coopersmith. It seems to be a recommended provider at times, but I haven't seen anything by anybody who has actually taken courses with them. I'd like to get a sense of what it's like to work with them. Would love to hear from anybody whose successfully completed one or more of their courses. For example:
What was the learning format? Videos? Reading? Something else?
Was there a final exam? (I think the answer is yes.)
Was the final exam proctored? (again, I believe the answer is yes)
Can you share a course syllabus?
Thank you.
I'm another one who took Coopersmith exams on the way to my Bachelor's degree. Yes, they provide something like a PowerPoint deck and a syllabus with recommended texts and topics to study.
TESU BA.LSSS 121/121, BA.PSYCH 121/121, BA in Liberal Studies-Social Sciences and Psychology: March 2021 Graduation
Since 12/5/19:
CLEP: Intro Sociology - 62, Diversity, DSST: 1/6/20 Ethics in America - 440, 1/8/20 Intro World Religions - 470
Sophia: Intro to Statistics - 95%, & many credits...
Study.com: Ethics Social Sciences 90, Into Crim Justice 91, Criminal Law 90, Forensic Science 88, Social Psychology 94
InstantCert Credit: American Government, 91 4/14/2020
Coopersmith: Drugs and Society, Jewish Rabbinic Counseling, Hist and Sys of Psych, Modern Jewish American History, Physio Psych, Sociology of Jewish Food, JST-225 Laws of Blessings 9/16/22, BIB-376 Trees and Plants of the Bible 12/21/22
UExcel Social Psych: A, 1/26/21
TESU: SOS-110-OL 3 cr. A-99, APS-100-OL 1 cr A-97, PSY-331-EP 3 cr 87, PSY322 Research Exp Psych - A 95 3 cr, SOC291 Criminology A98 3 cr, PSY-300EP Thanatology 3 cr 80, HIS210GS Am Civil Rights Movement History 3 cr A, LIB-495OL Hansen A 3cr
TECEPs: PSY-270 2/3/20, SOC-210 2/10/20, PSY-350 2/17/20, ETH-210
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08-19-2025, 10:16 AM
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(08-18-2025, 05:14 AM)Ares Wrote: Funny, I had an odd fascination with Coopersmith looking for sources of UL credit. The closest thing I could compare them to is a CLEP exam. They provide you with the study materials and it is all self-study followed by a final online proctored exam. For the price and time they look like a good deal so long as your school accepts them for credit. From what I can tell they are a very small or one-man operation with a fairly ingenious setup and course offerings.
Coopersmith (DF Wiki)
There are about a dozen or so random forum posts about them. These are just a few:
Coopersmith
Who has used Coopersmith?
Coopersmith Exam format?
They seem to popup whenever someone needs one or more hard to get UL courses that you cannot get at somewhere like SDC.
This is really helpful. Thank you!
(08-18-2025, 01:31 PM)Library2HospitalChaplain Wrote: I'm another one who took Coopersmith exams on the way to my Bachelor's degree. Yes, they provide something like a PowerPoint deck and a syllabus with recommended texts and topics to study.
Thank you. I see from your signature that you took Trees and Plants of the Torah. This is one of the courses I'm considering. How was it? Did you like the book? I tried to find it and it seems a little obscure.
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They seem to popup whenever someone needs one or more hard to get UL courses that you cannot get at somewhere like SDC.
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This is really helpful. Thank you!
(08-18-2025, 01:31 PM)Library2HospitalChaplain Wrote: I'm another one who took Coopersmith exams on the way to my Bachelor's degree. Yes, they provide something like a PowerPoint deck and a syllabus with recommended texts and topics to study.
Thank you. I see from your signature that you took Trees and Plants of the Torah. This is one of the courses I'm considering. How was it? Did you like the book? I tried to find it and it seems a little obscure.
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Eichlers.com has it for $30, Midarkei Hailanos - Trees. If you have read Jewish texts referring to parshot and halakhah, it's a good read. If you don't have any idea what those two terms mean, pay close attention to the syllabus for what pages are required reading, and memorize lists of things like the Seven Species of Israel. PM me for more, and I'll find my notes.
TESU BA.LSSS 121/121, BA.PSYCH 121/121, BA in Liberal Studies-Social Sciences and Psychology: March 2021 Graduation
Since 12/5/19:
CLEP: Intro Sociology - 62, Diversity, DSST: 1/6/20 Ethics in America - 440, 1/8/20 Intro World Religions - 470
Sophia: Intro to Statistics - 95%, & many credits...
Study.com: Ethics Social Sciences 90, Into Crim Justice 91, Criminal Law 90, Forensic Science 88, Social Psychology 94
InstantCert Credit: American Government, 91 4/14/2020
Coopersmith: Drugs and Society, Jewish Rabbinic Counseling, Hist and Sys of Psych, Modern Jewish American History, Physio Psych, Sociology of Jewish Food, JST-225 Laws of Blessings 9/16/22, BIB-376 Trees and Plants of the Bible 12/21/22
UExcel Social Psych: A, 1/26/21
TESU: SOS-110-OL 3 cr. A-99, APS-100-OL 1 cr A-97, PSY-331-EP 3 cr 87, PSY322 Research Exp Psych - A 95 3 cr, SOC291 Criminology A98 3 cr, PSY-300EP Thanatology 3 cr 80, HIS210GS Am Civil Rights Movement History 3 cr A, LIB-495OL Hansen A 3cr
TECEPs: PSY-270 2/3/20, SOC-210 2/10/20, PSY-350 2/17/20, ETH-210
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