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The BYU Shakespeare course
should work. I liked the format and found the feedback a good match for my expectations. The Early American Lit course I took through them was portfolio based, which meant that instead of turning in an essay after every lesson, I turned in several essays that connects multiple texts. Feedback was given in a reasonable timeframe and included (brief) discussion of strengths and weaknesses.
University of Nebraska Lincoln's Shakespeare course is unfortunately lower-level. Otherwise, I'd point you there, as it's the course I used for my major authors requirement and I liked it quite a lot.
Don't for get the
DANTES Catalog if you'd rather work on a major author who is not Shakespeare or Chaucer.
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cinderly Wrote:The BYU Shakespeare course should work. I liked the format and found the feedback a good match for my expectations. The Early American Lit course I took through them was portfolio based, which meant that instead of turning in an essay after every lesson, I turned in several essays that connects multiple texts. Feedback was given in a reasonable timeframe and included (brief) discussion of strengths and weaknesses.
University of Nebraska Lincoln's Shakespeare course is unfortunately lower-level. Otherwise, I'd point you there, as it's the course I used for my major authors requirement and I liked it quite a lot.
Don't for get the DANTES Catalog if you'd rather work on a major author who is not Shakespeare or Chaucer.
Why you didn't take the American Lit CLEP. Does that not fill the requirements at Excelsior? Just asking because I am waiting for my unofficial eval.
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daniellevine Wrote:Why you didn't take the American Lit CLEP. Does that not fill the requirements at Excelsior? Just asking because I am waiting for my unofficial eval.
Am Lit & English Lit CLEPS count as humanities credits, not english courses per se.
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TMW2010 Wrote:Am Lit & English Lit CLEPS count as humanities credits, not english courses per se.
I'm not sure I understand. The DSST Introduction to Business is an Applied Professional course... does that mean you can't apply it towards your business lower level requirements?
The Literature in English requirement says you need to take a two-semester survey course on American Literature (CLEP is 6 credits.) Are you saying they won't accept this?
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I have had a good experience with the University of Florida's distance learning system. If you need an upper-level course focusing on authors, I see a course listed that you might be interested in, ENC 3132, "English Novel: 20th Century." There are 9 assignments, and no exams. The cost is $176.50 per credit hour. You can register at any time, so semester cut-offs are not a problem.
Here is the course link:
College Catalog - UF Flexible Learning / Correspondence Study
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