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Hi,
As I take Sophia courses,
with plans for a BLS from UMPI,
I started looking into Liberty University.
Quick question.
If you transfer 90 credits to Liberty,
How would Liberty students rate the difficulty of their courses?
I understand they have no proctors.
THANK YOU!!!
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10-05-2024, 09:21 AM
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From what I've seen from the student reports online, the classes are not difficult. Each class requires about one hour a day, so if you take two classes per 8-week term, that's around 14 hours per week.
We have a Wiki degree plan for LU, which you can use as a starting point to maximize the transfer of alt credits to any major.
https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/LU...egree_Plan
Using Sophia provides you with 15% off LU tuition.
https://liberty.sophia.org/
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Yes, Liberty is an option, but I wouldn't jump on that ship at all... Liberty may have class requirements related to religion for undergraduate students, if you're not interested in those type of classes, it's a waste of your time. Cost wise, even with the discount, they're not much more expensive than the others we recommend, having said that, they still cost more... Last but not least, Liberty is known as an online institution with a campus... I'd rather again stick with public/state institutions first, then non-profit/private online institutions next, last or least on your list should be the for-profits.
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Unless you want to quote the Bible in every assignment in every course, I'd stick with UMPI. Liberty University is even controversial or viewed as low quality in religious circles. I'm not saying that Liberty is low quality; that's just the general perception.
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Thanx Everyone!
I am sticking with UMPI !
I heard about NO proctoring,
and I thought maybe it was a real breeze.
But it doesn't sound like that at all!
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10-06-2024, 10:26 AM
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(10-05-2024, 11:10 PM)midnite123 Wrote: Thanx Everyone!
I am sticking with UMPI !
I heard about NO proctoring,
and I thought maybe it was a real breeze.
But it doesn't sound like that at all!
I would say Liberty University is similar to SNHU or UMGC in terms of cost and time, which are around $10k-$12k and 8-10 months, respectively. In terms of difficulty, they all have the same format of papers and discussions which have due dates. Also, their terms are all 2 months.
Here's what one person on Reddit said about the Bible references:
"Its not every assignment and in the instructions it will detail what they are looking for. Honestly, the easiest part of the assignments as you just throw some bible verse down and most of the time take it out of context." "It’s really not bad though, as it’s an easy way to help meet your word count requirements when you’ve run out of other relevant things to say."
You can Google stuff pretty easily, and there are plenty of atheists that go to Liberty University.
Normally, I only recommend LU if someone specifically wants a degree from a religious college or they are looking for a very specific major that is hard to find elsewhere, such as Physics.
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There are no proctors at UMPI either because there are no exams.
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(10-06-2024, 10:26 AM)LevelUP Wrote: (10-05-2024, 11:10 PM)midnite123 Wrote: Thanx Everyone!
I am sticking with UMPI !
I heard about NO proctoring,
and I thought maybe it was a real breeze.
But it doesn't sound like that at all!
I would say Liberty University is similar to SNHU or UMGC in terms of cost and time, which are around $10k-$12k and 8-10 months, respectively. In terms of difficulty, they all have the same format of papers and discussions which have due dates. Also, their terms are all 2 months.
Here's what one person on Reddit said about the Bible references:
"Its not every assignment and in the instructions it will detail what they are looking for. Honestly, the easiest part of the assignments as you just throw some bible verse down and most of the time take it out of context." "It’s really not bad though, as it’s an easy way to help meet your word count requirements when you’ve run out of other relevant things to say."
You can Google stuff pretty easily, and there are plenty of atheists that go to Liberty University.
Normally, I only recommend LU if someone specifically wants a degree from a religious college or they are looking for a very specific major that is hard to find elsewhere, such as Physics.
You'll find different accounts of what it's like to go to Liberty because some instructors follow the rules while others don't. One guy who used to participate in these distance education discussion boards used to say that he didn't have to quote the Bible in any of his courses. The general consensus is that this is not true. However, some people have had instructors who didn't deduct points for not quoting the Bible even though they should have. In short, you don't know what your requirements will be until you get a feel of how the instructor grades.
I do not recommend Liberty for physics, geology, or biology because their reputation for following Young Earth Creationism makes other scientists question the quality of education in those fields.
Graduate of Not VUL or ENEB
MS, MSS and Graduate Cert
AAS, AS, BA, and BS
CLEP
Intro Psych 70, US His I 64, Intro Soc 63, Intro Edu Psych 70, A&I Lit 64, Bio 68, Prin Man 69, Prin Mar 68
DSST
Life Dev Psych 62, Fund Coun 68, Intro Comp 469, Intro Astr 56, Env & Hum 70, HTYH 456, MIS 451, Prin Sup 453, HRM 62, Bus Eth 458
ALEKS
Int Alg, Coll Alg
TEEX
4 credits
TECEP
Fed Inc Tax, Sci of Nutr, Micro, Strat Man, Med Term, Pub Relations
CSU
Sys Analysis & Design, Programming, Cyber
SL
Intro to Comm, Microbio, Acc I
Uexcel
A&P
Davar
Macro, Intro to Fin, Man Acc
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