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10-08-2019, 11:02 PM
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Are there any other assessment-based competency degree programs from other universities as opposed to the exam-based competency programs?
I know much of the emphasis in this forum is placed exams, so I apologize if I'm not posting in the proper place.
I was curious to know if there are more programs like this.
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For the sake of receiving responses, I would like to explain that I have bad test anxiety and prefer essays/projects.
Are John F. Kennedy University programs formatted this way? I have since searched and found this college which used to be Patten University, I think.
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JFK University requires at least one exam for each course. At the undergraduate level, I believe every competency-based program is going to require exams.
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You can try to get a medical accommodation to get extra time.
Also you can take alternative credits which have less weight on the final exam. For example, some Study.com courses have 1 or 2 written assignments. Then if you do fine on the quizzes (which are very short), you can basically bomb the exam.
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(10-09-2019, 07:17 PM)sanantone Wrote: JFK University requires at least one exam for each course. At the undergraduate level, I believe every competency-based program is going to require exams.
Oh okay! What is CSU like?
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For CSU, look at this user's thread. Seems to have the opposite complaint of you and has attended CSU.
https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...rch-papers
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