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[Ideas]

It depends. if you know the Bible you can do Bible as Literature in 2-3 hours by skipping the entire thing and just doing the tests. If you're familiar with Shakespeare you could do the same thing with those 2 courses. Probably most people could pass Media Literacy without reading any of it too

if you're actually going to go through the material and learn it for the first time, it will take you a few days per course. assuming you have a job and other things going on i dont know why you couldn't do 1 course a week. if you're not working and can study full time i dont know why you couldn't do 2 a week or maybe 3. I work full time and I did 7 study.com courses and 3 shmoop courses in the month of October, but those were mostly in areas i'm familiar with. Some people wouldnt want to keep that pace, or have other commitments or whatever

I think 10 Shmoop courses in a month is do-able though. it wouldnt shock me if someone said they did 15. for what they charge you for a monthly sub it is an amazing deal even if you only do 3 or 4

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people complain about the "weird questions" on Shmoop and maybe i haven't taken the courses they have and its worse in those than others but in the ones i've seen so far you will definitely miss some questions here or there because they're worded weird but it won't be enough questions to matter if you know the material. I mean this is pass/fail so all you need to do is pass. If you are at a B-level of understanding the material, you will pass it. if you're at a low C, you might be in trouble.

Do you know how many of the UL Lit courses you did? 

Did you do Shakespeare? I read a few complaints about Shakespeare being hard, and it's always nice to see some more of the opposite. One of the users who said it was hard said he (she?) actually teaches Shakespeare or did in the past. I started the course and am a little stressed about doing it later.

[socsci]

It depends. if you know the Bible you can do Bible as Literature in 2-3 hours by skipping the entire thing and just doing the tests. If you're familiar with Shakespeare you could do the same thing with those 2 courses. Probably most people could pass Media Literacy without reading any of it too

if you're actually going to go through the material and learn it for the first time, it will take you a few days per course. assuming you have a job and other things going on i dont know why you couldn't do 1 course a week. if you're not working and can study full time i dont know why you couldn't do 2 a week or maybe 3. I work full time and I did 7 study.com courses and 3 shmoop courses in the month of October, but those were mostly in areas i'm familiar with. Some people wouldnt want to keep that pace, or have other commitments or whatever

I think 10 Shmoop courses in a month is do-able though. it wouldnt shock me if someone said they did 15. for what they charge you for a monthly sub it is an amazing deal even if you only do 3 or 4

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people complain about the "weird questions" on Shmoop and maybe i haven't taken the courses they have and its worse in those than others but in the ones i've seen so far you will definitely miss some questions here or there because they're worded weird but it won't be enough questions to matter if you know the material. I mean this is pass/fail so all you need to do is pass. If you are at a B-level of understanding the material, you will pass it. if you're at a low C, you might be in trouble.

Do you know how many of the UL Lit courses you did? 

Did you do Shakespeare? I read a few complaints about Shakespeare being hard, and it's always nice to see some more of the opposite. One of the users who said it was hard said he (she?) actually teaches Shakespeare or did in the past. I started the course and am a little stressed about doing it later.

I found Shakespeare to be one of the easier courses. For upper level I would put them in this order of difficulty:

Modernist Lit 
Shakespeare's Plays 
Lit in the Media 
Holocaust Lit
Women's Lit

It is difficult to place Holocaust Lit in the order because the material is interesting and the course is about the same difficulty as the others, but I found it emotionally draining.

The other lit courses I did, British was the longest to complete and Drugs in lit was the easiest to complete. I also found poetry to be easy.

[cookderosa]

Also, I don't know if you saw it on the other thread, but Shmoop now has coupon codes. It's only 10% off, but it's something. Code: HCCCP

[Yenisei]

Just curious, but how many of the 33 AOS credits for the TESC BA in English can be earned via Shmoop?

[Ideas]

Just curious, but how many of the 33 AOS credits for the TESC BA in English can be earned via Shmoop?

I believe it's all except Non-Western Lit. The UL courses have to be taken.

Of course there is Info Literacy, and Eng Comp I and II to fulfill GenEds.

[Yenisei]

Thanks for that. Too bad the UL courses other than the capstone can't be Shmooped.......

Just to explain my question- I already have a bachelor's, but am looking to spruce up my resume if it's not too much Trouble.

[bjcheung77]

Thanks for that. Too bad the UL courses other than the capstone can't be Shmooped.......

Just to explain my question- I already have a bachelor's, but am looking to spruce up my resume if it's not too much Trouble.

Do you have a Masters? I would recommend a Masters instead of a second BA at TESU. The price is about the same if you go for a competency based degree, if you can finish it in one term.

TESU has the following fees, residency waiver $1800, grad fee $332, capstone $1098. A term at WGU or Hodges is roughly the same price...

[Yenisei]

Thanks for your thoughts. I don't have a master's. It's true that Hodges or WGU wouldn't cost more than that, but with kids at home I can't see myself finishing in a semester, plus my most recent work experience is as a technical writer, so the BA in English would actually be more useful in getting through the HR filter in the US.

[Ideas]

Thanks for that. Too bad the UL courses other than the capstone can't be Shmooped.......

Just to explain my question- I already have a bachelor's, but am looking to spruce up my resume if it's not too much Trouble.

The UL can. 5 UL at Shmoop plus 3 UL capstone credits.

But Non-Western Lit is a specific requirement. It's possible to find for under $600, but maybe not every term.

[Yenisei]

Thanks- it might work then. The ROI on this degree is pretty good, so I might do it.