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College wants syllabus from ALEKS??/ - heinzmoleman - 01-19-2018 I took statistics through ALEKS and had it transcribed to my ace transcript. Now my school is asking for a syllabus. I searched on the ALEKS site and can't find a syllabus just a page describing the topics taught. Any ideas???? RE: College wants syllabus from ALEKS??/ - jsd - 01-19-2018 They had a few stats courses... Was it intro to statistics? If so, I'd use this: https://www.aleks.com/about_aleks/course_product_popup?cmscache=site_type:topic&site_type=highedmathstatistics&topic=cocostatistic There's not really a traditional syllabus since it's not a traditional course. You could also direct them to the ACE description of the course: Quote:Credit Type: RE: College wants syllabus from ALEKS??/ - Ekelley - 01-19-2018 I would send them both the ACE listing and the pdf from the link above. RE: College wants syllabus from ALEKS??/ - Life Long Learning - 01-20-2018 Call or email ALEKS. It's in their best interests for colleges to like their credits. RE: College wants syllabus from ALEKS??/ - davewill - 01-20-2018 (01-20-2018, 12:09 AM)Life Long Learning Wrote: Call or email ALEKS. It's in their best interests for colleges to like their credits. They'd probably be more interested if they offered courses for college credit any more. RE: College wants syllabus from ALEKS??/ - dfrecore - 01-20-2018 Dumb question: what's the difference between a syllabus and a list of topics taught? Since it's not a course taught by a college, they may not have a syllabus. RE: College wants syllabus from ALEKS??/ - High_Order1 - 01-20-2018 From my limited experience, a syllabus has more data than just a topic list. Enabling and terminal objectives, required / recommended reading, assignments, external references used in building the course, and sometimes a blurb about the person that built the content. RE: College wants syllabus from ALEKS??/ - cookderosa - 01-20-2018 (01-19-2018, 05:18 PM)heinzmoleman Wrote: I took statistics through ALEKS and had it transcribed to my ace transcript. Now my school is asking for a syllabus. I searched on the ALEKS site and can't find a syllabus just a page describing the topics taught. Any ideas???? Contact ALEKS customer support- they may have a pdf showing full scope and sequence. (01-20-2018, 01:56 AM)dfrecore Wrote: Dumb question: what's the difference between a syllabus and a list of topics taught? You're right, and their ask may be a precursor to denying this credit. My money says they think ALEKS is a college. When I taught college level in Iowa, our district set the template for our course's syllabus. We (teachers) all had to "fill in the blanks" and file it with our department. Topics taught would have been 1 section (along with book, faculty contact info, office hours, objectives, and rubric, etc.) |