10-12-2020, 04:23 PM
Update on UMPI....
There's 2 weeks left in the term. Tuesday - tomorrow - is the last day to add courses for this term. Friday is the deadline to submit rough drafts of the final assessment for all classes in this term. We still have an additional week for feedback, changes, and to submit the final version. We also have until next Friday to finish any courses which have a final exam as the final assessment.
One nice thing is that the term ends on a Friday and the next term doesn't begin until Monday so we get an entire weekend school free! Kind of nice.
I have received one rough draft back. It took awhile to get it back, but this is not an online school. This is a B&M school with a bonus online/CBE program so the professors have courses they're teaching. It's also a very small school - about 1100 students this term - so they don't have the staff that the larger schools have. Many staff work at multiple campuses.
The rough draft I received back had excellent comments from the professor. I wasn't required to make any changes and was told to resubmit as is for my final. I received all 4's on the rubric. I don't know the grade yet. Grades are posted a week after the term ends.
Overall, I like the format. It's not crazy difficult, but I have some background in most of the courses I have taken this term. The corses are all self contained. It's nice not having to buy/rent ridiculously priced textbooks.
We don't have a digital library so your research comes from the internet and they're not uber picky about citing from scholarly journals. They use APA formatting like most other schools. I am enjoying it so much that I have added a second minor. I'm now earning a BLS with a minor in Management Information Systems and Project Management. The minors are only 6 classes. I needed to take a minimum of 10 courses at UMPI and this will give me the courses I needed. I transferred in a ton of credit. I am still working on Sophia courses as well. I will have several more transfer in for my gen ed requirements. I will also take 2 courses from our host - InstantCert - and hope they transfer in. I will take American Government and Spanish 1 for my gen ed reqs. American Government is offered at UMPI, but the final assessment is a paper. InstantCert sounds much faster and easier! UMPI offers French 1 and I'd rather take Spanish. UMPI's French course has a final exam with both oral and written parts. InstantCert doesn't have an oral final exam so I am hoping this one will transfer in. Crossing my fingers!
There's 2 weeks left in the term. Tuesday - tomorrow - is the last day to add courses for this term. Friday is the deadline to submit rough drafts of the final assessment for all classes in this term. We still have an additional week for feedback, changes, and to submit the final version. We also have until next Friday to finish any courses which have a final exam as the final assessment.
One nice thing is that the term ends on a Friday and the next term doesn't begin until Monday so we get an entire weekend school free! Kind of nice.
I have received one rough draft back. It took awhile to get it back, but this is not an online school. This is a B&M school with a bonus online/CBE program so the professors have courses they're teaching. It's also a very small school - about 1100 students this term - so they don't have the staff that the larger schools have. Many staff work at multiple campuses.
The rough draft I received back had excellent comments from the professor. I wasn't required to make any changes and was told to resubmit as is for my final. I received all 4's on the rubric. I don't know the grade yet. Grades are posted a week after the term ends.
Overall, I like the format. It's not crazy difficult, but I have some background in most of the courses I have taken this term. The corses are all self contained. It's nice not having to buy/rent ridiculously priced textbooks.
We don't have a digital library so your research comes from the internet and they're not uber picky about citing from scholarly journals. They use APA formatting like most other schools. I am enjoying it so much that I have added a second minor. I'm now earning a BLS with a minor in Management Information Systems and Project Management. The minors are only 6 classes. I needed to take a minimum of 10 courses at UMPI and this will give me the courses I needed. I transferred in a ton of credit. I am still working on Sophia courses as well. I will have several more transfer in for my gen ed requirements. I will also take 2 courses from our host - InstantCert - and hope they transfer in. I will take American Government and Spanish 1 for my gen ed reqs. American Government is offered at UMPI, but the final assessment is a paper. InstantCert sounds much faster and easier! UMPI offers French 1 and I'd rather take Spanish. UMPI's French course has a final exam with both oral and written parts. InstantCert doesn't have an oral final exam so I am hoping this one will transfer in. Crossing my fingers!
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