03-17-2021, 03:52 PM
Provider: Sophia.org
Course: Project Management (3 Credits)
Score: 91%
Course content: This course is presented either in a video lecture or a PDF/text form. I used the text version. There are no other materials that are needed, just the text provided by Sophia. There are 4 units in total, each with 2 challenge quizzes (6-9 questions) followed by a milestone test (21-25 questions) on the material covered in that unit. The class then has a milestone final exam (25 questions).
Final exam format: The class has a final 25 question multiple choice milestone or final exam.
Final exam content vs course content/practice exams: The information provided in the course was consistent with what was on the exam. Overall, the challenges and milestones were fairly consistent with what was on the final exam and what was presented in the course as well. I did run into some issues with the questions not providing necessary context or simply being somewhat arbitrary, especially in the Unit 4 & Final Exam milestones. For example, the test would ask "Bob leaves the company, and must be replaced with a junior programmer. Is this an example of a low-, medium-, or high-probability risk?" If Bob was there for 20 years, it's probably a pretty low risk, but if Bob was just hired 6 months ago, it might be a high risk, and then the test would tell you that it was a medium risk all along. Those sorts of things were really frustrating, and like I said, I think it probably cost me a couple percentage points, but I still easily passed.
Time taken on course: 11 hours, 22 minutes over 3 days
Familiarity with subject before course: I was tangentially familiar with some of the course material, as it's something that I've had an interest in and I've done some elements of the class professionally when being involved as a team member on certain projects.
Pitfalls, high points, things others should know: Like I said, there's some elements of this class that were really annoying and seemed arbitrary or like you simply lacked the context to make an informed choice on an answer. That doesn't change the fact that there is still worthwhile information in there, though, and the class overall was solid.
1-10 Difficulty level: 6
Course: Project Management (3 Credits)
Score: 91%
Course content: This course is presented either in a video lecture or a PDF/text form. I used the text version. There are no other materials that are needed, just the text provided by Sophia. There are 4 units in total, each with 2 challenge quizzes (6-9 questions) followed by a milestone test (21-25 questions) on the material covered in that unit. The class then has a milestone final exam (25 questions).
Final exam format: The class has a final 25 question multiple choice milestone or final exam.
Final exam content vs course content/practice exams: The information provided in the course was consistent with what was on the exam. Overall, the challenges and milestones were fairly consistent with what was on the final exam and what was presented in the course as well. I did run into some issues with the questions not providing necessary context or simply being somewhat arbitrary, especially in the Unit 4 & Final Exam milestones. For example, the test would ask "Bob leaves the company, and must be replaced with a junior programmer. Is this an example of a low-, medium-, or high-probability risk?" If Bob was there for 20 years, it's probably a pretty low risk, but if Bob was just hired 6 months ago, it might be a high risk, and then the test would tell you that it was a medium risk all along. Those sorts of things were really frustrating, and like I said, I think it probably cost me a couple percentage points, but I still easily passed.
Time taken on course: 11 hours, 22 minutes over 3 days
Familiarity with subject before course: I was tangentially familiar with some of the course material, as it's something that I've had an interest in and I've done some elements of the class professionally when being involved as a team member on certain projects.
Pitfalls, high points, things others should know: Like I said, there's some elements of this class that were really annoying and seemed arbitrary or like you simply lacked the context to make an informed choice on an answer. That doesn't change the fact that there is still worthwhile information in there, though, and the class overall was solid.
1-10 Difficulty level: 6
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