03-24-2021, 08:31 PM
Provider: Sophia.org
Course: Business Law (3 credits)
Score: 88% (81% on Touchstone dragged it down a bit)
Course content: This course is only available in a PDF/text format. There are no other materials that are needed, just the text provided by Sophia. There are 3 units in total, each with 2 - 3 challenge quizzes (6 - 9 questions) followed by a milestone test (17 - 23 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. You will probably complete this while waiting for your Touchstone essay to be graded. The final exam counts for 75 points, while the touchstone counts for 100 points, both being out of a total for the class of 419.
Final exam content vs course content/practice exams: I felt like the course material, challenge quizzes, and the final exams were fairly consistent with each other. It's an interesting class and I enjoyed it.
Time taken on course: 19 hours, 57 minutes over a week. Probably around 25-30% of that was the Touchstone essay. I didn't bother with the practice milestones, and a little bit of that time was probably me getting distracted, though I did skim a lot of the reading (there's a LOT of reading compared to the other Sophia classes). The first unit was mostly Civics/Social Studies review for me.
Familiarity with subject before course: I had a fair amount of familiarity with the subject, as a decent chunk of it was basic Civics/Social Studies and another portion of it with torts and such was relevant to my prior employment before going back to school. I had also taken the Intro to Business class which helped a bit with some portions of this class.
Pitfalls, high points, things others should know: This class, of the ones that I've completed so far (all of them have been reviewed here) had by far the most reading. That said, the reading wasn't difficult and didn't really feel like a grind to me, as its stuff that I find fairly interesting. I did a lot of research for the Touchstone (you'll probably want to look up your own state's Statute of Frauds) and was disappointed with the score that I got on it. My feedback was largely that I hadn't explicitly explained and defined a contract in basic enough fashion, and then hammer home how my research related to those elements. I felt like I had done this, but I apparently hadn't done it explicitly enough and lost points as a result. Keep it basic.
IMPORTANT: This class has a Touchstone essay which has to be submitted and then graded. During this time, this class counts as one of the two that you can be enrolled in at a time, even if you've completed everything and are just waiting for your score. My essay was graded within 2 business days (much faster than the College Readiness class) so it's not too much of a delay, but you don't want to be in the position of having two classes on "pause" and waiting for a touchstone to be graded.
1-10 Difficulty level: 7, in large part because of the Touchstone essay which is going to require some serious research.
Course: Business Law (3 credits)
Score: 88% (81% on Touchstone dragged it down a bit)
Course content: This course is only available in a PDF/text format. There are no other materials that are needed, just the text provided by Sophia. There are 3 units in total, each with 2 - 3 challenge quizzes (6 - 9 questions) followed by a milestone test (17 - 23 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. You will probably complete this while waiting for your Touchstone essay to be graded. The final exam counts for 75 points, while the touchstone counts for 100 points, both being out of a total for the class of 419.
Final exam content vs course content/practice exams: I felt like the course material, challenge quizzes, and the final exams were fairly consistent with each other. It's an interesting class and I enjoyed it.
Time taken on course: 19 hours, 57 minutes over a week. Probably around 25-30% of that was the Touchstone essay. I didn't bother with the practice milestones, and a little bit of that time was probably me getting distracted, though I did skim a lot of the reading (there's a LOT of reading compared to the other Sophia classes). The first unit was mostly Civics/Social Studies review for me.
Familiarity with subject before course: I had a fair amount of familiarity with the subject, as a decent chunk of it was basic Civics/Social Studies and another portion of it with torts and such was relevant to my prior employment before going back to school. I had also taken the Intro to Business class which helped a bit with some portions of this class.
Pitfalls, high points, things others should know: This class, of the ones that I've completed so far (all of them have been reviewed here) had by far the most reading. That said, the reading wasn't difficult and didn't really feel like a grind to me, as its stuff that I find fairly interesting. I did a lot of research for the Touchstone (you'll probably want to look up your own state's Statute of Frauds) and was disappointed with the score that I got on it. My feedback was largely that I hadn't explicitly explained and defined a contract in basic enough fashion, and then hammer home how my research related to those elements. I felt like I had done this, but I apparently hadn't done it explicitly enough and lost points as a result. Keep it basic.
IMPORTANT: This class has a Touchstone essay which has to be submitted and then graded. During this time, this class counts as one of the two that you can be enrolled in at a time, even if you've completed everything and are just waiting for your score. My essay was graded within 2 business days (much faster than the College Readiness class) so it's not too much of a delay, but you don't want to be in the position of having two classes on "pause" and waiting for a touchstone to be graded.
1-10 Difficulty level: 7, in large part because of the Touchstone essay which is going to require some serious research.
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