03-29-2021, 11:42 AM
Provider: Sophia.org
Course: Principles of Finance (3 credits)
Score: 91%
Course Content: The course is available in either a video lecture or a PDF/text form. I used the PDF version. There are no other materials required, just the text provided by Sophia. There are 4 units in total, each with 3-4 challenge quizzes (4 - 10 questions) and each unit concludes with a milestone test (19 - 27 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: Most of Sophia's classes are pretty good in this regard, with the course content being consistent with the challenge questions and those being consistent with the exams. I felt like this class was the weakest of the ones I've done through Sophia so far in this regard. There were several areas where I felt like it was asking me to make deductions that I felt like weren't made clear in the course material itself. That is made worse by the fact that it's a DENSE class, as you'd expect most things dealing with the financial world (stocks, bonds, capital gains, etc. etc.) to be.
Time Taken on Course: 9 hours, 14 minutes over two days. I didn't bother with the practice milestones because I'm trying to blitz through courses during my remaining Sophia membership.
Familiarity With Subject Before Course: I wouldn't say that I had a whole lot of familiarity with this beyond just normal life experience, aside from having done this class last amongst Sophia's business offerings. That helped a bit, but not as much as you might think. There's a LOT of information in there, this was one of the more dense classes I've taken so far through Sophia.
Pitfalls, High Points, Things Others Should Know: I believe this is my 15th Sophia class that I've taken in the last three months, and this was the first one where I definitely was aware that there were test/challenge questions that were simply wrong. I think there were 3-4 occasions on this (and one of them, on the final exam, I guessed the correct answer despite it being incorrect), and most of them occurred on challenges so it didn't really hurt me, but it was really annoying. Aside from that, I felt like the class wasn't particularly well done, largely because of its expecting the student to make leaps or deductions that weren't clearly made. Frustrating, but if you just say "screw it" and jet through making liberal use of the open-book policy and CTRL+F, you'll probably be ok.
1-10 Difficulty Level: 6, though if I took the class more seriously and weren't using the aforementioned "screw it" strategy, probably an 8.
Course: Principles of Finance (3 credits)
Score: 91%
Course Content: The course is available in either a video lecture or a PDF/text form. I used the PDF version. There are no other materials required, just the text provided by Sophia. There are 4 units in total, each with 3-4 challenge quizzes (4 - 10 questions) and each unit concludes with a milestone test (19 - 27 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: Most of Sophia's classes are pretty good in this regard, with the course content being consistent with the challenge questions and those being consistent with the exams. I felt like this class was the weakest of the ones I've done through Sophia so far in this regard. There were several areas where I felt like it was asking me to make deductions that I felt like weren't made clear in the course material itself. That is made worse by the fact that it's a DENSE class, as you'd expect most things dealing with the financial world (stocks, bonds, capital gains, etc. etc.) to be.
Time Taken on Course: 9 hours, 14 minutes over two days. I didn't bother with the practice milestones because I'm trying to blitz through courses during my remaining Sophia membership.
Familiarity With Subject Before Course: I wouldn't say that I had a whole lot of familiarity with this beyond just normal life experience, aside from having done this class last amongst Sophia's business offerings. That helped a bit, but not as much as you might think. There's a LOT of information in there, this was one of the more dense classes I've taken so far through Sophia.
Pitfalls, High Points, Things Others Should Know: I believe this is my 15th Sophia class that I've taken in the last three months, and this was the first one where I definitely was aware that there were test/challenge questions that were simply wrong. I think there were 3-4 occasions on this (and one of them, on the final exam, I guessed the correct answer despite it being incorrect), and most of them occurred on challenges so it didn't really hurt me, but it was really annoying. Aside from that, I felt like the class wasn't particularly well done, largely because of its expecting the student to make leaps or deductions that weren't clearly made. Frustrating, but if you just say "screw it" and jet through making liberal use of the open-book policy and CTRL+F, you'll probably be ok.
1-10 Difficulty Level: 6, though if I took the class more seriously and weren't using the aforementioned "screw it" strategy, probably an 8.
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