12-14-2022, 03:58 PM
Provider: Sophia
Course: Business Law
Course content: Text with audio narration. No additional purchases required. Three units, each with a test, plus a comprehensive final. One short essay assignment.
Final exam format: 25 multiple-choice questions.
Final exam content vs course content/practice exams: Both the unit exams and final exam (milestones) were well aligned with challenge questions inside each lesson. When I take a Sophia course, I always read and answer each of the three quiz questions in each lesson, even though you only need to do one. I find this to be good preparation for the milestones.
Time taken on course: About 12 hours over 6 days. The touchstone essay only took one hour. I took the time to really learn the material, including following and reading most of the external links, as well as looking up and reading some of the referenced court cases. If you're not interested in learning the material, and just want the badge, you could probably complete the course in just a few hours, touchstone included.
Familiarity with subject before course: Substantial familiarity with some subjects, such as real estate law and intellectual property law. Some limited professional experience with UCC matters. No previous exposure to topics like legal theory, contracts, and torts. With zero preparation, a passing grade on the final would have been likely, but only because you can Ctrl-F through the course material in an adjacent pane.
Pitfalls, high points, things others should know: As other reviews have mentioned, unit two on contracts and torts is the most difficult. I had particular difficulty with the section on strict product liability. I suggest reading the touchstone case study and grading rubric before starting unit two, so that you'll understand what the assignment is about. Then, as you go through unit two, copy and paste snippets from the lesson material into a separate document for quicker reference later on. This made writing the touchstone pretty quick.
1-10 Difficulty level: 5. It was right in line with what I would expect from a 200-level college course.
Course: Business Law
Course content: Text with audio narration. No additional purchases required. Three units, each with a test, plus a comprehensive final. One short essay assignment.
Final exam format: 25 multiple-choice questions.
Final exam content vs course content/practice exams: Both the unit exams and final exam (milestones) were well aligned with challenge questions inside each lesson. When I take a Sophia course, I always read and answer each of the three quiz questions in each lesson, even though you only need to do one. I find this to be good preparation for the milestones.
Time taken on course: About 12 hours over 6 days. The touchstone essay only took one hour. I took the time to really learn the material, including following and reading most of the external links, as well as looking up and reading some of the referenced court cases. If you're not interested in learning the material, and just want the badge, you could probably complete the course in just a few hours, touchstone included.
Familiarity with subject before course: Substantial familiarity with some subjects, such as real estate law and intellectual property law. Some limited professional experience with UCC matters. No previous exposure to topics like legal theory, contracts, and torts. With zero preparation, a passing grade on the final would have been likely, but only because you can Ctrl-F through the course material in an adjacent pane.
Pitfalls, high points, things others should know: As other reviews have mentioned, unit two on contracts and torts is the most difficult. I had particular difficulty with the section on strict product liability. I suggest reading the touchstone case study and grading rubric before starting unit two, so that you'll understand what the assignment is about. Then, as you go through unit two, copy and paste snippets from the lesson material into a separate document for quicker reference later on. This made writing the touchstone pretty quick.
1-10 Difficulty level: 5. It was right in line with what I would expect from a 200-level college course.
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Completed: TESU: BSAST Nuclear Engineering Technology (2004)
Completed: TESU: BSAST Nuclear Engineering Technology (2004)
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