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(01-10-2026, 12:23 PM)cozykamura Wrote:(01-03-2026, 03:16 AM)Ares Wrote:(12-17-2025, 10:00 AM)kevinmane Wrote: So let's say I transfer 90 credits to UoPeople and just need to take 10 classes at UoPeople.
For those who have done these classes, how does a typical course go? How long does it take? How many points is the proctored final usually (like half your grade or only like 10%) etc.? Can you pass a class with D?
Any info from current/former students would be very helpful!
Thanks!
Sorry for the late post but can you use ChatGPT?
Not officially, but that has not stopped anyone. You will often find blantant AI abusers in the discussion forums.
Uopeople doesn't have a school-wide AI policy, so each instructor can decide whatever they want. There have been courses where it seems like every single post on the DF forum was AI-generated, and there have been courses where the instructor accused everyone of AI and deducted everyone's points (even if we didn't use it).
Post-AI, it's a shitshow, but it's not uniquely a Uopeople problem (we just perceive it more because of discussion forums). Academia as a whole needs to figure out some way to deal with AI.
I would say that UoPeople *does* have a schoolwide policy, but it may not always be enforced, since AI use is hard to prove except in the most egregious cases.
Every undergrad student goes through AI, plagiarism, and academic honesty policies during the first course, Online Education Strategies. The policy for students re:AI is that you are not to use it to write or outline your assignments. It is okay to use it to make practice quizzes or brainstorm ideas for assignments. Grammar and language checkers are fine.
In terms of discussion forums, I honestly see my professors (not all, but some) using it more than students. I have one prof who gives lengthy responses to each discussion post; they go up really quickly and are 350-500 words each, so I can't see how they wouldn't be AI. Profs, as far as I know, are not prohibited from using AI to write content. I wish they were. These mini-essays contribute less to the discussion than a couple pointed sentences would.
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Current
MBA—UMass Global; University of the People—B.S. Health Science
TESU—BA Biology & Psychology, AS Mathematics
Completed
BA in Linguistics, traditional route
Online traditional credits (undergrad & U.S. unless otherwise stated)
Eastern Gateway Community College (28); ASU (10); New Mexico Junior College (8); Strayer (3); Purdue University Global (3); TESU (6); XAMK Finland (57 ECTS + 10 grad ECTS), University of the People (3 grad)
Alternative credits
Sophia (81), Study.com (27), Saylor (6 credits), Onlinedegree.com (12), CLEP (6)
Current
MBA—UMass Global; University of the People—B.S. Health Science
TESU—BA Biology & Psychology, AS Mathematics
Completed
BA in Linguistics, traditional route
Online traditional credits (undergrad & U.S. unless otherwise stated)
Eastern Gateway Community College (28); ASU (10); New Mexico Junior College (8); Strayer (3); Purdue University Global (3); TESU (6); XAMK Finland (57 ECTS + 10 grad ECTS), University of the People (3 grad)
Alternative credits
Sophia (81), Study.com (27), Saylor (6 credits), Onlinedegree.com (12), CLEP (6)



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