Credit for ALEKS Corp (McGraw Hill) Online courses in College Algebra & Statistics

[sunnyjohn]

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My 15 year old is going to take this in the fall, but I'm not sure which one. Has anyone noticed that they have 2 full courses- the first says 2 semesters, but the second one only lists 3 classes and they call them "first quarter, second quarter, third quarter" which makes me wonder- where is 4th quarter?? Anyway, I'll have him take the CLEP at the end of the year.

Cook,

College either run on a semester or quarter system. In the semester system you would take Bio I first semester and Bio II second semester or English I first semester and English II second semester. That would constitute a full year of college English of College Biology.

It's kind of the same in the quarter system. You take 3 quarters of a class to get a years worth of college ccredit. It would be Bio I, Bio II and Bio III using our example- the equivalent of Bio I and Bio II in the semester system.

At colleges that use the quarters system, they usually run Sept-Dec, Jan-mid March, March-June and summer quarter late June-August. I liked the quarter system at my first college. Around the time spring hit and I was bored with my professor/class- BAM- new classes!

Confusing isn't it? You hear "quarter and you think 4!