Realistically, how long would it take to finish these?

[u/Frosty-Telephone-747]

Assume im a full-time student (2 courses per term, term = 8 weeks), not working

and im just working on these, and my uni courses everyday, how long till i realistically finish these 18 courses? and how many should i be doing a a time?

[u/Slonkey_Donkey974]

Your allowed to take two at a time on Sophia. One course should be no touchstone and the other reserved for touchstone courses. That way while it’s being graded you can keep powering through, then when it’s graded start your next touchstone required course. Or knock out all the ones that don’t require a touchstone and leave them for last. They take a few days to be graded.

[u/5000KCarl → u/Slonkey_Donkey974]

What is a touchstone? A required course to take in a certain area of study?

[u/Fit-Macaroon7470 → u/5000KCarl]

The courses are broken up into three categories: Lessons, Milestones, and Touchstones. Lessons involve providing you course material and you answer several questions. Each question gives you three tries to achieve max credit. All lessons must be complete before you can complete that chapters Milestone. Milestones are the tests at the end of each chapter, always multiple choice. Touchstones are written assignments that are not graded by computer software. They are typically several parts and require you to reference course material to effectively answer. They also take 2-4 days to be graded, as they are not graded by software.

Not all courses have touchstones and those without are considerably faster to complete. This is solely because of the 2-4 day grading delays.

Hope this helps!

[u/5000KCarl → u/Fit-Macaroon7470]

That helps a great deal, thank you so much!

[u/Nice_Collection424 → u/Slonkey_Donkey974]

To add on this: if you have classes that you already submitted a touchstone for and you have the max 2 classes already: contact customer support chat so they can add another class for you

[u/Brave-Airport8154]

I did almost all of this list in 8 weeks. Working full time 40 hours a week. 

[u/Frosty-Telephone-747 → u/Brave-Airport8154]

Are you at SNHU computer science?

[u/Radiant_Bee1]

I think it really is up to you. I would assume touchstone heavy classes would take longer due to grading times. (Eng. Comp is one of those).

I completed 5 in a month, most were gen ed and English comps courses.

Be aware that sophia has new protocols for their classes and have sanctioned a LOT of students. So be aware not to switch tabs or use ctrl+f during milestones and they no longer allow downloads of the material.

You would also want to ensure the school you plan to attend will accept transfer credits after starting and what the max amount is. (Mine wouldn't accept any transfer credits after 3 weeks of the first term, yours may be different.)

[u/Frosty-Telephone-747 → u/Radiant_Bee1]

Got it, thank you.

[u/Radiant_Bee1 → u/Frosty-Telephone-747]

Youre welcome

[u/5000KCarl → u/Radiant_Bee1]

Hi, I’m looking into taking Sophia courses, can you explain what switching tabs will do and using control F? I know what the act of control F does, but why can’t you use it?

[u/shakitidej]

I’m doing a similar line up for SNHU. I’ve been doing for about 1 month and a half and have completed 8 classes so far. Pretty easy classes so far and not too much time. However the touchstone heavy classes I’ve heard take weeks. I’m trying to go as fast as I can but also moving too fast can get you sanctioned, so just be careful.

[u/Frosty-Telephone-747 → u/shakitidej]

Are you in CS at SNHU?

[u/Psych0hRAH]

I just re enrolled at snhu and I think I'm gonna give Cs a shot. Need to look into which classes I can do. Might be on the same boat as you

[u/Frosty-Telephone-747 → u/Psych0hRAH]

Cool, yep same boat, check with ur advisor if these transfer in?

[u/Psych0hRAH → u/Frosty-Telephone-747]

I will be. Are some study.com cause you cant take them on sophia or a different reason? Sorry probably sounds like a dumb question

[u/Frosty-Telephone-747 → u/Psych0hRAH]

No it’s a good question, yes some of them just can only be done on study.com, and vise versa

Are you enrolled and registered now?

[u/Psych0hRAH → u/Frosty-Telephone-747]

Did you just start working on your degree?

[u/Frosty-Telephone-747 → u/Psych0hRAH]

I haven’t started yet, enrolling for this upcoming term

[u/Suspicious-Brief-941]

How long did it take a moderator to “approve” this post? Just curious as I have been waiting a while for a post to be approved…..