I'm looking at getting my RN to MSN (with the BSN along the way) at WGU. The enrollment department sent me over a list of gen eds I can take at my local community college before I graduate (this coming December 2016 Jesus willing). Three of the classes that they listed, I might be able to fit in this coming Summer:
Survey of United States Constitution and Government
Introduction to Humanities
Introduction to Probability and Statistics
The above would run $2,500 (books would run close to $750 on top of this amount) at my local community college. Would I be better off financially if I wait to take them at WGU online? If it would be better off financially, would it add much time to the schooling itself?
Thank you. For the exams, in general, what's considered a passing score? 80%, 75%, 70%, etc?
Varies for each course, some as low as the 60s (%). Most seem fair and doable based on the difficulty of the material and style of questions. The pre-assessments are a good gauge of whether you are ready to take the final (OA).
At WGU passing depends on the class. The grading of exams is a little different. The course mentors determine what percentage score would equate to mastery of a certain percentage of course content they determine to be competent, and that is considered passing. The thing about competancy based is it fits your needs. If you know the material (for you this will likely be the case with the nursing informatics class) you take the pretest, if you pass it you take the final exam and the class is done. If you don't know the material (say proffesional roles and values) the course of study lays out the material in a detailed way that walks you through what you need to pass.
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