SCU, Accelerated Science CoursesReviews of scuhs.edu

I dislike that each lecture was given by someone different with a different teaching style and we weren't able to have consistency throughout.

That I was able to manage my class I needed for the pharmacy program as the same time I was working

I really enjoyed my class and my teachers, was a great experience. The curriculum was a challenge but I liked how everything was structured.

The professor was very unhelpful and didn't give us the needed materials until we basically begged for them.

Awesome program, helped with with my academic experience.

These asynchronous online courses were so convenient for my busy life, working full time. It allowed me to get everything done on my own time and actually LEARN the material.

I took the SCUHS Accelerated Statistics class to fulfill a requirement for graduate school. I chose this program because I needed to have the class finished and transcript sent by the time of orientation. The statistics class was nearly $1600 once you paid the fees to register. To be honest, I was quite disappointed with the course. I have taken other online, asynchronous courses in the past that involve pre-recorded lectures by the professor with other supplemental materials, and this course was not that. Basically, you pay $1600 for access to a series of error-filled PowerPoints that are your "textbook", an online service through McGraw Hill that will provide you with 20-40 videos per week that serve as the "lectures", around 45 homework questions that can have up to 5 subquestions, and links to YouTube videos that I'm not sure the school has the rights to use. From the start, the class was disorganized. There is limited communication with the professor (who really just acts more as a supervisor, since most of the instruction comes from The Organic Chemistry Tutor YouTube channel), and at first we were told that graphing calculators would not be allowed for this class. That initially was not a problem; however, the lecture videos and textbook slides both take time to explain how to use certain functions on the graphing calculators AND only an hour is given for each exam, making performing a standard deviation calculation using a standard scientific calculator nearly impossible. Beyond those issues, I took an exam that had an incomplete question. It gave the beginning part of a question and the associated data and nothing else. As I was in the middle of the exam, I reached out to the proctor who couldn't help and after submitting the exam, asked the professor to review the question. It really bothered me that I paid that much money to never have any instruction from the professor of the course, errors in the textbook made learning the material confusing at times (such as incorrect notation in an equation where all the variables are referred to as p), and things generally seemed incomplete. Although I did well in the class, I essentially paid money to teach myself with materials that were free. While this class is convenient if you are in a time crunch, I wouldn't recommend it anyone. If learning on your own is not your strong suit, you will struggle with this class. It can be time consuming trying to parse the textbook and finish all of the homework questions in addition to the weekly discussion board requirements and quizzes. There are plenty of other schools that offer pre-requisite courses that are cheaper, actually taught by a professor, and more complete.

It’s by no means easy. Exams are scheduled close together (Exam 1 covers 8 chapters) and homework is long and tedious. The professor takes a long time to respond if he responds. It’s really expensive too.