<p>I was wondering if anyone had suggestions re: where I could find an online course in AP Microeconomics for the 2nd semester. Long story short, I can pick really whatever I want the second half as long as it's a reasonable choice. I'm trying to self-study AP Micro, but I figured that I might as well take a course to help out.</p>
<p>I'm looking at a nearby community college, but I don't think their course is all that great. I looked through EPGY, and their Econ course is still being developed. Are there any other universities that offer this?</p>
<p>Well, I go to Keystone and I’m currently in AP Economics. I’m not sure if they will just let you take AP Microeconomics, but it’s self-paced and flexible. You definitely need to set a time frame for when you are going to complete the class though. Procastination is your enemy.</p>
<p>Wartsandall: I’m looking into Keystone right now, and I’m liking what I see. The price ($369) seems low considering I’ve paid $500+ for other courses. It allows me to just pick Part 1, Micro, so that’s looking good. As for textbooks, does “If a student enrolls in the Full-Credit (Macro + Micro), they receive:” mean that they give you the textbook for free (or at least covered in the price?)</p>
<p>How do you like the curriculum so far? Is there someone you can talk to (i.e. a tutor or teacher) for the occasional question? Is it challenging? (I guess that’s highly dependent on who’s taking it.) Is there a lot of homework, quizzes, tests, etc? Is there someone grading it or is it online?</p>
<p>The price of the textbook is covered within the price of the course. I love the curriculum so far. We have ellumination sessions, which are live lessons where you are able to converse with other members in your class and the teacher as well. In the session, the teacher has a whiteboard in the center that we all can write on. There is also a typing box where we comment and converse with one another. The teacher will be using a microphone, which we can also use to speak. You will have to go to four live lessons in order to complete the course and there will usually be a small assignment that is relevant to the lesson that was covered. </p>
<p>Yes, we have a message center that you can email any of your teachers through, in addition to other students in the class. The teacher will then respond back to you within 24 hours. AP Economics can have some tricky multiple choice questions, but overall it’s not too bad. We have to do about 50 pages of activities that correspond with the reading in the textbook, which I feel serves as a sufficient means of clarification. After completing those activities we compare our answers to an answer key and then give feedback regarding what we found challenging and how helpful we found the material. Sometimes if we are stuck on something, for example, aggregate demand charts, then the teacher will set up an ellumination session for clarification.</p>
<p>AP Economics has almost no homework aside from those activities. There will usually be a quiz or two and then the unit exam. The teacher will then grade your work and give you feedback, if necessary.</p>
<p>Wartsandall or anyone else who can answer this:</p>
<p>Do you know if you can take AP courses on Keystone or Apex without your school finding out at all?
Or does anyone know of any websites (other than BYU) where you can take AP courses without your school finding out?</p>
<p>Well, there are some online classes that are offered for free. It depends on what state you live in, but there will generally be an online school that offers free classes only for a particular state. You could probably do some supplement classes through them.</p>
<p>Yeah, my school system offers those through my state’s virtual school and not only is each course 700 dollars (definitely not free), but I was supposed to have signed up at the beginning of the year, which doesn’t work for me because I want to finish the courses before next school year.</p>
<p>Keystone is 500 dollars per course and you can sign up/start the course any time you want, right? Seems to be the better option.</p>
<p>It depends on what classes you take at Keystone. Some classes are actually less than that. The prices usually range from $369 to about $500 dollars. It depends on if you are taking AP classes. </p>
<p>Also, yes, you can start at any point. Upon signing up for a course, you will have up to one year to complete it.</p>
<p>@lifegr: You sure Apex lets you sign up without having to inform your school? I went on the website and couldn’t find any way to sign up… I’m fairly sure that they only work with certain school districts and you can’t sign up otherwise.</p>
<p>@Wartsandall: Thanks! Yeah, I’m planning on taking AP courses and both of the classes I want to take are $500 each. If I spent more than 1 hour a day working on the courses, do you think it’s possible that I could finish a Keystone AP course in 5-6 months or is that completely unrealistic?</p>
<p>That’s not unrealistic. It depends on how much work you can complete in that time period though. When you enroll in the program, each class will have a link that enables you to formulate your own schedule. You decide upon a start date and an end date, and then it will automatically plan out how much work you have to complete by a certain time in order to end the course by your designated end date.</p>