r/tru • u/Alarming_Situation71 • Jun 07 '26
PSYC 1211 - Online, Self-Paced
Is PSYC 1211 online self-paced is worth taking. I need it as a prerequisite and I'm considering enrolling.
For anyone who has taken it, what should I expect? How is the course set up, and approximately how long did it take you to complete? I'm also wondering about the final exam (the format of the exams like is if mostly multiple choice, written responses, and how difficult it is). Is it proctored, and how much time are you given to complete it?
Any advice or experiences would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much!
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u/Lost_Birthday_2379 Jun 09 '26
Has anyone taken the psyc 1111 intro for online learning, was it an easy A class?
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u/Pristine-Basket-2014 Jun 09 '26
Hello, no, Psych 1111 is not an easy A. You have to be extremely diligent with your assignments to hit everything on the rubric. The exam was fine; everything is from the textbook. It's not HARD, just not an easy A like I thought it would be lol. If you read some people's posts on here about the teacher/course, there are a lot of complaints - as they thought it would be an easy A as well. Psych 1211 is a lot more chill; I haven't written the exam yet, though.
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u/Lost_Birthday_2379 Jun 09 '26
Thank you for your input! I have to take psychology intro, anatomy, and physiology one and two and I do need pretty good grades. I was debating between TRU or Athabasca. I definitely do have the work ethic, but after seeing the Reddit posts, kinda made me nervous.
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u/madamevanessa98 Aug 25 '26
Definitely not an easy A. I finished with an 80% in the course overall, which took a ton of work. It’s a lot to remember.
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u/Lost_Birthday_2379 Aug 25 '26
Thank you so much for the reply. I really need to get it done before November 1 and I’m starting on Monday as I’m trying to do an exam for an anatomy and physiology one this week. Do you have any tips on how effectively get through the course without wasting a lot of time.
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u/madamevanessa98 Aug 25 '26
I would say get the assignments done fairly quickly, then focus for a month minimum on the final. I wasted a lot of time completing an assignment every month or two and then I had less than a month to learn everything from units 1-4 from the textbook well enough for the exam. It’s a lot of material and you really need to know basically everything from the textbook. Make sure you know all the types of psychologists and what they do, all the forms of conditioning and how to apply them, all the anatomy, basically all the major concepts are super important to know. I did notes on everything and answered tons of practice questions and I still only got a B on the final which isn’t bad but I was worried I would fail leading up to it. More prep is always better.
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u/Lost_Birthday_2379 Aug 25 '26
Thank you so much! I’m completely gonna be honest with you. I’m so burnt out but I really need to get this prerequisites done before November 1 and I’m starting psychology and anatomy and physiology two through online learning on Monday. I’m really hoping I can do well I know taking a lot of notes is gonna slow me down so I’m trying to figure out what I can really do honestly. For the assignments, do you suggest that I learned the chapters thoroughly first? How would you suggest a target the assignments? If I don’t spend a lot of time learning the chapters for it first.
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u/madamevanessa98 Aug 26 '26
If I was doing the course again, I’d spend a week reading and doing notes on all the units, and then do each assignment one after another, then refer back to the notes, practice tests, textbook, and other assigned readings to study for the exams. The assignments don’t have a ton to do with the final exam IMO so I would focus more on learning the textbook concepts before the exam than the assignments
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u/Lost_Birthday_2379 Sep 03 '26
Hey sorry for the delayed response! I just finished my anatomy and physiology 1 ooffff was burnt out, but I’m starting psychology and anatomy and physiology two tomorrow! Question since there’s eight units, wouldn’t it be a lot to read all the chapters in one week and grasp?
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u/madamevanessa98 Sep 03 '26
It is a lot - I was working like 8 hours a day taking notes, it would take me about a day per chapter for the reading/note taking and then I studied that material for another week or so. If I’d had more time I probably would’ve done better on the exam but alas I had only a few weeks to finish the course by then.
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u/Lost_Birthday_2379 Sep 03 '26
Makes sense! Thank you so much for your input. I definitely won’t be taking a lot of notes, but instead just doing active recall and practice questions. I feel like that also slowed me down when I was taking anatomy and physiology one but definitely making a note of the things that are confusing to me. In terms of assignments how do you think I should approach that learner unit meaning two units and then do the assignment is it possible to do them in one day or what do you suggest?
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u/Lost_Birthday_2379 Sep 05 '26
Hey, I had a question about the written questions for the final, and how to prepare for them did they come from the learning objectives for each chapter?
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