<p>Would the following two college courses (U Texas) be sufficient to prepare a student for the US History subject test? </p>
<p>HIS 315K United States, 1492-1865
and,
HIS 315L US History Since 1865</p>
<p>Here the course descriptions-</p>
<p>HIS 315K United States, 1492-1865: This online American history course follows the narrative of the history of the United States from before Europeans arrived in the Western Hemisphere to the end of the Civil War in 1865. Topics covered include the establishment of European colonies, the emergence of a distinctive society and culture in the British colonies, the early years of the United States of America, the rise of political parties, the initial phase of industrialism, and the events that culminated in the Civil War.</p>
<p>HIS 315L US History Since 1865: This online American history course follows the events of Reconstruction after the Civil War, examines the impact of industrialization, and covers the major political and social events of the twentieth century: the United States’ role in WWI and WWII, the Cold War, the New Deal, the Civil Rights upheavals of the 1960s, the Vietnam War and the interplay between liberalism and conservatism.</p>
<p>Also, would “E 316K Masterworks Of Lit: World” (This online University Extension course surveys world literature from ancient to modern times and includes a broad range of literary texts from many cultures and historical periods. Students of this class will learn about the various literary prosaic, and dramatic genres including epic, romance, tragedy, myth, lyric, short fiction, autobiography, essay, and novel.) help with SAT Literature?</p>
<p>Maybe I am confused here but isn’t taking a college level course to prepare for the SAT a little redundant? The whole pt of AP testing is to
a)get course credit or “level up” in college coursework (ie skip reg frosh Eng)
b) demonstrate to colleges that you can handle college level work. </p>
<p>If you take college level work to prep for the AP test you have already met those two criteria.</p>
<p>My D prepared for the Literature test by getting a study guide for the SAT Lit Subject Test and working through that. I think she got a 740, so it worked okay for her. She is a “book person”, though (like Neil Gaimen, who says he was a “feral child raised by librarians”… except she wasn’t really feral). She commented later that it was a difficult test to prepare for. Reading a lot of literature really wasn’t what it was all about…</p>
<p>Both courses would be fine. You might however look at the literature practice test, you may not need to take the course at all. My son like intparent’s daughter, did no special prep for it at all. He reads a lot of sci fi and hates his English classes. I think he found the poetry bits the most difficult.</p>
<p>Actually, for Literature, the prep book might do. But for US History, I might need to take the courses as I have no previous knowledge of the subject.</p>
<p>Why in the world are you thinking of taking the US History SAT II without ever having had any background in US History? No college anywhere – at least to my knowledge – requires that any applicant take that test. A handful of colleges require any SAT IIs at all. Most require two, with one being one of the math ones, and the other being any one you like out of the 17 or so offered. Some require three. So why would you try to cram an entire year worth of college US History to prepare for a test that no one needs to take? That’s absurd! Surely there are other subjects with which you are more familiar if you need to take SOME SAT II test!</p>
<p>SAT II English Lit: Look at the prep book before taking a college class. The college class is likely to be both complete overkill and maybe not to cover some of what would be on the SAT. And same comment as above – if you have to take a college class to prep for this, then you are taking the wrong test.</p>
<p>I need to take 2-3 SAT Subject Tests. I am familiar with Literature and a Math (though I am not at all strong at it). I need to choose a third subject , or a test that would be easier than the Math one. I don’t mind taking a course or two to prepare. I am very sure I won’t do well on the Math thing.</p>
<p>If you are an international student, any number of tests ought to be easier than US History: World History, Chemistry, Biology, one of any number of languages . . . . Why in the world would you want to study US History to take an SAT II test? It’s a monumentally stupid, one-hour, multiple-choice test, covering (with incredible superficiality) what must be 60 hours’ worth of lectures and thousands of pages of text. I’m all in favor of studying history, but not in order to take an SAT II.</p>