This page details upcoming changes for all Study.com college credit recommended courses. 


If you are enrolled in one of the courses below, the changes will affect your course progress. We’re giving you advance notice of these changes so that you’ll have time to complete the course before we make changes if you would like to. If you do not finish the course, pass the final exam and submit any projects before the specified date, then you will need to complete any new lessons or assignments being added and complete the new version of the exam.


If you have any questions about these changes, please don't hesitate to contact us!


Upcoming Changes


Course NameUpcoming ChangesDate Effective 
Psychology 302: Cognitive PsychologyThis course will be demoted to 3 units lower division status on 5/1/20245/1/2024
History 311: The Holocaust & World War IIThis course will be promoted to 3 units upper division status on 4/1/20244/1/2024
Business 318: Management EthicsThis course will be demoted to 3 units lower division status on 4/1/20244/1/2024



Recent Changes


Course NameRecent ChangesDate Effective

Marketing 303: Global Marketing


This course will be gaining 6+ new lessons on 2/15/2024.

After 2/15/2024, in order to complete the course and earn credit you will need to also complete those 6+ new lessons.
2/15/24
Health 305: Healthcare Finance & Budgeting 
This course will be gaining 4 new lessons and 1 new assignment on 2/15/2024.

After 2/15/2024, in order to complete the course and earn credit you will need to also complete those 4 new lessons and 1 new assignment.
2/15/24
Finance 306: Small Business Finance  
This course will be gaining 6 new lessons and 1 new assignment on 2/15/2024.

After 2/15/2024, in order to complete the course and earn credit you will need to also complete those 6 new lessons and 1 new assignment.
2/15/24
Finance 302: International Finance 
This course will be gaining 4 new lessons and 2 new assignments on 2/15/2024.

After 2/15/2024, in order to complete the course and earn credit you will need to also complete those 4 new lessons and 2 new assignments.
2/15/24
Finance 303: Financial Institutions & Markets
This course will be gaining 5 new lessons and 1 new assignment on 2/15/2024.

After 2/15/2024, in order to complete the course and earn credit you will need to also complete those 5 new lessons and 1 new assignment.
2/15/24
Computer Science 305: Operating Systems  
This course will be gaining 13 new lessons and 1 new assignment on 2/15/2024.

After 2/15/2024, in order to complete the course and earn credit you will need to also complete those 13 new lessons and 1 new assignment.
2/15/24
Computer Science 112: Programming in C++
This course will be gaining 7 new lessons on 2/15/2024.

After 2/15/2024, in order to complete the course and earn credit you will need to also complete those 7 new lessons.
2/15/24

Computer Science 105: Introduction to Operating Systems


This course will be gaining 15 new lessons on 2/15/2024.

After 2/15/2024, in order to complete the course and earn credit you will need to also complete those 15 new lessons.
2/15/24
Computer Science 202: Network and System Security
This course will be gaining 15 new lessons on 2/15/2024.

After 2/15/2024, in order to complete the course and earn credit you will need to also complete those 15 new lessons.
2/15/24
History 105: US History from Settlement to Present Day
Two new assignments will be added to the course. The currently existing assignment will be updated with additional requirements.

After 12/15/23, in order to complete and receive credit for the course you will be required to complete the two new assignments and submit the current assignment with additional required elements along with the lesson quizzes and proctored final exam.
12/15/23
Business 302: Foundations of LeadershipA  new assignment #2 will be added to the course and will replace the existing assignment # 210/31/23
Business 309: Digital Marketing & AdvertisingThe ACE credit recommendation for this course is being changed from 3 upper division credits to 3 lower division credits on 11/1/2023. 

To receive upper division credit for the course, you must complete the course in its entirety, including the proctored final and assignments, before 11/1/2023
10/31/23
Physics 101: Intro to Physics20 lessons will be added to this course that covers additional topics in Introductory Physics.

To receive credit for this course without completing the 20 new lessons, you will need to finish lesson quizzes, assignments, and the proctored final prior to 11/10/2023. After 11/10/2023 you will be required to also complete the 20 new lessons in order to finish the course and take the proctored final.
11/10/23
Health 310: Human Resource Management in Healthcare

One new assignment will be added to this course on 11/12/23

After 11/12/2023, you will be required to complete the new assignment along with the existing assignment, lesson quizzes, and proctored final exam.
11/12/23
Accounting 302: Advanced Financial Accounting II

24 lessons will be added to this course.

After 11/13/2023 you will be required to complete all 24 new lessons along with any assignment, lesson quizzes, and the proctored final exam to receive credit for the course.
11/13/2023
Political Science 101: Intro to Political Science

8 lessons will be added to this course.

After 11/13/2023 you will be required to complete all 8 new lessons along with any assignment, lesson quizzes, and the proctored final exam to receive credit for the course.
11/13/2023
Accounting 202: Intermediate Accounting IIThe following new assignment will be added to the course:
  • Assignment 2 - Calculating Funded Status

9/8/23

Biology 202L: Anatomy & Physiology II with LabThe following 10 new lessons will be added to the course:
  • Case Study - Understanding Causes and Impacts of Renal Failure
  • Case Study - Understanding Causes and Impacts of Heart Failure
  • Case Study - Understanding Respiratory Illness and COPD
  • DNA in the Nucleus: Organization & Replication
  • Upregulation & Downregulation in Gene Expression
  • Protein Formation: DNA, Transcription & Translation
  • Cell Cycle: Stages, Regulation & Stem Cells
  • Genetic Inheritance, Expression & Mutations
  • Karotyping, Chromosomal Disorders & Epigenetics in Gene Expression
  • Cellular Genetics Visual Worksheet
9/8/23


Business 304: Leading Organizational ChangeThe following new assignment will be added to the course:
  • Assignment 2 - Comparing Leadership Theories
9/8/23


Psychology 302: Cognitive PsychologyThe following new assignment will be added to the course:
  • Assignment 2: Analysis of a Cognitive Bias
9/8/23


Marketing 306: Principles of SellingThe following new assignment will be added to the course:
  • Assignment 2 - Prospecting and Forecasting Plans
9/8/23


Marketing 308: Applied MarketingThe following new assignment will be added to the course:
  • Assignment 2: SWOT Analysis 

9/8/23


Business 302: Foundations of LeadershipThe following 2 new lessons will be added to the course:
  • Mark Zuckerberg: Leadership Styles & Traits as CEO
  • Case Study: Tenure of Carly Fiorina as CEO of HP
8/21/23
Philosophy 101:  Intro to Philosophy The ACE credit recommendation for Philosophy 101: Intro to Philosophy is being changed from 3 lower division credits to 6 upper division credits. 

Due to this, the name of the course will be changed to Philosophy 301: Principles of Philosophy
8/18/23