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We at degreeforum pride ourselves in our helpful nature. I myself usually like to see the OP make some initial effort in their research so I'm not doing it all for them. I found the following link on TESC's website:
Advisement Program Planning Handbook
The advising handbook does a good job of summarizing the steps needed for new students. It's overarching, so it isn't doesn't get specific like the folks on this site, but it sets a good foundation for folks new to TESC.
What are your thoughts on it?
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When I think back to the start of my college career, I am not sure I would have found that link as useful as I do now. I knew nothing about the process so it was hard to know what questions to research. After several years of experience, I can throw together a degree plan in a few minutes, it took days when I started. I wish degreeforums would have been my first stop before touching any of the college websites.
In my opinion, this is one of those issues where RTFM is not the best plan of action.
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You could certainly put it out there and still answer questions. I have been on this forum for a year and I am still lost on so many things.
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Penn Foster: Financial Mgmt 94, International Business 97, Strategic Mgmt 98, Corporate Finance 99, Consumer Behavior 95, Human Resource Mgmt 99
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Sophia: Intro to Sociology 90, Conflict Resolution 87, Project Mgmt 88
Straighterline: Principles of Mgmt 94, Organizational Behavior 88, American Government 92
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05-14-2015, 09:23 AM
(This post was last modified: 05-14-2015, 12:50 PM by ajs1976.)
There is something about the TESC site that makes it feel like i'm jumping all over the place looking for answers. I spend more time here looking for the information and then verifying it on the site. The COSC site was a lot easier for me and I had most of it figured out on my own months before I even found this site.
Andy
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TESC - BSBA: CIS
Current Degree Plan
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ajs1976 Wrote:There is something about the TESC site that makes it feel like i'm jumping all over the place looking for answers. I spend more time here looking for the information and then verifying it on the site. The COSC was a lot easier for me and I had most of it figured out on my own months before I even found this site.
I completely agree with this. I ended up studying elsewhere but almost enrolled at TESC. I never would have considered TESC if not for this forum. Even the evaluations are hard to read/decipher.
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ajs1976 Wrote:There is something about the TESC site that makes it feel like i'm jumping all over the place looking for answers. I spend more time here looking for the information and then verifying it on the site. The COSC site was a lot easier for me and I had most of it figured out on my own months before I even found this site.
TESC could consolidate its test equivalencies and tuition plans into one place. Having them on three different webpages is inefficient and makes it a little harder to make comparisons. Also, navigating to the CLEP and DSST pages is more complicated than it has to be. However, their degree distribution pages are great.
ladylearner Wrote:I completely agree with this. I ended up studying elsewhere but almost enrolled at TESC. I never would have considered TESC if not for this forum. Even the evaluations are hard to read/decipher.
As far as initial evaluations, I've gotten one at each school. Excelsior's was the most vague. I couldn't tell what I completed and what I hadn't completed. They also told me that I would have to enroll in order to have some of my credits further evaluated. COSC's was a little better, but I couldn't tell how each course was evaluated. I was just told if I had met a requirement or not. With TESC's evaluation, I got the exact course code so I knew which courses were upper level or lower level and which courses weren't counted toward the degree. I've never seen Excelsior's or COSC's evaluations after enrollment, so I can't compare those to TESC. TESC's evaluations before enrollment are the same as those after enrollment.
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Intro Psych 70, US His I 64, Intro Soc 63, Intro Edu Psych 70, A&I Lit 64, Bio 68, Prin Man 69, Prin Mar 68
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Life Dev Psych 62, Fund Coun 68, Intro Comp 469, Intro Astr 56, Env & Hum 70, HTYH 456, MIS 451, Prin Sup 453, HRM 62, Bus Eth 458
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Int Alg, Coll Alg
TEEX
4 credits
TECEP
Fed Inc Tax, Sci of Nutr, Micro, Strat Man, Med Term, Pub Relations
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ladylearner Wrote:Even the evaluations are hard to read/decipher. I have found that if I use OSS directly instead of MyEdison and then pick the degree from the drop down menu instead of clicking the radio button, I get a version with better formatting that is easier to read.
Andy
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Current Degree Plan
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I think it's great- no way I'd read the whole thing though lol.
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