06-28-2009, 03:00 PM
I'm a pretty good history person. Getting lost in various history topics on wikipedia has been a hobby of mine for years. To be honest with you, I didn't study any history for this exam for that reason so I don't know where to tell you to begin on that one.
Sociology, anthropology, and econ are a horse of a different color.
I suggest knowing all the big names from all of these topics and what they did. For example, Durkheim was the big suicide and case study guy. Simple stuff like that.
Also, knowing the terminology for those 3 subjects is key. Norms, mores, folkways, marginal utility etc. all refer to relatively easy to understand concepts that our esteemed colleagues in the ivory towers of academia felt the need to give funny names to. I guess everybody needs a measure of job security.
Knowing the bare bones basic of social sciences research will also get you points. What's the difference between the dependent and the independent variable, What's participant-observation research, what's a case study, and so on.
Most of the econ tended to be macro related. Lots of general questions about prices, their effect on interest, the money supply, whatever. Remember, MACRO!!!
Government didn't really rear its ugly head too much. When it did the questions weren't rocket science.
Anyway, I hope I was able to help out!
Sociology, anthropology, and econ are a horse of a different color.
I suggest knowing all the big names from all of these topics and what they did. For example, Durkheim was the big suicide and case study guy. Simple stuff like that.
Also, knowing the terminology for those 3 subjects is key. Norms, mores, folkways, marginal utility etc. all refer to relatively easy to understand concepts that our esteemed colleagues in the ivory towers of academia felt the need to give funny names to. I guess everybody needs a measure of job security.
Knowing the bare bones basic of social sciences research will also get you points. What's the difference between the dependent and the independent variable, What's participant-observation research, what's a case study, and so on.
Most of the econ tended to be macro related. Lots of general questions about prices, their effect on interest, the money supply, whatever. Remember, MACRO!!!
Government didn't really rear its ugly head too much. When it did the questions weren't rocket science.
Anyway, I hope I was able to help out!
DEGREES EARNED: [SIZE="1"]
BA, History, TESC '10
AAS, Mechanics and Maintenance, TESC '10
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TESTS PASSED:[SIZE="1"]
CLEP Social Sciences & History - 70/50
CLEP American Government - 65/50
CLEP English Composition General - 68/50
CLEP A & I Literature 70/50
CLEP Sociology 73/50
CLEP College Math 74/50
CLEP Intro Psychology 72/50
CLEP College Algebra 65/50
CLEP Macroeconomics 73/50
CLEP Microeconomics 70/50
CLEP Western Civ. I 79/50
CLEP Western Civ. II 70/50
CLEP US History I 79/50
CLEP US History II 78/50
DSST Technical Writing 63/46
DSST Intro to Computing 463/400
DSST Substance Abuse 463/400
DSST Fundamentals of Algebra 433/400
DSST World Religions 467/400
DSST The Civil War and Reconstruction 68/47
DSST A History of the Vietnam War 78/44
DSST An Introduction to the Modern Middle East 80/47
DSST Western Europe since 1945 71/47
DSST Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union 70/45
[SIZE="2"]ON DECK:[/SIZE]
A B.E. or an MBA
[/SIZE]
BA, History, TESC '10
AAS, Mechanics and Maintenance, TESC '10
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TESTS PASSED:[SIZE="1"]
CLEP Social Sciences & History - 70/50
CLEP American Government - 65/50
CLEP English Composition General - 68/50
CLEP A & I Literature 70/50
CLEP Sociology 73/50
CLEP College Math 74/50
CLEP Intro Psychology 72/50
CLEP College Algebra 65/50
CLEP Macroeconomics 73/50
CLEP Microeconomics 70/50
CLEP Western Civ. I 79/50
CLEP Western Civ. II 70/50
CLEP US History I 79/50
CLEP US History II 78/50
DSST Technical Writing 63/46
DSST Intro to Computing 463/400
DSST Substance Abuse 463/400
DSST Fundamentals of Algebra 433/400
DSST World Religions 467/400
DSST The Civil War and Reconstruction 68/47
DSST A History of the Vietnam War 78/44
DSST An Introduction to the Modern Middle East 80/47
DSST Western Europe since 1945 71/47
DSST Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union 70/45
[SIZE="2"]ON DECK:[/SIZE]
A B.E. or an MBA
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