BA in English at TESC. Help, please!

[fajardo]

Hi there! First of all I want to thank all of you for such valuable info on the forum. Your help has given me the courage to finally finish a degree. If I do finish, I would be the first in my entire family to do so. So this is pretty big for me, and for them.

The goal is a BA in English from TESC: Thomas Edison State College: English

-----I already have completed these:

[CLEP]:

-Analyzing/Interpreting Lit: 67
-College Composition: 58
-College Spanish Language: 78

Total: 24 credits

[Aleks]:

-Beginning Algebra
-Intermediate Algebra
-College Algebra
-Trigonometry
-PreCalculus

Total: 15 credits (some will duplicate as I understand, right?)

[4-year university] (in Puerto Rico, regionally accredited by the Middle States):

-Social Science I and II: 6 credits
-Humanities I and II: 6 credits (this covers western civilization)
-Spanish I and II: 6 credits (this is a college composition course in Spanish: Latin-American literature analysis, poetry, linguistics, basic research, etc.)
-Intermediate English I and II: 6 credits (I think this would be considered a college composition course, but it was made for students whose first language is not English. Here's the link to the course description: http://generales.uprrp.edu/Departamentos...203103.pdf)
-Communications: 3 credits (focusing on radio, film and TV)
-Intro. to Music: 3 credits

Total: 30 credits

[4-year university in California]:

-Intro. to Computers: 2 credits
-Swimming: .5 credits
-Understanding Islam: 4 credits

Total: 6.5 credits

>>Grand total: 75.5 credits

------ I'm afraid my Spanish courses could duplicate the Spanish CLEP (though the CLEP tested fluency: listening/reading comprehension, and not composition or text analysis like the courses). Also, will my English courses duplicate the College Comp. CLEP? My other question is how should I go about the rest of the degree? I have to figure out a way to complete the literature courses required for the English area of study (considering BYU for those) and the General Ed. Electives. I think many of my credits could satisfy the electives, right?

Should I apply to TESC, have everything evaluated, and complete what's left while enrolled, even if it's outside of TESC? The Per Credit Tuition Plan would be my best bet, right? I could complete the 24 required credits with TECEP exams and satisfy more electives. At what stage should I do this? I've been reading this forum for a month now and I know many of my questions have been asked before, but I haven't found an answer that applies to my exact situation.

ANY help will be appreciated. Thanks a million you guys!!!

[sanantone]

TESC considers ALEKS Beginning Algebra to be developmental (remedial). It won't count toward the degree. Your western civilization course may or may not be humanities. Western civilization is counted by TESC and many other schools as a history course, and history falls under social science. It's hard to say if an English as a second language course will count as English comp. Swimming will fall under free electives.

If you decide to go ahead with the Per Credit Tuition Plan, you don't have to worry about an enrollment fee expiring. In this case, I would advise you to get your credits evaluated as soon as possible. In order to stay enrolled under the Per Credit Tuition Plan, all you have to do is enroll in one course (online or guided study), portfolio assessment, ePack, or TECEP per rolling 12 months.

I don't guarantee accuracy, but I did categorize tests and ACE/NCCRS approved courses by TESC's general education categories. TESC has yet to categorize the CLEPs and DSSTs by their new gen ed requirements.
Sanantone's General Education Options - Degree Forum Wiki

There are some tests you can tell for sure fall into a category by comparing them to TESC's categorization of courses.
General Education Courses

[fajardo]

Thanks so much for all the info, Sanantone. Things seem more clear now. I'll start with the links you gave me and then begin the application process.