CLEP: Intro to computing

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Intro to Computing is a DSST, which I have not taken. By the exam outine and feedback here, it's the really easy one. The CLEP is Information Systems and Computer Applications, and it's pretty easy too, but the subject matter is somewhat more advanced than the DSST. I estimate the DSST corresponds to a freshman year class in minimal computer literacy, while the CLEP corresponds to a sophomore class for majors in fields where they'll use computers. (EC took it for my 'computers' requirement for BS in Business, and it was a good match for the prereq at the CC where I took Java I.) You can probably hit both out of the park, though the CLEP has a skosh more on business/management topics that some tech-oriented posters trip up on (hint: the 'applications' in the exam title is 'applications of computers' not 'computer applications as in software you install and run'). Last I heard EC did not not consider them duplicates, but YMMV. DSST MIS is the next level up in difficulty, corresponding to a common junior-year course for business majors. EC took it as an elective in my MIS concentration.

Phillip