TESU transfer credits and degree planning questions

[Amberlinjeanne]

Please see my degree plan above. I have plugged in the courses as best as I could for a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from TESU, but I have a few pressing questions.

1) I am currently enrolled in a local 4 year private school - Columbia College. This is where all of my RA credits come from. I am not yet enrolled in TESU and not sure how strict they are on the actual course transfer. For example, according to the degree guidelines - The requirement for Ethics in the social sciences is listed as SOS-450, but the Study.com website lists their course as transferring as SOS-216. I understand it won't give me UL credit, but will it still fulfill that requirement? Same goes for Research Methods in Psychology, the requirement is PSY-322, but study.com course transfers as PSY-229. 

2)The question marks indicate that I am unsure whether the selected course qualifies for the degree requirement. Here is the link to the degree map for my selected program on TESU for comparison. 

3)Additionally would like feedback on whether Coopersmith, TECEP or Uexcel exams are preferred for the courses I listed. 

I just want to make sure I am on the right track so I am not wasting effort here. I plan to apply to TESU in September after I get the bulk of these courses knocked out. Any help is appreciated!

You all are awesome.
THANK YOU!!!

[rachel83az]

I've split your post off into a new thread so that it will get the attention it deserves.

[Amberlinjeanne]

I've split your post off into a new thread so that it will get the attention it deserves.

Thank you so very much! I updated the post after several edits since my formatting skills are not that great LOL

[rachel83az]

You have English Comp I listed as being a CLEP exam, English Comp II listed as being RA credit, and then you have College Composition Modular listed as an elective. If the RA credit transfers in as being the same thing as English Comp II, you're not going to get credit for it twice. You'll only get 6 total credits, not 9.

Similar with Developmental Psych. You cannot use it in both the AOS and the Gen Eds.

For knowledge of human cultures, you need at least one history course. https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Sa...n_Cultures You don't have any. Art & Art History is Humanities. Anthropology is Social Science. https://www.tesu.edu/academics/courses/2019-and-after You need a history course from somewhere. IMO, Sophia is the easiest, But, if you prefer CLEPs, you could take either US History CLEP exam and you'd be good there.

[Amberlinjeanne]

You have English Comp I listed as being a CLEP exam, English Comp II listed as being RA credit, and then you have College Composition Modular listed as an elective. If the RA credit transfers in as being the same thing as English Comp II, you're not going to get credit for it twice. You'll only get 6 total credits, not 9.

Similar with Developmental Psych. You cannot use it in both the AOS and the Gen Eds.

For knowledge of human cultures, you need at least one history course. https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Sa...n_Cultures You don't have any. Art & Art History is Humanities. Anthropology is Social Science. https://www.tesu.edu/academics/courses/2019-and-after You need a history course from somewhere. IMO, Sophia is the easiest, But, if you prefer CLEPs, you could take either US History CLEP exam and you'd be good there.

The reason I listed it that way is because my current school counts the college comp with writing as English comp I and II, and modular counted as an elective for 9 total credits. My RA credit I already took so it won’t count for additional credit, just RA. does that make sense? There’s a chance that TESU won’t count modular as an elective since I believe the writing one counts for I AND II, but I’m unsure on that. I do appreciate the heads up on history though, i was trying to avoid it but did notice that slot was missing. 
Thanks!

[dfrecore]

So first, here is what TESU says on the link you provided: "TESU Featured Courses are listed as a guide. Other courses may satisfy the areas..."

They list their course numbers for the Psych courses, but the rule is that you need 18cr of UL in the major including the capstone. As long as you fulfill that requirement, you can bring in UL or LL for each course.
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Second, I cannot read your files, they are tiny and blurry, and contain course numbers I'm unfamiliar with. So, if you listed all of the actual courses you took at Columbia College, with their course numbers, full course names, and number of credits, that would be more helpful.
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Third, where did you get the template for the degree plan? I keep seeing people using this, and the Knowledge of Human Cultures section is wrong, and I don't know where people are getting it, but it would sure be nice to see it fixed. That is one of the reasons I hate when people post templates on here - either they are wrong at times, or outdated.

[Amberlinjeanne]

So first, here is what TESU says on the link you provided: "TESU Featured Courses are listed as a guide. Other courses may satisfy the areas..."

They list their course numbers for the Psych courses, but the rule is that you need 18cr of UL in the major including the capstone. As long as you fulfill that requirement, you can bring in UL or LL for each course.
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Second, I cannot read your files, they are tiny and blurry, and contain course numbers I'm unfamiliar with.  So, if you listed all of the actual courses you took at Columbia College, with their course numbers, full course names, and number of credits, that would be more helpful.
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Third, where did you get the template for the degree plan? I keep seeing people using this, and the Knowledge of Human Cultures section is wrong, and I don't know where people are getting it, but it would sure be nice to see it fixed.  That is one of the reasons I hate when people post templates on here - either they are wrong at times, or outdated.

I found the template from someone in a Facebook group and attempted to cross reference with the TESU site, but clearly to no avail. I appreciate you clarifying the UL major requirement as that makes a lot more sense now. I apologize for the blurry screenshot, I was struggling to find the best way to attach. Here is a list of my Columbia college courses I brought in. 

ARTS 105 - Art appreciation (3)
PSYC 101 - Intro to Psych(3)
COMM 110 - Public Speaking (3)
COLL 133 - foundations course required by Columbia college, similar to information literacy at TESU (3)
HUMS 105 - Intro to Human Services (3)
ENGL 133 - College Comp II (3)
PSYC 275 - Intro to Social Science Writing (3)
HUMS 365 - American Social Policy (3) - UL
BIOL 110L - human bio lab (2)
= 26 total RA credits

[dfrecore]

Here's what you still need:

Another Ethics course (for Ethical Leadership area)
A History course
6cr of Social Psych - 3cr of LL and 3cr of UL. The only way to get the UL credit is via the UExcel exam. The LL option can be done via Study.com or Coopersmith.
Abnormal Psych (UL) - TECEP, Coopersmith or UExcel
An additional UL Psych course - either BUS 323: Organizational Theory (Study.com), PSYx315: Psychology of Adulthood & Aging (UExcel), PSYx365: Research Methods in Psychology (UExcel), PSY-303: Physiological Psychology (Coopersmith), PSY-305: Drugs, Society & Human Behavior (Coopersmith), PSY-306: Family Therapy (Coopersmith), or PSY-320: Substance Abuse Counseling (Coopersmith).

You also have all of your free electives filled, so I would drop PSY 301: Industrial/Organizational Psychology and BUS 106: Human Resource Management - you can't use either of them.