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DSST - Fundamentals of Cybersecurity no longer valid for ACE credit. Alternatives?
#1
Hi all,

I got some bad news today when speaking with my TESC advisor. The Fundamentals of Cybersecurity DSST is no longer being reviewed for ACE credit. As a result, TESC stopped accepting it on 12/12. This is a real bummer for me because I needed it to finish off my upper-level COS/CIS credits. I could have taken this before taking MIS if I knew it was going away.

Does anyone have any alternatives? I know TEEX has that 2-credit Cybersecurity program, but I need 3 upper-level credits.
#2
sodaspeak Wrote:Hi all,

I got some bad news today when speaking with my TESC advisor. The Fundamentals of Cybersecurity DSST is no longer being reviewed for ACE credit. As a result, TESC stopped accepting it on 12/12. This is a real bummer for me because I needed it to finish off my upper-level COS/CIS credits. I could have taken this before taking MIS if I knew it was going away.

Does anyone have any alternatives? I know TEEX has that 2-credit Cybersecurity program, but I need 3 upper-level credits.


It's showing as approved through 10/2016 with ACE. Your advisor is mistaken. ACE CREDIT | The National Guide to College Credit for Workforce Training
#3
I'll email advising then. Thank you!
#4
cookderosa Wrote:It's showing as approved through 10/2016 with ACE. Your advisor is mistaken. ACE CREDIT | The National Guide to College Credit for Workforce Training

Advisor confirmed. Yep, you're right! They must have been reading the wrong line on the spreadsheet. Thanks!
#5
cookderosa Wrote:It's showing as approved through 10/2016 with ACE. Your advisor is mistaken.

Unfortunately, lately advisor error seems to be the rule vs the exception. :mad:


Makes me wonder if they just hired a bunch of newbies still in training mode, or worse, if job performance standards are just that low. New management is definitely needed. They reward competence with promoition which is what is expected, but they seem to also keep the sub-standard performers stagnant in the same jobs. Either demote or terminate! It's the only method of both holding employees accountable while showing the underachievers this is not acceptable behavior. They are screwing with people's livelihoods and finances. Not acceptable at all!!! Grrrrrr.

"Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan." -Tom Landry

TESC:
AAS, Admin Studies. 2010
BA, Social Sciences. 2010. Arnold Fletcher Award.
AAS, Environmental, Safety & Security Technologies. 2011
BSBA, General Management. 2011. Arnold Fletcher Award. Sigma Beta Delta (ΣΒΔWink!
#6
sodaspeak Wrote:Advisor confirmed. Yep, you're right! They must have been reading the wrong line on the spreadsheet. Thanks!

Aren't you glad you asked? (that's nothing to do with me- as bricabrac commented on, advisors from all schools make mistakes all the time).
#7
Piggybacking off of this thread,

Does the DSST Fundamentals of Cybersecurity fit the NS/M criteria? This test isn't what I would consider CS (very aware it doesn't matter what I think).

*Crossing my fingers, hoping this can be used to fulfill the 12 UL NS/M credits I need...


Edit: Does anyone know if CIS, ELD, CMP courses meet NS/M criteria? Specifically, I am looking at CIS-351, CIS-320, CIS-301, CMP-354, or ELD-311.
#8
Outis Wrote:Does anyone know if CIS, ELD, CMP courses meet NS/M criteria? Specifically, I am looking at CIS-351, CIS-320, CIS-301, CMP-354, or ELD-311.

When I view BA NS/M in the evaluation tool CIS-351 shows up in the A: Concentration section. I completed it as transfer credit.
Andy

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TESC - BSBA: CIS

Current Degree Plan
Complete:  TECEP Eng Comp I, Marriage and Family, Strategic Management, Networking, Computer Concepts, Liberal Math, Tech Writing, Managerial Accounting DSST MIS, Cybersecurity Study.com Macroeconomics
Remaining:  Waiting for credits to process



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