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Hello,
I am fairly new on this website and I've been reading the posts to get some questions clarified on my own...with that said.. there's so much you can get as General advices go, so here's a more personal approach in hopes to get some feedback...
currently trying to finish a degree in General Business within 6-9 months (job promotion requirement) maybe it will be impossible, but I am looking at all the options possible in hopes to achieve it or get close to it as soon as possible.
My first choice was Excelsior, but based on the attached review I am unsure if I can make it happen. they are requesting 21 UL in business and all DSST exams are LL on their end..From what I've been reading uexcel are harder and $$
Any suggestions? should I be looking into TECEP? Not sure if they accept DSST as UL or not..
Thanks in advance.
DESM
24 to go
CC (2012)
World Religions - A, Speech Communication - B, Intro to Sociology - A
CLEPS (August-September 2015)
Introductory Psychology - 64, Spanish Language - 80, Western Civilization I - 58, Western Civilization II - 57, Principles of Macroeconomics - 54, Principles of Microeconomics - 52, Principles of Marketing - 59, Principles of Management - 52, Information Systems - 64
DSST (September-October 2015)
Ethics in America - 462, Principles of Supervision - 422
ECE (September-October 2015)
Organizational Behavior - A, Human Resource Management - B
PF (October)
Financial Mngmt - 96
SL (October-November 2015)
Eng Comp 1 & 2 - 80, Acct 1 & 2 - 86, Bus Comm - 82, Bus Stats - 83, Biology - 74, American Govt - 83, Business Law - 84
Sophia (December 2015)
Project Management - 89
Aleks (December 2015)
Intermediate & College Algebra
Kaplan (December 2015)
PLA - Learning Recognition
American Institutes (December 2015)
Ethics & CPCU
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One suggestion is to look at COSC and TESC as well. See which school would give you the most credits and would be the easier to complete within your timeframe. TESC is very transfer friendly, very flexible with UL credits. I think Excelsior and COSC are similar to each other regarding transfer credit and UL. There has been postings about Excelsior being weird with the English requirements. I think the uexcels are more expensive about $150 for some and up to $400 for others. I do not find the uexcels to be too difficult but I have only taken multiple choice exams. Each school usually posts charts for different exams. I think COSC and Excelsior might have this info on their website somewhere but I am less familiar with COSC or Excelsior. TESC has their own credit by exams, TECEPs, that Excelsior might accept as UL. There are quite a few business ones.
Sanantone's TESC General Education Options After July 1, 2015 - Degree Forum Wiki
Sanantone's TESC BSBA in General Management After July 1, 2015 - Degree Forum Wiki
CLEP - College-Level Exam Program
DANTES
Thomas Edison State College: All TECEPÂ Tests
TESC AAS CJ, December 2015
Working on TESU BA CJ/PSY March 2018
TECEP: Marriage and Family, Abnormal Psy, Intro to Soc, Psy of Women, Public Relations, Computer Concepts and Applications, Liberal Arts Math
ECE: Cultural Diversity, Juvenile Delinquency, Workplace Communications, Business Information Systems
DSST: Criminal Justice, Principles of Supervision, Substance Abuse
PF: Principles of Loss Prevention, White Collar Crime, Criminal Law
Propero: Victimology, Criminology, Intro to Homeland Security, Juvenile Justice, Criminal Justice Ethics
The Institutes: Ethics Course
AP: American History
FHSU: Justice in the Information Age
NOCTI Business Solutions: Protective Services, Security and Protective Services
Schmoop: Drugs in Lit
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Thanks for you reply! I'll get in touch with TECEP to see what they suggest. I did see Sanantones plan and it looks achievable
I'm trying to take a exam every week, so far I've been able to do it. Started in Mid July with only 9 credits and not I am 45 and hopefully tomorrow will be 48...taking Uexcel for OB. I made the mistake of going into the OB DSST with only Principles of Management knowledge... yep i was a fool lol.
DESM
24 to go
CC (2012)
World Religions - A, Speech Communication - B, Intro to Sociology - A
CLEPS (August-September 2015)
Introductory Psychology - 64, Spanish Language - 80, Western Civilization I - 58, Western Civilization II - 57, Principles of Macroeconomics - 54, Principles of Microeconomics - 52, Principles of Marketing - 59, Principles of Management - 52, Information Systems - 64
DSST (September-October 2015)
Ethics in America - 462, Principles of Supervision - 422
ECE (September-October 2015)
Organizational Behavior - A, Human Resource Management - B
PF (October)
Financial Mngmt - 96
SL (October-November 2015)
Eng Comp 1 & 2 - 80, Acct 1 & 2 - 86, Bus Comm - 82, Bus Stats - 83, Biology - 74, American Govt - 83, Business Law - 84
Sophia (December 2015)
Project Management - 89
Aleks (December 2015)
Intermediate & College Algebra
Kaplan (December 2015)
PLA - Learning Recognition
American Institutes (December 2015)
Ethics & CPCU
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Wow great job.
MA in progress
Certificate in the Study of Capitalism - University of Arkansas
BS, Business Administration - Ashworth College
Certificates in Accounting & Finance
BA, Regents Bachelor of Arts - West Virginia University
AAS & AGS
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I would suggest looking at TESC or COSC because their business degree tends to be easier to test out of. TESC in particular awards upper level credits for classes Excelsior will consider lower level. I switched from Excelsior to TESC after paying excelsiors fees, because it was still significantly cheaper and faster for me.
If it was my money/time (it was not too long ago!), I'd switch to TESC.
Currently studying for: Still deciding.
Done!
2020 - Harvard Extension School - ALM IT Management
2019 - Harvard Extension School - Graduate Certificate Data Science
2018 - Harvard Extension School - Graduate Certificate Cyber Security
2016 - WGU - MBA Mgmt & Strategy
2015 - Thomas Edison State College - BSBA Marketing & CIS
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mednat Wrote:I would suggest looking at TESC or COSC because their business degree tends to be easier to test out of. TESC in particular awards upper level credits for classes Excelsior will consider lower level. I switched from Excelsior to TESC after paying excelsiors fees, because it was still significantly cheaper and faster for me.
If it was my money/time (it was not too long ago!), I'd switch to TESC.
I sent an email to their admissions department with the Roadmap that I have attached here. Waiting to see how will they respond.
Thanks for the reply! At this point it is all about money & time...not so worry about GPA - although I may be inclined to get an MBA :-) but thats a whole new issue
DESM
24 to go
CC (2012)
World Religions - A, Speech Communication - B, Intro to Sociology - A
CLEPS (August-September 2015)
Introductory Psychology - 64, Spanish Language - 80, Western Civilization I - 58, Western Civilization II - 57, Principles of Macroeconomics - 54, Principles of Microeconomics - 52, Principles of Marketing - 59, Principles of Management - 52, Information Systems - 64
DSST (September-October 2015)
Ethics in America - 462, Principles of Supervision - 422
ECE (September-October 2015)
Organizational Behavior - A, Human Resource Management - B
PF (October)
Financial Mngmt - 96
SL (October-November 2015)
Eng Comp 1 & 2 - 80, Acct 1 & 2 - 86, Bus Comm - 82, Bus Stats - 83, Biology - 74, American Govt - 83, Business Law - 84
Sophia (December 2015)
Project Management - 89
Aleks (December 2015)
Intermediate & College Algebra
Kaplan (December 2015)
PLA - Learning Recognition
American Institutes (December 2015)
Ethics & CPCU
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If you want to post the credits you have, we may be able to help with placing them in a degree plan for tesc. Their admissions staff don't tend to be very helpful.
Currently studying for: Still deciding.
Done!
2020 - Harvard Extension School - ALM IT Management
2019 - Harvard Extension School - Graduate Certificate Data Science
2018 - Harvard Extension School - Graduate Certificate Cyber Security
2016 - WGU - MBA Mgmt & Strategy
2015 - Thomas Edison State College - BSBA Marketing & CIS
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mednat Wrote:If you want to post the credits you have, we may be able to help with placing them in a degree plan for tesc. Their admissions staff don't tend to be very helpful.
This is what I have so far -
Introductory Psychology
Spanish Language I & II
Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East to 1648
Western Civilization II: 1648 to the Present
Principles of Macroeconomics
Principles of Microeconomics
Principles of Marketing
Principles of Management
Principles of Supervision
Organizational Behavior
World Religions
Intro to Sociology
Speech Communication
and this is what Execlsior gave me as a roadmap
CCS*100 EC Student Experience Orientation Requirement NOT MET
ARTS AND SCIENCES COMPONENT (60 CREDITS) TO INCLUDE: Needed
Written English Requirement 6.0
Ethics 3.0
Mathematics Requirement (pre-calc or above) 3.0
Statistics Requirement 3.0
Natural Science requirement 3.0
Quantitative Analysis 3.0
ADDITIONAL CREDIT COMPONENT (6 CREDITS) TO INCLUDE: Needed
Any Collegiate-level Study 5.0
Information Literacy 1.0
Total Additional Credit Component 6.0
BUSINESS COMPONENT (MINIMUM 54 CREDITS) TO INCLUDE: Needed
Financial Accounting 3.0
Managerial Accounting 3.0
Introduction to United States Business Law 3.0
Business Communication 3.0
Financial Management 3.0
International Business 3.0
Strategic Management (you must complete BUS*499 at Excelsior College) 6.0
Additional Business Credit 21.0
Upper-level Credits Needed
Upper-level Business Credit 21.0
DESM
24 to go
CC (2012)
World Religions - A, Speech Communication - B, Intro to Sociology - A
CLEPS (August-September 2015)
Introductory Psychology - 64, Spanish Language - 80, Western Civilization I - 58, Western Civilization II - 57, Principles of Macroeconomics - 54, Principles of Microeconomics - 52, Principles of Marketing - 59, Principles of Management - 52, Information Systems - 64
DSST (September-October 2015)
Ethics in America - 462, Principles of Supervision - 422
ECE (September-October 2015)
Organizational Behavior - A, Human Resource Management - B
PF (October)
Financial Mngmt - 96
SL (October-November 2015)
Eng Comp 1 & 2 - 80, Acct 1 & 2 - 86, Bus Comm - 82, Bus Stats - 83, Biology - 74, American Govt - 83, Business Law - 84
Sophia (December 2015)
Project Management - 89
Aleks (December 2015)
Intermediate & College Algebra
Kaplan (December 2015)
PLA - Learning Recognition
American Institutes (December 2015)
Ethics & CPCU
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dseminario1 Wrote:This is what I have so far -
Introductory Psychology
Spanish Language I & II
Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East to 1648
Western Civilization II: 1648 to the Present
Principles of Macroeconomics
Principles of Microeconomics
Principles of Marketing
Principles of Management
Principles of Supervision
Organizational Behavior
World Religions
Intro to Sociology
Speech Communication
and this is what Execlsior gave me as a roadmap
CCS*100 EC Student Experience Orientation Requirement NOT MET
ARTS AND SCIENCES COMPONENT (60 CREDITS) TO INCLUDE: Needed
Written English Requirement 6.0
Ethics 3.0
Mathematics Requirement (pre-calc or above) 3.0
Statistics Requirement 3.0
Natural Science requirement 3.0
Quantitative Analysis 3.0
ADDITIONAL CREDIT COMPONENT (6 CREDITS) TO INCLUDE: Needed
Any Collegiate-level Study 5.0
Information Literacy 1.0
Total Additional Credit Component 6.0
BUSINESS COMPONENT (MINIMUM 54 CREDITS) TO INCLUDE: Needed
Financial Accounting 3.0
Managerial Accounting 3.0
Introduction to United States Business Law 3.0
Business Communication 3.0
Financial Management 3.0
International Business 3.0
Strategic Management (you must complete BUS*499 at Excelsior College) 6.0
Additional Business Credit 21.0
Upper-level Credits Needed
Upper-level Business Credit 21.0
Are these credits from a 4 year or 2 year school or somewhere else?
Currently studying for: Still deciding.
Done!
2020 - Harvard Extension School - ALM IT Management
2019 - Harvard Extension School - Graduate Certificate Data Science
2018 - Harvard Extension School - Graduate Certificate Cyber Security
2016 - WGU - MBA Mgmt & Strategy
2015 - Thomas Edison State College - BSBA Marketing & CIS
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9 credits are from Bergen Community - 2yr
The rest are all Cleps, 1 dsst - Supervision and 1 ECE - org behavioral
DESM
24 to go
CC (2012)
World Religions - A, Speech Communication - B, Intro to Sociology - A
CLEPS (August-September 2015)
Introductory Psychology - 64, Spanish Language - 80, Western Civilization I - 58, Western Civilization II - 57, Principles of Macroeconomics - 54, Principles of Microeconomics - 52, Principles of Marketing - 59, Principles of Management - 52, Information Systems - 64
DSST (September-October 2015)
Ethics in America - 462, Principles of Supervision - 422
ECE (September-October 2015)
Organizational Behavior - A, Human Resource Management - B
PF (October)
Financial Mngmt - 96
SL (October-November 2015)
Eng Comp 1 & 2 - 80, Acct 1 & 2 - 86, Bus Comm - 82, Bus Stats - 83, Biology - 74, American Govt - 83, Business Law - 84
Sophia (December 2015)
Project Management - 89
Aleks (December 2015)
Intermediate & College Algebra
Kaplan (December 2015)
PLA - Learning Recognition
American Institutes (December 2015)
Ethics & CPCU
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