Failed DSST Speech, Need Alternatives

[Nerheim]

Well today I took the second portion of the DSST speech and didn't realize you only have one chance to record. I didn't like my speech so I stopped it to try and redo. I may call pro metric and see if they will let me retest just the speech. But if not, does anyone know of a good speech alternative. I need it for my CCAF. I'm looking for something easy and fast, my tuition cap is $250 a credit. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Also, I did search prior to this on the forums and found BYU is an alternative but some of the posts were dated. Thanks a lot in advance for any help.

[KayV]

Ask your advisor if Intro to Communications from Straighterline would work.
Intro to Communications Online Course for Credit | StraighterLine

I hope you can just re-do your speech. Good luck!

[Nerheim55]

Ask your advisor if Intro to Communications from Straighterline would work.
Intro to Communications Online Course for Credit | StraighterLine

I hope you can just re-do your speech. Good luck!

Well after figuring out that asking prometric to try and redo the speech only is like pulling teeth. I've decided to attempt the Straighterline or the BYU route. The only problem I'm running across is that while doing research here on the forums, I see that CCAF is not accepting straigtherline. So my recent email to AMU is something that I will have to spread throughout the forum, on whether or not they transcribe straighterline credits directly to their course names. Or if they throw in the "straighterline" portion under the degree plan. I see they did this for my " MATH110 - College Algebra [ALEKS - College Algebra] (Transfer Credit) 3/3 " which in this case CCAF will not accept due it not being taught by a school they have an accreditation with. If they transcribe directly, I may have to give straighterline a try especially since they can fulfill my science class instead of taking an 8 week class.

[marquardt21]

You may want to check out Penn Foster College. They offer a speech course that is ACE approved.

[Nerheim55]

Thank you for the suggestion, but after reviewing CCAF's course conversion tool it appears as if Penn Foster College does not have any classes that CCAF will accept. I do find it a little weird, being that the college is listed on their conversion tool but no classes are listed under the college. It looks like COMM200 - Public Speaking through AMU will have to be done, as BYU scares me along with it not being accredited with any colleges back home (Midwest).

[sanantone]

Thank you for the suggestion, but after reviewing CCAF's course conversion tool it appears as if Penn Foster College does not have any classes that CCAF will accept. I do find it a little weird, being that the college is listed on their conversion tool but no classes are listed under the college. It looks like COMM200 - Public Speaking through AMU will have to be done, as BYU scares me along with it not being accredited with any colleges back home (Midwest).

What do you mean not accredited with any colleges? Colleges don't accredit other schools. BYU is regionally accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. Regional accreditation is the highest institutional accreditation a school can earn in the U.S. It doesn't matter which region it's from, credits from regionally accredited schools are generally accepted across the nation. 99.9% of the time, all schools ask for when transferring credits is that the school the credits are coming from is regionally accredited. I don't think I've ever seen a college require that the credits come from its own region.

[EI2HCB]

What do you mean not accredited with any colleges? Colleges don't accredit other schools. BYU is regionally accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. Regional accreditation is the highest institutional accreditation a school can earn in the U.S. It doesn't matter which region it's from, credits from regionally accredited schools are generally accepted across the nation. 99.9% of the time, all schools ask for when transferring credits is that the school the credits are coming from is regionally accredited. I don't think I've ever seen a college require that the credits come from its own region.

Sanantone, My DW doesn't want me to take any courses at BYU regardless of the cost, she'll pay the difference although its not about the accreditation more she's worried I might become a Mormon or the local "Stake" would send out representatives to the door and try and convert her. So I can understand the 'scared' bit but you are obviously correct about the regionally accredited agreements. I wonder would a non Mormon religious school take the RA credits in place of one of their own religious courses in the interest of diversity and so on.

[sanantone]

hilarious Even though I'm not Mormon and find some of things in their canonical books to be offensive to dark-skinned peoples, I've never given too much thought about possible brainwashing in BYU courses. They just seem mainstream, but I have no personal experience with them. I would be more concerned about schools like University of the Cumberlands that will expel a student and fail him in all of his current courses for something written on his social media page.

[Nerheim55]

What do you mean not accredited with any colleges? Colleges don't accredit other schools. BYU is regionally accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. Regional accreditation is the highest institutional accreditation a school can earn in the U.S. It doesn't matter which region it's from, credits from regionally accredited schools are generally accepted across the nation. 99.9% of the time, all schools ask for when transferring credits is that the school the credits are coming from is regionally accredited. I don't think I've ever seen a college require that the credits come from its own region.

I guess this whole time I've had accreditation wrong, I thought that since my college that I would attend back home is North Central Association of higher learning accredited. They would only accept schools that were also in the region. I was not aware that schools would accept other schools like Southwestern or Middle states association of higher learning.

[sanantone]

I guess this whole time I've had accreditation wrong, I thought that since my college that I would attend back home is North Central Association of higher learning accredited. They would only accept schools that were also in the region. I was not aware that schools would accept other schools like Southwestern or Middle states association of higher learning.

Being accredited by one of the six regional accreditors is all that matters unless you get more into programmatic accreditation for certain degree programs. TESC and COSC are Middle States and New England, respectively. They both accepted my credits from Northern Association and Southern Association schools. The Southern Association schools I attended accepted credits from the Northern Association. The Southern Association graduate school I attended accepted my TESC degree.