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No, they are not much more difficult; they both have a "less-than-rigorous" reputation. If you are looking for flat-out free free electives, you could take the Kaplan PLA (3 hours), the National Fire Academy ind. study (3), and the TEEX cybersecurity series (6). Those are all ACE-approved, so you would put them on an ACE transcript and have it sent to TESC.
Did I mention that what you have will work too? 
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Once you complete the Kaplan course, you won't have to worry about taking TESC's introductory PLA courses which are $491 per credit hour under the Per Credit Tuition Plan. You need an introductory PLA course before you can submit a portfolio. TESC has free, non-credit versions of their courses. I'll post a link when I have access to a computer.
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sanantone Wrote:Once you complete the Kaplan course, you won't have to worry about taking TESC's introductory PLA courses which are $491 per credit hour under the Per Credit Tuition Plan. You need an introductory PLA course before you can submit a portfolio. TESC has free, non-credit versions of their courses. I'll post a link when I have access to a computer.
So I could take the Kaplan course and it would count as 3 elective credits and it would also fulfill the introductory PLA course requirement needed to submit a PLA for the UL History course I need? That sounds like a good way to kill two birds with one stone.
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Thanks for all the replies so far. On a side note, does anyone know if I could appeal TESC's ruling of not accepting my HIS-101 credits because of the D grade I received? As I mentioned in my first post the notes on my academic evaluation say they rejected it because they only “accept courses with a grade of C or better into the major area of all degrees.” Has anyone ever tried to get any leeway on a similar situation in the past?
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sanantone Wrote:The Per Credit Tuition Plan lets you avoid the high enrollment fee under the Enrolled Options Plan. The caveat is that it has a 24-credit residency requirement for bachelors degrees. However, portfolio assessments and TECEPs are cheap ways of fulfilling the residency requirement. 24 credits from TECEPs will cost $888, and you get the bonus of filling in areas for which you would have used CLEP, DSST, or something else. The enrollment fee is $3,154 under the Enrolled Options Plan, and that doesn't cover any credits.
Did that ever get resolved whether you can use portfolios to gain residency without $$? Didn't someone tell you about a month ago that you'd get charged the per credit tuition fee on top of $250 to review portfolios?
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cathgrl Wrote:Did that ever get resolved whether you can use portfolios to gain residency without $$? Didn't someone tell you about a month ago that you'd get charged the per credit tuition fee on top of $250 to review portfolios?
That admissions counselor said that I would pay $476 per credit hour instead of the flat fee. The senior admissions counselor said that I couldn't complete portfolios at all under that tuition plan. It was confirmed that I could submit portfolios under the Per Credit Tuition Plan, but the senior admissions counselor didn't confirm the fees. I'm assuming that Per Credit students pay what everyone else pays for the assessments (the PLA courses will still be $491 per credit hour). There is no system set up to pay for portfolio assessments by credit hour.
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npk32 Wrote:Thanks for all the replies so far. On a side note, does anyone know if I could appeal TESC's ruling of not accepting my HIS-101 credits because of the D grade I received? As I mentioned in my first post the notes on my academic evaluation say they rejected it because they only “accept courses with a grade of C or better into the major area of all degrees.” Has anyone ever tried to get any leeway on a similar situation in the past?
That is standard policy. If the course was taken at TESC you will need to repeat. if not, you should be able to replace easily with the CLEP exam or Straighterline course. When you pass the exam/course, I would place a call or email the Evaluations Team and let them know your intentions so when the transcript arrives they will change the D course to duplicate 0.00CR. It will then shift down to the other courses section.
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sanantone Wrote:That admissions counselor said that I would pay $476 per credit hour instead of the flat fee. The senior admissions counselor said that I couldn't complete portfolios at all under that tuition plan. It was confirmed that I could submit portfolios under the Per Credit Tuition Plan, but the senior admissions counselor didn't confirm the fees. I'm assuming that Per Credit students pay what everyone else pays for the assessments (the PLA courses will still be $491 per credit hour). There is no system set up to pay for portfolio assessments by credit hour.
Wouldn't it be cheaper to take an UL online course like one of these - History Courses - Distance Learning - Extended Studies - Adams State University - for the $495 + fee for 3 credits then transfer those credits to TESC rather than take an UL History course through Saylor and then PLA that in to TESC?
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npk32 Wrote:Wouldn't it be cheaper to take an UL online course like one of these - History Courses - Distance Learning - Extended Studies - Adams State University - for the $495 + fee for 3 credits then transfer those credits to TESC rather than take an UL History course through Saylor and then PLA that in to TESC?
The first 12 credits through portfolio assessment is $363 total. Every 6 credits thereafter is $206. You don't have to take TESC's PLA courses, but I advise that you read through them to learn how portfolios are supposed to be formatted. Saylor courses are free.
https://sites.google.com/a/courses.tesc....00-public/
https://sites.google.com/a/courses.tesc....00-public/
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AAS, AS, BA, and BS
CLEP
Intro Psych 70, US His I 64, Intro Soc 63, Intro Edu Psych 70, A&I Lit 64, Bio 68, Prin Man 69, Prin Mar 68
DSST
Life Dev Psych 62, Fund Coun 68, Intro Comp 469, Intro Astr 56, Env & Hum 70, HTYH 456, MIS 451, Prin Sup 453, HRM 62, Bus Eth 458
ALEKS
Int Alg, Coll Alg
TEEX
4 credits
TECEP
Fed Inc Tax, Sci of Nutr, Micro, Strat Man, Med Term, Pub Relations
CSU
Sys Analysis & Design, Programming, Cyber
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Intro to Comm, Microbio, Acc I
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sanantone Wrote:The first 12 credits through portfolio assessment is $363 total. Every 6 credits thereafter is $206. You don't have to take TESC's PLA courses, but I advise that you read through them to learn how portfolios are supposed to be formatted. Saylor courses are free.
https://sites.google.com/a/courses.tesc....00-public/
https://sites.google.com/a/courses.tesc....00-public/
Ok understood. Is it a pain to put together a portfolio assessment based on one of these Saylor courses? I keep reading about people's negative experiences with portfolio assessment's in general.
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