First Post - TESC Academic Evaluation Questions

[sanantone]

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.

They sound like a pain. There will be less risk with the Adam's State University course if you can find a match in TESC's PLA database. That will tell you how the course will transfer over. Just because it's UL at one school will not make it UL at TESC.

[KayV]

OP, have you thought about changing your major from History to Social Science? It would open up a lot of upper-level CLEP/DSSTs in Psychology and Social Science, thereby avoiding all this portfolio business. They might even let you use that HIS-101. Something to think about...

[npk32]

OP, have you thought about changing your major from History to Social Science? It would open up a lot of upper-level CLEP/DSSTs in Psychology and Social Science, thereby avoiding all this portfolio business. They might even let you use that HIS-101. Something to think about...

I don't really have a degree preference. The reason I chose history is because it's one of my hobbies and I can pass a lot of the CLEP/DSSTs with minimal studying. Also, I hate math and being able to attain a degree without having to take any additional math classes appeals to me. That being said, I'm open to any suggestions on minimizing the amount of time and money necessary to complete a degree. I've included my academic evaluation below, does it look like there's an easier path than the BA in History?


S.H. S.H. Applied S.H. Comm Coll S.H to Overall TESC
Required to Degree Req Remaining S.H. Applied be Planned GPA Met GPA
120.00 55.00 65.00 0.00 65.00 YES

BA General Education (60 SH)
Semester Hours Completed: 48.00
Complete all 4 subrequirements:
A: Intellectual Skills (Completed)
> Complete 15 semester hours (SH) of Intellectual and
> Practical Skills coursework, to include:
> *English Composition I, 3SH with grade of C or better
> *English Composition II (Writing Intensive), 3SH with grade
> of C or better
> *Math, 3SH
> *Intellectual and Practical Skills Electives, 6SH
Semester Hours Completed: 15.00
ENC-101 (Completed)
Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESC # Notes
1.. EN101 College English 1........ 3.00 B- ENC-101 *TE
ENC-102 (Writing Intensive) (Completed)
Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESC # Notes
1.. EN102 College English 2........ 3.00 B ENC-102 *TE
Math (Completed)
Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESC # Notes
1.. MA105 Math Model Soc Sci....... 3.00 A- MAT-105 *TE
Intellectual and Practical Skills (Completed)
Semester Hours Completed: 6.00
Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESC # Notes
1.. CO100 Intro Communication...... 3.00 C COM-130 *TE
1.. HU201 Critical Discourse....... 3.00 C+ HUM-105 *TE

B: Responsibility (In Progress)
> Complete 9 semester hours (SH) in Personal and Social
> Responsibility coursework to include:
> *Diversity or Global Literacy, 3SH
> *Responsible Ethical Leadership, 3SH
> *Elective, 3SH
Semester Hours Completed: 6.00
Diversity or Global Literacy (Completed)
Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESC # Notes
1.. EN202 Literature II............ 3.00 C LIT-218 *TE
Responsible Ethical Leadership (Not Started)
_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits
Personal and Social Responsibility Elective (Completed)
Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESC # Notes
1.. EN201 Literature I............. 3.00 B+ LIT-217 *TE

C: Human Cultures (Completed)
> Complete 18 semester hours (SH) in Human Cultures and the
> Physical and Natural World to include:
> *Humanities, 3SH
> *Social Sciences, 3SH
> *Natural Sciences, 3SH
> Choose electives from Humanities, Social
> Sciences, Natural Sciences and Interdisciplinary course, 9SH
Semester Hours Completed: 18.00
Humanities (Completed)

Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESC # Notes
1.. PL101 Intro to Philosophy...... 3.00 C PHI-101 *TE
Social Sciences (Completed)
Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESC # Notes
1.. PY103 Intro Psych.............. 3.00 B PSY-101 *TE
Natural Sciences (Completed)
Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESC # Notes
1.. SC100 Disc Natural Science..... 3.00 C- NAS-101 *TE
Interdisciplinary (Completed)
Semester Hours Completed: 9.00

Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESC # Notes
1.. MU101 Apprec Music............. 3.00 D MUS-100 *TE
1.. IT100 Information Technol...... 3.00 C CIS-107 *TE
1.. BY101 Issues Meth Biology...... 3.00 A- BIO-113 *TE

D: General Ed Electives (In Progress)
> Complete 18 semester hours (SH) in General Education
> Electives.
Semester Hours Completed: 9.00 Required: 18 Remaining: 9
Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESC # Notes
1.. PY222 Industrial Psychology.... 3.00 C+ PSY-363 *TE
1.. PY208 Abnormal Psychology...... 3.00 D PSY-350 *TE
1.. PY204 Adolescent Psychology.... 3.00 B PSY-342 *TE
_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits
_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits
_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits

Area of Study (15SH must be at the 300/400 level)
Semester Hours Completed: 3.00
GPA Achieved/Needed: 3.000 / 2.000
Complete all 4 subrequirements:
A: Western or World Civ (In Progress)
> Complete one full year of Survey of Western Civilization
> OR one full year of World History.
Semester Hours Completed: 3.00
Group 1 (In Progress)
Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESC # Notes
___ HIS-101___ _________________________ _____________________________ 1 course
1.. HS102 West Civ Wrld Persp 2.... 3.00 B HIS-102 *TE

B: American History (Not Started)
> Complete one full year of American History.
Semester Hours Completed: 0.00
Group 1 (Not Started)
Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESC # Notes
___ HIS-113___ _________________________ _____________________________ 1 course
___ HIS-114___ _________________________ _____________________________ 1 course

C: Non-Western History (Not Started)
> Complete one Non-Western/Non-U.S. History course (e.g.,
> Africa; Asia; Latin America; Middle East).
_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits

D: History Electives (Not Started)
> Complete 15 Semester Hours (SH) of History Department
> courses as electives.
> **At least 15 of the 30 credits required within the entire
> Area of Study must be at the 300/400 level.**

Semester Hours Completed: 0.00
Group 1 (Not Started)
_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits
_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits
_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits
_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits
Group 2 (Not Started)
_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits
Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESC # Notes

Liberal Arts Capstone (3 SH)
> Complete course LIB-495 Liberal Arts Capstone for 3
> semester hours (SH).
Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESC # Notes
___ LIB-495___ _________________________ ______________________ 1 course needed

BA Free Electives (27 SH)
> Complete 27 semester hours of Free Electives.
Semester Hours Completed: 4.00 Required: 27 Remaining: 23
Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESC # Notes
1.. SW101 Intro to Social Work..... 3.00 D SOW-203 *TE
1.. LC100 Freshman Seminar......... 1.00 B FEL-101 *TE
_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits
_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits
_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits
_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits
_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits
_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits
_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits
_____________________________________________________________________ 2 credits

OTHER COURSES:
Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESC # Notes
--- ---------- ------------------------- ------- --- ---------- ---------

1 HS101 W Civ World Persp I 3.00 D HIS-101 *TE*GPA

07/07/14 The following course cannot be used to fulfill the Area of
Study/Concentration/Specialization/Career Track of your degree.
Thomas Edison State College accepts courses with a grade of C or
better into the major area of all degrees.

HS-101 Western Civilization World Perspective I

[sanantone]

Considering that you have 9 UL credits in psychology, a psychology or social science degree would be an easier path. Psychology will require statistics.
Sanantone's BA in Psychology - Degree Forum Wiki
Sanantone's BA in Social Science - Degree Forum Wiki

[KayV]

Wow, I think Social Science would work really well for you. You've already got 6 hours of upper level in the major from Adolescent and Industrial Psych, and you could ask them to move W Civ I to your Gen Ed section to replace Intro to Psych, which would move into your Social Science section. I think TESC has a "What If I Change My Major?" button when you log in, so see what it says you would need.

[KayV]

They wouldn't let you use that D in Abnormal Psych for your major (it would stay in Gen Ed), but you could easily take the DSST to replace it.

[sanantone]

I didn't notice the "D."

[KayV]

Okay, here is one way to finish your degree requirements.

To complete General Education:
TECEP Environmental Ethics 3
CLEP LIT-291/292-CE Analyzing and Interpreting Literature 6
CLEP SOS-101/102-CE Social Sciences and History (General) 6
Any Gen Ed TECEP, CLEP, or DSST 3

For Social Sciences, you need at least 3 different subjects represented, with between 12 and 18 hours in one of them. This is one way to achieve that. Be sure to ask them to transcribe Fundamentals of Counseling and Organizational Behavior as Psychology classes.

Area of Study: Social Science
A. History 3
1. HS102 West Civ Wrld Persp 2.... 3.00 B HIS-102 *TE

B. Psychology 18, 12 UL
1. PY103 Intro Psych.............. 3.00 B PSY-101 *TE
2. TECEP PSY-270-TE Psychology of Women 3
3. PY222 Industrial Psychology.... 3.00 C+ PSY-363 *TE 3UL
4. PY204 Adolescent Psychology.... 3.00 B PSY-342 *TE 3UL
5. DSST PSY-361-DE Organizational Behavior 3UL
6. DSST PSY-331-DE Fundamentals of Counseling 3UL

C. Social Science 3UL
1. DSST SOS-305-DE Substance Abuse 3UL

D. Political Science 3
1. TECEP POS-282-TE Intro to Comparative Politics 3

E. Sociology 3
1. TECEP SOC-210-TE Marriage and the Family 3

F. Capstone 3UL
1. TESC LIB-495 Liberal Studies Capstone 3UL

For free electives, I included the no-cost classes mentioned upthread, and you should fill in the rest with TECEPs to avoid enrollment fees.

Free Electives 27
1. SW101 Intro to Social Work..... 3.00 D SOW-203 *TE
2. LC100 Freshman Seminar......... 1.00 B FEL-101 *TE
3. PLA Kaplan PLA course 3
4. TEEX Cybersecurity series 6
5. National Fire Academy 3
6. Any TECEP 3
7. Any TECEP 3
8. Any TECEP 3

Keep in mind that you could replace some of those psych classes with history or other social sciences if you'd prefer.

[npk32]

Does anyone have any insight into the best (cheapest, quickest) way to complete a BSBA in HR/Organizational Management with my current credits if I decided to go that way instead of History? Is there a way to fit the TEEX, Kaplan PLA, and NFA courses in there as electives based on the credits I already have? Also, any ideas how to get them to count the Abnormal Psychology course at the bottom towards this degree? I've included the Academic Evaluation from the "what if I changed my program of study?" option in OSS. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Current.......... Anticipated(*).......
Required Earned Remaining Additional Remaining
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Institutional Credits: 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Institutional GPA....: Met
Combined Credits: 120.00 58.00 62.00 0.00 62.00
Combined GPA....: 2.000 2.312 Met

(*) Anticipates completion of in-progress and registered courses
================================================================================
Statuses: W=Waived, C=Complete, I=In progress, N=Not started
P=Pending completion of unfinished activity
================================================================================
I) 1: BSBA General Education (60 SH)
Credits: 42
Complete all 4 subrequirements:
I) A: Intellectual Skills
> Complete 15 semester hours (SH) of Intellecutal and
> Practical Skills coursework, to include:
> *English Composition I, 3SH with grade of C or better
> *English Composition II (Writing Intensive), 3SH with grade
> of C or better
> *College Algebra OR Quatitative Business Analysis, 3SH
> *Business/Managerial Communications, 3SH
> *Intellectual and Practical Skills Electives, 3SH
Credits: 9
C) ENC-101
ENC-101 English Composition I...... 12/01/99 B- 3 *TE
C) ENC-102 (Writing Intensive)
ENC-102 English Composition II..... 05/01/00 B 3 *TE
N) College Algebra OR Quantitative Business Analysis
____________________________________________________ 3 credits needed
N) Business/Managerial Communications
____________________________________________________ 3 credits needed
C) Intellectual and Practical Skills
COM-130 Human Communications....... 12/01/99 C 3 *TE

I) B: Responsibility
> Complete 9 semester hours (SH) in Personal and Social
> Responsibility coursework to include:
> *Diversity or Global Literacy, 3SH
> *Responsible Ethical Leadership, 3SH
> *Elective, 3SH
Credits: 6
C) Group 1
LIT-218 World Literature II........ 05/01/01 C 3 *TE
N) Group 2
____________________________________________________ 3 credits needed
C) Group 3
LIT-217 World Literature I......... 12/01/01 B+ 3 *TE

I) C: Human Cultures
> Complete 18 semester hours (SH) in Human Cultures and the
> Physical and Natural World to include:
> *Macroeconomics, 3SH
> *Microeconomics, 3SH
> *Statistics, 3SH
> *Interdiciplary (combination of Humanities, Social
> Sciences, Natural Sciences and Interdisciplinary), 9SH
Credits: 9

N) Macroeconomics
____________________________________________________ 3 credits needed
N) Microeconomics
____________________________________________________ 3 credits needed
N) Statistics
____________________________________________________ 3 credits needed
C) Interdisciplinary
Credits: 9
PSY-101 Introduction to Psychology. 12/01/99 B 3 *TE
HIS-101 Western Civilization I..... 12/01/99 D 3 *TE
HIS-102 Western Civilization II.... 05/01/00 B 3 *TE

C) D: General Ed Electives
> Complete 18 semester hours (SH) in General Education
> Electives.
Credits: 18
PHI-101 Introduction to Philosophy. 12/01/00 C 3 *TE
NAS-101 Natural Sciences I......... 12/01/00 C- 3 *TE
MUS-100 Music Appreciation......... 12/01/00 D 3 *TE
HUM-105 Intro to Critical Thinking. 05/01/01 C+ 3 *TE
MAT-105 Applied Liberal Arts Mathem 12/01/01 A- 3 *TE
BIO-113 Biology I With Lab......... 12/01/01 A- 3 *TE
================================================================================
I) 2: Core (27sh)
Credits: 3
Complete all 8 subrequirements:
N) A: Intr Finl/Mgrl Acctg
> Complete one full year of Introductory/Principles of
> Accounting (Introduction to Financial Accounting and Intro-
> duction to Managerial Accounting)
Credits: 0
N) Group 1
ACC-101 Prin. of Finl Acctg__________________________ 1 course needed
ACC-102 Prin. of Mgrl Acctg__________________________ 1 course needed
N) Group 2
___________________________________________________________ 6 credits

N) B: Business Law
> Complete 3 semester hours of Business Law.
LAW-201 Business Law_________________________________ 1 course needed

C) C: Compu Lit/Intr CIS
> Complete 3 hours in an introduction to information systems,
> introduction to computers, computer literacy, or an intro-
> ductory computing course with applications such as word pro-
> cessing, spreadsheets, and databases.
CIS-107 Computer Concepts and Appl. 12/01/01 C 3 *TE

N) D: Princ of Finance
> Complete 3 semester hours of Principles of Finance.
_____________________________________________________ 1 course needed

N) E: Prins of Management
> Complete 3 semester hours of Principles of Management.
_____________________________________________________ 1 course needed

N) F: Intro to Marketing
> Complete 3 semester hours of Introduction to Marketing.
_____________________________________________________ 1 course needed

N) G: Bus in Soc/Int'l Mgt
> Complete 3 semester hours of business in society, introduc-
> tion to international business, international management or
> international marketing.
____________________________________________________ 3 credits needed

N) H: Strategic Management
> Complete 3 semester hours in Strategic Management or
> Business Policy.
_____________________________________________________ 1 course needed
================================================================================
I) 3: Specialization (12sh Must Be At the 300/400 Level)
Credits: 3
GPA Achieved/Needed: 2.300 / 2.000
Complete all 4 subrequirements:
N) A: HRM

> Complete 3 semester hours in Human Resource Management
____________________________________________________ 3 credits needed

N) B: Organizational Behav
> Complete 3 semester hours in Organizational Behavior
____________________________________________________ 3 credits needed

N) C: Org Thry/Org Dvlpmt
> Complete 3 semester hours in Organizational Theory or
> Organizational Development and Change
____________________________________________________ 3 credits needed

I) D: HR/OM electives
> Complete 9 semester hours in Human Resources/Organizational
> Management electives such as labor relations, leadership,
> performance appraisal, organizational behavior, and/or
> personnel legislation. At least 12 semester hours within
> the entire specialization must be at the 300/400 level.
Credits: 3
C) Group 1
PSY-363 Industrial Psychology...... 05/01/00 C+ 3 *TE
N) Group 2
____________________________________________________ 6 credits needed
================================================================================
N) 4: Business Electives (9sh)
> Complete 9 sh from accounting, banking, business, computer
> applications, computer information systems, finance,
> management, hotel/motel/restaurant management, insurance,
> operations management, public administration, real
> estate, law, marketing, and retailing management,
> fundraising.
____________________________________________________ 9 credits needed
================================================================================
C) 5: Free Electives (6sh)
> Complete 6 semester hours.
Credits: 6
PSY-342 Adolescent Psychology...... 05/01/01 B 3 *TE
SOW-203 Introduction to Social Work 12/01/00 D 3 *TE
================================================================================
OTHER COURSES: Registered Earned
Credits Credits
PSY-350............. 05/01/01 D 3.00 3.00 *TE
Abnormal Psychology
FEL-101............. 12/01/99 B 1.00 1.00 *TE
Orientation
(Credits in parentheses are anticipated earned)

[sanantone]

TEEX can count as business electives. There is no room for the NFA courses, because they would be free electives. The Kaplan PLA course might count as intellectual and practical skills if it's considered the equivalent of TESC's courses. If it's not counted as gen ed, then it will be a free elective that you have no room for.