Help, pretty please! Confused about TESC BA- Social Science Degree plan and changes

[Jostein]

I am in need of some wisdom and guidance. I am pursuing a BA in Social Science with my focus in Psychology, but after taking some time off (2 years) from my studies, I am feeling a little overwhelmed when it comes to figuring out the new TESC requirements. I have read threads for a week now, but can't seem to get it on my own! Do these exams all still work for my degree? What do I need to change, if anything? Any advice you all have is most welcome.

Below is a list of exams/classes I have completed and the subject category they were placed in on my degree plan:

General Education Requirements:

English Composition-
English Composition with Essay

Humanities-
Analyzing & Interpreting Literature
American Literature

Social Sciences-
Social Sciences & History
Western Civilizations I
Western Civilizations II

Natural Sciences & Math-
Intermeadiate Algebra – aleks.com
Biology

General Education Electives :
English Literature
U.S. History I
U.S. History II
Humanities

Area of Study: Social Sciences
Introductory Sociology
Introductory Psychology
Educational Psychology

Exams I have NOT taken yet, but need to:
Ethics in America
Introduction to World Religions
Introduction to Computing
Art of Western World
American Government (again)
The Civil War and Reconstruction
Organizational Behavior
An Introduction to the Modern Middle East
Social Psychology - TESC Course
Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union
Substance Abuse
Free Electives:
Fundamentals of Counselling
Technical Writing
Here's to Your Health
Art of Western World
Introduction to Counseling
Spanish

[Life Long Learning]

I would apply to COSC and Excelsior also. TESC does NOT use the KISS principle to their degree plans. EC and COSC do. That being said that is what I am doing now. I am applying to all three!cheersmate

[Leherself]

Let's see...

Are you under an old catalog year? Your list doesn't seem to match up with the current requirements. If you're under the current catalog year, you'll need to add an oral communication course (DSST Public Speaking maybe?).

A stand out that I noticed immediately is that the Intro to the Modern Middle East exam has been discontinued, so you'll have to pick something else.

The Civil War & Reconstruction, Organizational Behavior, Social Psychology, Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union, and Substance Abuse should all apply to the major... and I think all of those are upper level except Civil War if I remember right.

TESU also has several TECEPs that could apply to the major, if you need some resident credit - Marriage and Family, Abnormal Psychology, Psychology of Women come to mind.

Definitely hard to give you exact guidance unless we know what catalog year you're in though. A lot of the requirements have changed recently. It looks like everything you've already done should still be applicable to your program though, either way.

[sanantone]

General education options for the 2015-2016 catalog.
Sanantone's TESC General Education Options After July 1, 2015 - Degree Forum Wiki - Wikia

[Jostein]

I missed adding DSST Public speaking to the list. But I do have that one down. Thanks so much for you thoughts!

[Jostein]

BTW, I have not enrolled/applied just yet. I wanted to get a few more ducks in a row/tests finished first. So I guess I am under the most current catalog year at the time of my enrollment? So 2015/16?

[dfrecore]

You didn't say whether you took CLEP exams for most of these, and if you received 6cr for them? So you need to put the course equivalencies on there from your prior eval.

Also, you have some exams that will no longer work:
Soviet Union DSST is not available, and no one knows when it will come back (went out for revision on 1/1/15)
Modern Middle East DSST in no longer available at all, not coming back
Art of the Western World is listed twice
Fund. of Counseling and Intro to Counseling seem to be duplicates

So you need to plan in a couple more UL courses for SocSci. There are lots of options for this.

Not sure if you know what TESU did in July 2015, but they changed their enrollment options. Now, you can pay $3300 out of state for the Enrolled Options Plan, OR better yet, pay no tuition, and pay $111 per exam for TECEP's. If you take 24cr of TECEP/courses at TESU, there is no fee to enroll. It is a fantastic deal.

If you decided to do this, you would need to plan in 7 TECEP's to replace 7 of the exams you're planning on taking (those in addition to your capstone get your residency requirements met). Very easy to do, they have lots of options for you.

If you need help planning these in, let me know via PM.