B.s. Roadmap Help Needed

[mlwilliamsiv]

Hello everyone I need help with my B.S. Roadmap for TESC. I have made a list of the exams/courses I need to take. I just wanted some suggestions as to how I should go about this. Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

MY 2008 BS ROADMAP

 CLEP English Composition w/essay
 CLEP Analyzing & Interpreting Literature
 DSST Ethics In America or Introduction to World Religions
 CLEP Principles of Macroeconomics
 CLEP Principles of Microeconomics
 CLEP Social Sciences & History
 DSST Environment & Humanity: The Race to Save the Planet
 CLEP Introductory Business Law
 CLEP Information Systems & Computer Applications
 CLEP Principles of Marketing
 CLEP Principles of Management
 CLEP Financial Accounting

I think I'll save the following for last:

 CLEP Precalculus
 DSST Principles of Statistics
 Managerial/Business Communications Course
 Managerial Accounting Course (ACC-102)
 Business Finance Course*
 Business In Society or International Management Course* (BUS-311 or MAN-372)
 Business Policy Course (BUS-421)

*Do you know if there are any CLEPS/DSST that will go with the above courses?

P.S: I am 26 years old and I have been out of school for quite some time. Is it better to study for one CLEP/DSST at a time or should I at least read up on several subjects at a time and tackle these subjects the way they do it in high school? I don't want to overwhelm myself but at the same time I don't want to waste time by just doing one exam at a time. What do you guys think?

Also...I am unemployed and am looking for work at the moment so I don't have the funds to join IC as of yet. The Library has been my primary source of study materials. I wanted to know if there are any of you who have passed exams (CLEP/DSST) without the help of IC, and if so what materials did you use. I have the following study materials from the library:

-The Official CLEP Study Guide 18th Edition
-Kaplan' CLEP 2005
-Principles of Marketing Textbook
-Business Law Textbook
-Barron's Management
-DUMMIES booksCs, Accounting, U.S. History, World History, Economics, & Religion, Psychology, Marketing, Statistics
-IDIOT's GUIDES:Computer Basics, World Religions, American Literature, The American Presidents, Precalculus
-Barron's Macroeconomics the easy way
-Microeconomics Demystified
-Don't Know Much About History
-Barron's Grammar the easy way
-Ethics textbook
-Algebra I textbook

[larry7crys]

I would take the English Comp w/ Essay, then A&I Lit at one sitting. It would be brutal but these are usually the easiest and studied the least. I would then try World Religions followed by Social Science and History the next sitting. Pretty straightforeword exams and not that much studying required for either. I haven;t taken this exam but it shouldn't be a huge bear to tackle, so I would try Environment and Humanity. Then try the Economics CLEPs one at a time, not to confuse information of course followed on by Business CLEPs. Statistics isn't that bad, but understanding the material might be an obstacle. PreCalculus, I would imagine, would suck. No other way to express it. Finance could be DSST PErsonal Finance but I would double check. Business in Society....maybe Management Information Systems? Whatever and whichever you choose, I wish you Good Luck!

[mlwilliamsiv]

Thanks Larry for the advice...it is greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,

Marshall

[larry7crys]

No problem. Just keep working hard and you could probably finish all those exams within 3 months (or less). I would give you my InstantCert login credentials if I could but that would be against the rules.