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Oral Communication - TESC
#1
As per the TESC catalogue, you need only 3 credits to fulfill the requirement for Oral Communication. There's the Public Speaking DSST, but I've read about some horror stories on that. Are there any alternatives to getting these 3 crucial credits? I will take that DSST if I need to, but I'm trying to avoid it Smile Ideally, I'm looking for the fastest way through this area.

Thomas Edison State University | General Education - 2016 or After

TESC Wrote:Oral Communication
COM-209: Public Speaking
ENG-202: Technical Communication

Are there any equivalents to Technical Communication? I only read of people discussing Public Speaking, though; I recall something about SL having a course for this. Is it superior than the DSST? Faster? I'm looking to get through this one as fast as possible. Thank you !
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Future: Maybe the DSST for Technical Writing, but I'm not 100% yet... Smile

Goal: BSBA General Business, TESC
#2
COM-108 also fulfills the requirement, and that's what Straighterline's intro to communication course transfers in as.
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#3
They've just added Technical Communication as meeting the Oral Communication requirement. Before, it was only Public Speaking. In addition to the SL course, Tor College Credits has an Intro to Public Speaking course that meets the requirement. I think they'll accept any communications course that requires speeches.
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DSST
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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
SL
Intro to Comm, Microbio, Acc I
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A&P
Davar
Macro, Intro to Fin, Man Acc
#4
sanantone Wrote:They've just added Technical Communication as meeting the Oral Communication requirement. Before, it was only Public Speaking. In addition to the SL course, Tor College Credits has an Intro to Public Speaking course that meets the requirement. I think they'll accept any communications course that requires speeches.

I wonder what I could use on Technical Communication. You know, the real problem is that I've been having a hard time locating a testing center that supports DSST Public Speaking lol

So, we have Torah and SL...maybe Penn Foster?
Aleks: College Algebra | Intermediate Algebra | Precalc | Intro to Statistics
Free: Ethics(cr), bunch of fema courses
CLEP: Principles of Management
Working on: College Composition CLEP.
Future: Maybe the DSST for Technical Writing, but I'm not 100% yet... Smile

Goal: BSBA General Business, TESC
#5
You only need one course to fulfill the requirement. The link you posted is just giving you options that are offered at TESU.
Graduate of Not VUL or ENEB
MS, MSS and Graduate Cert
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
SL
Intro to Comm, Microbio, Acc I
Uexcel
A&P
Davar
Macro, Intro to Fin, Man Acc
#6
josephmarzullo Wrote:I wonder what I could use on Technical Communication. You know, the real problem is that I've been having a hard time locating a testing center that supports DSST Public Speaking lol

So, we have Torah and SL...maybe Penn Foster?

Yes, PF has a speech course. It's in ACE as available through 2017.
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#7
What's a name of PennFoster course for oral communication? I like their format and ease of completing the test.
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#8
dfrecore Wrote:Yes, PF has a speech course. It's in ACE as available through 2017.

Yeah, but I think I'll go with SL. I'll use a promo code, so I'll just have to pay approximately $129. Membership $99 + discounted course at $30. I'm not going to bother with getting another course because I don't want to have to pay the membership fees if I don't have to. :p It's the cheapest, and fastest route that I see. No test exam facility that I call accepts DSST Public Speaking. One guy told me that it's tough because he would need to put me in a separate room so that I can make my speech, but far enough to where the other people taking tests won't hear me. lol funny stuff
Aleks: College Algebra | Intermediate Algebra | Precalc | Intro to Statistics
Free: Ethics(cr), bunch of fema courses
CLEP: Principles of Management
Working on: College Composition CLEP.
Future: Maybe the DSST for Technical Writing, but I'm not 100% yet... Smile

Goal: BSBA General Business, TESC
#9
josephmarzullo Wrote:Yeah, but I think I'll go with SL. I'll use a promo code, so I'll just have to pay approximately $129. Membership $99 + discounted course at $30. I'm not going to bother with getting another course because I don't want to have to pay the membership fees if I don't have to. :p It's the cheapest, and fastest route that I see. No test exam facility that I call accepts DSST Public Speaking. One guy told me that it's tough because he would need to put me in a separate room so that I can make my speech, but far enough to where the other people taking tests won't hear me. lol funny stuff

Now that sounds like a good idea. I didn't think of promo codes use. Thank you for the lead.
TESU - BSBA General Management (Completed !!)

WGU MBA - Journey Started for 2016 -2017 .
C200 Managing Organizations and Leading People (Complete 11/7/16)
C202 Managing Human Capital
C211 Global Economics for Managers
#10
Al2010x Wrote:Now that sounds like a good idea. I didn't think of promo codes use. Thank you for the lead.

StraighterLine coupons, discounts and promotion codes | StraighterLine Yeah, it's almost like the cost of a CLEP+ testing site fee now. Not bad, as long as you get done before the 30 days lol

I like that you can download mp3s to your phone through SL
Aleks: College Algebra | Intermediate Algebra | Precalc | Intro to Statistics
Free: Ethics(cr), bunch of fema courses
CLEP: Principles of Management
Working on: College Composition CLEP.
Future: Maybe the DSST for Technical Writing, but I'm not 100% yet... Smile

Goal: BSBA General Business, TESC


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