Planning For The Future
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Planning For The Future
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05-27-2015, 02:24 PM
sanantone Wrote:I separated gen ed from the rest of the plans because it would be tedious updating all of the plans every time a new gen ed option was found. Makes sense, and I truly appreciate all the work you put into those guides. Also, it looks like you a racking up quite a few academic honors there! Congratulations!
05-27-2015, 02:28 PM
sanantone Wrote:I separated gen ed from the rest of the plans because it would be tedious updating all of the plans every time a new gen ed option was found. Oh, I agree. Like I said, it makes sense. Just trips people up. Probably because some of us (well, me at least) were looking for an easy print and go plan
Pursuing TESC BSBA CIS: ~100/120
CCAF Air & Space Operations Technology: April 2014 CLEP: Humanities, A&I Lit, SocSci & History, Intro Sociology, English Comp, Freshman College Comp, Principles of Management, History of the US I/II, Intro to Computing DSST: InfoSys & Comp Apps, Intro to the Modern Middle East, Management Information Systems, Fundamentals of Cybersecurity, Human Resource Management, Principles of Supervision, Western Europe since 1945 AMU: Public Speaking, History of Explosive Ordnance Disposal, College Algebra ALS (CCAF): Leadership/Management I, Managerial Communication I, Military Studies I Sophia: Microeconomics Straighterline: Accounting I/II TECEP: English Comp I/II, Computer Concepts & Applications, Applied Liberal Arts Mathematics, Strategic Management (March 2017 Semester) TESU OL: Python Programming (March 2017 Semester), Systems Analysis & Design I (March 2017 Semester)
05-27-2015, 02:35 PM
I could just link to the gen ed page in the other plans. I'll get to it eventually.
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
05-28-2015, 07:19 AM
Hi Everyone,
So I spent an hour or two over last evening and this morning putting together a plan of action for tests/courses. I think I am pretty sound with the overall structure and have included the 3 courses I actually passed in community college as transfers where I felt they were appropriate. Please let me know if there are any suggested changes. Everything except the capstone is either test or online-course to test based. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1...sp=sharing
05-28-2015, 07:43 AM
ctlw83 Wrote:Hi Everyone, I gave it a quick look. You have some courses in the free electives that can go into your major, you also seem to have a 3 credit overage. I will try to put your credits in a spreadsheet I made that is a little easier to read and track. Can you share which courses in that plan have already been completed? For the Align Degree website, I tried that site before and when you try to apply for a class it states that it was removed by the instructor. You should probably call the site owner and see what is up with it.
CLEPS Passed: 10 DSST Passed: 11 TECEPS: 1
PrLoko-isms Don't waste time by trying to save time. The only sure way to complete your degree is to knock out credits quickly and efficiently. Don't let easiness bite you in the rear. Know your endgame (where you want to be) and plan backward from there. Your education is a means to an end. Be honest professionally, socially and academically. There are people (especially little ones) who look up to you and they're going by your example. Be proud. Whether you're an Engineer or Fast Food worker, there is honor and dignity in hard work. Picking on people weaker than you only proves that you are a weak person.
05-28-2015, 07:50 AM
Thank you for taking a look. The only courses I have completed are the ones that say MCC transfer. (MCC = Manchester Community College) I am quite literally starting from the beginning minus those courses.
As for the 3 Credit overage, I went specifically with the requirements as laid out on TESC's Communications page. Not sure if their math is wrong or mine is wrong. The Align site has the courses properly listed in a different location. The links in my sheet bring you to that location. However, if you wouldn't trust the Align site for that reason, I am open to alternatives, being that they might be cheaper. The reason why some of the courses are in my Free Electives rather than my major is because I had to have 18 credits of Upper Level communications courses in my major. The communication courses in Free Electives are not Upper Level, hence having to be placed elsewhere.
05-28-2015, 08:02 AM
Don't let that scare you off...I started seven years ago (at the age of 50) and am graduating from COSC this Sunday. There was at least one year long gap due to family and job crisis, but I kept coming back. Checking back with this site, even when I was at my lowest point, kept me interested, and wanting to keep going. That first 6-credit CLEP will boost your ego...I started with humanities, studied like a fiend, and when it was done realized that most of what I knew had been gained from a lifetime of being an avid reader, art lover and music fan.QUOTE=ctlw83;188013]I'll just have to figure out what my pacing will look like on average and such. I know some tests/courses will be harder than others and some cost more than others. It will also be about consolidating courses from places like StraighterLine into as small a time frame as possible so as to reduce monthly costs. Some of the CLEP 6-credit courses, though difficult, seem VERY attractive.
My other problem is personal fortitude. I tend to get excited about something and then the energy disappears. I will have to be fully dedicated to this for as long as it takes. That is hard for me.[/QUOTE]
"The only thing that separates us from the animals is our ability to accessorize!" Clairee in "Steel Magnolias"
BA General Studies COSC 5/31/15 COSC Cornerstone A 10/2013, Capstone A 11/2014 UExel- Social Psych A, Psych of A and A- A, Research Methods/Psych B, Pathophysiology A. FEMA- 27, NFA-Q118, Q 534, Q137 and Q318 Clep- 2008 Humanities 75, 2009 Intro Sociology 67, US History I 69, US History II 61, American Lit. 71, Analyze & Int. Lit. 75, 2011 Western Civ. ll 58, Social Science 67 DSST-2010 HTYH 463, Ethics in America 433, Sub. Abuse 444, 2011 Art of the Western World 67, Civil War and Recon. 58, Org. Behavior 64, 2010 Env. and Humanity 68, Hist. of the Vietnam War 76, 2011 Intro World Religions 451, 2013 Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union 62, Technical Writing 60, Business Ethics and Society 449. TEEX- 2013 Cyber Security classes x 3 DACC and IU: Speech, Psych, Rhetoric, Creative Writing
05-28-2015, 08:35 AM
Take a look at this. I can give you my spreadsheet if you want also. It's just not as busy. But of course, feel free to use whatever is easier for you.
I added Analyzing & Interpreting Literature because it is the consensus easiest exam and it is good for 6 credits. I removed General Anthropology because DSST has put that course on indefinite hold, and I placed Sociology in that spot. It took out some of your courses and replaced them with ALEKS and the Kaplan PLA exam. Kaplan is free and ALEKS will only cost you $20 a month plus the cost of the ACE transcript. Make sure you don't overlap with the math class you already completed. You didn't have 24 TESC credits, so I took the liberty of substituting some of the courses for TECEPs. This will save you several thousand dollars and shouldn't add to your completion time. I took the align courses out (because they are basically unknown by the forum and the site seems sketchy to me personally), but after reading your post, if you prefer them, go ahead and plug them back in. This is YOUR education, not mine. I moved marketing comm in the area of study since it is a communications course I also added the TECEP Negotiation & Conflict Management. Very that the course will be accepted as a Comm course. I left Sophia Visual learning in there, but I will warn you that my wife had a hard time with the course due to issues with the website/course design, so tread lightly with that one. You have some courses that overlap and can be replaced elsewhere, but like I said, this is your education so I left them in there. Check through the site and with free-clep-prep.com because you picked some courses in there that are generally harder, and you may be able to make it easier on yourself. One of the best parts of the big 3 is how customizable the types of credit you can plug in and make it your own. So have fun with it. Good luck! [TABLE="class: grid, width: 700"] [TR] [TD="width: 667, colspan: 5"]THOMAS EDISON BA IN COMMUNICATIONS PLAN [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [TD][/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="colspan: 5"]Intellectual and Practical Skills (15) [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]English Composition[/TD] [TD]CLEP College Comp [/TD] [TD]ENC-101[/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]English Composition[/TD] [TD]CLEP College Comp [/TD] [TD]ENC-102[/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Mathematics[/TD] [TD]Algebraic Concepts[/TD] [TD]??[/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Int & Pract Skills[/TD] [TD]DSST MIS[/TD] [TD]CIS-301-DE[/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Int & Pract Skills[/TD] [TD]CLEP Info Syst & Computer Apps[/TD] [TD]CIS-107[/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="colspan: 5"]Personal and Social Responsibility (9)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Diversity/Global Literacy[/TD] [TD]CLEP Intro to Sociology[/TD] [TD]SOC-101[/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Responsible Ethical Ldrshp[/TD] [TD]DSST Business Ethics[/TD] [TD]BUS-311-TE[/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Pers&Soc Resp Elective[/TD] [TD]DSST Intro World R[/TD] [TD]REL-405-DE[/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="colspan: 5"]Human Cultures (18)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Humanities[/TD] [TD]CLEP Humanities[/TD] [TD]HUM-101-CE[/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Social Science[/TD] [TD]CLEP Psychology[/TD] [TD]PSY-101[/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Natural Science[/TD] [TD]CLEP Biology[/TD] [TD]BIO-111-CE[/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Elective[/TD] [TD]CLEP Humanities[/TD] [TD]HUM-102-CE[/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Elective[/TD] [TD]CLEP Biology[/TD] [TD]BIO-112-CE[/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]Elective[/TD] [TD]DSST Astronomy[/TD] [TD]AST-101-DE[/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="colspan: 5"]Gen Ed Electives (18)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [/TD] [TD]CLEP A&I Literature[/TD] [TD]LIT-291-CE[/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [/TD] [TD]CLEP A&I Literature[/TD] [TD]LIT-292-CE[/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [/TD] [TD]CLEP US History I[/TD] [TD]HIS-113-CE[/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [/TD] [TD]CLEP US History II[/TD] [TD]HIS-114-CE[/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [/TD] [TD]DSST Vietnam War[/TD] [TD]HIS-351-DE[/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [/TD] [TD]CLEP Microeconomics[/TD] [TD]ECO-112-CE[/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="colspan: 5"]Free Electives(27)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [/TD] [TD]MCC Video Film Making[/TD] [TD]??[/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [/TD] [TD]TECEP Psychology of Women[/TD] [TD]PSY-270[/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [/TD] [TD]CLEP American Government[/TD] [TD]POS-110-CE[/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [/TD] [TD]TECEP Intro to Critical Reasoning[/TD] [TD]PHI-130-TE[/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [/TD] [TD]DSST Fundamentals of Counseling[/TD] [TD]COU-262-DE[/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="width: 185"]*ensure no overlap with other courses[/TD] [TD]ALEKS Math Course[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]ALEKS Math Course[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]ALEKS Math Course[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [/TD] [TD]Kaplan Free PLA Course[/TD] [TD]??[/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="colspan: 5"]Area of Study (30)[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [/TD] [TD]SL Intro to Communications[/TD] [TD]COM-108[/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]UL[/TD] [TD]Uexcel Interpersonal Communication[/TD] [TD]COM-330[/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [/TD] [TD]TECEP Technical Writing[/TD] [TD]ENG-201[/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]*verify with TESC[/TD] [TD]TECEP Negotiation & Conflict Mgmt[/TD] [TD]NEG-401-TE[/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [/TD] [TD]MCC Intro to Public Speaking[/TD] [TD]COM-209[/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]UL[/TD] [TD]TECEP Marketing Communications[/TD] [TD]MAR-321[/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]UL[/TD] [TD]SL Business Communications[/TD] [TD]COM-300[/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [/TD] [TD]TECEP PR Thought and Practice[/TD] [TD]COM-210-TE[/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]UL[/TD] [TD]TECEP Managerial Communication[/TD] [TD]MAN-373[/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD]UL[/TD] [TD]Sophia Visual Communications[/TD] [TD]COM-351[/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="colspan: 5"]Capstone (3) *[/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] [/TD] [TD]TESC Capstone[/TD] [TD]LIB-495[/TD] [TD="align: right"]3[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD="colspan: 2"]TOTAL[/TD] [TD] [/TD] [TD="align: right"]120[/TD] [TD="align: right"]6[/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE]
CLEPS Passed: 10 DSST Passed: 11 TECEPS: 1
PrLoko-isms Don't waste time by trying to save time. The only sure way to complete your degree is to knock out credits quickly and efficiently. Don't let easiness bite you in the rear. Know your endgame (where you want to be) and plan backward from there. Your education is a means to an end. Be honest professionally, socially and academically. There are people (especially little ones) who look up to you and they're going by your example. Be proud. Whether you're an Engineer or Fast Food worker, there is honor and dignity in hard work. Picking on people weaker than you only proves that you are a weak person.
Thanks for the breakdown! I'll probably go with your suggested changes unless someone tells me otherwise.
There are a few things I was wondering about: 24 credits being from TESC, I'm guessing that is some kind of requirement on their side? When should I register with the college itself? Should I get all my CLEP, ACE, and DSST stuff out of the way first and then enroll and take the TECEPs? ALEKS seems to have multiple math courses so, I should just pick one that doesn't overlap? Also wonky on the PLA course. Not sure what it is so, will have to look into it. Thanks Again, Chris |
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