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A List I noticed on the Straighterline website. Looks like Straighterline is trying to create courses to meet the GE-CLEP market. Not a bad list in my opinion. (I may have missed a few also)
Introduction to Business (Coming Soon)
Course : BUS101
Call For Pricing
Western Civilization I (Coming Soon)
Course : CIV101
Call For Pricing
Introduction to Criminal Justice (Coming Soon)
Course : CJ101
Call For Pricing
Personal Finance (Coming Soon)
Course : FIN100
Call For Pricing
Introduction to Nutrition (Coming Soon)
Course : NUTRI101
Call For Pricing
Physical Education, Health & Wellness (Coming Soon)
Course : PE101
Call For Pricing
Introduction to Sociology (Coming Soon)
Course : SOC101
Call For Pricing
United States History I (Coming Soon)
Course : USHIST101
Call For Pricing
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Social Sciences CLEP:59 - Humanities CLEP:55 - Natural Sciences CLEP:53 - Analyzing & Interpreting Literature CLEP:59 - Management & Information Systems DSST:435
Human Resource Management ECE:C - Org. Behavior ECE:C - World Population ECE:C - UExcel Political Science:C - 2 NFA ACE Approved Courses
Straighterline:Criminal Justice, Western Civilization 1 and Sociology - Passed, Penn Foster Cost Accounting & Financial Management:Both B
CSU MGMT 311 Operations Management: Finished April 2012 - A, Business Ethics & Society DSST -- 440, BUS495 - EC Business Capstone - A
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If the intro nutrition course falls under biology, that will ROCK. Fingers crossed it won't be a health/free elective. Also excited about sociolgy for my son.
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Great new list. I hope they keep adding course on.
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While the Nutrition course definitely seems to fill a void, the others appear to duplicate CLEP and DSST tests, which, frankly, have to be easier then Straighterline courses. I was hoping they would come out with Biochemistry and Organic Chemistry.
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I was wondering if the history CLEP/DSST would be easier,I have never taken a straighterline course. I will have to do American History and Western Civ if I go for the history degree. Do others agree they would be harder? How soon do you think they will have them?
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06-12-2011, 03:42 PM
(This post was last modified: 06-12-2011, 03:49 PM by alleycat.)
Straighterline also has these new courses coming:
Physics I (Coming Soon)
Course : PHYS201
Call For Pricing
General Physics I with Lab (Coming Soon)
Course : PHYS201L
Call For Pricing
Physics II (Coming Soon)
Course : PHYS202
Call For Pricing
General Physics II with Lab (Coming Soon)
Course : PHYS202L
Call For Pricing
Student Success (Coming Soon)
Course : SUCCESS101
Call For Pricing
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Lindagerr Wrote:I was wondering if the history CLEP/DSST would be easier,I have never taken a straighterline course. I will have to do American History and Western Civ if I go for the history degree. Do others agree they would be harder? How soon do you think they will have them?
I would definitely CLEP those tests. Straighterline is most useful for courses for which no testing exists, e.g., A&P labs, or if testing is inconvenient because of your location.
EDIT: Physics with Lab is useful, but I'd probably take the UExcel Physics exam if no lab credit is needed. I'll probably take those Physics Lab courses even though I don't need them.
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Yenisei Wrote:While the Nutrition course definitely seems to fill a void, the others appear to duplicate CLEP and DSST tests, which, frankly, have to be easier then Straighterline courses. I was hoping they would come out with Biochemistry and Organic Chemistry.
Yes, but for under $100 you can rock out 3 credits (or 4) in a self-paced/open book/ in your own living room format. I see SL as a fantastic adjunct to the CLEP option.
I think biochem and orgo must be around the bend if they get some qualified curriculum developers.
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I like what I see. Granted, some Clep and dsst might be easier but this is great for those of us not really interested in learning all the material and rather just getting enough info to get the credits. The more SL offers, the happier I am.
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Reply from someone at Straighterline:
They will be available this Fall. This is all an estimate though we are hoping that all of the new courses will be completed by then however, there is a possibility it may be later in the fall or closer to spring.
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