New TECEP Listed: Abnormal Psychology

[Jonathan Whatley]

TESC's current All TECEP Tests page – not the archived content on their site where they still have information for some old TECEPs no longer offered – now includes PSY-350-TE Abnormal Psychology.

This would be duplicative with the Excelsior College Examination PSYX 310 Abnormal Psychology. Major differences between the two:

• There are differences in recommended texts and content outlines.

• The ECE costs USD 305; the TECEP, 99 plus test center fee if any.

• ECEs are computer-based, with about 130 four-option MCQs over three hours for this subject. TECEPs are paper-and-pencil, with 100 multiple-choice questions (likely four-option) over 2 hrs, marked on a bubble sheet, for this subject.

• ECEs are delivered at Pearson VUE centers. TECEPs can be proctored at "at any accredited college or university or at any public library" in the U.S. Provisions may differ internationally; contact TESC for details.

• An ECE returns a letter grade. A TECEP returns a result of Credit (or pass, transcripted as CR; TESC's grading key indicates that a CR for undergraduate credit is equivalent to a grade of C or better) or No Credit (this isn't transcripted, but TESC records it privately; with another fee, you could get one additional chance for a retake after a minimum 3 month wait.) For more, see TECEP Policies and Contact Info.

[sanantone]

It's too late for me, but this is great for future current and future psychology and social science majors. The main thing that kept me from getting a psychology degree was the expense of the Excelsior exams. Almost all of them were around $300 at the time and the TECEPs were expensive too.