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Hi guys, long-time lurker here.
I'm going to complete a BSBA using Sanantone's degree plan on the Wiki, and I see that this plan requires at least two TECEPs to fulfill the area of study. I've read that TECEPs are considered harder than CLEPs and DSSTs because not only are the test questions more vague, the test questions are totally based on the recommended text vs. general knowledge of the subject.
TESC posted a list of free resources to study for each of their TECEPs - http://www.tesc.edu/degree-completion/do..._TECEP.pdf
Now, would these free resources even be helpful for studying for the TECEPs since they aren't the recommended textbooks? Or would these free resources be sufficient?
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Are you looking at the BSBA in General Management? You don't have to take any TECEPs to complete that degree. There should be plenty of options from CLEP, DSST, Saylor, Straighterline, Penn Foster, and Uexcel. However, Uexcels are probably just as difficult as TECEPs. If you're doing the Per Credit Tuition Plan, then you will need 8 TECEPs.
I can't really answer your question on the free resources. You can use just about anything current for Federal Income Taxation. I've heard the other tests are more specific to the recommended textbook. One person had a bad experience with using Saylor for the Environmental Ethics exam whereas another person had a good experience. Some of the TECEPs are supposed to be aligned to Saylor courses.
Thomas Edison State College TECEPÂ Exams | Saylor Academy
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
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My best advice if you pursue TECEPs is to ask here in the forums with regards to study materials; I found most of the free study materials TESC recommended to be too broad/general/unrelated for use.
That said, for all the one's I've taken (Advertising, Security Analysis & Portfolio, Marriage and the Family, Financial Institutions and Markets, Psychology of Women and Strategic Management), I could manage with an older version of the textbook; in fact, I largely didn't even use the one I bought for Psychology of Women, as the notes from here were more than sufficient. More so than CLEPs and DSSTs, you really want to match what you're studying with your study material, and it's very hit or miss in my experience with the free links TESC provides.
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Also as OfficerA said you do not need to buy the latest version of the books, just buy older second hand versions, I have found books at amazon for $1 (plus 4 dollar shipping  , most of the books are around $10.
If you need let me know and I can give you amazon links.
BSBA in General management from TESU (March 2016)
DSST: Intro to Comp 458 , Intro to Busi 423 , HR Management 62, Prin of Supervision 443, Mgmt Info Systems 477, Intro to World Religions 429, Personal Finance 430, Money & Banking 52, Prin of Finance 447, Ethics in America 432
CLEP: College Mathematics 65, Intro to Psychology 71, Princ of Management 60, Prin of Marketing 73, Macroeconomics 65, Microeconomics 60, College Algebra 62, Pre Calculas 57, A&I 56, College Composition 52, Intro to Business Law 60
TECEP: Technical writing, Prin of Financial Accounting, Security Analysis and Portfolio Mgmt, Liberal arts Math, Network Technology 81%, Science of Nutrition (79%), Public Relations (70%)
TESC OL : Prin. of Mgrl Acctg (92% / A- )
TEEX : Security Everyone(95%), IT (94%) and Business (98%)
Sophia: Intro to Statistics (89%)
SL: Business Ethics (92%), Intro to Sociology (93%), Business Comm (82%)
PF: Strategic mgmt (90%)
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Oh jeez Sanantone, you're right. I guess I was also trying to avoid Straighterline as well, but SL would allow for no TECEP to be required.
Are the Straighterline courses (namely, Accounting 1 and 2) preferable to TECEPs then? I see you can CLEP out of Accounting 1, but still need to take a TECEP for Accounting 2 if SL is to be avoided.
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01-27-2015, 12:16 PM
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mpie18 Wrote:Oh jeez Sanantone, you're right. I guess I was also trying to avoid Straighterline as well, but SL would allow for no TECEP to be required.
Are the Straighterline courses (namely, Accounting 1 and 2) preferable to TECEPs then? I see you can CLEP out of Accounting 1, but still need to take a TECEP for Accounting 2 if SL is to be avoided.
SL Accounting I = TESC Principles of Financial Accounting ACC-101
SL Accounting II = TESC Principles of Managerial Accounting ACC-102
SL Managerial Accounting = TESC Cost Accounting ACC-303
SL would obviously be more time consuming, but the way the grading is structured--merely striving for that 70% mark or getting as close to it as possible prior to the final exam, I think they'd be easier then the TECEPs for Accounting.
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SwaggyP Wrote:SL Accounting I = TESC Principles of Financial Accounting ACC-101
SL Accounting II = TESC Principles of Managerial Accounting ACC-102
SL Managerial Accounting = TESC Cost Accounting ACC-303
SL would obviously be more time consuming, but the way the grading is structured--merely striving for that 70% mark or getting as close to it as possible prior to the final exam, I think they'd be easier then the TECEPs for Accounting.
So, I take it that SL is more structured, taking more time, but making it easier to pass? Whereas the TECEPs are less time consuming because there's only an exam to study for, but the risk for failure is greater?
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mpie18 Wrote:So, I take it that SL is more structured, taking more time, but making it easier to pass? Whereas the TECEPs are less time consuming because there's only an exam to study for, but the risk for failure is greater?
For subjects which are not your natural strong suit, I would say yes. The way I tackled SL courses is by devoting my effort in all the graded tests leading up the proctored final. I prefer not to have a stressful final in which a good/great grade becomes necessary for passing the course. Being in the 60-70% range going into the final makes things easier, I don't waste time studying or prepping for the final, because I'm comfortable I can get at least a 25%-50% with the multiple choice format as well all the repeated questions from previous tests you'll find. I have no desire to go the extra mile when for transcript purposes a SL score of 100% is no different than a 70%. SL, in my opinion, is the way to go for subjects that you lack proficiency in. Taking a TECEP or other CBEs for courses you don't feel completely comfortable in is a gamble with both your time and money.
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