TESC - BA in English - Need help deciding what courses & CLEP exams I should take

[af2012]

Hi all,

I'm really hoping that any current or former TESC students are on that can help me with this. I have 15 credits from University of Phoenix that I'm moving to TESC but TESC hasn't told me yet where they are going to put them. They are GEN101, SOC101, SOC102, COMM101 & COMM102.

Since I have to decide by Tuesday what courses I will be taking at TESC in March and I don't want to duplicate any of my efforts when I go for clep exams (not sure which ones I will take yet). Can anyone give me any idea where I can safely start with TESC & clep?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Amy

[JDM]

I don't have any idea how your UoP courses will transfer, but this page explains how TESC will apply CLEP and DSST tests Undergraduate Ways to Earn Credit - Thomas Edison State College - acalog ACMS

[af2012]

I've been reading through the past posts & I have another question about ALEKS. Does TESC accept ALEKS for chemistry? If so, which one?

[Yenisei]

No, ALEKS Chemistry is not accepted by TESC. Look at either CLEP or Straighterline for that.

[af2012]

Ok thanks!

[IrishJohn]

No, ALEKS Chemistry is not accepted by TESC. Look at either CLEP or Straighterline for that.

Yeah, unfortunately. I really wish that ALEKS would get their Chemistry course ACE-approved. I'd take it if they did this.

[af2012]

Hey Irish John,

I see that you took the same ALEKS courses I'm thinking about taking. It's been over 20 years since I had Algebra & trig, how hard where the ALEKS tests for you?

[af2012]

Ok, after looking over all my choices I think I've got my plan of attack for my courses mapped out. I'm assuming for now that my 15 credits will be dumped into Free Electives. If that turns out not to be the case I can always adjust things out from there. If someone could take a peek at this & let me know if I've made any mistakes on what courses go where, I'd appreciate it. :-)


BA General Education (60 SH) Semester Hours Completed: 0.00 Complete all 6 subrequirements:

A: English Composition (Not Started) > Complete one full year of English Composition with a grade > of C or better. Semester Hours Completed: 0.00 GPA Achieved/Needed: none / 2.000
Group 1 (Not Started) Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESC #
Notes ___ ENC-101___ STRAIGHTERLINE ENGLISH COMP I___ _______________ 1 course
ENC-102___ STRAIGHTERLINE ENGLISH COMP II__________________ 1 course

B: Humanities (Not Started) > Complete 12 semester hours of Humanities, including at > least two subject areas.
______DSST - INTRO TO WORLD RELIGIONS______________________________ 3 credits
______DSST - TECHNICAL WRITING_____________________________________ 3 credits
______CLEP - HUMANITIES (6 credits)_____________________________________ 6 credits _____________________________________________________________________

C: Social Sciences (Not Started) > Complete 12 semester hours in the Social Sciences, > including at least two subject areas.
______STRAIGHTERLINE INTRO TO PSYCH________________________________ 3 credits
_______STRAIGHTERLINE WESTERN CIV I________________________________ 3 credits
______STRAIGHTERLINE ECON 101______________________________________ 3 credits
______STRAIGHTERLINE ECON 102______________________________________ 3 credits

D: Mathematics (Not Started) > Complete a 3 semester hour college-level Mathematics > course.
_____ALEKS INTERMEDIATE ALGEBRA_______________________________ 3 credits

E: Natural Sciences (Not Started) > Complete 9 semester hours in the Natural Sciences, > including at least two subject areas.
_____STRAIGHTERLINE INTRO BIOLOGY __________________________________ 3 credits
______ALEKS COLLEGE ALGEBRA_______________________________________ 3 credits
_____ALEKS TRIGNOMETRY_____________________________________________ 3 credits

F: General Ed Electives (Not Started) > Complete 18 semester hours from any of the following General Education subjects: Humanities, Social Sciences, > Natural Sciences or Mathematics.
______ALEKS INTRO STATS______________________________________________ 3 credits
______STRAIGHTERLINE BUS105 BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS_______________ 3 credits
________overflow from CLEP AMERICAN LIT____________________________ 3 credits
______STRAIGHTERLINE ANATOMY/PHYSIOLOGY I__________________________ 3 credits
______STRAIGHTERLINE ANATOMY/PHYSIOLOGY II_________________________ 3 credits
_________overflow from CLEP ENGLISH LIT_________________________ 3 credits
================================================================================
Area of Study (18SH must be at the 300/400 level) Semester Hours Completed: 0.00 GPA Achieved/Needed: none / 2.000 Complete all 4 subrequirements:

A: Survey of Literature (Not Started) > Complete 6 credits of Survey of Literature.
______CLEP - AMERICAN LIT (6 credits)____________________________________ 3 credits
______CLEP - ENGLISH LIT (6 credits)_____________________________________ 3 credits

B: Anal & Int Lit (Not Started) > Complete 3 credits of Analysis and Interpretation > of Literature.
______CLEP Analyzing & Interpreting Literature_____________________________ 3 credits

C: Non Western Lit (Not Started) > Complete one Non-Western Literature course (non-British; > non-American).
_____TESC NonWestern World Lit I (LIT-460-OL009)_________________________ 3 credits

D: English Electives (Not Started) > Complete 21 semester hours of English/Literature/Advanced > Writing courses as electives. At least 15SH must be at the > 300/400 level to satisfy the requirement of 18SH of 300/400 > level coursework in the Area of Study. LIB-495 (Liberal > Arts Capstone) can satisfy 3SH of this requirement. Semester Hours Completed: 0.00 Group 1 (Not Started)
_____TESC LIB-495 (Liberal > Arts Capstone) _______________________________ 3 credits
_____TESC FICTION WRITING (ENG-231)__________________________________ 3 credits
_____TESC ONE WRITER'S VISION: JANE AUSTIN (ENG-393)_________________ 3 credits
_____TESC CREATIVE WRITING_________________________________________ 3 credits
_____TESC MYTHOLOGY______________________________________________ 3 credits

Group 2 (Not Started)
_____TESC SCIENCE FICTION__________________________________________ 3 credits
_____TESC SHORT STORY______________________________________________ 3 credits ================================================================================

BA Free Electives (27 SH) > Complete 27 semester hours of Free Electives.
____UoP - GEN101_____________________________________________________ 3 credits
____UoP - SOC101_____________________________________________________ 3 credits
____UoP - SOC102_____________________________________________________ 3 credits
____UoP - COMM101___________________________________________________ 3 credits
____UoP - COMM102___________________________________________________ 3 credits
____STRAIGHTERLINE PERSONAL FINANCE_______________________________ 3 credits
____STRAIGHTERLINE INTRO TO NUTRITION_______________________________ 3 credits
____DSST HERE'S TO YOUR HEALTH____________________________________ 3 credits
____DSST RISE & FALL OF THE SOVIET UNION_____________________________ 3 credits

[IrishJohn]

Hey Irish John,

I see that you took the same ALEKS courses I'm thinking about taking. It's been over 20 years since I had Algebra & trig, how hard where the ALEKS tests for you?

Pure unmitigated torture, and that was the good part of 'em! Naah, actually they weren't too bad. It just took me many, many hours to finish each course. It's been about as long for me since I last took a math course and I never was very good at it. I doubt I would have finished if it weren't for something like ALEKS.