TESC BA English - most efficient plan?

[cavelady]

Anyone know how many of these course requirements I could test out of or complete somewhere else faster/cheaper?
Thomas Edison State College: English

(Already very educated in this field.)

I assume many, if not all, of the gen ed. Anything else?

Thank you!

[hightecrebel]

Honestly? Pretty much everything except the capstone and maybe the survey of lit, class-wise. TESC will accept any applicable RA credit to their degrees. If you can find a CC or RA online school, you can complete courses as fast as they will let you. You can also try the PLA route since you said you are already well educated in the field. Just remember you'll need 18 UL credits (15, not including the capstone).

[cavelady]

Sorry, newbie here...what's PLU?

Any suggestions for places where I could take any of these courses (that I can't test out of) cheap and at my own pace?

It would be awesome if I could finish the course when I'm ready rather than having to wait a predetermined amount of time.

Also, (this question probably has an obvious answer but, like I said, I'm very new to this) how do I go about figuring out which courses or tests will be the correct equivalent?

[swalke321]

Sorry, newbie here...what's PLU?

Any suggestions for places where I could take any of these courses (that I can't test out of) cheap and at my own pace?

It would be awesome if I could finish the course when I'm ready rather than having to wait a predetermined amount of time.

Also, (this question probably has an obvious answer but, like I said, I'm very new to this) how do I go about figuring out which courses or tests will be the correct equivalent?

PLA is prior learning assessment. It refers to learning outside of a classroom such as work experience, training or other non credit programs. It involves some type of assessment such as challenge exams, ACE/NCCRS recommendations, recommendation by college or Portfolio Assessment. A portfolio assessment is a narrative/collection of documents that demonstrate mastery of a specific college course.

Some colleges offer self paced courses. Some of those do have restrictions on how fast you can move through the course. Some restrict the number of assignments you can complete each week. For UL credit you would need to look at a 4 year college. Most 2 year/cc are evaluated as ll.

TESC has a couple of charts that show equivalencies for CLEP/DSST. Excelsior also offers credit by exam. TESC has their own credit by exam program, TECEP. Some colleges also offer challenge exams/credit by exams, some of which TESC might also accept.

Sources of Credit - Degree Forum Wiki

Prior Learning Assessment

CLEP - College-Level Exam Program

DANTES

[cavelady]

PLA is prior learning assessment. It refers to learning outside of a classroom such as work experience, training or other non credit programs. It involves some type of assessment such as challenge exams, ACE/NCCRS recommendations, recommendation by college or Portfolio Assessment. A portfolio assessment is a narrative/collection of documents that demonstrate mastery of a specific college course.

Some colleges offer self paced courses. Some of those do have restrictions on how fast you can move through the course. Some restrict the number of assignments you can complete each week. For UL credit you would need to look at a 4 year college. Most 2 year/cc are evaluated as ll.

TESC has a couple of charts that show equivalencies for CLEP/DSST. Excelsior also offers credit by exam. TESC has their own credit by exam program, TECEP. Some colleges also offer challenge exams/credit by exams, some of which TESC might also accept.

Sources of Credit - Degree Forum Wiki

Prior Learning Assessment

CLEP - College-Level Exam Program

DANTES

Wow those links are very helpful! Thanks!

[ladylearner]

Anyone know how many of these course requirements I could test out of or complete somewhere else faster/cheaper?
Thomas Edison State College: English

(Already very educated in this field.)

I assume many, if not all, of the gen ed. Anything else?

Thank you!

Hi there, welcome aboard!

You will a lot of information on testing out of general education requirements here on the forum so I won't get too much into that. However, getting those upper level humanities credits is where there are fewer options so that's what I will focus on.

Since you are already educated/experienced in this field, I recommend looking at TESC's portfolio process that was mentioned by swalke321. As someone who has experience and is comfortable writing papers, this is a great low-cost option. In the event that you are a blogger, an author (unpublished or not), that would be the type of documentation you can use in a portfolio. I am neither but used my book club moderation and community teaching of language through literature experience as part of my Latin American literature portfolio. One cool thing about portfolios is the pricing. You can complete PLA-100 and PLA-200 for free without any credit but as a guide to completing portfolios at TESC. And TESC only charges $353 for 12 portfolio credits which are counted toward your residency if you happen to choose per-credit tuition plan. For me, completing the actual portfolio was a fun and rewarding experience.

NCCRS and ACE approve courses for college credit and those are also accepted by TESC. I notice that GREAT BOOKS ACADEMY HOMEPAGE – ACE College Credit has ACE-approved courses but don't know the specific process for getting credit. Also, Coopersmith Career Consulting has NCCRS-approved exams in English. If you are interested, you can create an account with Torah College Credits and request the outlines and study guides for those exams.