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I am looking for some insight on TESC courses. I need 8 credits to complete my BALS, my plan is to take 2 more clep/dsst then complete 1 course at TESC to get a GPA. I am looking for a "easy" 100/200 level gen ed course, must be online, no book to buy, no proctors and most importantly no long written assignments. So basically a course with only quizzes/exams/db posts. If anyone has any info it would be great.
Thanks for the help.
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cleptester Wrote:I am looking for some insight on TESC courses. I need 8 credits to complete my BALS, my plan is to take 2 more clep/dsst then complete 1 course at TESC to get a GPA. I am looking for a "easy" 100/200 level gen ed course, must be online, no book to buy, no proctors and most importantly no long written assignments. So basically a course with only quizzes/exams/db posts. If anyone has any info it would be great.
Thanks for the help.
I'm thinking math? Stay away from anything in the social sciences or humanities lol. You're going to have to give up one or two of your requirements. I took a few courses that were light on writing but required a book and proctor, or other where I had no proctor but lots of writing, etc.
Why not just take a SL class?
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08-14-2011, 11:31 AM
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The only reason I was going to take one class is I was hoping to get some sort of GPA with TESC. I guess if i need to get a book I can.
"I am looking for a "easy" 100/200 level gen ed course, must be online, no proctors and most importantly no long written assignments. "
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It looks as if TESC is changing how proctoring will work. Now you can proctor a test via webcam for some courses.
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I too am planning on taking one class from TESC for a GPA.
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I've read that SOS-101 Living in the Information Age is a no book, reasonably easy course. I wanted to work it into my degree plan, but could not find another course I was willing to drop.
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I don't know of any TESC courses that meet all your requirements, but why not go to the TESC discussion forum? More of the people there are more into taking classes.
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The running joke is the TESC class that has you
read a Jane Austin novel or three... (1 or 3 credits, depending)
But that requires real work. So yeah, maybe Information Age is a good one, nice easy way to coast into a 4.0 GPA as your last class. Can't beat that.
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