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I’ve never taken a TECEP, but I’ve taken 1 ECE. I found that quite a bit harder than even a UL DSST. My question: how does a midterm or final in a TESC course compare to a CLEP, DSST, or ECE? If it helps, the courses I’m in are "International Relations" and "Mass Communications I.” Thanks!
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TESC courses: Capstone A ~ Leaders in History A ~ Photography 101 A- ~ Games People Play A ~ International Relations A- ~ Mass Communications I A
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Westerner Wrote:Iâve never taken a TECEP, but Iâve taken 1 ECE. I found that quite a bit harder than even a UL DSST. My question: how does a midterm or final in a TESC course compare to a CLEP, DSST, or ECE? If it helps, the courses Iâm in are "International Relations" and "Mass Communications I.â Thanks!
It depends highly on the course itself. You'll want to look at the syllabus for your specific course or you can use the TESC standard version for each class:
syllabus_COM-120-jan12
syllabus_POS-315-jan12
The way I'd compare the courses to an exam would be to say that your course examinations will be more focused. Looking at your courses, the Mass Comm I course has a midterm that has multiple choice, true/false, and essay questions. You essentially need a more focused view of the course modules mentioned and less about the subject in general. As long as you follow the guidelines which are focused on which learning modules they cover you should be fine. That course shows there is a final project rather than a final exam and is given as a 5-7 page paper.
On your other course (international relations), it says you'll find a 50 question multiple-choice exam for both the midterm and final exam. These will probably remind you of a CLEP/DSST exam but may also include matching or other questions which are linked to each other.
To answer your question, you should find that TESC courses will match a typical college course rather than a general subject exam such as CLEP/DSST. If you focus on the subject areas given by your instructor you may discover you like this format better as you are given more instructions regarding content.
My completed "non-traditional" credits include 27 credits from CLEP, 30 credits from DSST, 6 credits from ALEKS, 19 credits from FEMA courses including PDS, 3 credits from NFA courses, 10 credits from ACE Workplace Training, 3 credits from a TESC TECEP exam, and 3 credits from a TESC PLA course.
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Westerner Wrote:I’ve never taken a TECEP, but I’ve taken 1 ECE. I found that quite a bit harder than even a UL DSST. My question: how does a midterm or final in a TESC course compare to a CLEP, DSST, or ECE? If it helps, the courses I’m in are "International Relations" and "Mass Communications I.” Thanks!
Like Cooperalex stated, it is dependent on the course, but for reference, the two midterms I took for my TESC courses were essay (short answer) based. I found that a little more difficult than multiple choice, but I received an 88 and a 94 on the exams, so as long as you do the reading and can explain the concepts, you should do well on short answer. Hope that helps.
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02-18-2014, 01:20 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-18-2014, 08:47 PM by Westerner.)
The best advice my professors could give was to study the textbooks :willynilly: Thankfully I have the online companions for both courses, so I have some quizzes.
Thank you both!
BA History 2014 - TESC
The Lord is my shepherd. Psalm 23
"I'm going on an adventure!' ~AUJ
"It is our fight." ~DoS
"I am not alone." ~BotFA
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that's given to us." ~FotR
"There is still hope." ~TTT
"Courage..." "This day, we fight!" ~RotK
CLEP: A&I Lit 74 ~ Am Lit 73 ~ Eng Lit 72 ~ Humanities 75 ~ College Math 77 ~ Western Civ I 63 ~ Western Civ II 69 ~ Natural Sci 64 ~ US History I 76 ~ US History II 69 ~ Sociology 68 ~ Am Gov 69 ~ Social Sci & Hist 71 ~ College Comp 61 ~ Marketing 70 ~ Management 66 ~ Psychology 67
DSST: Supervision 453 ~ Tech Writing 61 ~ Computing 427 ~ Middle East 65 ~ Soviet Union 65 ~ Vietnam War 74 ~[COLOR="#0099cc"] Civil War 68
[/COLOR]Other: College+ Biblical Social Justice B ~ ECE World Conflicts Since 1900 A
TESC courses: Capstone A ~ Leaders in History A ~ Photography 101 A- ~ Games People Play A ~ International Relations A- ~ Mass Communications I A
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