Which school for a Psych Bachelors?

[sanantone]

The more obscure psychology credits will be accepted as area of study electives. As noted above, Human Growth and Development is the equivalent of Developmental Psychology. COSC is the only school left (of the Big 3) that accepts the GRE for credit. I was going to complete a psych degree there until my GRE test was canceled in spring and wouldn't have been offered again until fall. It was a good thing though because COSC only gives 3 UL credits for the test; the other 15 are LL. The only way I could have gotten the required 15 UL psych credits, at the time, was by taking ECEs at almost $300 per test (most are $99 now). Plus, I would have had to look for 15 more UL credits outside the area of study. TESC only requires 18 UL credits in the area of study and the rest of your degree can be LL. Most of my UL psych courses came from my local CC at a little over $150 per course. While I didn't have a GPA at TESC, those As from the community college was calculated into my GPA by the graduate school I'm attending now.

[sklineho]

That's good to know. I'm at a bit of an advantage as I actually have some UL stuff already from the local State College, such as Social Psychology. One thing I'm gonig to have to ask, unless osmeone has run into this alreadyu, is Abnormal Psychology. The ECE lists it as UL but it's a 200-level course at our college and is used towards AA degrees there. I wonder how they'd accept it at TESC? I'll have to dig into that unless someone has had aa similar situation.

Also, has anyone taken the ECE for Adulthood and Aging? It's a single test but TESC offers an Aging and an Adulthood class seperately. If I took the ECE, which of the two does it count toward?

I haven't taken the GRE so no worries there. I'm hopnig they'll be pretty lenient towards my free electives, which I should think I'll have covered.

One more question, as TESC is a bit vague on the subject: They claim one needs a single college level math class. I can't find where they clarify as to what they classify as college-level, other than obvious stuff like College Algebra.

One more thing (sorry, I lied about the last one being the last question) And this is directed really at anyone who has attended any of the big three but mainly TESC: I've never done online schooling, so if say I take a 15 week course, but can complete it sooner, can I move on to a new one or must I wait until set times to start new classes? (I'd assume I'd have to wait if the classes are done live instead of being pre-recorded.)

[rebel100]

Your math has to be at the college level and not remedial. ALEKS Intermediate Algebra, CLEP College Math, DSST/CLEP College Algebra, SL College Algebra, DSST/SL/ALEKS Statisitics will all work, as will any college level math credit earned at another college (even Penn Foster I believe, and certainly and RA College). They are looking for 3 credits at the college level.

Online courses typically mean during the scheduled semester, lasting for a per-determined time period.

Self Paced means you go as slow or fast as you wish within very broad time constraints, like you have to complete within a year and must not finish quicker than 4 or 6 weeks. (BYU/CSU-Pueblo, LSU Independent, etc...)

Mini-mesters are within a regular schedule, but condensed to a shorter time frame. For example COSC runs 5 (mini), 8 (half), and 16 (full) week semesters.

[sanantone]

Considering that community colleges have no UL credits and TESC still accepts some as UL, I don't think you will have a problem with Abnormal Psychology being transcribed as UL from a 4-year school since it's offered as UL at TESC.

Where are these Aging and Adulthood courses on the website? I don't see them.

[sklineho]

Psychology Electives (21 credits required)
Abnormal Psychology
Adolescent Psychology
Child Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Developmental Psychology = PSYCH 2103 Human Growth and Development
Educational Psychology
Forensic Psychology Relations
Group Dynamics
Humanistic Psychology
Organizational Behavior
Personality
Physiological Psychology
Psychology of Addiction
<i>Psychology of Adulthood
Psychology of Aging</i>
Psychology of Death & Dying
Psychology of Learning
Psychology of Love & Interpersonal
Psychology of Minority Experience
Sensation & Perception
Social Psychology
Tests and Measurements

See, I thought tis was odd, as even other schools list them as the same class. Unless it's just a typo on their list, it looks to me that they are indeed seperate classes which is strange.

[bluebooger]

Psychology of Adulthood
probably equates to the Excelsior exam "Psychology of Adulthood and Aging"

Psychology of Aging
probably equates to the Excelsior exam "Psychology of Gerontology"


I'd copy and paste the exam descriptions, but Excelsior locks the pdfs so you can't copy from them, argh !

[sklineho]

No need to copy them anyway, I figured as much. Thanks anyway.

[sanantone]

TESC is just listing some of the possible courses that could go in the area of study. Not all of those courses are offered by TESC. There should be a disclaimer at the bottom saying that other courses may be appropriate for the area of study.

[nj593]

Which of the three schools would be best to persue a Bachelors in Psychology? I know Excelsior offers one and I think Charter Oaks does, but is it really a viable option? I wish there was a good online Masters program too but I don't see one at any of the Big 3. But I'd at least like to obtain a Bachelors. I've already got a few upper level courses done anyway.

I would say go with Thomas Edison State. They are the quickest and reputable. As for grad school many online programs will work that offer a practicum. However many states require CACREP now. So you have to decide if you will pursue that or go without it. Check with the state you want to be licensed and see if they require CACREP. If they do there is only a handful that do this online. Adams State College, Walden and Capella. I went to Adams and they require the GRE. Their courses are ok was quite easy actually. However, their semesters for me were way to long so i transferred. The states I wanted did not require CACREP so i went elsewhere. Best of luck any questions feel free to ask. Oh and if you are going the Social work route then New England offers online and is accredited and a college in Texas and like 2 others. However, Many require for you to have your undergrad in social work. Good luck

[sklineho]

CACREP is definitely important to me, but so is not-for-profit. I'm not saying that there aren't reputable for-profit schools, but I've also heard horror stories from people who did the for-profit route and had some interviewers scoff at their credentials. But maybe for-profits are a better fix for grad work, I don't know, I just know what a limited number of people have told me.

I skimmed over the list of Masters programs provided earlier in this thread, and saw a few that stood out, most notably Chicago School of Psychology, but I need to check into it and some others first.

And no I doubt I'll go the social work route, I'm almost certain I'm going to go counseling, probably try to get into an addiction rehab center or a hospital mental ward-type position.