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I am finishing up my AA in the Arts from TESC. I have 6 credits that I need to finish in the General Education Electives category. What kinds of tests should these be? I thought I might be able to take some simple business CLEP's, but someone informed me that that isn't accepted. So are there any easy tests or courses that will fulfill these last 6 credits? I am not crazy about the Lit. CLEP because there are no IC flashcards for it. What about straighterline courses? Thanks for your answers!
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CLEP:
College Mathematics(6)--score 60
Analyzing and Interpreting Literature(6)--score 66
English Composition(6)--score 50
US History I(3)--score 63
US History II(3)--score 67
American Government(3)--score 59
Social Sciences and History(6)--score 58
DSST:
Introduction to Computing(3)--score 440
Management Information Systems(3)UL--score 406
ALEKS:
Beginning Algebra(3)
Intermediate Algebra(3)
College Algebra(3)
Straighter Line:
Intro to sociology
World Religions
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Western Civ. 1
Cultural Anthropology
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Straighterline's great for filling in the gaps for your degree. I don't know if the new degree plans would accept SL courses as easily as they did a few months ago ( I had to pre-capstone degree plan), but they did accept Business Communications and Organizational Behavior as a General Ed elective in my degree plan. The advisor told me that Organizational Behavior is considered a social science, and Business Communications is categorized under Humanities (go figure).
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09-25-2013, 09:39 PM
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Have you got an advisor? Ask them if Western Civ 1&2 would work for you? You could also clarify if A&I lit is a humanities or English course at your school as the Humanities CLEP is six credits in that section. For social science you might be able to use sociology or Intro to psychology. If not you'll need to research Arts based courses elsewhere or take the six credits at TESC. I believe there is an Art of the Western World DSST although : edit: Art of the Western World. 3-L. Deals with the history of art during various periods,
including: Romanesque and Gothic; Renaissance; Baroque; rococo; neoclassicism and
romanticism; realism, impressionism and post-impressionism; and post-World War II. from http://getcollegecredit.com/assets/pdf/D...m_List.pdf
Again its a social science course but they may take it since it deals with Art
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DSST Ethics in America and DSST Intro to World Religions might be a couple of options.
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Firedup4Jesus Wrote:I am finishing up my AA in the Arts from TESC. I have 6 credits that I need to finish in the General Education Electives category. What kinds of tests should these be? I thought I might be able to take some simple business CLEP's, but someone informed me that that isn't accepted. So are there any easy tests or courses that will fulfill these last 6 credits? I am not crazy about the Lit. CLEP because there are no IC flashcards for it. What about straighterline courses? Thanks for your answers!
Free Clep Prep.com has a practice test you could try for the Analyzing and Interpreting Literature CLEP if you wanted to see whether it would be doable for you. It would probably be your fastest and cheapest option, and as many others have said, it is essentially a reading comprehension test, which is probably why IC has no flashcards for it. This Literature*|*Glossary of Poetic Terms was very helpful, and if you are having any trouble or want to see if you're ready, Free Clep Prep.com has a study guide with a few more links if you wanted to give it a shot. 
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CLEP Management and Marketing aren't accepted? CLEP Intro Psych and DSST Technical Writing are easy, fast options.
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KingdomUnshaken12:28 Wrote:Free Clep Prep.com has a practice test you could try for the Analyzing and Interpreting Literature CLEP if you wanted to see whether it would be doable for you. It would probably be your fastest and cheapest option, and as many others have said, it is essentially a reading comprehension test, which is probably why IC has no flashcards for it
It would be an option if they already hadn't completed A&I Lit as per their sig. I think the Lit CLEPs they were referring to are American and English Lit. Those actually aren't that bad with the resources here, even though there's no flash cards. I was able to pass both of them using resources here and acquiring the For Idiots books (though I didn't think they helped me that much for content as much as the resources here). I took them about 3 years ago, so YMMV.
Edit: Looks like I got a 71 on English Lit and a 68 on Am. Lit using the posts and resources here at the time.
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TMW2010 Wrote:It would be an option if they already hadn't completed A&I Lit as per their sig. I think the Lit CLEPs they were referring to are American and English Lit. Those actually aren't that bad with the resources here, even though there's no flash cards. I was able to pass both of them using resources here and acquiring the For Idiots books (though I didn't think they helped me that much for content as much as the resources here). I took them about 3 years ago, so YMMV.
Edit: Looks like I got a 71 on English Lit and a 68 on Am. Lit using the posts and resources here at the time.
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My bad  - thanks for pointing that out.
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CLEP College Composition: 62
DSST Principles of Public Speaking: 73
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DSST Ethics in America: 467
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Okay, thanks for your suggestions! I think I will look into CLEP Intro Psych and DSST Technical Writing.
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To everything there is a season,
and a time to every purpose under heaven.
Ec. 3:1
CLEP:
College Mathematics(6)--score 60
Analyzing and Interpreting Literature(6)--score 66
English Composition(6)--score 50
US History I(3)--score 63
US History II(3)--score 67
American Government(3)--score 59
Social Sciences and History(6)--score 58
DSST:
Introduction to Computing(3)--score 440
Management Information Systems(3)UL--score 406
ALEKS:
Beginning Algebra(3)
Intermediate Algebra(3)
College Algebra(3)
Straighter Line:
Intro to sociology
World Religions
Business Ethics
Western Civ. 1
Cultural Anthropology
To God be the glory!
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