What order should I take these exams?

[jaweber08]

I have nine courses left and I'm trying to determine what order to take them. I have them in the following order. Please let me know if you agree or would move course around.

1) Intro to Computers

2) MIS

3) Principle of Finance

4) Business Math

5) Money and Banking

6) Principles of Supervision

7)HRM

8) Business Ethics and Society

9) Introduction to Marketing

[koenigtv]

In my humble opinion I would recommend

Intro to Computers
MIS
business math
Supervision
HRM
Marketing
Business Ethics
Finance
Money and banking

the 2 computer CLEPS are pretty easy and only require average computer and application knowledge. IC is a great study guide for both.

Supervision and HRM have some overlap so it's good to take them close together. Both tests are pretty straightforward and you can pass with IC alone.

I think most people will say that business ethics, finance and money & banking are probably the most challenging (business ethics because its so boring and hard to focus) Finance and banking have overlap so try to study and take them together. Conceptually money and banking was easier for me than finance because it's mostly concepts, memorization and vocab. Finance was harder for me because of the formulas and computations (accounting 1 is a good class to take before finance).

Hope this is helpful. Curious to hear what other testers think.

Good luck

[stretcharmy]

Can't speak for 3,4,5 but I would switch 8-9. There are a lot of ethics concepts in marketing and it helped in the bus ethics. At least for me.

[Instantcredit]

Principles of Supervision an the Marketing CLEP are pretty simple. I would do them first. Right behind them in terms of ease is Intro to computers.
I found business ethics to be more on the easy side as well, maybe just because it's interesting to me.
Finance is going to be a much tougher one. I wouldn't attempt it without some accounting classes first. I just took that DSST last month, and found it much harder than I anticipated. Just barely passed it.

[jaweber08]

I'm going to take MIS, Intro to Computers, and Business Math on Tuesday. Then HRM and Principles of Supervision on Thursday. I'll combine Marketing and Ethics together next and I'll save Finance and Money and Banking for last as recommended.

[jaweber08]

Just got my transcript in looks like I need College Algebra, another ethics class, and another diversity class as well. I'm thinking Ethics in America and Sociology.

[Maniac Craniac]

Definitely do Money and Banking last. Most of everything else on your list will be useful in some way or another on that exam, and since it tends to throw a lot of people off, I would suggest you take all the time you need and all the resources you can manage to prepare for it. I wouldn't call it hard, so to speak, but it is very comprehensive and when I took it, just the other week, I was confronted with a number of questions that didn't look like anything I had studied (oddly, I was even hit with a random but basic algebra word problem in the mix of my exam questions- I was not expecting that).

[LaceyLady]

I agree with koenigtv: start with Intro to Computers and MIS, since both are rather easy and related, follow with Supervision and HRM, which are also relatively easy and cover much of the same subject matter. Marketing could be taken before or after these tests, since it is also relatively easy. Take the ethics (and possibly sociology) tests together. I would take Business Math and Algebra in sequence (either one before the other), both are similar (math) and each will help with the other but each covers different aspects of math. Take Finance and Money and Banking together (or one after the other - they are similar, but different enough - finance covers computations and ratios, Money and Banking covers financial markets, macroeconomic principles, and the banking system). Take Finance after taking Business Math (and Algebra). It is also best to take any accounting tests/courses before finance and any economics (especially macro) before Money and Banking.

Hope this helps!

[jaweber08]

I Passed Principles of Supervision and Intro to Computers today but I bombed Business Math which wasn't at all like the Peterson's practice exam. So I'm looking for a replacement for that Business elective. I really don't want to do Business Law II so I'm thinking I'll probably just take the Labor Relations ECE. If anybody knows of a different dsst/clep test that will meet the basic Business Elective requirement for TESC, other than Law II, please let me know.

[LaceyLady]

I had the same experience with Business Math. It was different from the practice exams and quite hard. I think you are taking all the business CLEP/DSST tests, except Business Law II, so there aren't any other CLEP/DSST tests that will work for business electives. ECE Labor Relations should be a good option, or any of the other business ECE or TECEP exams. Another option, if you want or need a GPA and can afford the money and time required, would be to take an easy business course at TESC, which would give you a high GPA and fulfill the business electives.

Since you have just taken Principles of Supervision and Intro to Computers, I would advise taking Management Information Systems, Human Resource Management, and Labor Relations directly, since those are related and similar.