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KyleH Wrote:Yeah, I'm just now getting into my Mandarin class and I'm holding on but it's definitely tough. I know the FSO considers Russian a critical language so I guess it's in-demand to them. Thanks for all this information. Any idea how one would go about learning a specialization like Farsi?

I'm not sure, probably the same way as any other language? Getting an instructor, MP3s, books, on a course, etc? I just did a quick google and there were the usual suspects; if someone can learn Esperanto then they can get material on any language Smile There might be short and long-term language learning opportunities as part of your career but I don't know how that works.

Your plan to tackle Mandarin is probably a good one - there's loads of material around and, compared to some of those other languages, lots more opportunity to practice with native speakers.

edit: As someone with limited language skills, it does appear from other accounts that languages are subject to getting rusty if not used and practiced. Maximising opportunities and making life easier for yourself will probably result in the best results, rather than a few weeks here and there, fade and not reaching your potential through lack of practice partners, etc.
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Bachelor of Science in Psychology, Excelsior College 2012
Master of Arts in International Relations, Staffordshire University, UK - in progress

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All courses taken, 12 credits applied
CLEP
A&I Literature (74), Intro Sociology (72), Info Systems and Computer Apps (67), Humanities (70), English Literature (65), American Literature (51), Principles of Mangement (65), Principles of Marketing (71)
DSST
Management Information Systems (469), Intro to Computing (461)
Excelsior College
Information Literacy, International Terrorism (A), Contemporary Middle East History (A), Discrete Structures (A), Social Science Capstone (A)
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Psychology (93rd percentile, 750 scaled score)
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English Composition I&II, Economics I&II, Accounting I&II, General Calculus I, Business Communication

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Elinor Wrote:Oh. My. Goodness! That would be so totally awesome! That means I might just be able to avoid the unknown Ohio University exams! I'm definitely going to look into this some more.

Thanks so much!

So, Laura, how did it eventually turn out? Do all four 100-level history CLEPS (US1, US2, WCiv1, WCiv2) count toward the history major at TESC? Thanks.
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Darby,
It definately says they work for the major. I haven't seen if anyone got them evaluated as such though. Click on the link to the catalog in a previous post. (I don't know how to get the link in blue so you can just click on it)
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darbycreek Wrote:So, Laura, how did it eventually turn out? Do all four 100-level history CLEPS (US1, US2, WCiv1, WCiv2) count toward the history major at TESC? Thanks.

She finished her degree several months ago; we are so proud of her!

She posted her degree plan here:

http://www.degreeforum.net/general-educa...post108841

Also read her first post in that thread.
AS in 2010 and BS in 2013 at Excelsior College - Transcripts and Costs
MS Biostatistics in 2019 at Texas A&M University - Graduate School

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