Will you take a look at this plan? BA in Social Science

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I need another set of eyes to take a look at this game plan for my husband. He has about 54 credits and I have come up with what I think will work for a BA in Social Sciences through TESC. I have crossed referenced the TESC course equivalent and listed those as well. I am thinking TESC because they will accept FEMA Credits and 200, 300 & 400 level as upper level.
Thanks for looking and any suggestions are welcome!

General Ed:
English Comp (6) ENC 101/102
Humanities (12)
Analyzing Lit (Clep) LIT 291/292
Speech COM 209
Ethics in America (DSST) PHI 286
Social Sciences (12)
General Psych PSY 101
Principles of Banking BAN 101
SS & History (clep) SOS 101/102
Natural Science/Math (12)
Computer Literacy 3 credits but pretty sure counts for com req
College Math (clep) MAT 102-103
Astronomy (dsst) ANT 101
General Electives (Need 18 total)
Principles of Accounting (4)
Business (3)
Business Law I (3)
Business Law II (3)
Principles of MGMT (3)
PE (1) Health (1)
PC/MS-DOS (1)

The above (I think) should satisfy the GE Requirements and the tests needed will be:
CLEP: Analyzing Lit, SS & History, College Math
DSST: Astronomy, Ethics in America

Then we need the good stuff 33 CORE Requirement
They allow no more then 2 100 level courses in the core.

DSST Drug & Alcohol Abuse (SOS 305)
DSST Organizational Behavior (PSY 361)
DSST History of Vietnam War (HIS 351)
DSST Rise & Fall of Soviet Union (HIS 386)
DSST Modern Middle East (HIS 309)
CLEP Human Growth/Development (PSY 211)
CLEP Educational Psych (PSY 230)

Already have:

Psy 260 Human Relations in Mgmt
Eco 332 Money and Banking
Eco 111/112 Micro & Macro Economics

Free Electives : 27 FEMA credits....if we have to get 2 transcripted from Frederick Community college we will.

PLEASE let me know if any of you see any red flags when you look over this. We will both be applying to TESC and are going to get a few more exams out of the way before enrolling. We are picking the must have exams to make sure we don't take the wrong exams. Sorry to the length of this post but I figured more info was best in this case.

Thank you all so much! From what I can see he is 12 exams and 27 FEMA credits away from a degree. I wish I was so lucky!

~Kelley

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Kelley, My TESC degree is in social sciences too- the great thing is that there are a lot of ways to meet the requirement! Psychology, sociology, history, economics, and anthropology. I am assuming he is transferring in SOC101 and 100 level histories? If not, be sure to include those- easy credits for his gen ed electives. I took/am taking classes for most of my core, so several of the tests you list I have not taken. (Yes, the computer test you listed will count.) When you have your plan all laid out, email it to advising (http://www.enrolled@tesc.edu) and they will fit all the exams into his unofficial evaluation. They will tell you for certain if it works. They will actually select the 2, 100 level classes that are inside your 33 credit area of concentration- and also you might notice some shifting between the social sciences gen ed and gen ed electives. Just double check what they give you that there isn't a more effective way. You can change your plan at any time, so don't worry about being stuck taking one test when you would rather take another. I have changed my elective path a dozen times!
Strictly personal preference suggestions: I noticed there are not many of the 6 credit exams (AM or British Lit, science, biology, etc) it's up to your hubby- but it's worth considering to change out a few 3's for a few 6's for efficiency. For example- if you need 3 in science and take the biology (6) they give you 3 science and the other 3 fill a general elective!

Finally- if cost isn't an issue- TESC has tests too. You can find a lot of overlap in subjects that might be easier. Social Psychology is 6 credits. Additionally, I think they have 2 other drug/alcohol related tests that do not duplicate credit and would be in his major- since he is already taking the DSST exam this wouldn't really be new material. Something else, he is taking a lot of history - he might find it easy to do some of the other history tests too. There is a lot of overlap if you have a wide knowledge base.
If he enjoys economics/finance/money there are several TESC tests which he may only need minimal study which would go along with material he learned in micro/macro.
Just my two cents- I really enjoy the part you are working on now- the course planning. Have fun with it!