Writing for Success TECEP Advice?

[ittybittyerin]

This may have been covered in a a previous thread but I've been wading through old posts for hours and just getting more confused so I think it's time for a new post.
I'm working towards a BSBA in General Management. I've knocked out 4 CLEPs so far this month (with the support of Modern States) but decided to switch to TECEPs to make sure I had the requisite 24 RA credits. I signed up for the Writing for Success TECEP and aggressively scheduled it for this Friday because the CLEPs have only been taking me 4-5 days to prep for. I kept reading that TECEPs were very similar to CLEPs and assumed that English Comp = Writing for Success TECEP. As I read more into it, I'm realizing I'm wrong.

Overall, I have strong written communication skills so I'm not too concerned about learning the basics. I need to brush up on citations since I haven't used them since high school, which was 20 years ago. Can anyone give me (more detailed) insight into how the citations were used? Do I need to write the Works Cited Page, or just cite it in the text?

I read that "a handbook" is allowed, but is there a specific one recommended? Is there one that covers citation? I don't think I'll need much help with actually building the essay, but I'm intimidated by the citations.

Any other tips/specifics/training recommendation? 

Sorry, I'm spiraling a bit. I felt so prepared for the CLEPs and got cocky.

[bjcheung77]

Skim through the requirements here: https://www2.tesu.edu/tecep.php?CourseCode=ENC-1020
Brush up on things you might not know, but it should be pretty straight forward like the CLEP English Comp with essay

[Jonathan Whatley]

I signed up for the Writing for Success TECEP and aggressively scheduled it for this Friday because the CLEPs have only been taking me 4-5 days to prep for. I kept reading that TECEPs were very similar to CLEPs and assumed that English Comp = Writing for Success TECEP. As I read more into it, I'm realizing I'm wrong.

Overall, I have strong written communication skills so I'm not too concerned about learning the basics. I need to brush up on citations since I haven't used them since high school, which was 20 years ago. Can anyone give me (more detailed) insight into how the citations were used? Do I need to write the Works Cited Page, or just cite it in the text?

I read that "a handbook" is allowed, but is there a specific one recommended? Is there one that covers citation? I don't think I'll need much help with actually building the essay, but I'm intimidated by the citations.

Any other tips/specifics/training recommendation? 

The ENC-1010 and ENC-1020 TECEPs now titled Writing for Success I and II used to be titled English Composition I and II. I took them years ago under the old names.

You will write both in-text citations and a Works Cited or References page in your choice of MLA or APA format. Your handbook will have all the basic information you need to succeed here. Know where to go in your handbook to access this information quickly. Any printed published handbook from the list TESU provides in the exam guides should be acceptable: Hodges Harbrace, St. Martin's, or Smires & Martin. I used a cheap recent past edition of Hodges Harbrace.

[JayKosmos]

Not sure if I'm supposed to start a new thread or reply to this one, but I am hoping to take the Writing for Success II TECEP soon myself and haven't been able to find much feedback about it on the forum.

Anyone taken this TECEP recently?

I guess my biggest question, I haven't been able to figure out from the TESU page about this test, is when they say MLA *OR* APA, do they mean we get to choose one or the other? Or that we may be asked about or to use both?

[ittybittyerin]

Not sure if I'm supposed to start a new thread or reply to this one, but I am hoping to take the Writing for Success II TECEP soon myself and haven't been able to find much feedback about it on the forum.

Anyone taken this TECEP recently?

I guess my biggest question, I haven't been able to figure out from the TESU page about this test, is when they say MLA *OR* APA, do they mean we get to choose one or the other? Or that we may be asked about or to use both?

I haven't taken the II test yet, but I did take the I test today.
Inconveniently (for you) none of my prompts required citation at all so I can't say for sure but I would recommend buying a writers handbook (I went with an older version of St Martens, recommended above. Spent around $10 on Thrift Books) and make sure it has APA and MLA so you can look up/verify the format for either as needed. 
Hopefully someone else chimes in with more experience.