new student (Genereal education) - Focus

[reshab912]

Hello,
I had now finally made up my mind for doing and completing an bachelor's degree. I don't have any credits as of now to apply towards my degree apart from some FEMA. - which count towards free elective's.
i will be taking BSBA (information Technology) anyways right now i am focussing on General education for TESC

English Composition - 6
Humanities - 9
Managerial or Business Communications - 3
Social Sciences - 6
General Education Electives - 9

Can someone please guide me with a study plan . or a course plan to achieve the above target. and also along with it if you could guide me what books should i Buy for the same along with IC flash card's.
Also would like to know about easy CLEP/ DANTES exams so that i could take them.

Thanks in Advance.

Reshab

[barbeque22]

Welcome to the forum!

You should be able to test out of everything but he Managerial/business communications. It cannot be tested out of you have to take a class. I here the class through TESC is pretty easy. I am starting it in September.

There are Cleps out that you can take that will give you 6 credits for each test. You should look into them. I believe their is a social science one, a humanities one, and an english literature one.

Good luck!

[reshab912]

Thanks for replying,
what would you suggest for preparing ... the clep's .. english, social science and humanties.
Thanks
Reshab

[Lindagerr]

If you will be taking a lot of the general CLEP's I recommend the CLEP Official Study Guide available on amazon or at stores like Barnes & Noble. I have found it useful to guage the amount of study I need and practice.
Welcome to the club

[reshab912]

Thanks Linda for your Kind advice.

attached is mine degree plan that i have formulated with other people's help.

can you or someone else help me choosing the easy clep / dantes exams out of it..
Thanks

[Lindagerr]

I am not great at plans but I did Highlight the exams I would suggest, But I was just picking from what you had listed. I'm sure someone else here would have better advise.

[reshab912]

Thanks for your advice.. for these given exams.. apart for clep official guide.. what else did you choose to prepare yourself..
and is it wise to prepare side by side for 2-3 exams. or just focus on one by one.
donno knw.
confused.
Regards,
Reshab

[cookderosa]

If you will be taking a lot of the general CLEP's I recommend the CLEP Official Study Guide available on amazon or at stores like Barnes & Noble. I have found it useful to guage the amount of study I need and practice.
Welcome to the club

I second that!!! It's only about $20 and worth every penny. You need the newest edition, not from the library- it will have the break down of exactly what to study.
As for learning, I found the REA books were very very good. I actually saved mine for my kids LOL. You can pick them up new or used online- sometimes people sell them here too.

I like to prepare for one exam at a time. I don't know how much time you have for study, but you could probably set up a schedule to take an exam every other week for these general exams. (if you have less time, perhaps one per month) I did take 2 exams several times, but it was always when I knew one subject very very well, and only had to "learn" the second subject.

[reshab912]

Thanks for your guidance again.. looks like a good strategy.. i have ample time. so maybe i would decide to go for a test every 15 days.. donno knw..
anyways if ya folks have any more suggestions.. keep me posted.

Reshab