Hello all, I am new to the specific exam feedback membership section of this site! I registered for it specifically because I am studying right now for the English literature CLEP exam that I am scheduled to take Monday morning at 9am. I am considering rescheduling because I am completely overwhelmed with all of the information there is to cover. I worked a lot today on literary devices such as alliteration, personification, etc. but am scared to death about trying to memorize all of the authors, there major works and lines from there works. With so much literature, how are you supposed to be prepared to read 4 lines of a poem or story and know who wrote it???

I see a lot of people recommending the the Barrons EZ 101 book, which I have right here in front of me. And i also see a lot of people saying to rely on all of the feedback posted here...but my question is - what are the best ways to actually memorize/retain this information? Should I just attempt to read the Barrons book as many times as possible between now and Monday morning? Is there a posting on here that groups a lot of the feedback all together into a condensed list that I can just start studying from top to bottom? I feel like I am just all over the place with so much info!

PLEASE HELP! Thanks so much to anyone who can provide advice to a very stressed out student.

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I was considering transferring to wgu to complete my degree in BSIT. Im currently enrolled in tesc and took plenty of classes at straighterline and cleps that transferred in. I was wondering when I transfer to another school be it wgu or anywhere else do they evaluate the credits from the source (sl, clep, dsst) or if tesc already approved it they accept it as that class no questions asked even though its shown as CR in the transcript.

Eastern Kentucky University tells us, and I believe, that they're home to "one of the few programs in the nation devoted to adult corrections and juvenile justice." They offer these programs in these fields online:

Undergraduate
B.S. in Corrections and Juvenile Justice Studies
Undergraduate Professional Certificate in Correctional Intervention Strategies (24 sh)
Undergraduate Professional Certificate in Youth Services [i.e., in juvenile justice] (24 sh)

Graduate
M.S. in Adult, Juvenile and Community Corrections Leadership
Graduate Certificate in Corrections Leadership or Juvenile Justice Leadership (12 sh)

I am working on a degree plan for my wife at TESC. Does Aleks Beginning Algebra count toward their BA in Liberal Studies? If not, what is the minimum level. I am sure there is a thread somewhere that discusses it, but I am being lazy.

Hi There!
I am wondering if anyone knows about how to get an age exception from TESC. I am currently 19 and am going to apply to TESC within the next few months if I can figure this out. I know people have done it before without a third-party such as CollegePlus, but I'm not sure how to do it. I plan to have around 80+ credits before I apply. Can anyone give me some first steps or suggestions for how to go about this?
Thank you for any help you can offer!
~Joybug29

Read more: Excelsior College Student with Advanced ALS Presented with Special Graduation Ceremony (Alicia Jacobs, Excelsior Life, January 3, 2013)

Alicia Jacobs, for Excelsior Life Wrote:[Ron] Miller, a 46-year-old ventilator-assisted resident of Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital, is completely paralyzed from the nose down and has been living with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease) for the last 14 years. Miller could not travel to [his college] graduation, so the graduation, with full pomp and circumstance, came to him.

Miller first learned of Excelsior [College] through one of his Registered Nurses (RNs), Maria Burkemper, a graduate of the College. He used eye-gaze computer technology to take classes and complete his degree. A positive role model for many, he doesn’t let life circumstances get in his way. He makes the best of the cards he is dealt. His motto is “I may have ALS, but it does not have me.”

Miller shared via his computer, “When I started using an eye gaze computer I found that it reopened doors that had been long closed by ALS. Going back to school for me was driven by several things. First, it was unfinished business. I had started college over twenty years ago but let life get in the way. Second, I decided many years ago that ALS would be just part of my life and not my whole life. I found that I could still make a difference by raising awareness and sharing my experiences with others dealing with the disease. I have always been an advocate for living with ALS instead of dying from it. My success in school helps me show others that it’s possible despite the challenges of ALS.”

Today, Congressman Scott Rigell, (R ) VA-02, provided a “commencement address” and was joined by President John Ebersole of Excelsior College, members of the college’s board of trustees, and Thomas J. Orsini, President/CEO of Lake Taylor Transitional Care Hospital.

I need to find something I can take from home if possible: Straighterline or Saylor would be ideal. Anybody know of other courses that TESC will accept for the Responsible Ethical Leadership requirement?

(I've already confirmed that SL's "Business Ethics" counts for the "Ethics or Diversity Elective", so I can't use that one.)

Sample degree plan for COSC's Psychology concentration. The GRE fills all the elective requirements for the Psychology Degree. After completing the GRE, a student is only 4 tests and a capstone away from meeting the Psychology concentration requirements.


Research Methods or Experimental Design (ECE Research Methods in Psychology)
Developmental Psychology 6cr -(DSST Lifespan Developmental Psy. and ECE Psy. of Adulthood and Aging)
Counseling (DSST Fundamentals of Counseling)
Electives (15 UL, 3 LL) (GRE)

Mine is still a big fat goose egg. I realize the school is closed today due to the snow storm and State of Emergency declared in New Jersey. But it may not hinder a mentor's ability to update grades remotely.

I have created a degree plan for the business admin concentration at COSC. I'll post it to the WIKI is nobody sees any obvious errors on it.

COSC Business Administration Concentration (note: (L) denotes courses considered Liberal Arts)
Microeconomics (CLEP Microeconomics) (L)
Macroeconomics (CLEP Macroeconomics) (L)
Financial Accounting 3cr (CLEP Financial Accounting)
Managerial Accounting 3cr (Uexcel Managerial Accounting )
Finance 3cr (DSST Principles of Finance)
Management Information Systems 3cr (DSST Management Information Systems)
Organizational Behavior 3cr (ECE Organizational Behavior) (L)
Introduction to/Principles of Management 3cr - (CLEP Principles of Management)
Principles of Marketing 3cr (CLEP Principles of Marketing)
Capstone in Strategic Management
-Business Electives – Must be Upper Level – 12cr
DSST Money and Banking – 3cr
DSST Business Ethics in Society – 3cr (L)
DSST Business Law II – 3cr
Uexcel Human Resources Management – 3cr

COSC General Education Requirements (note: all are liberal arts credits)
Communications
-6 Written Communication (CLEP Composition)
-3 Oral Communication (DSST Principles of Speaking)
Ethical Decision Making (DSST Business and Ethics in Society)
US History/Government (CLEP History of the US 1)
Non-US History or Culture (CLEP Western Civilization 1)
Literature/Fine Arts (CLEP Analyzing and Interpreting Literature)
Social/Behavioral Sciences (CLEP Human Growth and Development)
Mathematics (CLEP College Algebra)
Information Literacy (COSC Cornerstone)
Natural Sciences
-4cr With Lab (Straigherline Biology with Lab)
-3cr without lab (DSST Astronomy)

COSC Electives
-Liberal Arts Electives
DSST Civil War and Reconstruction (L)
DSST Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union (L)
DSST Substance Abuse (L)
-General Electives
DSST Intro to Computing
DSST Criminal Justice (L)
TECEP Advertising
24 – FEMA Courses or Any Combination of CBE’s (NOTE: A BA could be earned if the 24 additional electives are Liberal Arts credits)

If my math is right, this should amount to 120 credits, with 64 Liberal Arts and 30 Upper Level credits.