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B.S. Organizational Leadership Degree Question - WendyR - 06-03-2008
$125 per credit for NJ residents, $165 per credit for non-residents.
B.S. Organizational Leadership Degree Question - ShotoJuku - 06-03-2008
How do TESC courses work with regards to tests & proctors?
B.S. Organizational Leadership Degree Question - mlwilliamsiv - 06-03-2008
Hello again.
I have been sitting here reading you guys posts and something occurred to me. I was talking to my stepmother last Thanksgiving about my degree options. I told her that I really wasn't sure what I really wanted to do but I just want a degree. She suggested that I major in Communications. I do enjoy writing and speaking and I believe I do both moderately well so I looked into it on TESC's website.
I know I was looking into the B.S. Organizational Leadership degree but now Communications doesn't sound to bad! I have provided the link below because I will need some assistance from you guys after you have perused the requirements.
Thomas Edison State College | BA in Communications Credit Distribution
It looks to me like the pro's are, I don't have to take Statistics or Precal to meet the math requirements, plus I can use 27 FEMA credits for the Free Electives category. I already have taken 25 FEMA's, I would just need to do 2 more. So once I do the other 2 FEMA's that would put me in total credits at 45 (27 FEMA + 18 CLEP Credits.)
The only downside I see at the moment is that I would need 33 credits to meet the Communications requirement. I browsed through the list and the only 2 courses I saw that I know I can "test out" of is Public Speaking and Technical Writing. Which would still leave me having to take 7-9 classes. The same exact number of classes I need anyway for the Business Administration degree!!!
I'm seriously contemplating the Communications degree for I can take the rest of the courses at my local cc to meet those requirements. What do you guys think?
Look forward to hearing from ya.
Peace be with you always.
From a loyal degree seeker,
Marshall
B.S. Organizational Leadership Degree Question - WendyR - 06-03-2008
Marshall -
You have to do what will work best for your situation and your future, so you can bounce all your ideas off of us, but in the end you need to make the final decision.
Have you looked into ECE or COSC? Maybe you will find a degree path at a different school that will suit your needs better.
Brian -
It all depends on the class itself. I have taken two online classes where neither had a mid term or final exam, but one had quizzes every module and a final paper that counted as 40% of my grade and the other had four projects during the semester. I can't remember how they were weighted.
My Intermediate Algebra had a mid-term (proctored) and online final. Right now I'm taking Quantitative Business Analysis and there was no midterm, but quizzes every module and an online final.
There really is no set pattern, that's why I say it's dependent on the class itself. As far as securing a proctor, I don't really know what is involved. I'm only about 20 - 25 minutes away from the college so it is easiest for me just to go there instead of finding a proctor. I did that for the one mid-term I had as well as the TECEPs that I took.
Wendy
B.S. Organizational Leadership Degree Question - cookderosa - 06-03-2008
WendyR Wrote:Marshall ->>
You have to do what will work best for your situation and your future, so you can bounce all your ideas off of us, but in the end you need to make the final decision.
Have you looked into ECE or COSC? Maybe you will find a degree path at a different school that will suit your needs better.
Brian -
It all depends on the class itself. I have taken two online classes where neither had a mid term or final exam, but one had quizzes every module and a final paper that counted as 40% of my grade and the other had four projects during the semester. I can't remember how they were weighted.
My Intermediate Algebra had a mid-term (proctored) and online final. Right now I'm taking Quantitative Business Analysis and there was no midterm, but quizzes every module and an online final.
There really is no set pattern, that's why I say it's dependent on the class itself. As far as securing a proctor, I don't really know what is involved. I'm only about 20 - 25 minutes away from the college so it is easiest for me just to go there instead of finding a proctor. I did that for the one mid-term I had as well as the TECEPs that I took.
Wendy
Wendy is right, it depends on the class. You can look ahead of time at all of the course requirements- down the the pages necessary in the text book- before you register, all of the info is online. The semester I took 15 classroom credits I only picked classes without exams. There are many.
I'll piggy back on her answer since nearly all of my other classes have required proctored exams. They have guidelines you have to follow, but a librarian fits the bill. My librarian here (Illinois) receives my exams and calls me when they come in. We set a time and I take the test. It's free, and it's always paper based this way, and in my classes, the midterms have been proctored and heavily weighted (30% of final grade or higher). All of my finals have been on your honor closed book at home on your own computer. TECEP exams use the same proctor situation- so my TECEP in a couple weeks will also be at the library.
B.S. Organizational Leadership Degree Question - cookderosa - 06-03-2008
mlwilliamsiv Wrote:Hello again.
I have been sitting here reading you guys posts and something occurred to me. I was talking to my stepmother last Thanksgiving about my degree options. I told her that I really wasn't sure what I really wanted to do but I just want a degree. She suggested that I major in Communications. I do enjoy writing and speaking and I believe I do both moderately well so I looked into it on TESC's website.
I know I was looking into the B.S. Organizational Leadership degree but now Communications doesn't sound to bad! I have provided the link below because I will need some assistance from you guys after you have perused the requirements.
Thomas Edison State College | BA in Communications Credit Distribution
It looks to me like the pro's are, I don't have to take Statistics or Precal to meet the math requirements, plus I can use 27 FEMA credits for the Free Electives category. I already have taken 25 FEMA's, I would just need to do 2 more. So once I do the other 2 FEMA's that would put me in total credits at 45 (27 FEMA + 18 CLEP Credits.)
The only downside I see at the moment is that I would need 33 credits to meet the Communications requirement. I browsed through the list and the only 2 courses I saw that I know I can "test out" of is Public Speaking and Technical Writing. Which would still leave me having to take 7-9 classes. The same exact number of classes I need anyway for the Business Administration degree!!!
I'm seriously contemplating the Communications degree for I can take the rest of the courses at my local cc to meet those requirements. What do you guys think?
Look forward to hearing from ya.
Peace be with you always.
From a loyal degree seeker,
Marshall
LOL I think this is the fun part! It's the dreaming part, so enjoy it. You really need to just make one decision first: business or not business. There is not a ton of overlap, so after that one decision, your much closer.
When I looked into sociology, I considered it as a major...but I also liked psychology. I hated to end up with such a specific major since I knew I wanted to study gastronomy in my master's degree, and felt that I needed a little bit of a lot of different subjects. What to do? Well, TESC has the majors, you have discovered them already. They also have liberal arts. For me, I felt that it was to generic. (that's just me) I liked their third option, which is an area of concentration. There are three choices: Humanities, Social Science, or Natural Science and Math. So, within the title of social sciences, I could take ANY social sciences for that concentration. This allows you to mix in a bit of psych, soc, anthro, govt., history, etc. in any ratio* as long as you pull in 3 different subjects. So, if I take a bunch of psych classes and then decide I am interested in more anthropology instead- it still fits. It's kind of like a liberal arts path for people who tend to like one area better than others. This is a very test-friendly option.
So, let's say you like communication. Rather than being a communication major, you could complete an area of concentration in humanities. THEN, you can choose any combination of classes/tests from ALL of these areas. In addition to your local communication classes, you could add in the CLEP literature exams (18 credits) and even the DSST art and religion tests too. If you have even the tiniest hint of foreign language ability, you can clear out the rest of your major in huge credits that way. So, with a humanities major, ANY art classes, ANY communication classes, ANY English classes, ANY writing classes, ANY literature classes, etc. will work. Much nicer than being told specifically WHICH communication classes to take. Plus, you get to use 27 FEMA since it is in the BA track.
Humanities
• Art
• Communication
• English
• Foreign Language
• Journalism
• Music
• Philosophy
• Photography
• Religion
• Theater Arts
*always check with your advisor
B.S. Organizational Leadership Degree Question - ShotoJuku - 06-03-2008
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B.S. Organizational Leadership Degree Question - OnMyWay - 06-03-2008
Brian,
If you need a proctor (you don't always) you can use a local college or public library. I have two paper based midterms that I'm taking at my local library for free. All you do is have the proctor fill out the form and TESC mails the tests to the proctor. During the testing week you schedule a convenient time to take the test with your proctor. For the classes I'm taking, only the midterms are proctored.