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TESC Degree choices Humanities vs. History - operalady - 05-24-2010 Hello, I'm enrolled at TESC and requested transcripts for BAs in History and Humanities. I'm considering my choices. My courses I've taken thus far... American Government, US History 1, Humanities, Analyzing & Interpreting Literature, English Literature, US History 2, Civil War, Management, Supervision, Intro to Business, Western Civ 1, Intro to Computing, Info Systems, Western Civ 2, Sociology, Art, Social Sciences & History, Astronomy, English Comp w/ Essay (waiting on score) 9 FEMAs, Credits so far - 75 (or 81 if I pass the English) Right now I'm working on CLEP College Math for 6 credits. For both degrees they say I need 3 more credits in Natural Sciences because Introduction to Computers is considered duplicate credit. Will the extra 3 credits from college math be able to fill this hole? For the history degree I need 3 credits non-western history. Anyone have any suggestions for this one? I will need 15 credits upper level 300-400 credits for the History Elective section, the only CBE course I could find was Rise and Fall of SU. Are there any more, and does anyone have any suggestions for how to fill these. (I looked into Louisana State and besides there courses Colonial America, The American Revolution, World War II, and The Vietnam War seemed like they might make my US history 1&2 duplicate credit). For the Humanities Degree I need 24 credits. 18 must be at the 300-400 level. 2 college level courses can be at the 100 level. They must be in 3 seperate subject levels. Does anyone have any course suggestions for the 300-400 level? Has anyone on the forum completed this degree? If so how did you structure your major. Part of the 24 I have to go is to "complete 6 semester hours of Humanities coursework at any college level." What does this mean? Has anyone passed the LIB-495 that is highly recomended? Any suggestions. Generally, I would like your opinion as to which degree I should follow, I enjoy both areas, but feel sorta lost as to how to continue on. Thank you for your opinions and suggestions ahead of time. Operalady's daughter TESC Degree choices Humanities vs. History - alleycat - 05-24-2010 operalady Wrote:Hello, Good luck with your degree. TESC Degree choices Humanities vs. History - alleycat - 05-24-2010 Here are the TESC test equivalent for DSST test that could fit into a Humanities degree. REL-405-DE Introduction to World Religions (3) ART-166-DE Art of the Western World (3) ENG-201-DE Technical Writing (3) PHI-287-DE Ethics in America (3) COM-209-DE Principles of Public Speaking (3) Clep exams LIT-208/209-CE English Literature (6) LIT-291/292-CE Analyzing and Interpreting Literature (6) LIT-111/112-CE American Literature (6 ) Here are the DSST test for a degree in History HIS-309-DE An Introduction to the Modern Middle East (3) HIS-351-DE A History of the Vietnam War (3) HIS-386-DE Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union (3) Hope this helps. TESC Degree choices Humanities vs. History - operalady - 05-28-2010 Thank you so much Allison for your help!!! TESC Degree choices Humanities vs. History - alleycat - 05-28-2010 You are welcome! TESC Degree choices Humanities vs. History - JimiT20 - 05-31-2010 Here is a complete degree plan for History. Somebody created it here, I forget who but it works perfect. https://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=0ArCqRALp5BskdDRFVmFoWExWQ090NVBJVWlqQkZpckE&hl=en&single=true&gid=1&output=html TESC Degree choices Humanities vs. History - JimiT20 - 05-31-2010 If you want the actual spreadsheet let me know. TESC Degree choices Humanities vs. History - 94steve - 06-01-2010 LOL, My spreadsheet lives!!! Anyway, for non western history you have 3 options: 1) Modern Middle East DSST 2) Soviet Union DSST 3) TESC Course The Soviet Colossus by Michael Kort, The Modern Middle East by James Gelvin, and A History of the Modern Middle East by William Cleveland are the primary resources I used to pass these tests. After I read these texts I did the IC repeatedly and passed them both. Soviets is by far the easier test as it is more closely related to mainstream western history and it has a shorter timeline. Modern Middle east is something of a misnomer as it essentially covers the middle east from the time of Mohammed to the present. It's "modern" in a sense as that part of the world has had people living in it and thus history going on for many thousands of years. Modern has become synonymous with "today," hence all the pissed off people in the specific exam feedback section who were blind-sided when they took the exam. |