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Degree Plan Advice - Kri - 08-06-2014
Hello! I have been trying to lock in the classes I am going to take to get my Psychology degree from Tesc and thought I'd post and get some opinions. First off, I am not a good test taken and therefore prefer self-paced classes better. My questions are..
1. With these classes am I meeting the UL/LL requirements needed? I am not sure what TESC counts as community college credit. All of the incoming credits, except Aleks, is from CC.
2. I am looking at possibly getting a second bachelors of Professional Studies in Business and Management, I tried to make some of my general education classes tieinto business-I have a lot of extra business classes that tesc did take towards psychology.
3. I saw an unproctored art and music class somewhere I thought? Anyone know?
4. Looking for an experimental psychology and 2 cheaper UL psychology courses than Colorado.
Thanks in advance! This forum has been a lifesaver!
Requirement
English Composition I (3) College Comp
English Composition II (3) Eng2 Clep-extra 3 to gen ed
College-Level Math Course (3) Aleks Intermediate Math
Elective Intellectual Practical Skills(3) Oral Communication
Elective Intellectual Practical Skills(3) Public Speaking
Humanities(3) Film Appreciation
Social Sciences(3) American History
Natural Sciences(3) Earth Science
[COLOR="#0000FF"]Hum, SS, NS Elective (3) Analyzing Lit Clep
Hum, SS, NS Elective (3) Analyzing Lit Clep
Hum, SS, NS Elective (3) Anthropology-Straightliner[/COLOR]
Diversity/Global Literacy(3) World Religions
[COLOR="#0000FF"]Responsible Ethical Leadership(3) Business Ethics - Straightliner[/COLOR]
Other Ethics or Diversity Course(3) Sociology
[COLOR="#0000FF"][COLOR="#0000FF"]General Education Elective(3) Eng2 Clep Extra
General Education Elective(3) Aleks College Algebra
General Education Elective(3) Interpersonal Comm- Penn Foster
General Education Elective(3) Microeconomics-Straighterline
General Education Elective(3) Macroeconomics-Straighterline
General Education Elective(3) Art Appreciation-Penn Foster [/COLOR][/COLOR]
Introduction to Psychology (3) Psychology
Statistics (3) Aleks intro to Stat
Experimental Psychology(3) ?
LIB-495 Liberal Arts Capstone(3) Capstone at TESC
Psychology Electives UL (3) Abnormal Psych in prog. BYU
Psychology Electives UL (3) Personality in prog. BYU
Psychology Electives UL (3) Gender Psych in prog. BYU
[COLOR="#0000FF"]Psychology Electives UL (3) Sport Psychology-Colorado State
Psychology Electives UL (3) Childhood and Adol.-CO State
Psychology Electives LL (3) Organ. Behavior- Straightliner
Psychology Electives LL (3) Dsst counseling ? [/COLOR]
Free Electives (27) Done
Total 120
Degree Plan Advice - dfrecore - 08-06-2014
Not sure what Colorado state charges for one course, so hard to say what's cheaper. University of Idaho Independent Study has 10 Psychology courses available for $325/course. I also think that Excelsior offers an exam for Research Methods in Psychology that TESC considers equivalent to Experimental Psychology. It's $95. But I would check to make sure that this info is correct. HTH.
Degree Plan Advice - Kri - 08-06-2014
Thank you! I may have to do the exam in research methods. I'm not exactly sure on the price of them. I am not sure how straighterline and penn foster transfer. I will keep searching for a list of what the transfer to.
Degree Plan Advice - KayV - 08-06-2014
The CLEP College Composition exam will only give you 3 more credits instead of 6 (English Comp will be a duplicate). You could take the no-cost Kaplan PLA course and put it on your ACE transcript for those 3 general ed elective credits, though.
ACE CREDIT | The National Guide to College Credit for Workforce Training
As for Psychology, the Fundamentals of Counseling DSST can be transcribed as PSY-311, so that's 3 UL credits, and Organizational Behavior is PSY-361 for 3 more UL credits. You could add those to two CLEPs (PSY-221 and PSY-230, Devo Psych and Ed Psych) to complete your requirements.
Also, I would strongly suggest that you substitute 7 of the classes you have listed with TECEP exams so that you can enroll in the Per Credit tuition plan, thereby avoiding the enrollment fee.
Thomas Edison State College: Course Offerings
Good luck!
Degree Plan Advice - laughter - 08-07-2014
Depends on what Colorado charges per course. Regent University offers several Psych courses, but they're on the higher end at $750 per 3-credit course.