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TESU General Education Course Options - pws - 04-03-2019

So far, I've been following the TESU General Requirements almost verbatim, however, I'm finding a few courses that I would like to take, and I'm not sure if they would be accepted in some categories. There are two things that I'm trying to figure out:

First, do the courses in the categories, such as with Information Literacy, need to be exactly as those listed by TESU? For example, Experimental Psychology (PSY-322) can be used for the Information Literacy requirement. I'd much rather take Study.com's Psychology of Personality (PSY-352). Would that work?

Secondly, I'm not too sure with the numbering. For example, for the Diversity Intercultural Literacy requirement, you can take Elements of Intercultural Communication (COM-335). Study.com has Diversity and Intercultural Communication (COM301), however, in the TESU-Study.com table, it equates to Introduction to Intercultural Communication (COM-131). Since the Study.com course equates to a 131 course, compared to the 335 course listed by TESU, would it still be possible to use that course? Is the numbering important?

RE: TESU General Education Course Options - mysonx3 - 04-03-2019

I can't speak from specific experience on either of these, but I would be surprised if PSY-352 would work for Info Lit

RE: TESU General Education Course Options - Lewis.Yim - 04-03-2019

One thing you want to be aware of is, which catalog year you belong under. If you're on the 2019a catalog year, you must do the SOS-110 course for Information Literacy. If you are under the 2018/2019 year, you can take course that are not showing under each heading, you need to verify by emailing advising if the course you want will fill the slot you want.

In regards to the numbering, it is just a reference to LL or UL when it transfers into TESU. If the course is not in the AOS, you shouldn't worry about the LL/UL designation. Again, you should email advising to verify with them. January 2019 and after: https://www.tesu.edu/academics/courses/2019-and-after

RE: TESU General Education Course Options - hallk33 - 04-03-2019

(04-03-2019, 07:13 PM)mysonx3 Wrote: I can't speak from specific experience on either of these, but I would be surprised if PSY-352 would work for Info Lit

I spoke with advising last week and they confirmed that PSY-352 will not fulfill Info Lit.

RE: TESU General Education Course Options - Merlin - 04-03-2019

For Information Literacy, the only course that TESU accepts now is SOS-110 (which cannot be transferred in) unless you enrolled before January 2019 and your academic evaluation shows you are on the old TES-100 cornerstone. In which case there are several options you can take, but I recommend the Study.com Information Literacy course or the Intro to Religions course.

For the Diversity Intercultural Literacy requirement, the TESU courses are recommended include:

ANT-101: Introduction to Anthropology
COM-335: Elements of Intercultural Communication
GLB-301: Global Issues in Society
GOG-230: World Geography
HEA-305: Women's Health
HEA-306: Men's Health
HIS-126: World History from 1600 to Present
HIS-210: American Civil Rights Movement
HIS-261: Introduction to Chinese History and Culture
HIS-301: African History and Culture
HIS-306: African American History
LDR-422: Leadership in a Global Environment
MAN-372: International Management
POS-282: Introduction to Comparative Politics
POS-315: International Relations
POS-420: Conflict in International Relations
PSY-270: Psychology of Women
REL-275: An Introduction to Islam
REL-405: World Religions
REL-406: Eastern Religions
REL-407: Western Religions
SOC-101: Introduction to Sociology
SOC-210: Marriage and the Family
SOC-322: Cultural Diversity in the United States

That said, any course that comes into TESU as one of those courses, or a similar course will likely fit this requirement. For this, I took the Study.com Intro to Sociology course, but a whole slew of GenEd courses will fulfill this requirement.

RE: TESU General Education Course Options - zzzz24 - 04-04-2019

(04-03-2019, 06:58 PM)pws Wrote: So far, I've been following the TESU General Requirements almost verbatim, however, I'm finding a few courses that I would like to take, and I'm not sure if they would be accepted in some categories. There are two things that I'm trying to figure out:

First, do the courses in the categories, such as with Information Literacy, need to be exactly as those listed by TESU? For example, Experimental Psychology (PSY-322) can be used for the Information Literacy requirement. I'd much rather take Study.com's Psychology of Personality (PSY-352). Would that work?

Secondly, I'm not too sure with the numbering. For example, for the Diversity Intercultural Literacy requirement, you can take Elements of Intercultural Communication (COM-335). Study.com has Diversity and Intercultural Communication (COM301), however, in the TESU-Study.com table, it equates to Introduction to Intercultural Communication (COM-131). Since the Study.com course equates to a 131 course, compared to the 335 course listed by TESU, would it still be possible to use that course? Is the numbering important?

You have posted 2 UL courses in two of your threads so far for LL requirements. Usually, 300 and up coded courses are UL, so you are wasting your time contemplating taking them for LL requirements.

RE: TESU General Education Course Options - pws - 04-04-2019

(04-04-2019, 08:05 AM)zzzz24 Wrote: You have posted 2 UL courses in two of your threads so far for LL requirements. Usually, 300 and up coded courses are UL, so you are wasting your time contemplating taking them for LL requirements.

I'll probably do World Religions for the Information Literacy requirement, but the Diversity course is out of personal interest in the material.

RE: TESU General Education Course Options - zzzz24 - 04-04-2019

(04-04-2019, 08:19 AM)pws Wrote:
(04-04-2019, 08:05 AM)zzzz24 Wrote: You have posted 2 UL courses in two of your threads so far for LL requirements. Usually, 300 and up coded courses are UL, so you are wasting your time contemplating taking them for LL requirements.

I'll probably do World Religions for the Information Literacy requirement, but the Diversity course is out of personal interest in the material.

if you are in the 2019 catalogue as previously mentioned, you need to do the new SOS cornerstone course which fulfills info lit.

RE: TESU General Education Course Options - dfrecore - 04-04-2019

If you're in the previous catalog, then TESU is fairly picky with the Info Lit requirement - you have to stick to the courses listed. There are several that aren't hard to find.