6 credits for a 3 credit course

[gradu8soon]

I got my transcript eval back from TESC, and I'm wondering if any of you ran into this issue. I have oodles of credits from community colleges (about 200...), but TESC can only accept 80. Fair enough. Here's what happened:

My accounting I course at the CC was worth 6 credits. The TESC adviser applied all 6 credits toward the required 3 credit ACC-101 course at TESC. Because of this, I can't transfer one of my other CIS courses in so I have to take an additional course.

I know the university in my area (UNM) has an articulation agreement with our community college, and that 6 credit accounting class articulates as UNM's 3 credit ACC101. I thought the same thing would have happened with TESC. I'm not sure if I should challenge the adviser's decision. Have any of you experienced this too?

btw, I did a search prior to this posting- there was one blurb under a thread called 'Tesc psych majors, what courses are you taking to 'test out' of your psych electives?', but I thought I'd try to see how many out there ran into the same issue.

Thanks!

[cooperalex2004]

I got my transcript eval back from TESC, and I'm wondering if any of you ran into this issue. I have oodles of credits from community colleges (about 200...), but TESC can only accept 80. Fair enough. Here's what happened:

My accounting I course at the CC was worth 6 credits. The TESC adviser applied all 6 credits toward the required 3 credit ACC-101 course at TESC. Because of this, I can't transfer one of my other CIS courses in so I have to take an additional course.

I know the university in my area (UNM) has an articulation agreement with our community college, and that 6 credit accounting class articulates as UNM's 3 credit ACC101. I thought the same thing would have happened with TESC. I'm not sure if I should challenge the adviser's decision. Have any of you experienced this too?

btw, I did a search prior to this posting- there was one blurb under a thread called 'Tesc psych majors, what courses are you taking to 'test out' of your psych electives?', but I thought I'd try to see how many out there ran into the same issue.

Thanks!

TESC will always give you the same number of credits as was earned, in my case they took a four credit english comp course and gave me all of them as ENC-101. I had my CC credits all accepted since I wasn't to the cap, but they did give me four credits for ACC-101 and four more for ACC-102 since I took them both as four credits at my school. In the ideal world you shouldn't lose credits when they transfer, but I can see what you're saying. I'd start by comparing the content of ACC-101 and 102. If you can prove the course had content overlap with ACC-101 and ACC-102 you might be able to get them to split the credits and give you both codes if you'd rather have that (which may eliminate a course you'd have to take for many degrees). I guess at this point you can try to get them to accept it for less credits or you can try to get them to match it to both ACC-101 and ACC-102. I can't imagine why ACC-101 would take six credits to complete at any school, I'd guess you learned a lot of the managerial accounting content but the key with TESC is to take it slow and do your own research. If you have a solid case for something to be re-evaluated they are normally more than willing to work with people.

[cookderosa]

It's an oversight. Just call them and tell them they gave you 6 instead of 3, and that they should please change it so you can bring in your computer class.

Also, the articulation between that CC and a university isn't relevant. TESC does have a community college credit cap, so you'll need to be very strategic in choosing your credits that come in vs the ones you want left out. You might need to schedule a phone apt with your advisor and go line by line on your transcript. TESC will allow you to cherry pick credit.

One last thing, CLEP/DSST/FEMA/ALEKS/SL, etc do not count toward your CC cap, so you can fill in and around those as needed.


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EDIT_: oops, I misunderstood your post. I thought you TOOK the class for 3 and they gave you 6. I understand now that you took it for 6 and they gave you 6. They won't change it to 3, but maybe you could look at taking it out and using a 3 cr class in its place instead? I'd play with your numbers first and make a plan. Then, go ahead and call to have them remove/swap for the best yield.

[gradu8soon]

Thanks for the replies. I kinda thought that's what would happen. I really don't want to take accounting I again... fortunately, I can take the CLEP/DSST for the CIS credit instead. That shouldn't be too painful. :-)