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Going for American Lit and English Lit after A&I Lit. Good idea?
#1
I'm personally going for a business administration degree which wouldn't necessarily require me to take the American or English Lit CLEPs but I figured it probably wouldn't be a bad idea to just go ahead and do them while all this "studying" for the A&I CLEP is fresh in my mind. Both American and English Lit are 6 credits at my local cc while the A&I is only worth 3. The A&I exam will be my first exam and I plan on taking it before Memorial Day and the other 2 before the end of June. What do you guys think?
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#2
I was able to do Am. Lit & Eng. Lit right after A&I Lit because I'd just finished up high school courses on them. If you have background on the subjects it'll be easy, but if you don't, not so much. Still doable, though.
BA History 2014 - TESC

The Lord is my shepherd. Psalm 23

"I'm going on an adventure!' ~AUJ
"It is our fight." ~DoS
"I am not alone." ~BotFA
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that's given to us." ~FotR
"There is still hope." ~TTT
"Courage..." "This day, we fight!" ~RotK

CLEP: A&I Lit 74 ~ Am Lit 73 ~ Eng Lit 72 ~ Humanities 75 ~ College Math 77 ~ Western Civ I 63 ~ Western Civ II 69 ~ Natural Sci 64 ~ US History I 76 ~ US History II 69 ~ Sociology 68 ~ Am Gov 69 ~ Social Sci & Hist 71 ~ College Comp 61 ~ Marketing 70 ~ Management 66 ~ Psychology 67

DSST: Supervision 453 ~ Tech Writing 61 ~ Computing 427 ~ Middle East 65 ~ Soviet Union 65 ~ Vietnam War 74 ~[COLOR="#0099cc"] Civil War 68

[/COLOR]Other: College+ Biblical Social Justice B ~ ECE World Conflicts Since 1900 A

TESC courses: Capstone A ~ Leaders in History A ~ Photography 101 A- ~ Games People Play A ~ International Relations A- ~ Mass Communications I A

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#3
Unfortunately, this will be my first time with any english class type of experience in 15 years. Most of my experience in high school consisted of using a book for a pillow and I somehow ended up with C's.

Anyway, the stuff seems to be coming back to me and based of what I've been reading, the 2 subjects really aren't that bad.
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#4
Yes, if you're in the literature frame of mind. Remember, that these two exams are content-based questions, so you'll need to know about the works and authors in detail. Good luck!
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#5
Yes, like Cook said, there's lots of memorizing, and also some reading & analyzing. The Specific Exam feedback section contains lots of info on what to study.
BA History 2014 - TESC

The Lord is my shepherd. Psalm 23

"I'm going on an adventure!' ~AUJ
"It is our fight." ~DoS
"I am not alone." ~BotFA
"All we have to decide is what to do with the time that's given to us." ~FotR
"There is still hope." ~TTT
"Courage..." "This day, we fight!" ~RotK

CLEP: A&I Lit 74 ~ Am Lit 73 ~ Eng Lit 72 ~ Humanities 75 ~ College Math 77 ~ Western Civ I 63 ~ Western Civ II 69 ~ Natural Sci 64 ~ US History I 76 ~ US History II 69 ~ Sociology 68 ~ Am Gov 69 ~ Social Sci & Hist 71 ~ College Comp 61 ~ Marketing 70 ~ Management 66 ~ Psychology 67

DSST: Supervision 453 ~ Tech Writing 61 ~ Computing 427 ~ Middle East 65 ~ Soviet Union 65 ~ Vietnam War 74 ~[COLOR="#0099cc"] Civil War 68

[/COLOR]Other: College+ Biblical Social Justice B ~ ECE World Conflicts Since 1900 A

TESC courses: Capstone A ~ Leaders in History A ~ Photography 101 A- ~ Games People Play A ~ International Relations A- ~ Mass Communications I A

$5 off IC - 59690
My hair jewelry business
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#6
You'll definitely need A&I Lit skills on those other two tests, but keep in mind that they're only 40-50% analyzing (asking what a passage is about). You'll have a lot more questions asking, WHO WROTE this passage, or as posted above, facts about the authors and identifying what they wrote. There are some great study tools and resources out there; it's definitely doable, but you'll need to put the study in to familiarize yourself with authors, works, and time periods and not rely solely on A&I.
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