Sociology Electives- TESU

[Ed4Credit]

Hi JasmineM,

Just want to let you know that at Ed4Credit.com (Ed4Online) we have an Aging & Society course. According to TESU's website it counts for SOC-379. Alternative Credit Project

This coupon will give you $20 off every course you order. During check out it will ask if you have a coupon, just use: DegreeForum16

Let me know if you have any questions.
Tricia

[JasmineM]

I emailed TESU all the options you guys listed to see what they will accept I will keep you all posted! :coolgleam:

[bricabrac]

Certainly worth asking, and I hope we find out some good news on those options. It'd be nice to male that soc degree easier.

If you don't mind me asking you - How was Psychology 105 Research Methods in Psychology through study.com? Feel free to answer through PM so I'm not diverting from the original thread topic. Thank you.

[jsd]

It was one of two that I took with them, and I enjoyed both classes very much. Simple and straightforward. If I got board with videos I switched to reading the transcript. Felt more than prepared for the final.

If I needed more classes that they offered, I would do them in a heartbeat. The easiest proctoring system I've used (as opposed to ProctorU or Examity), and cheap at $100 a course, or $80 with a coupon).

And since then, theyve made it even easier to pass with them, and it wasn't particularly hard to begin with.

[Mamasaphire]

Just want to let you know that at Ed4Credit.com (Ed4Online) we have an Aging & Society course. According to TESU's website it counts for SOC-379. Alternative Credit Project

This coupon will give you $20 off every course you order. During check out it will ask if you have a coupon, just use: DegreeForum16

Ed4credit/Tricia, as much as I really want to try your courses, unfortunately cost was what made my final decision. $275 for ONE course vs. $160-$200 for TWO courses -- see quote below. I ended up deciding to stick with study.com for my final courses.

If you guys there at Ed4Online ever decide to get a little more level with the rest of the online CBE playing field (currently consisting of Straighterline, TECEPS, shmoop, study.com, etc) price-wise, ie. maybe a BOGOF or 50% off code, I think you'd see a big increase in forum members taking advantage of your interesting looking UL SocSci courses!

If I needed more classes that they offered, I would do them in a heartbeat. The easiest proctoring system I've used (as opposed to ProctorU or Examity), and cheap at $100 a course, or $80 with a coupon)

Definitely agree with jsd so far, although I wasn't as impressed with the History of the Vietnam War course as I was with Social Psych. And if study.com could speed up their final exam grading process, that would be even better.

[sanantone]

Wow! We get our own discount code.

[Ed4Credit]

Glad you got the course you needed but sorry it wasn't one of ours. We are a much smaller company than the others you mentioned so it's hard for us to compete on price.

We're a "Mom & Pop" company bootstrapped by my husband and I. Most of the other guys are either VC funded or owned by large publishing companies. We were invited to be a part of the ACE world and it's all new to us. We will be going through another round of accreditation with ACE and will have 40 courses in all approved by the end of this year. Most are LL but some will be UL and different than other companies offer.

I really appreciated finding these discussion forums. I now have a much better idea of what you are looking for in a class and which topics you want to see offered. If you ever have any suggestions for me and Ed4Credit, please let me know. My “door” is always open! We want to be a part of the community that is improving online education.

Thanks,
Tricia Seymour

[dfrecore]

Glad you got the course you needed but sorry it wasn't one of ours. We are a much smaller company than the others you mentioned so it's hard for us to compete on price.

We're a "Mom & Pop" company bootstrapped by my husband and I. Most of the other guys are either VC funded or owned by large publishing companies. We were invited to be a part of the ACE world and it's all new to us. We will be going through another round of accreditation with ACE and will have 40 courses in all approved by the end of this year. Most are LL but some will be UL and different than other companies offer.

I really appreciated finding these discussion forums. I now have a much better idea of what you are looking for in a class and which topics you want to see offered. If you ever have any suggestions for me and Ed4Credit, please let me know. My “door” is always open! We want to be a part of the community that is improving online education.

Thanks,
Tricia Seymour

Tricia,

I think that if you can branch out and offer courses that other sources don't, then that's going to be where you can get your customers. If we have 10 choices to get College Algebra, cost will be one of the main factors. BUT, if you offer courses that we can't find on Straighterline, Study.com, ALEKS, Saylor, CLEP & DSST, then people will definitely be looking your way.

And, the more UL courses you can get, the better. Those are always harder to find, especially for COSC and EC students who need 30cr of UL.

You might also want to consider becoming "partners" with some of these schools, with direct transcripts like SL offers. That would certainly help, as not having to send the course to ACE and then over to the school is a great added bonus. SL has a whole list of schools that they partner with, there's your starting group to look into right there.

Thanks for checking with us, we love sources of credit who actually pay attention to what we want/need!!

[Ed4Credit]

Thanks dfrecore for the great suggestions! We are currently working with COSC and will be reaching out to the others soon. We create all our courses in-house and if you have any specifically UL topics please let me know. Thanks again!

[sanantone]

Thanks dfrecore for the great suggestions! We are currently working with COSC and will be reaching out to the others soon. We create all our courses in-house and if you have any specifically UL topics please let me know. Thanks again!

I mostly know what can be useful at TESU.

History
A couple of upper level history courses could help people. This is a somewhat popular program.

Psychology
This is a pretty popular program. Some people opt for the social science program since it's more flexible, and there aren't many affordable options for upper level psychology credits.

Computer Science
A lot of people opt for the BSBA in CIS because the computer science degree is too expensive to complete when paying out of pocket, but the BSBA is a business degree with a little information systems. It is not a good substitute for computer science. Discrete math, data structures, and linear algebra will make this degree easier to complete. Some UL computer science courses are also needed.

Information Technology
The BSAST in Information Technology has much of the same problems as the computer science degree. Computer architecture, database management, software engineering, and operating systems will make this degree doable. Plus, all of these courses can be used for the computer science program in addition to the BSBA in CIS and BA in Natural Science and Mathematics.

Natural Science
The BA in Natural Science and Mathematics is a flexible degree people opt for because it's too difficult complete the BA in Mathematics or Biology cheaply. Some people who want to major in computer science also opt for this program. However, it doesn't have many options for UL credits. UL biology credits will probably be the easiest to design and will probably draw more people than UL physics or chemistry courses. Immunology, virology, cell biology, UL genetics, and molecular biology are some common courses at universities. These could also help people complete a BS in Natural Science with a concentration in Biology at Excelsior or a BS in General Studies with a concentration in Biology at COSC.

Finance
The BSBA in Finance is one of the few business degrees at TESU that has a severe lack of options for the area of study. UL finance courses would be nice.

Science Labs
Some people need science courses with labs either for a degree at the Big 3 or as prerequisites for a graduate or health professions program. For the health professions, sometimes these courses have to come from a regionally accredited school, but sometimes they don't. Organic chemistry I and II, chemistry II, biology II, and physics II are some of the labs that don't have easy to find, affordable and flexible options. Standalone labs are better than labs offered with the courses since people can test out of biology I and II, chemistry I and II, and physics I and II without lab. Biochemistry without lab would also be nice. Also, most of TESU's BSAST programs require chemistry I and II with labs or physics I and II with labs.

Humanities
I don't believe there are a lot of options for UL humanities credits. You could kill two birds with one stone by offering religion courses that can be used for the humanities and religion programs.

Sociology
UL sociology credits, as evidenced by this thread, are hard to find.