General Education Credits Compared to Free Elective Credits @ TESU

[Synicaal]

Hello All ,

Can someone please tell me what the difference is and what can be used for both of these areas. I am trying to lock down my plan But I'm not sure what I can use towards Gen Ed/Free Electives. Also I will be taking a bunch of Accounting Courses over the Spring Semester that wont be considered UL but I will still be getting the Accounting Credits that I need. Can I use them for Free Electives or Gen Ed?. If I could somehow use 2 of the ACC courses that wont count for UL in the AOS it would be great to put those in my Free Elective slots and then move Personal Finance into a Gen Ed slot. I feel like Gen Ed needs to fit one of the "big" categories and so this wouldn't work. Like Science, History, Humanities and not a Core program course like Accounting or Finance.

Right now I have

Intro Psych - Clep - 3
Developmental Psych - Clep - 3
Quantitative Business Apps - HVCC - 3
Precalc - ALEKS - 3
OPEN - 3
Cornerstone - TESU -1
in my gen ed category. This is 16 credits in gen ed.

I have

Open - 3
Personal Finance - HVCC - 3

In my Elective Category.

Can I move my PF class up to gen ed and then move two ACC courses im taking in Spring to my Elective section??

[Flelm]

Here's a list of courses that TESU recognizes as Gen Ed. credits. There may be other courses that will fit here, as long as they conform to the categories listed (history, literature, sociology, psychology, etc.) Personal Finance will not work here.

Thomas Edison State University | General Education - 2016 or After

Free Electives can be any credits.

[Synicaal]

Here's a list of courses that TESU recognizes as Gen Ed. credits. There may be other courses that will fit here, as long as they conform to the categories listed (history, literature, sociology, psychology, etc.) Personal Finance will not work here.

Thomas Edison State University | General Education - 2016 or After

Free Electives can be any credits.

Thank just found a page on tesu.edu that did confirm I could use ACC courses as Free Electives. Gen Ed was my worry but that's still ok because I can utilize at least 3 credits I didn't think I would be able too.

[dfrecore]

Personal Finance is not a Gen Ed, so you have to leave it in Free Electives. Business courses are not considered Gen Ed's either - except maybe some with crossover, like Org Behavior (an UL Psych course), and Managerial Comm or Marketing Comm (can be used as UL Communications courses). Otherwise, anything with a BUS, MAR, MAN, ACC, FIN prefix are considered non-Gen Ed's.

Many computer-related courses also will not fit into Gen Ed's, specifically ones with a CAP prefix, but there are probably others.

Lower Level Accounting courses will go into your AOS, but unfortunately, you'll just end up with extra credits in that area - TESU will end up bumping them when you start bringing in the UL courses that are needed there. For example, if you have 6 LL accounting courses at your CC, they will all go into the AOS. But, you will not have met the UL requirement. So, as you bring in each UL course (12cr worth), they will bump the next LL course out of the AOS, and down into the Free Electives section. Once that's full, then courses just start to go to "Other Courses" area. So, really, it's not worth it to take LL AOS courses after the first 2. If they're free, and they will help you pass a test, great - go take a test when you've completed each course (CSU-Global, PF, whatever).

[Synicaal]

Personal Finance is not a Gen Ed, so you have to leave it in Free Electives. Business courses are not considered Gen Ed's either - except maybe some with crossover, like Org Behavior (an UL Psych course), and Managerial Comm or Marketing Comm (can be used as UL Communications courses). Otherwise, anything with a BUS, MAR, MAN, ACC, FIN prefix are considered non-Gen Ed's.

Many computer-related courses also will not fit into Gen Ed's, specifically ones with a CAP prefix, but there are probably others.

Lower Level Accounting courses will go into your AOS, but unfortunately, you'll just end up with extra credits in that area - TESU will end up bumping them when you start bringing in the UL courses that are needed there. For example, if you have 6 LL accounting courses at your CC, they will all go into the AOS. But, you will not have met the UL requirement. So, as you bring in each UL course (12cr worth), they will bump the next LL course out of the AOS, and down into the Free Electives section. Once that's full, then courses just start to go to "Other Courses" area. So, really, it's not worth it to take LL AOS courses after the first 2. If they're free, and they will help you pass a test, great - go take a test when you've completed each course (CSU-Global, PF, whatever).

Taking the Accounting Courses at the CC because my Federal Pell Grant and NYS Tap is practically paying for the 17credits. Plus I need to get to 12 Accounting Credits for a State Test by June.

[dfrecore]

I'm just thinking that if you're taking a LL course at CC that has an UL exam you can take and pass easily, that's a good option. For example, if you take an Auditing course, or a Taxation course at your CC - when you're completed, you should take the same course via TECEP (Taxation) or CSU-Global (Auditing) and get those easy credits at the UL and save yourself a bunch of time studying for something you don't know (as opposed to a test for what you already know).

[yb1]

ugh I am just 1 credit shy of finishing the gen eds.

@TESU is PreCalc the same as college algebra? I might try and take that.

Perhaps to a shmoop course or a study.com psych course

[varJosh]

I didn't want to create a new thread, but I was wondering if anyone could help me with Gen. Ed. elective question.

I have the following on my eval: CIS20 - Pace-It Web App. Dev -12/01/15 A 9.33 CAP-280 *TE *CC


Being a CIS course, will that fit into Gen Ed?

[dfrecore]

I didn't want to create a new thread, but I was wondering if anyone could help me with Gen. Ed. elective question.

I have the following on my eval: CIS20 - Pace-It Web App. Dev -12/01/15 A 9.33 CAP-280 *TE *CC


Being a CIS course, will that fit into Gen Ed?

Where did TESU put it on your eval?

[varJosh]

Where did TESU put it on your eval?

4 were placed in Free electives and the 9 I mentioned are in Other Courses.