TESC or any of the Big 3 History Degree

[hharvey09]

Please bear with me as I am new to this. I read that TESC changed some of their requirements I was wondering if you needed upper level credits for a BA in History. I think this is something I would love to pursue and it really helps with time constrants being a new father of twins. Also I have about 35-40 credits from two 4 year colleges depending on how they accept my quarter hour credits would it be best for me to go ahead and apply since I have a pretty general idea for the clep exams I plan to take or should I wait until I take some exams? Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated from anybody with prior experience! THANKS!

[frankiebleyes]

If you want you can send in for an evaluation from TESC or Excelsior, each of them charge $75.00 for the evaluation. TESC now requires at least 18 hours of UL credit. Beyond that some of the others have much more experience and can help you. I just sent in for evaluation from TESC about eight weeks ago and that is how I know. Also, if you do a search on the different forums, I know there is at least one discussion about TESC now requiring 18 hours UL credit.

[NAP]

Welcome to the forum!

My friend is interested in the history major through Excelsior College. Here are a couple of interpretations of the requirements that I gave to her:

http://www.degreeforum.net/excelsior-tho...lsior.html

http://www.degreeforum.net/excelsior-tho...#post55508

[Lindagerr]

But unless they change what they give equivalent credit for they give more DSST exams upper level credit then other schools. So it is still not as hard to test out. If you know what exams you want to take. Here is the listing from there 2008-2009 catalog they have not printed the new one yet. As you can see 5 of the Social Science DSST get upper level credit. If you know what you want get their $75 eval, But do not enroll until later. They have a yearly tuition that really gets you nothing except advisement or lower class fees.

SOCIAL SCIENCES
ANT-101-DE General Anthropology (3)......................................................................................47
ECO-332-DE Money and Banking (3)** ........................................................................................48
GOG-120-DE Human/Cultural Geography (3) ........................................................................48
HIS-222-DE Western Europe since 1945 (3) ..........................................................................45
HIS-252-DE The Civil War and Reconstruction (3) ..............................................................47
HIS-309-DE An Introduction to the Modern Middle East (3) ..........................................47
HIS-351-DE A History of the Vietnam War (3)......................................................................44
HIS-386-DE Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union (3)..............................................................45
PSY-211-DE Lifespan Developmental Psychology (3) ........................................................46
PSY-361-DE Organizational Behavior (3)** ..............................................................................48
SOS-305-DE Drug and Alcohol Abuse (3) ................................................................................400

[hharvey09]

Thanks for the help! One more question if I have an area of study history do I have to have Upper Level Credits or can I use Lower Level DSSTs and CLEPs?

[NAP]

Thanks for the help! One more question if I have an area of study history do I have to have Upper Level Credits or can I use Lower Level DSSTs and CLEPs?

Excelsior College has an Area of Focus which is optional and kind of like getting a minor. It requires 21 credits in a single applied professional or arts and sciences discipline with 6 upper level.

Getting 6 upper level credits in History through testing is possible, since DANTES has Civil War and Soviet Union exams. (As you can see in the degree plans for a history major, there are some other options for this, too.)

[MadMax396]

Remember however, that for a History degree if you are going to take many credits through testing then you dont have a whole lot of room for failure on any.
U.S. History 1 and 2
and Western Civ 1 and 2
are required passes bar none so study well.

After that you can relax a little as there are many tests TESC will accept towards history. The best class to take at TESC is War and American Society, which is a 6 credit hour course. So, thats the TESC perspective current as of June 2009, all the best.
HIS-222-DE Western Europe since 1945 (3) .................................................. ........................45
HIS-252-DE The Civil War and Reconstruction (3) .................................................. ............47
HIS-309-DE An Introduction to the Modern Middle East (3) ..........................................47
HIS-351-DE A History of the Vietnam War (3)............................................... .......................44
HIS-386-DE Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union (3)...............................................