Sociology Degree Plan Questions

[Merlin]

Although some ALEKS math will not count as credit, most of them do like Intermediate Algebra. It doesn’t have to be College Algebra. You can also take the CLEP College Mathematics that is worth 6 semester hours. Hopefully someone that has gone the ALEKS route can add to this.

I can't speak for TESC, but I know that COSC accepts Beginning Algebra (1 credit) and Intermediate Algebra (3 credits) but neither fulfills the math GE requirements. They do accept College Algebra as 3 credits towards the college level math requirement, as well as the College Mathematics CLEP as 6 credits towards the GE requirement. Either of which is usually enough for non-technical concentrations.

Looking at the TESC website, the BA in Sociology just requires 3 credits in college-level math, so I would think that ALEKS College Algebra course should meet that requirement. I don't think Intermediate would (it will probably be worth 3 free electives though), and I can pretty much guarantee they won't accept Beginning Algebra towards anything, since most schools consider it an algebra refresher class, which is usually a non-credit class.