Degree completely by exams?

[irnbru]

Hi guys,

I'm located in Europe and really interested in pursuing a college degree with CEPL and DSST methods.However my question is how many exams do I need to take in one subject 'm interested in earning my first degree? And once I get my first credits , would I just need to find a college that has CEPL /DSST awards? Sorry for those questions but I'm relatively new to this whole thing and any advice would be appreciated .
My goal would be something related to Physical Geology or Meteorology

-Kellen

Hey Kellen,

As someone who did this from outside the US, there are a few questions you probably want to ask yourself.

1. Why do you want to study the subject you're approximately describing?

2. Do you know what the structure of classes for that subject might look like?

3. Are you prepared to travel in order to take exams? (The nearest test centre for you is probably London).

Okie, this forum is mostly (but not exclusively) geared for students studying at Charter Oak State College (COSC), Excelsior College (EC) or Thomas Edison State College (TESC) - AKA 'The Big Three'. You will want to research each of those colleges by visiting their websites, getting a copy of the respective student handbooks and checking out degree requirements/specifications. You definitely want to be searching this forum.

Cost will be a very different beast when working outside of the US. Expect to fly to take exams. Be advised that international matriculation/graduation fees for TESC might run you 4000USD+ and that's before you've taken any courses.

This forum heavily works with CLEP and DSST tests. These tests are mostly for satisfying general education requirements - the exceptions to this are primarily in the subjects areas of upper level Business and the Social Sciences.

You are going to need to learn a bit of US lingo to work around the 'college' system our cousins use

You will still need to take classes at one of these colleges in order to satisfy your degree requirements in any programme of study.

If you're looking to study something new to you, rather than take an exam and pass because you already know the syllabus, then you will obviously be working a lot harder. For more uncommon majors, particularly in the hard sciences, you will have to research where to take classes required for your major, when they are available and budget accordingly.

If all of that hasn't put you off (and you can see there are plenty people here which it hasn't ) then start your research now.

Good luck!

irnbru