02-19-2013, 04:39 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-19-2013, 05:05 PM by Jonathan Whatley.)
plainsneech Wrote:Psychology Major
IB. Statistics
IC. Research Methods
ID. History and Systems
IE. Research and Writing
One Course in each of the following areas:
IIA. Biopsychology
IIC. Social Influences
IID. Abnormal Psychology
IIE. Cognitive Bases
The psychology major at Excelsior currently seems a less than optimal fit for an exam-based approach. I don't think there are exams in our standard toolbox for the requirements in History and Systems, Research and Writing, possibly Biopsychology, and possibly Cognitive Bases. I'm guessing they wouldn't accept DSST Substance Abuse toward Biopsychology. Ohio University's list of exams currently under development includes Psychology of Health and Illness, and Behavioral Genetics and Individual Differences, which might work there. Would they accept CLEP Introduction to Educational Psychology toward Cognitive Bases?
TESC's major in psychology is more fully friendly to credit by exam. Your TESC transcript will only record grades from graded courses from TESC. That means that will omit all your prior grades… even the As, and won't reflect new grades for anything but standard online or Guided Study courses from TESC. TESC's ePack courses, Prior Learning Assessments, and TECEP exams are graded CR, for a pass, with no effect on GPA.
Would you be open to Charter Oak? Would you be open to a broader-based major or equivalent, like Liberal Arts or Social Sciences?