Trying to Figure Out Best Degree Option at TESC

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Analyzing and Interpreting Literature can easily be completed with one CLEP that's worth 6 credits. It wouldn't hurt to verify with TESC how they would classify women's studies. At one point, they said courses like that would be fine for the social science major and then took that information off of their website when I asked them about it and they told me no. They do have a disclaimer that some of the interdisciplinary subjects might be allowed in the area of study. Once you get your evaluation, it's easy to use the "what if" function in Online Student Services and see how your credits fit in other degree programs. As long as you change your degree program before July 1 or whenever the changes take effect, you should be good.

For science, I recommend the Environment and Humanity: Race to Save the Planet DSST. I cannot think of an easier science test to take. A lot of people think Intro to Astronomy is easy. You don't have to really remember any formulas to pass and there are no calculations on the test, but I found the subject a little difficult since I'm not a physics person. For math, I recommend ALEKS. ALEKS is really a tutoring software that is often used in remedial college math courses, but several of their math courses are ACE-approved for credit. For $20 a month, you can take your time working on the material until you score at least a 70% on one of the exams. That's when you'll get credit transcribed on an ACE transcript and you can move onto another course. Straighterline is also self-paced but more expensive. At TESC, you only need Intermediate Algebra for the non-STEM degree programs. TESC will not give credit for anything below Intermediate Algebra.