FEMA & FREE College Credit courses

[snazzlefrag]

Does anyone know if Excelsior will take these for credit?

rjc,

Excelsior will not accept the credits in their raw form (direct from FEMA). However, if you get them transcripted by a regionally accredited college, Excelsior will accept the credits for transfer.

Once you have passed the FEMA exams, you can get them translated into actual college credit by paying $65 per credit to Frederick Community College (Maryland).

Somebody also documented their experience with placing the credits in a TESC Credit Banking account for, I think, $250 for upto 60 credits. Excelsior accepted all 30+ of his FEMA credits.

Obviously, it works out cheaper to go through TESC Credit Bank rather than paying $65 per credit at FCC.

The person I am talking about, did this in August of last year. Obviously, you will want to get this confirmed directly by Excelsior before you go and spend $250 for a credit bank account at TESC or pay $65 per credit at FCC.

Anybody who is currently enrolled could get this confirmed by their advisor and then report back here what they find out.

I for one would certainly like to know for sure. I have 12 (raw) FEMA credits under my belt, but am reluctant to pay anything until I get confirmation from Excelsior that they will accept them from a TESC Credit Bank account. However, I am not currently enrolled and so I cannot speak with an advisor.

Hope that helps,
Snazzlefrag