FEMA & FREE College Credit courses

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I got my response from the advisor today, here it is:

[INDENT]Thank you for your message. Excelsior College accepts all FEMA (EMI) courses which come to us on an official transcript from Frederick Community College. These courses are degree level and usually are worth one credit per course. They apply toward degree requirements as Applied Professional Elective credit (you need about 12 credits in this area).

In order to get your FEMA courses listed on an official Frederick Community College (FCC) transcript, you need to complete an application for independent study college credit, which you can download (Adobe PDF) from http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/downloads/ccrdtapp.pdf . The completed application may be mailed or faxed; details are on the form. The list of possible courses for credit can be found at http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/IS/cc.asp . The FCC fee for this is $60 per course (please check, as this fee might have changed since we updated our information).

It will not be necessary to go through Thomas Edison to get credit for the FEMA courses. FYI, enrollment in a credit bank program is not the same thing as enrollment in a degree program. Excelsior also offers a credit bank service, and it is less expensive than being enrolled in a degree program. Students who enroll in a credit bank program do not want to earn a degree; rather, they want to list all of their college-level credit on one document for the purpose of presentation to an employer, graduate school, etc.

I hope this information is helpful, and please contact me again if you have any questions about this information.
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This is basically what we already knew, gotta pay the $60 to FCC.

She mentions these apply to Applied Professional Elective credits, in my case business credits. I would like to know if maybe I can use these to replace an upper level business exam, so I'm asking the advisor if these FEMA courses would be considered Upper or Lower level credit. I'll post when I get a response.

Aaaaaw,

She completely missed the whole point of the question. We know that they accept FCC-transcripted credits from FEMA. However, what we were all waiting to find out was, whether or not they accept FEMA credits that have been transcripted via TESC's Credit Bank service.

The key issue being that FCC charges $60/credit, but TESC only charges approximately $250.00 for anything upto 60 credits.

Eg, I have 12 FEMA credits. If I transcript them via FCC, the cost would be $720. However, if I transcript them through TESC Credit Bank (because they have evaluated FEMA credits and are RA), the cost would only be $250....regardless of whether I have 12 FEMA credits or 60.

The guy who posted on degreeinfo.com last August said that he was able to transfer all 30+ of his FEMA credits simply by setting up a TESC credit bank, and then having Excelsior transfer the credits in.

It would have been nice to hear the definitive policy directly from the horse's mouth!

Oh well!

Thanks for trying Anar....you rock!
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