TESC vs Excelsior for Liberal Studies, Psychology/Health

[vivalagloria]

I'm not sure what you mean by this, I think you would be hard pressed to find many grad schools that would care if 30 or so credits came from FEMA....maybe, but I doubt it.

I just figured that if I was using 30 or so credits from FEMA courses that had nothing to do with my concentration subject, then it wouldn't look as good as if I had 30 credits in something I actually wanted to study, you know? Although the idea of getting credits for free is definitely tempting!!

Thanks for the clarification on DSST grades, everyone. So I guess I shouldn't think too much about getting the actual grades on my transcript.

Right now I'm looking into the COSC's General Studies Major with a concentration in Psychology, although I'm having trouble finding a full rundown of the credit distribution throughout the degree. So far I can see that I'd require:

60 Liberal Arts credits (for the BS)
40 Gen Ed credits
30 Credits for the Psychology concentration
And then electives?

The website says this:

"The GRE Subject Test in Psychology can be used as elective credit towards this requirement (18 credits: 15 lower level, 3 upper level), but does not fulfill any of the subject requirements listed above."

(The "listed above" in that sentence refers to the psych concentration requirements, by the way)

The American education system is new to me, so can anyone explain the difference between gen ed and liberal arts credits? I'm presuming that I can use credits to satisfy BOTH of those?