12-08-2015, 03:15 PM
scubasteve212 Wrote:Hi all,
Long time lurker, first time poster. This forum really helped me out in the last year and I wanted to give a little back. I just finished my Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics at TESC and wanted to share my combination of courses that led to success. I started in September of last year with my first ALEKS courses, switched over to Straighterline and Texas Engineering Extension Service shortly afterwards, and then enrolled in TESC for the December 2014 term. I managed to punch out a big portion of the required coursework with high school Advanced Placement courses, ALEKS, SL, and TEEX. I finished my final course (Liberal Arts Capstone) at the end of August and am scheduled to graduate December of this year.
Here is the academic evaluation that led to my degree. I hope that it will help future mathematics students help decide for or against TESC. I wrote the equivalent credit course source that transferred to TESC at the end of each line.
Notes
*AP Advanced Placement
*ALEKS ALEKS
*SL Straighterline
*TEEX Texas Engineering Extension Service
*TESC Thomas Edison State College
BA General Education (60 SH)
A: Intellect/Prac Skill (Completed)
ENC-101 (Completed)
1.. ENC-101... English Composition I.... 3.00 CR ENC-101 *AP Engl.Comp.
ENC-102 (Writing Intensive) (Completed)
1.. ENC-102... English Composition II... 3.00 CR ENC-102 *AP Engl.Comp.
Math (Completed)
1.. MAT-115... Intermediate Algebra..... 3.00 CR MAT-115 *ALEKS
Intellectual and Practical Skills (Completed)
1.. MAT-129... Precalculus.............. 3.00 CR MAT-129 *ALEKS
1.. MAT-121... College Algebra.......... 3.00 CR MAT-121 *ALEKS
B: Personal/Social Resp (Completed)
Diversity or Global Literacy (Completed)
1.. ANT-150... Cultural Anthropology I.. 3.00 CR ANT-150 *SL ANTH101
Responsible Ethical Leadership (Completed)
1.. PHI-384... Ethics & Business Profess 3.00 CR PHI-384 *SL BUS106
Personal and Social Responsibility Elective (Completed)
1.. SOC-101... Introduction to Sociology 3.00 CR SOC-101 *SL SOC101
C: Hum Cult & Phys Wrld (Completed)
Humanities (Completed)
1.. GRM-102... Beginning German I....... 3.00 CR GRM-102 *AP German
Social Sciences (Completed)
1.. HIS-101... Western Civilization I... 3.00 CR HIS-101 *SL CIV101
General Physics I (Completed)
1.. PHY-113... General Physics I........ 3.00 CR PHY-113 *AP Physics
General Physics II (Completed)
1.. PHY-114... General Physics II....... 3.00 CR PHY-114 *AP Physics
Interdisciplinary (Completed)
1.. GRM-101... Beginning German I....... 3.00 CR GRM-101 *AP German
1.. POS-110... American Government...... 3.00 CR POS-110 *SL POLS101
D: General Ed Electives (Completed)
1.. ECO-112... Microeconomics........... 3.00 CR ECO-112 *SL ECON112
1.. HIS-114... American History II...... 3.00 CR HIS-114 *SL USHIST102
1.. HIS-113... American History I....... 3.00 CR HIS-113 *SL USHIST101
1.. ECO-111... Macroeconomics........... 3.00 CR ECO-111 *SL ECON101
1.. AOJ-102... Intro to Criminal Justice 3.00 CR AOJ-102 *SL CJ101
1.. HIS-221... European History II...... 3.00 CR HIS-221 *AP Eur.Hist.
Area of Study (30SH: 15SH must be upper level)
A: Calculus I & II (Completed)
1.. MAT-231... Calculus I............... 3.00 CR MAT-231 *SL MAT250
1.. MAT-232... Calculus II.............. 3.00 CR MAT-232 *SL MAT251
B: Calculus III (Completed)
1.. MAT-331... Calculus III............. 3.00 A *TESC
C: Lin Alg (Calc Based) (Completed)
1.. MAT-321... Linear Algebra........... 3.00 A *TESC
D: Probability or Stat (Completed)
1.. STA-201... Principles of Statistics. 3.00 CR STA-201 *ALEKS
E: Electives (Completed)
Group 1 (Completed)
1.. MAT-301... History of Math.......... 3.00 A *TESC
1.. MAT-361... College Geometry......... 3.00 A *TESC
Group 2 (Completed)
1.. MAT-332... Calculus IV.............. 3.00 B *TESC
1.. MAT-351... Mathematical Modeling.... 3.00 A *TESC
1.. MAT-270... Discrete Math............ 3.00 A *TESC
Liberal Arts Capstone (3 SH)
1.. LIB-495... Liberal Arts Capstone.... 3.00 A *TESC
BA Free Electives (27 SH)
1.. HIS-220... European History I....... 3.00 CR HIS-220 *AP Eur.Hist.
1.. REL-405... World Religions.......... 3.00 CR REL-405 *SL REL101
1.. ENS-200... Environmental Science.... 3.00 CR ENS-200 *SL ENV101
1.. BIO-208... The Science of Nutrition. 3.00 CR BIO-208 *SL NUTRI101
1.. LAW-201... Business Law............. 3.00 CR LAW-201 *SL BUS110
1.. BUS-101... Introduction to Business. 3.00 CR BUS-101 *SL BUS101
1.. MAN-301... Principles of Management. 3.00 CR MAN-301 *SL BUS201
1.. BUE-101... Personal Finance......... 3.00 CR BUE-101 *SL FIN101
1.. CIS-299... Special Topics Comp Info 2.00 CR CIS-299 *TEEX Cyber101
1.. CIS-344... Computer Security........ 2.00 CR CIS-344 *TEEX Cyber201
OTHER COURSES: (not counted towards coursework)
Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESC # Notes
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1 CIS-299 Special Topics Comp Info 2.00 CR CIS-299 *TEEX Cyber301
1 MAT-231 Calculus I 3.00 CR MAT-231 *AP Calculus
1 HIS-113 American History I 3.00 CR HIS-113 *AP US Hist.
1 HIS-114 American History II 3.00 CR HIS-114 *AP US Hist.
When you did your calc, what study tools did you use if any?
I'm trying to prep for calc for the spring semester. Using MIT opencoarseware to get a head start.
Very impressed at what you accomplished.
DSST - Technical Writing - 441
CLEP - College Composition - 69
Can only test out of 2 more classes for my degree:
CLEP - Analyzing and Interpreting Literature - TBD
CLEP - College Composition - 69
Can only test out of 2 more classes for my degree:
CLEP - Analyzing and Interpreting Literature - TBD