Please help, transfer credit question

[cookderosa]

I am trying to transfer clep and dsst credit to Patten to finish my associates degree in general studies with a concentration in business and hoping someone might be able to help me.

Do most accredited universities apply transfer credit based the type of course and not the exact course listed in the degree map?

For instance, I thought if I have a Sociology course in my degree map, a social science clep/dsst should cover it since Sociology is a social science.
(was my thinking) (HUM to HUM, BUS to BUS, ENG to ENG without having to be exact)

They are telling me that the Social Science and History clep will not satisfy their requirement of Sociology and Ancient history,
that Analyzing and interpreting lit won't satisfy their Interdisciplinary reading, writing and research and that Personal Finance won't satisfy a business course requirement.

Should I look to finish up my associates at TESC or Excelsior instead? Trying to find the shortest route to completion if anyone can weigh in on how the credits below would equate at TESC, Excelsior etc...

Here is a run down of my credits:

18 semester hours from UC: English comp, Calculus, History of world civ, American Gov't, Chemistry, Psychology
12 semester hours at Patten: Intro to film, Communication, computer literacy, academic strategies
9 credit hours between clep (analyzing and interpreting lit (3), Social sciences and history (6)
6 credit hours dsst (Intro to business (3) and Personal finance (3)
2 credit hour free ethics course (The Institutes)

any help is appreciated, thanks!

you don't have to change schools.
Here's how you plan it out- if they tell you the name of a course (Sociology) then you need that course. In this case, the CLEP Sociology is a match.
When they tell you X credit in a discipline (Social Science) then you can choose from the categories that they call social science (Sociology would then work, as would history, etc.)
Sometimes they are even more specific (US History, World History, European History, etc.) in which case you'd look for exams or classes in those categories.
When they tell you something more specific to their school, not necessarily a discipline (technology requirement, writing requirement, international such and such, etc.) then you'll need to talk with the school to find out exactly how to meet that requirement- because they are trying to align the student's degree with some specific competancies, and they'll probably have a narrow list in mind.

EDIT: I wanted to add that even if you did change schools, you'd still have the stress of degree planning. Figuring this out for TESU is no different than figuring it out for Patten. Be patient, you're getting it.