Testing out of TESC Associates Degree "Study Area" requirements

[TrailRunr]

My guess is that most schools don't differentiate between their online and on ground courses. UC Berkeley has an extension school, so its courses have a special code. A lot of schools have their course schedule online where you can see the course code.

The regular UC Berkeley campus adds the W scarlet letter as well for online sections. You really have to check before taking a class at school XYZ if online is going to be a problem.

Without getting derailed too much, here is my opinion for the OP:

1) Assume that online science lab classes and science exams including AP will need to be retaken sometime down the road unless the boys develop non-STEM interests.
2) The preferred form of credit is either AP or community college/4 yr uni for maximum portability. I'd change everything non-AP to AP if they can handle it. I know AP is tough, so that may not be the best idea. For non-science labs, online community college/4 yr uni is fine. CLEP is way back in second place for portability. DSST, SL, ALEKS, etc are worthless at almost all colleges and universities. All suggested courses are fine for high school enrichment purposes, as long as you're aware of the transfer limitations for anything not AP or community college/4 yr.

There was a poster some time back that said he wished he took credits that were more portable. Since the boys are so young, that is more likely to be an issue down the road than for most of us here who are simply looking for checkbox degrees.