TESU General Education Requirements Plan - What do you think?

[dfrecore]

I'd stay away from Saylor.org, ALEKS, and Straighterline as much as possible for speed reasons. USE DSST's, Cleps, and Study.com as much as you can. Use Study.com and instantcert.com to study for CLEPS\DSST, one a week is a good part time pace. CLEPS\DSST are quick and easy, while study.com is more thorough, you can take two of their credit courses a month, and they have study materials for CLEP\DSST\ECE\TECEP tests.

CLEP & DSST are only fast if you know the material. Otherwise, the studying can take as much time as it would to complete an online course. You cannot say that it will take 1 week of studying for every CLEP/DSST exam - that is unrealistic to think that every test is the same. It is very well known that some of the tests are easier than others, and it's also a fact that depending on life experience and previous coursework taken, different exams will be easier or harder for different people. If you gave me a month to study for the Biology CLEP, I bet I would struggle, but I could go take the Intro to Business DSST and pass it cold. There's just no way to say what will work for different people.

I've known people to get through SL & ALEKS as quickly as Study.com, so I'm not sure why you say Study.com is faster than those 2. It totally depends on the person, but I think SL, ALEKS, Study.com, Shmoop, Sophia - are all comparable in terms of speed. Maybe some courses may take longer than others, but generally the speed is comparable. A person that could get through the SL Financial Accounting course in a week could probably get through the Study.com course in a week too.

I would always encourage people to use ALEKS, simply for the cost. It's almost crazy not to take it. I'm also telling people, if you pass ALEKS Stats, try going Saylor Business Stats as well. It's UL, and a pretty easy 3cr if you can get it.

Regarding Saylor, it's a pretty consistent theme here - there's way to much info, and it's slow going. I would only use them for testing, rather than learning the material. If you think you can pass the exam, it's worth $25. But if you think you're going to need to learn it from scratch, then you might be better off taking it another way.

Regarding IC - I don't know that they will help you pass tests for things that they weren't intended for. Like Marketing - I don't know how closely they Saylor course is aligned with the CLEP. So there's no guarantee there. But it certainly can't hurt.

Not sure if you need IC to help with the English Comp TECEPs. I didn't. And, I would consider taking the College Comp WITH essay CLEP for that instead of the TECEP's, unless it's really difficult to get to a testing center. I thought the TECEP setup for English Comp II was awful.