Asking for a 3 credit waiver for Social Psychology at TESU?

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I think almost every person on this forum who's gotten a Psych degree from TESU has had this issue, and all have been waived and made up for with another UL Psych course.

My degree isn't in psych, it's in social sciences and I wanted credit in social psychology (my favorite psych class), but I took the TESU Social Psychology course from TESU. It's worth 6 credits. I realize it's expensive, but I'm just throwing it out there that it is possible to get 6 credits in social psych.

I am willing to take that. I know some forum members who were asked to take that to satisfy UL requirements. Now, I am being told that it won’t. This is very confusing. I sent an email on Friday seeking more clarification. Waiting to hear from them.

True. And I think TESU is trying to push everyone in that direction. But my finances are a bit tight at the moment, and I am looking for the least expensive options. If TESU offered a TECEP for social psychology, I might consider.

Hold tight, I think I just saw something... oops sorry- it's UExcel. They have one for Social Psychology but only 3 which I think you already knew about.

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TESU OSS has this feature of creating a mock academic evaluation if I decided to change my degree now. I tried putting BALS. Looks like all my psychology AOS courses, including IO psych fit in very well there. I might be able to find more UL options on SDC itself, and the rest of the LL options could be found on Saylor etc. i would love to have a psychology degree, but if TESU is going to be very stringent in its rules, I need to change my path to save costs. I do not want to be forced to write expensive Uexcel exams or take TESU courses just for the sake of UL credits. I would like to know the views of the forum members.

That's a tough call, probably not one someone can make for you. At the end of the day, you're not doing this twice, so you could argue that it makes sense to get the degree you want, however.... if that degree process adds debt and pushes back your timeline, you may want to consider a faster cheaper undergrad so you can spend the money on a masters in psych. While you may not want to "practice" in the field, there are some things you can do with a masters, but nothing really you can do with a bachelors - so for *me* if I had to shell out more time and money, I'd use it for grad credit (which btw you can do at TESU. If you take a graduate course in psychology TESU will transfer it "down" to upper level in your degree)