COSC, TEEX and ALEKS

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Hi everyone,

I've been reading posts on here for some time now and have gotten a lot of very helpful guidance from these threads. My wife and I are both very early on in our journeys to getting bachelor's degrees; it's been a long-term goal and we decided to get started to mark our 25th anniversary this year. We've started by taking free courses, including the TEEX. We've been leaning towards COSC for multiple reasons; my wife is going for her BSBA and I'd like to major in Cybersecurity. I had two questions that I was hoping someone could help us with.

- For the TEEX courses, we started these based on older posts from before the relatively recent ACE credit changes. We've both passed a few of them so far (she's further along than I am) but we haven't transferred any to our ACE transcripts yet as we're a little confused by the exclusions and changes. Has anyone transferred TEEX credits to COSC since the changes? We were both planning to finish all the classes and request credit for Cyber 101, 201, and 301, but I don't want either of us to waste time on classes that wouldn't be accepted (i.e. because of the exclusions or because it's assigned as vocational,etc.). I'm also puzzled about whether to get them added individually or all together.

- Regarding ALEKS, we both finished College Algebra. My wife also did the Business Statistics. We both have weeks left on our subscriptions, so I was wondering whether there were any other courses that we could use for credit at COSC. I know that some duplicate, but I was wondering if we should do more of the non-duplicating ones (i.e. Trig) just for the free elective credits? 

We're both basically starting with blank slates here, so any advice would be most appreciated. Hope you all are having good weekends. Thanks.

There are 2 options for claiming your Cybersecurity credit.

OPTION 1 (Original Method) TEEX for Cybersecurity
3-10 credits
This method uses the umbrella course names (Cyber 101, 201, 301) on your ACE transcript instead of the individual course names.

Under this method, you would have 3 courses on your ACE transcript (Cyber 101, 201, and 301) worth 10 credits.

Cyber 101 – Cybersecurity for Everyone (was 2 credits –> now 4 credits)
Must complete all 3:
ARW168 Cyber Law and White Collar Crime
ARW174 Cyber Ethics
ARW175 Information Security for Everyone

Cyber 201 – Cybersecurity for IT Professionals (was 2 credits –> now 3 credits)
Must complete all 4:
ARW138 Network Assurance
AWR139 Digital Forensics Basics
ARW173 Information Security Basics
ARW178 Secure Software

Cyber 301 – Cybersecurity for Business Pro (was 2 credits –> now 3 credits)
Must complete all 3:
ARW169 Cyber Incident Analysis and Response
ARW176 Disaster Recovery for Information Systems
ARW177 Information Risk Management

OPTION 2 (NEW Method) TEEX for Cybersecurity   1-11 credits (1 upper level)
Complete each course individually and submit each to ACE for college credit.

ARW168 Cyber Law and White Collar Crime, 2 credits
AWR174 Cyber Ethics, 2 credits
ARW175 Information Security for Everyone, 1 credit
ARW138 Network Assurance & AWR 139 Digital Forensics Basics, 1 credit
ARW173 Information Security Basics, 1 credit
ARW178 Secure Software, 1 credit
ARW169 Cyber Incident Analysis and Response, 1 credit
ARW176 Disaster Recovery for Information Systems, 1 credit
ARW177 Information Risk Management, UPPER LEVEL 1 credit

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ALEKS math - Charter Oak will require liberal arts credits, so additional maths will help check that box.  They'll all fall into the elective slot as lower level.

I took Cyber 101 few months ago and submitted to ACE when it was 2 credits. Does this mean I will be eligible for 4 credits when I send the ACE transcript for eval?