History/English Degree Help

[Mighty Horse]

One of the reasons I came back to college was because I found out about tests by examination but after meeting with my adviser at TESU that no longer seems to be the case. I think it’s just a case of the school trying to have me take as many classes at their rates as possible.

My adviser said that I need to contact them before I commit to each study.com (or a program like it) test. But judging by these forums, I don’t think that’s done very often.

So, here’s everything:

I’m trying to get a History and an English Degree at the same time.

As of January 1, I’ll have 94 credits total which includes only 3 credits on their way from Straighterline.

Immediately below is my rough transcript of classes taken and needs. Those in bold, I need. Everything except REL 277 have been from traditional schools.
History Degree In Progress

Written Communication 3 SH (Complete)
ENC 101 English Composition I


Written Communication 3 SH (Complete)
GSW 1120 Academic Writing


Oral Communication 3 SH (Complete)
COMM 1020 Intro to Communication


Quantitative Literacy 3 SH (Not Started)


Information Literacy 3 SH (Complete)
SOS 110 Critical Information Literacy



CIV & Global LDRSHP (Will be Complete in a few days)


Diversity Intercultural Literacy 3 SH (complete)
GEPL 1010 Human Geography


Ethical Leadership 3 SH (complete)
ETH 230 Ethics in a Digital Age


Civic Engagement (Complete in a few days)
POS 110 American Government


Knowldge Human Cultrs (Complete)
THFM 1410 The Theatre Experience
HIST 1520 The Modern World
SOC 1750 Social Problems
ANTH 2800 Cultural Anthropology


Understanding Physical and Natural World (Complete)
GEO 111 Physical Geology

GE Electives (Complete)
CHEM 1000 Intro to Chemistry
FILM 1310 Introduction to Film
BIOL 1120 Survey of Biology
PHIL 101 Intro to Philosophy
ART 105 History of Western Art
PSC 1710 Current International Problems
GPH 206 World Regional Geography



History 30 SH (15 SH must be UL) (In progress)


Western World Civ (Complete)
HIST 1510 World Civilizations
HIS 152 World Civilizations II


American (Complete)
HIST 2060 Modern America
HIST 2050 Early America


Non-Western 3 SH (Not Started)


Historical Mthds 3 SH (Complete)
HIS 379 Historical Methods


AOS Electives 12 SH (In progress)
LDR 324 (complete in a few days) Leaders in History
HIST 4250 Civil War and Reconstruction


Electives 26 SH (In progress currently at 15; I want to fill these up with ENG to fulfill ENG requirements)
ENG 230 Beginning Creative Writing
EDHD 2010 Intro to Education
EDCI 100 Col Read Learn Skill
REL 277 Intro to World Religions
POPC 165 Popular Culture & Media
EDTL 2300 Intro to Educ Technology


Now for English; I’m not going to repeat everything now that you know what I have.


Survey of Lit 6 SH (Not Started)


Analysis & INT Lit 3 SH (Not Started)


Non Western Lit 3 SH (Not Started)


ENG Electives 18 SH (In progress; I have 3)
Group 2
ENG 230 Beginning Creative Writing



I was told that to finish English, I’d need: LIT 205 (only available in April), LIT 206 (available January), and LIT 291 (available March). In addition, I’d need non-western courses LIT 331 OR LIT 460. Lastly I’d need 5 LIT/ENG Electives LIT 202, 221, 301, 302, 393, 312.

It was mentioned that on Study.com AOS for ENG was possible with ENG 102, 103, 301, 305.


For my History degree, I need one non-western class HIS 301 OR 310 but neither are offered in January which is when my grant is available. I believe one is offered February but that isn’t going to help me at all.

I also need 9 UL HIS credits. HIS 310, 356 (6 credits) and 425 (6 credits).

As an alternative, I was told HIS UL for study.com is HIS 308, 306, 311.

I need a basic Math for both which I was hoping to get at Straighterline since I’m already there and if I have a disastrous final, it won’t kill me.

Basically, what I’m asking is, what can I do at the cheapest rate and at the (possibly) fastest route? And if I need to leave the English degree behind, I’ll do that. I only had the adviser add it because a lot of my classes lined up but I didn’t expect some of those classes to not be available when I needed them.

Doing this the way my adviser wants me to is going to cost me more than I ever expected so it really isn’t possible. I assume there are other programs out there that I can use and that we also don’t really need our adviser’s consent before we begin these programs. As an aside, before I knew we needed consent, I started a Straighterline course and it was allowed anyway so I’m not sure what to make of what’s going on. I’ve been looking into tests by examination for about a year and it still confuses me.

I’m primarily looking for programs that are like Straighterline and Study.com which I can take at my own pace and be tested at my computer.

And one final question: When I send in my transcripts from these other places, should I do that all at once? One class at a time? Does it even matter?

I want to thank anyone and everyone in advance for helping me. I’m completely lost and confused with this process and it isn’t easy to find up to date information. I was very optimistic before today but after my meeting, I’ve been very discouraged. Perhaps your contributions can also help someone else because I routinely search for answers and they’re very difficult to find.