Has anyone made or found some kind of timeline that has the rulers, their ruling time, and what happened in their time for the Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union? I'm having a little trouble keeping everything organized

Currently I am fulfilling as many requirements as possible with CLEPs, DSSTs and ECEs because they are quick and reasonably priced.

After that my original plan was to take the Operations Management (OPM 301-TE) and Business Policy (BUS 421-TE) TECEPs as my last two tests for my BGB in the spring. I enrolled at Excelsior college on 8/28/07 so I am allowed to do so. This is obviously the path that most of us in this forum are taking.

What I realized the other day is: I work at a really great company. I have been there for 3 years and I plan to stay there a while longer. I am performing well and I have no worries about my job security. They offer a Tuition Refund program that will refund me 100% for classes and books related to courses taken from accredited institutions if I get a 'C' or better.

So now I am thinking about taking the BUS 425 and BUS 495 and INL 102 as actual courses. If I go that route and pass I will save around $1,500. What I want to know is:

1) has anyone actually taken any of those courses? if so, what was your experience?
2) was there a lot of written work involved?
3) did the classes help you to learn the material and add value to your degree-getting experience or were they annoying speed bumps?
4) if you had it to do over, would you still take the 4-month classes or would you take the tests instead (which most people seem to report passing with about 1 month each of study time)?

For anyone who took the TECEPs, was your studying good enough or do you wish you could have taken the classes? Was the scheduling and test-taking experience good or a major hassle?

I would greatly appreciate any suggestions that might help me to make this decision.

Chris
84 credits

Any tips do I need to supplement instantcert questions with a textbook? Anything to foscus on?

Hey everyone. I was just wondering what is the format of the TESC degree. I plan on going for the Psy degree. I noticed that TESC states Psy as an "Area of study". Does that mean that there BA's say Bachelor of Arts instead of Bachelor of Art in Psychology. Like the Excelsior Liberal Arts major. Just wondering.

I recieved an engineering degree 20 years ago from a university. I'd like to start working on a business degree now, maybe in accounting. Will a college like Excelsior let me use credits from my first degree to cover general education requirements or not? Does it matter that the credits have already been used to grant a Bachelor's degree? thanks,
Anne

Where are you getting your books for LSU, EC, Penn Foster and other traditional/online classes? I just purchased from half.com but felt that there could be a less expensive source.

Im leaving instentcert at the end of this month. For those who have read my psycology post i didnt pass my last test. And so my mom and i thought it might be a good idea to take a year off and get my prioritys straight. thank you all for your help over the last few months.

I passed the Dantes Health exam with a 64 using only this site for study material. It really is as easy as others have said.

I passed the Clep A&I Literature with a 70 yesterday for another 6 credits with only Peterson's for study material.

These forums were so helpful and encouraging. Thanks everyone!

I am working toward a degree in Business (Finance and Accounting) at TESC, and I have used CLEP and DANTES for the core requirements. All I have left are the areas of study and the business electives.

I understand that TESC has all the courses I would need to take to qualify for the accounting degree, but I wanted to also take a second major in finance. TESC doesn't have the courses I would need for finance, and I would have to study them elsewhere.

Does anyone know a college where I could take the finance courses via distance learning? Also, can anyone tell me what courses might double for both requirements? Thomas Edison says that 9 of the credits could go cover both areas of study.

Thanks for your help~

Christa

Ok.....
I'm in the middle of arguing with Excelsior about refunding my tuition for their Business Statistics course ($900)since the professor (a PhD) has only shown up online once or twice in the first 10 days of the course and failed to show up for the first chat that he scheduled!, and has not answered one of my posted questions. I've dropped the class and am now facing the need to pass the DSST exam having taken College Algebra "just" about 24 years ago! I have 3 classes left counting this one to complete my BS in Gen Business. I've returned to IC to help. From what I am seeing, IC, the Annenburg series, an the "Idiots Guide to Stats" seems to be the right road. I also have the Standard Deviates Stats videos (which I have always liked). I have more calculators on hand then I care to mention, although I'm not all that confident in my ability to use any of them other than for adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing (maybe a square root or two for good measure) yet still hoping that one of them will get this math-phobic through this one last math experience. So... one more time...any words of wisdom??? This cannot stop me from completing my degree!! Any help is greatly appreciated!