If you are an enrolled student at TESC (applicants don't count) AND you teach credit courses at a Regionally Accredited college/university, you can get credit for the courses you teach. This might be duplicate credit depending on your background, but in my case I earned 28 free elective credits FOR FREE. They didn't charge me a dime. Just FYI they came in as transfer credit, not non course credit (like CLEPs)

Just to be clear:

The courses you teach HAVE to be for college credit.
The college HAS to be RA, not NA.
The courses CAN'T duplicate credit you have already earned. (this is open to interpretation in applied technology/career depts, probably worth a try if your not sure, arts and science transfer credits have less wiggle room)

What you have to do:
Call your adviser and tell them you need a "Credit For Courses Taught" application- it is not on the web site, they will snail mail it to you.

You need to document your courses using a photo copy of the official catalog course description FROM THE YEAR you taught/teach each class. The registration center where you work will be able to pull this info for you.

You will need to fill in some other misc, like dates and credits. (your HR department has this) Your department chair will need to send a letter and your entire packet into TESC. They will review it (yawn...mine took 3 months) and decide.

I know this option won't apply to everyone- but the reason it applied to me is because my culinary degree was from a NA college when I graduated and landed my teaching job. When I applied to TESC, they wouldn't take my transcript from my NA degree (even though the college is now RA), but since I was teaching many of those courses, they would allow me to get credit for teaching them. Apparently, if you TEACH a course for 12 years, they figure you probably have the knowledge of a student completing your course. (gosh thanks) Anyway, I know I have read about a few people who teach, so just tossing it out there.
Remember- it's free!

P.S. They will assign an alpha/numeric to the course, it probably won't appear on your transcript exactly as you teach it. ex. My CU208 Food Cost Accounting actually came in to TESC as ACC199 (note it was taken down from 200 level to a 100 level and changed to an accounting course, yet my 3 credit CUL125 Culinary Math course was turned into a 3 credit HOE which is an elective, not math.)

Hope someone can use this info!!

I am now preparing once again to take the English COMP with essay exam. I failed it 6 months ago "48". My down fall is that I am a slow reader. I ran out of time for the Multiple Choice questions. Hoping that some one can give some good advice on this one. I really need to pass it this time...Only 2 classes left.
I think that I am having trouble seeing the errors right away in the questions. I keep reading the question over and over before I answer it. I hope someone can help me with this
DERF:confused:

Just to let everyone know that I passed Social Science and history "65". I was really worried about this one because of the broad content base. However, the test is very straight forward. No need to get into great detail. I know that many of the students will do the US history and Western Civilization exams prior to this one. There is no need to. It is a 6 credit course. I studied for 2 weeks using learner.org, Cracking the Clep book and Petersons. I also skimmed through the IC material. All of these things combined was enough to pass. GOOD LUCK!!
DERFhilarious

Has anyone taken this exam? If so, was it difficult?

I just spoke to Mary Beth of Penn Foster College to register for Technical Math1. She said this course was a two credit unit, and I have seen someone mentioned that on the Forum.
So I decided to call Excelsior School of Business just to make sure they will give me three credits units (Pass/Fail) if I did this course from Penn Foster
They say if it Practical Algebra Technical Math 1 they will.

My question is for those of you that have taken this course before. Is Penn Foster Technical Math 1 same as the Practical Algebra Technical Math 1 (IC-0134) to satisfy the Math requirement for the Business Degree from EC, and can the Two credit units from Penn foster be translated into three credit unit with EC?
Thank you all

Mapalo

Hi,

I only have two classes left to graduate. One is math and another is part of my major. I donot want to take the class and it would be hard to do so, because of the availabilty next term. Any suggestions?

Thanks!

Just a quick note: If you are in a Business degree program at Excelsior, don't bother doing more than 15 FEMA exams. They can only go toward the "Additional Credit Component" a.k.a. "Free Electives" a.k.a. "Applied Professional".

This 15 credit max. category is where all the additional overflow credits will go if you meet the requirements in all the other categories.

Let's say you only end up needing 3 Applied Professional credits, ask yourself if you want to pay TESC $400 for 3 credits Thomas Edison State College - Prospective Students - Undergraduate Programs - Tuition and Fees ? $180 for 3 credits at Fredrick Community College ($60/semester hr.) http://www.frederick.edu/download/progra...cation.pdf ? or maybe $30 a credit hour ($90) at Clackamas Community College CCC Criminal Justice Department - Emergency Management ?
... but wait... Clackamas gives quarter/hour credit, not semester/hour credit. So, who really knows how much 3 semester hours will cost?:confused: Is it a 2:1 ratio? Beats me. If it is, that's $180 for 3 semester hours.

I know 3 CLEP or DSST credits are about $90.

What I'm saying is that there may only be a certain range of credits you may need in order to make TESC the best choice for credit banking. Weigh it out once you know how many Applied Professional credits you are lacking and how much you will spend to get those remaining credits.

It is a judgment call between time, money, and effort involved.

It might be wise to analyze your degree plan in depth before building a stack of FEMA certificates. (like SOMEONE I know... who will remain nameless... [SIZE="1"]auminer49r[/SIZE]) :o

Hi All,
I decided to go ahead and try the Macro CLEP today, even though I don't feel real confident. I figure I MAY pass it, and if I fail and have to re-take in 6 months, it's still cheaper and easier than taking the semester-long class.

I got back my ACT scores yesterday. (Missouri State requires incoming students to take the ACT to determine placement.) I was worried about math, but I actually scored high enough that they are saying I'm ready to enroll in Trig. It's not required for my degree, (Early Childhood Educ.) so I doubt very seriously if I will tax my brain with it!

My classes start Aug. 20, and I'm planning 2 more CLEPs before then -- Amer. Gov. in 2 weeks, and then Sociology 2 weeks after that. Will have 18 credits by exam this summer if I pass these last 3 tests.

My hubby calls me a CLEP-tomaniac! I'm so thankful for IC -- I don't think I ever could do this without this great resource and all of you here on the forum who have offered advice and support.

Becky

Hey everyone.
I'm in an accelerated learning course this week to complete the PMP exam.
This is a professional course, and they use all these 'in style' mumbo jumbo to help us learn info asap e.g. memory mapping, yoga, alternate nostril breathing!

Anyway a neat technique they taught us is how to grade yourself on practice exams or during an actual exam to know your result before you push that test complete button.

Formula is this:
.85x+.50y+.25z/total questions

You put the actual number of each question in a corresponding column based on your confidence in the answer e.g. if you think you got it right, put question 1 in the .85 column, if you guessed put question 2 in the .50 column, and if you had no idea put question 3 in the .25 column and so on.

This might only be news to me, but it works pretty well, and I find it especially effective for practice exams, and helps me to go back and look at the questions I wasn't confident about.

But the final calculation really let's you know where you are, so you aren't in the dark at the end of your exam!

If I need to illustrate better, just let me know

I just joined and paid for the first month, how do I log in to begin studing.