Summary:
Where Can I take or test out of History of Psych and/or Physiological Psych?


Long version:
Hi, I missed the GRE in psych during April, my chance to get up to 30 credits spread across the discipline, so it looks as if I'll have to test out of each of the required courses individually this summer.

Excelsior's Core requirements lists a History or Foundations of Psych class.
Excelsior's secondary requirement lists a required Physiological Psych class.

I noticed that Excelsior didn't have the ECE exam for either of these 2, and they didn't even offer the classes either.

Although TECEP/COSC had some of the other required exams that ECE lacked, History and Physiological Psych are 2 exams/courses I can't seem to find.

I called Excelsior and the person said I would have to enroll first before the academic advisor would tell me what 3rd party schools would fulfill this requirement. I haven't enrolled just yet pending this lack of information.

any help from you guys?

TESC is the better option?

For taking each exam individually (instead of in a GRE) I think TESC is more flexible in my situation? Has anyone done this program?


Heres the breakdown
Subject Category Credits
I. General Education Requirements 60
A. English Composition 6
B. Humanities 12
Must include at least two subject areas
C. Social Sciences 12
Must include at least two subject areas
D. Natural Science and Mathematics 12
One college-level mathematics course required (3)
One computer science course recommended (3)
Other Natural Sciences/Mathematics (6)
Must include at least two subject areas
E. General Education Electives 18

II. Area of Study: Psychology 33
A. Required Courses 9
Introduction to Psychology (3)
Statistics (3)
Experimental Psychology (3)

B. Psychology Electives* 24
Abnormal Psychology
Adolescent Psychology
Child Psychology
Cognitive Psychology
Developmental Psychology
Educational Psychology
Forensic Psychology Relations
Group Dynamics
Humanistic Psychology
Organizational Behavior
Personality
Physiological Psychology
Psychology of Addiction
Psychology of Adulthood
Psychology of Aging
Psychology of Death & Dying
Psychology of Learning
Psychology of Love & Interpersonal
Psychology of Minority Experience
Sensation & Perception
Social Psychology
Tests and Measurements

III. Free Electives 27
Total 120

Hi, urbancowboy...

Check out my post on Resources for Psych Majors. I list places where you can take the courses not offered by Excelsior.

Good luck!

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Alix

Excelsior College, pursuing a B.S. in Psychology
Initial Transfer: 38.67 community college credits

Exams taken (39 credits):
May 2008: A&I Literature-78, General Anthropology-70 (A), Info Sys & Comp. Apps-73, American Government-60, Technical Writing-67 (A), Principles of Supervision-65 (A), Fundamentals of Counseling-68 (A), Drug & Alcohol Abuse-66 (A), Principles of Marketing-73
June 2008: Biology-73, MIS-58 (A)

Comm. college courses taken since enrolling (4 credits): Info Lit, Drawing & 2D design

Next up:
ECE Cultural Diversity
ECE Ethics
More in-person art classes

I forgot to mention...it appears that Excelsior is adding a Physiological Psychology course, as it is now listed in the official evaluation for psych majors, with an EC course number. However, I don't think it has scheduled dates just yet.

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Alix

Excelsior College, pursuing a B.S. in Psychology
Initial Transfer: 38.67 community college credits

Exams taken (39 credits):
May 2008: A&I Literature-78, General Anthropology-70 (A), Info Sys & Comp. Apps-73, American Government-60, Technical Writing-67 (A), Principles of Supervision-65 (A), Fundamentals of Counseling-68 (A), Drug & Alcohol Abuse-66 (A), Principles of Marketing-73
June 2008: Biology-73, MIS-58 (A)

Comm. college courses taken since enrolling (4 credits): Info Lit, Drawing & 2D design

Next up:
ECE Cultural Diversity
ECE Ethics
More in-person art classes

I know Colorado Independent Study offers the Biological & History of Psychology courses. They run about $400 a piece and are self paced courses.

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Excelsior College
BS Liberal Arts - Sociology & Business

LOOKING FOR A JOB SO I CAN FINISH MY DEGREE...

73 units completed
47 units needed

CLEP Sociology - 6/7/07 - 51
CLEP Marketing - 10/15/07 - 51
CLEP Management - 10/17/07 - 52
DANTES Human Resource Management - 11/15/07 - 47
DANTES Technical Writing - 5/21/08 - 49
DANTES Foundations of Education - 5/27/08 - 51
DANTES Intro to Business - 7/24 - 52
EC Foundations of Gerontology - 6/18 - C

Expected finishing date of May 2009, (gotta get money for the test taking) then off to Kettering University for my Master's in Information Technology!