Hi folks,

Just checking in and wanted to provide a reminder to new members about FREE classes through FEMA. These classes can be taken for free online in a short amount of time.

After you take the free class online, you simply fax a form to Frederick Community College with your credit card number and they give you college credit for taking the course.

Excelsior gives you credit in the applied professional area for these courses.

They are 1 credit each and are great for quick credit. I took 13 of these and some I finished in less than 1 hour each. And I got some really great looking Homeland Security Certificates to show for it.

That means you can get 1 college credit in 1 hour.

Here is the info:

1. Take the class online through FEMA (NO FEE)

Emergency Management Institute - FEMA Independent Study Program

2. Print out your FEMA Homeland Security Certificate and place in your "I love Me" file or just hang it on your wall

3. Print out the Frederick Community College Credit Request form and Pay for your college credit. ($60 per unit--cheap) (You don't have to pay for anything until you want to get college credit. You can take the classes from FEMA for free.)

Frederick Community College charges the fee for "transcribing" the class for college credit.

http://www.emergencymanagementstudy....edit%20app.pdf

4. Fax the form to the phone number on the form

5. Wait for Excelsior to add the credit to your transcript.


It is that easy. I strongly recommend at least taking 1 class this way. It is very fast and plus, it is some really good info to learn. At $60 per unit, it is not as cheap as a clep but much cheaper than most classes and much, much faster.

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ImustStudy
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A.S. Liberal Arts- Excelsior College

B.S. Criminal Justice- Excelsior College

M.A. Psychology, Organizational Leadership- University of the Rockies (Jan 2011)

CLEP and DANTES
English Comp (62)
College Spanish (76)
Astronomy (56)
Rise and Fall of Soviet Union (50)
Principles of Supervision (60)
Introduction to Law Enforcement (67)
Criminal Justice (59)
Intro to Business (63)
Intro to Sociology (60)

FEMA: 13 units
Penn Foster: Info Literacy, Criminology

Number of classes remaining:
0

If I understand what I have been told TESC students do not have to have the credits sent to another university first. There is NO charge and your FEMA transcript can be sent directly to TESC, I believe these credits are applied to the free electives catagory for most TESC degrees.

My question is for the courses that are not offered online, how long did it take you to read through all the info before taking the test?

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Linda
“If we are facing in the right direction, all we have to do is keep on walking.” Buddhist Proverb
EXAMS TAKEN
1/07 TECEP Psyc. of Women (Needed/acheived) 60/74
1/08 DSST Tech. Writing 46/64
4/07 TECEP Word Processing Fund 65/75
4/07 CLEP Info Syst & Comp App. 50/64
3/07 DSST History of the Vietnam War 44/66
11/07 DSST Intro to World Religions 48/65
5/08 CLEP Analyzing & Interp. Lit. 50/69
5/29/08 CLEP Intro to Psych. 50/65
6/12/08 CLEP Intro to Sociology 50/69
1/27/09 CLEP Social Science & History 50/66
05/09 3 FEMA
1/15/10 DSST Environment & Humanity 46/67
2/5/10 DSST Foundations Of Education 46/68
2/19/10 ALEKS Begining Algebra
3/6/10 CLEP Intro to Education Psychology 50/63

Planned Lifespan Devopmental DSST; Natural Science CLEP; Literacy Instruct in the Elementary School ECE; 2-3 FEMA credits;
+ 43 B&M CC credits and 9 TESC credits. AA Degree 9/08
Eventually a BA in Natural Science/Mathmatics:103 credits down 17 to go

Anybody know if B&M schools will accept FEMA? Transcribed of course.

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Nick94

Much Still to Do!


Online:
Principles of Macroeconomics: Grade A / 3 Units
Music Fundamentals: Grade A / 3 Units
Computer Literacy: Grade A / 3 Units

Taken:
English Composition w/ Essay CLEP 57/80
Analyzing and Interpreting Literature CLEP 65/80

Scheduled:
Principles of Management CLEP 7/23/09

In the Queue:
None Yet

"I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else." ~C. S. Lewis

You are correct. I registered at TESC and Excelsior and they both accept them.

TESC doesn't require them to be transcribed which is a great deal. FREEEEE

I didn't take any classes that were not online. I took all 13 of them online and it was great. I did request a course that was not online and I think I got the materials in 3 or 4 months by mail, so I just thre it away and didn't bother.

There must be over 20 courses online so there is really no need to wait around for paper ones unless you really want to.

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ImustStudy
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A.S. Liberal Arts- Excelsior College

B.S. Criminal Justice- Excelsior College

M.A. Psychology, Organizational Leadership- University of the Rockies (Jan 2011)

CLEP and DANTES
English Comp (62)
College Spanish (76)
Astronomy (56)
Rise and Fall of Soviet Union (50)
Principles of Supervision (60)
Introduction to Law Enforcement (67)
Criminal Justice (59)
Intro to Business (63)
Intro to Sociology (60)

FEMA: 13 units
Penn Foster: Info Literacy, Criminology

Number of classes remaining:
0

Yes, depending on the school. Our local community college and state university will take them. The type of credit you get depends on the school.

Ask

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ImustStudy
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A.S. Liberal Arts- Excelsior College

B.S. Criminal Justice- Excelsior College

M.A. Psychology, Organizational Leadership- University of the Rockies (Jan 2011)

CLEP and DANTES
English Comp (62)
College Spanish (76)
Astronomy (56)
Rise and Fall of Soviet Union (50)
Principles of Supervision (60)
Introduction to Law Enforcement (67)
Criminal Justice (59)
Intro to Business (63)
Intro to Sociology (60)

FEMA: 13 units
Penn Foster: Info Literacy, Criminology

Number of classes remaining:
0

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