I am working towards a BA in English with Secondary Education as my primary goal. The CLEP seems a great way to get some of those core courses out of the way but it got me thinking.

1. Will I be able to follow another psych class (for example) if I CLEP'd out of Intro to Psych? My next class or clep would be Educational Psychology.

2. Does anyone think they may would have been better off in the long run if they shelled out the money to take the class? I am concerned I might be missing some key elements especially where psyche and education classes are concerned.

Maybe I am just looking to hard into it. Anyway, I am curious what you all think.

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4.18 - English Comp with Essay - 49/50 (Ugh.)
4.21 - Analyzing and Interpreting Literature - 54/50
7.18 - Intro to Psychology - 60/50

I took Sociology, Ed Psych, and Human Growth & Dev. They all piggyback eachother. I was also advised to take Abnormal Psych, Adulthood and Ageing, and Gerontology which also is an extension of the other courses. I don't think you are missing out, as a matter of fact you may be getting more because you have to take in a lot of material that might not be covered in depth in the classroom. I think clepping is much harder than going to class. You can only count on yourself for direction, and of course the wonderful people on this board. Good luck!

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TESC BA Social Sciences
25 Fema Credits -done
Cleps taken:
Human Growth & Dev - passed
Intro to Ed Psych - passed
Sociology - passed
Analyz & Int Lit-passed
English w/essay-passed
Princ of Acct-passed
Organizational Behavior-passed
Intro to Computing-passed
Ethics in America DSST-passed
Intro to World Religions-passed
Technical Writing-passed
Anthropology-passed
Social Science & History-passed
Humanities-passed
Substance Abuse-passed

If you are concerned that you will not know the concepts that depends on how you study. A number of us on the board take the slow and steady approach. KNOW the instantcert material. What you are studying here are the key, I'd almost say generic, points from each course. If you study and know the information you should be able to pick up the next level class with no problem. I've taken classes every way invented so far from many different professors in brick and motar schools to online to correspondence. I can honestly say that for me I've retained more and know the core concepts better through using a combination of instantcert/practice tests/online searching to fill in the gaps.

If you just study the material quickly to pass a test your retention may not be as deep. That said cramming has been a way of life on the college campus long before Al Gore invented the internet...

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Dale H.
half way...
Enrolled - BS-BGB Excelsior
Completed - 65 credits
Togo - 4 CLEP, 6 DSST, 2 ECE, 1 EC Course, 1 TECEP

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Brian R. Fey Sr. +
M.S. - Psychology
B.S. - Criminal Justice
A.S. - Administrative Management

Thank you for the replies. I am going to create the balanced approach, cramming with plenty of online research.

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4.18 - English Comp with Essay - 49/50 (Ugh.)
4.21 - Analyzing and Interpreting Literature - 54/50
7.18 - Intro to Psychology - 60/50

If you have a genuine interest in the subject testing out will be easy and you will gain as much/more knowledge of the subject as if you sat for the class.

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Excelsior College B.S. Liberal Studies

119 Credits 2.75 GPA

46 Credits transfered in from B & M School (5 D's, gotta love Excelsior)

18 Credits from CLEP
48 Credits From DSST/Dantes

7 Credits from Excelsior College (Information Literacy, World Population & Ethics Theory and Practice)

Remaining Exams/Courses

ECE Org. Behavior

and one of the following ECE exams (what would u recommend?):

Research Methods in Psychology
Foundations of Gerontology
History of Nazi Germany
American Dream
Pathophysiology
Psychology of Adulthood & Aging
World Conflicts Since 1990
Abnormal Psychology
Social Psychology
Organizational Behavior
Religions of the World
Juvenile Delinquency
Bioethics

I really believe that I learned more during my 4 months of testing out of classes than I did during ANY 4-month semester of school! You will not miss out on any important topics if you study IC really well and read up on the subject.

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CLEP Principles of Management, Introductory Sociology, Introductory Psychology, ECE Human Resource management, ECE Organizational Behavior, Intro to Business, Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union, Criminal Justice, Principles of Supervision, Money and Banking, Business Law II

B.S. Individualized Studies, COSC

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