Well I'm personally glad for Fema credits. This will save me a lot of time and money and since the private college that I was going to attend accepts them, I feel ok using them as electives.

That's what I don't get. How can EC say they'll accept the credits from FCC but not TESC? That's what seems strange to me. Regionally accredited is regionally accredited, so it shouldn't matter which school it comes from.

I understand that each school is free to make it's own policy, but I'm not just not understanding why EC has this specific rule.

Oh well, I go to TESC so it really doesn't bother me that much

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Jesse
BA in Liberal Studies, Thomas Edison State College, 2008

Well--here's the deal as I understand it. If you are not a student of TESC, you can still use their credit banking service to consolidate your credits. Using that service does not make you a student--and it does not convert the credits to TESC credits. It simply records them. In other words, I believe I could have my Musician's Institute transcript sent to the TESC credit bank and they would record my classes in my credit bank. That doesn't mean they would accept them if I were to become a student--nor does it validate them for other colleges. Therefore, there's no real distinction between the credits remaining "raw" or appearing in a TESC credit bank transcript. They are simply raw credits recorded in the TESC credit bank.

Now, although I'm writing this like I know what I'm talking about, it's really just my best guess based on the anectdotal evidence I've found on the forum.

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Michael

CLEP - ISCA 68, Sociology 72, Psych 73, A&I Lit 61, HG&D 65, Ed Psych 70, Marketing 72, Management 69, Macroeconomics 63, Microeconomics 67
DSST - Intro to Comp 66, MIS 61, Supervision 67, Counseling 58 - no study!, Personal Finance 67, Statistics 60, Criminal Justice 57, Ethics 58, Finance 63 (All A's at EC)
COC - 2007 (Community College) - Acctg I&II 10c, Work/Study 4c, Intro to Research (Info Lit req) 1c, Society and Rock & Roll 3c, Fund of Music 3c, Guitar I & II 4c, Bass Guitar I 2c
ECE - Ethics (A), HRM (B), Organizational Behavior (B) | CSU - Operations Mgmt. (A) | TECEP - Business Policy 80 (CR)

My Excelsior Degree Journey

Bachelor of Science in General Business, cum laude
Excelsior College
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Actually the banking service at TESC did turn the FEMA courses into TESC courses/credits. A specific TESC course number was assigned to each FEMA credit. When my TESC transcript was sent to Excelsior, Excelsior recorded the TESC course number, not the FEMA course number. The FEMA course numbers were not even listed on my TESC transcript. Just the TESC course numbers.


***For those new to the forum, Excelsior stopped accepting (and no longer accepts) FEMA courses transcribed from TESC. Excelsior's policy changed late last year***

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Excelsior College
102 credits complete
20 UL Credits to go (7 tests)
BS Liberal Studies
Area of Focus:Computer Information Science

Next test:
Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union (August 6th)

You could take 25 DSST tests or 27 CLEP tests for the price of 1 UoP class.

my question is. what does it mean when it says for example. is666 is 1 college credit and .75 CEU do i get the collage credit or the ceu. i am confused.

You get the one credit per course.

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Jesse
BA in Liberal Studies, Thomas Edison State College, 2008

Do the FEMA courses count as General Education electives at TESC? very low cost option.

Low cost = No

Zero cost = YES

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Excelsior BS - General Business - 2008
Enrolled at Jacksonville State University - MBA - complete in 2010 (60% complete)

121 credits...ALL DONE BABY!!!

54 credits transfered in from prior college
54 credits by examination
6 credits from community college
3 credits from CSU-Pueblo (Operations Management)
4 credits for Information Literacy and Business Strategy from Excelsior

CLEP:
Principles of Macroeconomics (64)
Principles of Microeconomics (61)
Principles of Marketing (66)
Principles of Management (72)
Info Systems and Comp Applications (57)
Introductory Business Law (65)
Social Sciences & History (61)
DSST:
Principles of Supervision (58)
Principles of Statistics (67)
Introduction to Computing (60)
Principles of Financial Accounting (56)
Principles of Finance (55)
Money and Banking (52)
Ethics in America (66)
Management Information Systems (58)
ECE:
Ethics: Theory and Practice (B)
Organizational Behavior (C)

GMAT: 600

At TESC FEMA courses will only fit into your free electives unless you are in the Emergency Management or Fire Safety programs.

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Pattie
CLEP:
English Comp 101 & 102 - Analysis & Interpretation of Literature 130 & 131 - Intro to Marketing
TECEP:
Marketing Comm - PR Thought & Practice - Intro to News Reporting - Sales Management - Operations Management - Marketing Research - Business in Society
DSST:
Intro to Computers
FEMA:
12 FREE Credits!

Associate of Science in Management, TESC - 9/17/04
Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, TESC - 6/6/08

Does anyone here know how Excelsior classifies FEMA credits ( that come on an FCC transcript)? Are they Applied professional credits ? or another type of credit ?

Thanks,

Peace123