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Comprehensive list of fastest/easiest general elective / liberal arts credits
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Hey, all,

A friend who is working on his bachelors (likely BALS at TESU) is looking to basically knock out as many fast/easy 3 credit classes/credits as possible. He'd like ones he can finish over 2-5 days each, if possible. So far, the ones I've suggested:

SDC Presentation Skills in the Workplace
SDC Information Literacy
CSMLearn

I've heard the following suggested, but have not taken them:
TEEX Death Investigations (he needs a total of 6 more, so one more course after this)
TEEX Crime Scene Investigations

I've heard UExcel World Populations is pretty easy (and UL)

I also suggested CLEP Analyziing & Interpreting Lit, which is good for 6 credits
And ACTFL Spanish and CLEP spanish
Is DSST "Here's To Your Health" still a pretty easy pass?



Is there a list somewhere of other quick-and-painless courses that don't require specialized knowledge (as in, no IT or other tech) ?  Or suggestions of courses/tests?

Thanks!
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For a BALS, Sophia all the way. EXCEPT for English Comp I & II, Public Speaking, and the database one. Everything else can be completed pretty quickly by a mature adult. TESU doesn't bring in any DSSTs as UL any longer so I wouldn't even bother with that hassle.

For TEEX, don't take Basic Criminal Investigation. That's only 100-level and 2 credits. Take Basic Property Technician for 3 credits and 200-level. https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/TEEX

Most Coopersmith courses can probably be studied and passed in a week or two for more UL credit. Check https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Sa...egree_Plan for Coopersmith suggestions.
In progress:
TESU - BA Computer Science; BSBA CIS; ASNSM Math & CS; ASBA

Completed:
Pierpont - AAS BOG
Sophia (so many), The Institutes (old), Study.com (5 courses)
ASU: Human Origins, Astronomy, Intro Health & Wellness, Western Civilization, Computer Appls & Info Technology, Intro Programming
Strayer: CIS175, CIS111, WRK100, MAT210
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TEEX has two very easy ones: Basic Property Technician and Fingerprint Comparison
Here's a link: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/TEEX
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There are still 3 UL DSST exams:
Principles of Public Speaking >> COM-309
Money and Banking >> ECO-322
Fundamentals of Cybersecurity >> CIS-344

All will come in under the BALS AoS, as well as others (for example, Money & Banking can be used in the BSBA GM or FIN, Cybersec can be used in the BSBA CIS)
TESU BSBA/HR 2018 - WVNCC BOG AAS 2017 - GGU Cert in Mgmt 2000
EXAMS: TECEP Tech Wrtg, Comp II, LA Math, PR, Computers  DSST Computers, Pers Fin  CLEP Mgmt, Mktg
COURSES: TESU Capstone  Study.com Pers Fin, Microecon, Stats  Ed4Credit Acct 2  PF Fin Mgmt  ALEKS Int & Coll Alg  Sophia Proj Mgmt The Institutes - Ins Ethics  Kaplan PLA
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#5
Your fastest ones are gonna be things like Study.com and TECEPs because you can do them at home and get results that day or the next day

Easiest is going to depend on your background knowledge.


https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...YOUR-input

We have a review thread here for people who have taken various courses and you can tell pretty quick which ones are easy if you read through it
Study.com - 177 CR. TESU - 39 CR. Middle Georgia State University - 15 CR. Sonoran Desert Institute - 42 CR. COSC - 6 CR. Excelsior - 6 CR. CLEP - 6 CR. Sophia - 14 CR. TEEX - 2 CR. Shmoop - 18 CR. NFA - 4 CR. The Institutes - 2 CR. FEMA - 20ish


BA in History/English from TESU. 
BA in Communications from TESU. AS in Firearms Technology from SDI.




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