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Easiest way to get electives??
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I'm gearing up to take the French CLEP in 2 weeks. It's been pretty tough so far, so if I should fail the exam, what are the easiest ways to test out of 9 credits of electives for TESU BSBA CIS? 
I was thinking American Lit CLEP, History of the Vietnam War (SDC, heard this one was super easy), but I'm not sure what the other one would be. Any thoughts? I've already completed a lot of the CLEPs, so it would have to be from some other provider. 

Thanks!!
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(05-29-2019, 05:30 PM)studyandpass5 Wrote: I'm gearing up to take the French CLEP in 2 weeks. It's been pretty tough so far, so if I should fail the exam, what are the easiest ways to test out of 9 credits of electives for TESU BSBA CIS? 
I was thinking American Lit CLEP, History of the Vietnam War (SDC, heard this one was super easy), but I'm not sure what the other one would be. Any thoughts? I've already completed a lot of the CLEPs, so it would have to be from some other provider. 

Thanks!!


Did you do the free sophia courses. It's only two credits but it's so easy. Also I heard the TEEX ones (not the free ones, but the $45 and $75 ones) are really easy too.


And if we are talking test outs I found the Human Resources DSST pretty easy and since you already are going for a business degree, I imagine the intro to business DSST would be pretty easy as well.
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Just in case you're not familiar with the free (and almost free) credit list here, I thought I'd drop the link: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Fr..._of_Credit

This is assuming you're going to one of the Big 3 (you're going to TESU, if I'm not mistaken?), but if you're going elsewhere then they might not accept these. Edit: just saw you specifically said TESU, my bad.
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(05-29-2019, 07:49 PM)jsd Wrote: Just in case you're not familiar with the free (and almost free) credit list here, I thought I'd drop the link: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Fr..._of_Credit

This is assuming you're going to one of the Big 3 (you're going to TESU, if I'm not mistaken?), but if you're going elsewhere then they might not accept these. Edit: just saw you specifically said TESU, my bad.

Are the free TEEX courses still accepted by TESU? I was thinking for some reason that TESU stopped taking these or they were no longer ACE approved.

These are DHS/FEMA funded and therefore free for the general public to take.

  • Cyber 101 - Cybersecurity for Everyone (4 credits)

  • Cyber 201 - Cybersecurity for IT Professionals (3 credits)

  • Cyber 301 - Cybersecurity for Business Professionals (3 credits)
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They were just recently renewed for ACE approval within the past couple weeks, and now evaluated for more credit. There's a recent thread about it somewhere around here.

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You didn't say whether it was GE Electives, or Free Electives. Many of the free stuff won't work in GE, so make sure you're taking the right courses before you do them (like the DSST's mentioned won't count as GE, many of the TEEX courses won't either, one of the Sophia courses won't, etc.).

I would pick and area of interest and do that. Like, if you're going to be doing the LL Vietnam War course on Study.com, you might want to take the UL one as well (although it would mean writing a paper I think). But it's VERY short, and some will overlap with the LL course. If you like history, choose another history.

If you haven't taken COM 120: Presentation Skills in the Work Place, that's short. MAT 102: College Mathematics would be easy if you've already taken College Algebra, and you can take a placement test to help shorten it. HIS 106: The Civil War & Reconstruction is fairly short. BUS 109: Intro to Computing is short. REL 101: Intro to World Religions is fairly short & has a placement test.
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Good catch, I wasn't thinking GE.
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(05-29-2019, 09:57 PM)dfrecore Wrote: You didn't say whether it was GE Electives, or Free Electives.  Many of the free stuff won't work in GE, so make sure you're taking the right courses before you do them (like the DSST's mentioned won't count as GE, many of the TEEX courses won't either, one of the Sophia courses won't, etc.).

I would pick and area of interest and do that.  Like, if you're going to be doing the LL Vietnam War course on Study.com, you might want to take the UL one as well (although it would mean writing a paper I think).  But it's VERY short, and some will overlap with the LL course.  If you like history, choose another history.

If you haven't taken COM 120: Presentation Skills in the Work Place, that's short.  MAT 102: College Mathematics would be easy if you've already taken College Algebra, and you can take a placement test to help shorten it.  HIS 106: The Civil War & Reconstruction is fairly short.  BUS 109: Intro to Computing is short.  REL 101: Intro to World Religions is fairly short & has a placement test.

I believe I need 3 credits in GE electives and 6 credits in free electives. Thanks for mentioning this; I wasn't aware that it would make a difference.
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(05-29-2019, 09:29 PM)jsd Wrote: They were just recently renewed for ACE approval within the past couple weeks, and now evaluated for more credit. There's a recent thread about it somewhere around here.

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Can someone explain the free TEEX courses? Upon looking at ACE, it says the following (Cybersecurity for Everyone): 4 semester hours in cybersecurity. Students must complete TEEX-0277, TEEX-0278, and TEEX-0279 to receive credit for this course. (12/18).
The other courses listed are Cyber Law and White Collar Crime, Cyber Ethics, and Information Security for Everyone. Are these the 3 divisions within the Cybersecurity for Everyone course?
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It depends how you want the credit, if you don't really care and just need the free electives, I would do the courses and get the credit for Cyber 101, 201, 301 and get a total of 10 credits. If you need specific credits, such as the 1 UL, then you can get ACE credit by completing sections of each course and getting credit for them - see here: https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...light=TEEX
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