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Hey y'all,
Thomas Edison requires me to PLA my core music degree requirements, for music theory and music history. Has anyone had any experience with this, where should I portfolio them? I have a pretty good idea for the theory, but for music history I am lost.
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Why are they requiring you to do PLA? I don't personally know the answer to your question but I would definitely be interested in knowing the answer. I am going for a BA in Music for TESC too!
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I'm positive I saw it somewhere on TESC site, but now I can't find it. I found this page where it says you can do PLA for these specific courses, but that may just be optional. Let me browse around and see if I can find the original page.
Thomas Edison State College/ Prior Learning Assessment Courses
US History I- 74
Western Civ I- 63
A&I Lit- 74
American Lit.- 77
English Lit. 74
Humanities 77
Information Systems and Computer applications 61
US History 2- 72
Social Sciences-67
Natural Sciences- 54
College Composition- 59
College Math- 67
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Micro 62
Western Civ 2 68
Management 62
Marketing 68
Intro Psych 68
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I think why I'm thinking that is that once you click on the courses, it shows study methods, and PLA shows up only. Or do those dates coming after have to do with TESC classes or just sign up for PLA?
US History I- 74
Western Civ I- 63
A&I Lit- 74
American Lit.- 77
English Lit. 74
Humanities 77
Information Systems and Computer applications 61
US History 2- 72
Social Sciences-67
Natural Sciences- 54
College Composition- 59
College Math- 67
Macro 56
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Western Civ 2 68
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Marketing 68
Intro Psych 68
Ed Psych 64
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Sociology 58
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kimberose Wrote:I think why I'm thinking that is that once you click on the courses, it shows study methods, and PLA shows up only. Or do those dates coming after have to do with TESC classes or just sign up for PLA?
This means that they ALLOW you to meet this course requirement through PLA (by paying full tuition of course lol, that doesn't mean it will be approved either, you could pay and prepare the portfolio and still have them deny the credit). Take the class elsewhere and transfer it back in for les cost and a fraction of the headache. PLA is very involved.
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How do I know if they'll accept someone else's course, does the college need to be accredited? How many colleges will let me take a course and not be enrolled?
How much exactly is the PLA for 3 credits?
US History I- 74
Western Civ I- 63
A&I Lit- 74
American Lit.- 77
English Lit. 74
Humanities 77
Information Systems and Computer applications 61
US History 2- 72
Social Sciences-67
Natural Sciences- 54
College Composition- 59
College Math- 67
Macro 56
Micro 62
Western Civ 2 68
Management 62
Marketing 68
Intro Psych 68
Ed Psych 64
Human Growth & Development 54
Sociology 58
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Most colleges will allow you to enroll as a nonmatriculated student to take as many classes as you need to. Often, this is done through the office of continuing ed, that way you don't have to apply for admission. Music history and theory are intro level courses that most community colleges offer.
Are instrument specific lit courses required? What about conducting and form and analysis? Do you send in videos of performance for credit? As a musician, I have always wondered how these online music degrees work. I spent 2 years in conservatory and can't imagine how it can be done online. What about ensembles?
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undecided Wrote:Most colleges will allow you to enroll as a nonmatriculated student to take as many classes as you need to. Often, this is done through the office of continuing ed, that way you don't have to apply for admission. Music history and theory are intro level courses that most community colleges offer.
Are instrument specific lit courses required? What about conducting and form and analysis? Do you send in videos of performance for credit? As a musician, I have always wondered how these online music degrees work. I spent 2 years in conservatory and can't imagine how it can be done online. What about ensembles?
It's not a performance degree.
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Ohhhhhh. Okay. It's like a music as humanities kind of degree. So you don't actually have to be able to play anything. That's actually kind of cool.
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I think you can incorporate music performance, it would be through "applied music" PLA. I thought about incorporating that, but again that's the hassle of PLA, and I'm not sure what they would count as credit. I know some people take lessons from a college level professor and then have a recital. Maybe they send in a video of the recital, I have no idea.
So, I have another question. Does TESC offer those courses I sent the link to through TESC, or do I have to PLA or do them through another college? Is there a reason why I would want to do them through another college?
US History I- 74
Western Civ I- 63
A&I Lit- 74
American Lit.- 77
English Lit. 74
Humanities 77
Information Systems and Computer applications 61
US History 2- 72
Social Sciences-67
Natural Sciences- 54
College Composition- 59
College Math- 67
Macro 56
Micro 62
Western Civ 2 68
Management 62
Marketing 68
Intro Psych 68
Ed Psych 64
Human Growth & Development 54
Sociology 58
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