Please critique my wife's Degree plan

[CLEP101]

Hi all,
Just wanted to have the forum critique my wife's degree plan that I came up with for a BA in Social Sciences through TESC. The ones in red are to be planned, everything else is done. Any and all suggestions are welcome

BA in Social Sciences
Required courses
I. General Education Requirements 60

A. English Composition 6
English Composition-1301 C 3
English Composition-1302 pending 3

B. Humanities 12
Must include at least two subject areas
Art Appreciation 1301 C 3
Elementary Spanish I CR 3 CLEP
Elementary Spanish II CR 3 CLEP
Interpersonal Comm A 3

C. Social Sciences 12
Must include at least two subject areas
American Government 2301 B 3
American Government 2302 B 3
American History I C 3
General Psychology C 3

D. Natural Sciences and Mathematics 12
College Math A 3
DSST- Intro to Computing 3
Biology A 3
College Algebra CR 3

Must include at least two subject areas
E. General Education Electives 18
Spanish Native Speaking I B 3
Spanish Native Speaking II B 3
Intermediate Spanish I CR 3 CLEP
Intermediate Spanish II CR 3 CLEP
[COLOR="red"]LIT - 291 Analyzing and Interpreting Literature CLEP 3
LIT - 292 Analyzing and Interpreting Literature CLEP 3[/COLOR]

II. Area of Study: Social Sciences 33
HIS -356 War and American Society A 6
[COLOR="red"]HIS - 351 History of Vietnam War DSST 3
HIS - 309 Intro to Modern Middle East DSST 3
HIS - 222 Western Europe Since 1945 DSST 3
PSY- 211 Lifespan Developmental Psychology DSST 3
PSY- 361 Organizational Behavior DSST 3
PSY- 230 Intro to Educational Psychology CLEP 3
SOS- 305 Substance Abuse DSST 3
SOS- 101 Social Sciences and History CLEP 3
SOS- 102 Social Sciences and History CLEP 3[/COLOR]

III. Free Electives 27
EDU-101 Introduction to Education C 3
[COLOR="red"]SOC-101 Introduction to Sociology CLEP 3
LIT - 208 English Literature CLEP 3
LIT - 209 English Literature CLEP 3[/COLOR]
FEMA
FEMA
FEMA 15
FEMA
FEMA

Total 120

[bricabrac]

Hi clep101,

Her plan looks great. Few thoughts:

She could use up to 25 FEMAs under free electives. If she wants to take sociology, great, but I would replace LIT 208/209 with FEMAs, unless she needs them later. Also, depending on the level of difficulty of modern middle east in your opinion, I might swap it for foundations of counseling PSY331.

[cookderosa]

Hi clep101,

Her plan looks great. Few thoughts:

She could use up to 25 FEMAs under free electives. If she wants to take sociology, great, but I would replace LIT 208/209 with FEMAs, unless she needs them later. Also, depending on the level of difficulty of modern middle east in your opinion, I might swap it for foundations of counseling PSY331.

I second those suggestions. I also have another thought for a "possible" easier 6 credits. Since she took elementary Spanish 1 & 2, how likely is it that she could get a high score on the CLEP Spanish exam? Even though the lower 6 credits would duplicate, the upper 6 wouldn't. So, unless she scored 62 (I think that's the cut #) she'd be even- but if she made it over, it's a sweet 6.

I really (really!) don't like history, so I used many of the TESC's social science/sociology/psychology courses for my upper levels in this degree. If she needs any alternative suggestions for courses, there are a lot of other options.

Exciting! I'm sure she's thrilled to be so close!!

[blu2blu]

Is my math off or do I only count fifteen UL credits in the concentration area? If she needs three more don't be afraid of Rise and Fall. I found it to be no harder than the Vietnam test and the passing score is low at 45. Running through the IC cards once and reviewing the study guide posted by Jwill in the exam thread scored me a 65. I invested four hours of study.

Good luck!

[CLEP101]

Is my math off or do I only count fifteen UL credits in the concentration area? If she needs three more don't be afraid of Rise and Fall. I found it to be no harder than the Vietnam test and the passing score is low at 45. Running through the IC cards once and reviewing the study guide posted by Jwill in the exam thread scored me a 65. I invested four hours of study.

Good luck!

You probably see 15 UL credits because you counted the TESC course War and American Society as 3 UL, when it is 6 UL credits.

[cookderosa]

I second those suggestions. I also have another thought for a "possible" easier 6 credits. Since she took elementary Spanish 1 & 2, how likely is it that she could get a high score on the CLEP Spanish exam? Even though the lower 6 credits would duplicate, the upper 6 wouldn't. So, unless she scored 62 (I think that's the cut #) she'd be even- but if she made it over, it's a sweet 6.

I really (really!) don't like history, so I used many of the TESC's social science/sociology/psychology courses for my upper levels in this degree. If she needs any alternative suggestions for courses, there are a lot of other options.

Exciting! I'm sure she's thrilled to be so close!!

EDIT: She already has 12 through her ROCKIN exam score, my bad

[adrienneviolet]

Hey dude,
What is TESC?
Adrienne

[CLEP101]

Hey dude,
What is TESC?
Adrienne

Here you go: Thomas Edison State College