TESC Question ???

[rebel100]

Hi guys,

I'm trying to plot a TESC degree course for my SIL, She has abot 74LL credits including the following:

Gen Ed.....complete (I think)
Social Science 12 credits
Humanities 12 credits
Gen Ed Electives 18 credits

She also has 24 credits in Paralegal studies, titles like "torts, family law, contracts, civil law, criminal law" all have a 1000 or 2000 designation.

I think the BALS would be her best bet but I don't know the ins and outs of TESC. The LS concentration calls for 33 hours and seems to indicate that it can be broken down among 3 areas. Would Legal Studies be a possible area? If so could the other areas contain all the required UL courses or would she need UL in Legal Studies? What about a Business area?

Anyone have a handy link to clep/dsst at TESC? For example is the Criminal Justice DSST UL? COSC has a list but I can't find one for TESC.

Any other ideas are welcome....idea is cheaply and quickly as possible.

Thanks,
Reb

[Jonathan Whatley]

Legal Studies or Paralegal Studies could be a Learner Designed Area of Study at TESC.

Or, look at Charter Oak, the only one of the Big Three with a relevant concentration established, in Paralegal Studies. They developed it in conjunction with the Connecticut Bar Association, and offer ever course needed themselves, though except for the new cornerstone and capstone courses for all there's no in-school residency requirement.

[rebel100]

Thanks, I'm reasonably aware of COSC offering, only thing that concerns me is that nothing she has is in the 300 and up level. No way I'm going to advise her to do 6 courses at 800+ a course, too pricey. So I wondered what tesc would likely have.

[sanantone]

I doubt many of the paralegal courses would be counted as social science credits. If they don't count as social science credits, they won't count for anything else in the liberal studies major with the exception possibly being some writing courses. Some of her writing courses might be counted as humanities. A lot of my criminal justice credits weren't counted as social science, the ones that were are Juvenile Justice, Criminal Law, Intro to CJ, and Intro to LE. Court Systems and Practices, Correctional Systems and Practices, Intro to Homeland Security, and Business Law were not counted as social sciences. If she took courses in constitutional law and government, those will count as social sciences. If she does end up having a lot of social science credits, I would recommend getting a social science degree. She could only have 18 credits in one area, but it's easy to complete the major by testing out of psychology and other social science courses. She could argue that some of her paralegal courses fall into the categories of labor studies and political science.

Thomas Edison State College | BA in Social Sciences Credit Distribution

After getting an evaluation, she should do a "what-if" for a CJ degree. I don't think a "what-if" evaluation is available for Human Services on Online Student Services, but that degree program does have a "Legal Services" and "Administration of Justice" professional track. The area of study within the concentration has to be at the upper level, but TESC counts a lot of LL credits as UL. I took Juvenile Justice at a community college and it was counted as a 300 level course.

Thomas Edison State College | Bachelor of Science in Human Services

The Labor Studies major and BSBA in Human Resources are other options.

Thomas Edison State College | BA in Labor Studies Credit Distribution
Thomas Edison State College | BSBA in Human Resources/Organizational Management Credit Distribution

[bricabrac]

rebel100,

TESC testing options: Undergraduate Ways to Earn Credit - Thomas Edison State College - acalog ACMS?
TESC catalog: http://www.tesc.edu/files/Catalog2011.12.pdf (pp 193-194)
TESC degree planning handbook (excellent resource): http://www.tesc.edu/files/DegreePlanningHandbook.pdf

Unofficial but excellent TESC equivalency list created by SandraNC: http://www.degreeforum.net/excelsior...tml#post109867

[sanantone]

Legal Studies or Paralegal Studies could be a Learner Designed Area of Study at TESC.

I missed this post. This sounds like the best option depending on how many UL credits TESC gives her.