Study.com Credits at TESU expire

[rachel83az]

Is there a benefit to having the TESU classes transfer into Study as a specific class compared to other schools where they don't?  If so, what is the benefit?

You mean beyond being able to easily tell which SDC course will meet what requirement?

[alsimko]

Is there a benefit to having the TESU classes transfer into Study as a specific class compared to other schools where they don't?  If so, what is the benefit?

You mean beyond being able to easily tell which SDC course will meet what requirement?

Yes.  I have a study rep helping me to map classes to the requirements so I'm fine there, but is there another benefit I'm not seeing?

[Dumber]

Oh dear, this is sad, how can a senior advisor make the mistake?!  Now, it's up to you my friend, to correct them... so, reply back and indicate to them, it was supposed to be Lower Level and now it's Upper Level as per the recommendations on ACE's own website.  I mentioned it in my earlier post... so they made a mistake.  If they wanted more details, indicate to them, they may have had it upper level all along but now they should still follow ACE recommendation.  See below...

Lower Level - https://i.imgur.com/Ocrt57V.jpg



Upper Level - https://i.imgur.com/WvvUIOV.jpg

Thank you! I will send this off to TESU.

[bjcheung77]

Is there a benefit to having the TESU classes transfer into Study as a specific class compared to other schools where they don't?  If so, what is the benefit?

You mean beyond being able to easily tell which SDC course will meet what requirement?

Yes.  I have a study rep helping me to map classes to the requirements so I'm fine there, but is there another benefit I'm not seeing?

There are no other benefits, the numbers don't really mean a thing when being transferred to another school. It's just a classification system for categorizing everything in an orderly fashion, like at a library. For the corresponding numbers - It's just to show for 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th year... the only thing you will know from the number is, it's either lower level or upper level, each school will have it show differently.

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Here is what I got from TESU:

On Friday, March 26, 2021, 09:14:16 a.m. MDT, StuSupport <stusupport@tesu.edu> wrote:
It appears that ACE has changed the recommendation for the Study.com course, Psychology 301. Between August 2017 and December 2020, it would have transferred as an upper level course (PSY-401). Now that it's been changed, the new review period runs from January 2021 through August 2023 and the recommendation is PSY-163.

Senior Academic Program Advisor
Thomas Edison State University

oh dear.  did that one in August so it counted.

I noticed on NCCRS site that SDC course is still listed at upper level.  Maybe the NCCRS link would help with your appeal. ?

http://www.nationalccrs.org/organization...ycom#n8484

@Dumber, if you do get push back from Academic Advising, you may want to do what p226mem said.  NCCRS still lists this course as Upper Level, so there is another round of ammo pointing to TESU that this course still should be considered as Upper Level.  But pointing out ACE is the way to go, if you need to, follow up with them mentioning NCCRS also evaluated the course as Upper Level.

[alsimko]

Thank you so much! I appreciate all of the knowledge sharing!

[P226mem]

I'm thinking they used the NCCRS version for upper level when bringing it over as Psy 401.

[Dumber]

This is what I got this morning from TESU. I think it is dismissive because the advisor wants me to do the work to have her system changed instead of her doing the work:


StuSupport <stusupport@tesu.edu> Mon., Mar. 29 at 5:45 a.m.


Please forward this information in a separate email to the Office of the Registrar for review and verification. If the equivalency should truly be changed, they will update it in our system. You can reach them at registrar@tesu.edu; please do not copy me on the message otherwise it won't route correctly.


Senior Academic Program Advisor
Thomas Edison State University

[rachel83az]

TESU could certainly do with having a decent ticketing system in place rather than whatever they've got going now.

[P226mem]

I think differently. I don't take it as dismissive. I take it as it needs to be asked to the Registrar for that approval. Advisor can move courses within the evaluation, but can't change the stuff you need changed. That reminds me of going to the community college and asking them to check on my CLEP exams. The first office I went to told me "go across the hall." Wasn't dismissive. It was helpful to get me to the right place. And I had to do that once or twice at TESU with sending second email. Yes, I agree that the system could be better.

send it to registrar with the NCCRS stuff and see what they say. Decisions about how to transfer credit belong to them. Let us know how it goes.....

[Dumber]

I think differently. I don't take it as dismissive.  I take it as it needs to be asked to the Registrar for that approval.  Advisor can move courses within the evaluation, but can't change the stuff you need changed.   That reminds me of going to the community college and asking them to check on my CLEP exams. The first office I went to told me "go across the hall." Wasn't dismissive. It was helpful to get me to the right place. And I had to do that once or twice at TESU with sending second email.  Yes, I agree that the system could be better.

send it to registrar with the NCCRS stuff and see what they say.  Decisions about how to transfer credit belong to them. Let us know how it goes.....

I am looking for help on a narrative to send to the registrar to get this changed so it benefits everyone. Thanks