TESC students who transfered credits from WGU??

[lbdegree123]

I'm in a bit of a pickle. I want to eventually enroll in the Homeland Security degree at TESC. I only have a few credits at a local community college so I basically have to take most of the classes, with the exception of the FEMA credits I've earned already.

I want to test out of a lot of courses, but in the mean time I need financial aid to help cover my expenses. So I can't focus on testing just yet.

TESC's enrollment plans are WAY to expensive for me to consider right now. After all their fees are paid I'll be left with a less than $2k for me.

So I'm considering Western Governors for a year. Just to get a lot of the general ed courses out of the way. The tuition is low considering you can take more than 12 units per term.

My concern though is how those WGU "units" will transfer to TESC.

I talked to the registrar at TESC but couldn't get any info as far as how those units would transfer, but they did tell me they will accept the units.

Has anyone had experience transferring WGU units to TESC?

[sanantone]

You know that WGU is about $6,000 a year, right? At TESC, the comprehensive plan is around $7,600 for the first year and $6,600 for subsequent years. When it comes to taking courses, I think it's best to get pre-approval with TESC advisement. The general education courses can be tested out of, so I don't know what you're thinking about taking at WGU. WGU does not have a homeland security program or anything like it.

Edit: I didn't read your post thoroughly. If you are going to take general education courses at WGU, then what will be left to test out of? You can't test out of the required courses for the homeland security program. I think TESC will accept up to 32 FEMA credits now which can be used for the homeland security electives and free electives. That will only leave a few more free electives to test out of if you take all of your general education courses at WGU.

[Yenisei]

Testing out of Gen ED saves not only money but a whole lot of time.