TESC B.A. Social Sciences Degree Plan

[Pslliope]

I would like to complete a social sciences degree from Thomas Edison State. Possibly using only CLEP, ECE, DSST exams. Can someone help me figure out if the degree plan below will fulfill TESC's credit requirements for the degree? Would I have to CLEP the 27 credit free electives portion or is there an alternative way of attaining credits? Thanks!

General Education

English Composition 6cr
CLEP English Comp

Humanities 12cr
CLEP Analyzing and Interpreting Literature
CLEP Humanities

Social Sciences 12cr
CLEP Western Civilization I: Ancient Near East to 1648
DSST SF/SG 470 Human/Cultural Geography 3B 48
CLEP Introductory Sociology

Natural Sciences / Mathematics 12cr
CLEP Biology
DSST Principles of Statistics
DSST Introduction to Computing

General Education Electives 18cr
DSST SF/SG 511 Environment and Humanity: The Race to Save the Planet 3B 46
DSST SF/SG 490 Lifespan Developmental Psychology 3B 46
DSST Ethics in America
CLEP Information Systems and Computer Apps (COS-101)
CLEP Western Civilization II: 1648 to the Present
CLEP Introductory Psychology

Social Science Requirement 33cr
DSST
# SF 494 General Anthropology 3B 47
# SE 495 Drug and Alcohol Abuse 3BU 49
# SF/SG 498 Criminal Justice 3B 49
# SG/SH 562 Fundamentals of Counseling 3B 45

ECE
#Abnormal Psychology
#Juvenile Delinquency
#Cultural Diversity
#Social Psychology
#World Population
#Adulthood and Aging

CLEP
# Intro to Educational Psych

Free Electives 27cr

[Yenisei]

You can get most of the 27 credits for free electives from FEMA courses- I think it's a max of 25, but use the search function to get the details on that (or perhaps someone else will weigh in). It will cost less.

Also, it looks to me like you only have 9 credits under the Gen Ed Social Science requirement instead of the required 12.

[Griffin]

Instead of Computing, I recommend taking "SOS-110: Living in the Information Age" at TESC. No books, no exams, easy A, which becomes easy 4.0 GPA.

[NAP]

Welcome to the forum!

I am not a TESC student, so be sure to double-check this.

While Excelsior does award credit for both computing exams, I believe TESC considers them to be duplicate credit.

[Yenisei]

Looking at the original post a second time, I wonder if there are enough upper level credits among the exams listed- it doesn't look like it, both overall and in the Area of Study.

OP- assuming they cost less than the ECE exams (on a per credit basis), you might want to look at taking the upper level history DSST exams (Vietnam War, Soviet Union and Modern Middle East), the Organizational Behavior DSST and perhaps the Money and Banking DSST since 18 of the 33 Area of Study credits in Social Sciences have to be upper level. Also look at the MIS DSST, Business Ethics DSST, the Introduction to World Religions DSST and Human Resource Management DSST for Gen Ed/Free Electives. Along with the Substance Abuse DSST, that would give you 30 UL credits.

[Pslliope]

Thanks guys for all the great suggestions!