criminal justice TESC plan help!

[copper224]

Hi everyone,

I have been lurking on this board for several months, but finally signed up for Instacerts this week.

I have been employed as a police officer for 18 years. Prior to getting hired in my current profession, I spent 4 years in the Marine Corps. Before that was high school.

What I am getting at is I am basically starting my pursuit of a bachelors degree from scratch. I know that I will get a few hours credit here and there for various training I have received, but I want to focus on clep/dsst tests for the time being.

I have pretty much decided on criminal justice as my major and I'm leaning towards TESC, although this is not set in stone. Like most people on this board, I am always busy with work, family, commitments, etc, so I am looking for the most efficient path. I am guessing that involves as many clep/dsst tests as possible.

Is there anyone out there that obtained a bachelors degree from TESC primarily through testing? If so, I would love to see a copy of your degree plan.

I have considered pursuing a Homeland Security bachelors rather than criminal justice, but it appears that I would have to take more classes rather than testing.

I am ready to begin testing, I just need to know which test to start with.

Thank you in advance for your help!

Mike

[alleycat]

Hi Mike,

Welcome to the boards. CJ seems to be a very popular area of study lately. Or it seems like there are more CJ question being asked. Do go under the search bar and type in CJ degrees. You will probably be suprised at how much information you will find.

Have you taken any tests yet? I would test what you know first. Take a look at the Clep exams and the DSST exams and see what looks like you have some knowledge of the subject. Some people its history, intro to computers, or psy. My first exam was Humanities. That was sort of a no brainer for me. Also test overlap. So many of the exams actually have alot of overlap to other exams. Also when I help someone set up their degree plan I tend to send them toward testing one whole area out. Meaning if they are doing Social Sciences do all of them with in the same time frame to take advantage of similar subject matters.

Also take a look at FEMA test since TESC takes them as free electives and they are free. You might want to take a look at Aleks for your math. Once again many threads have been started on both of these areas. I also think many people have done Penn Foster courses for their degree in CJ. It seems like they have alot of courses you could get done.

Also TESC has a Masters Certificate in Homeland Security Thomas Edison State College | Graduate Certificate in Homeland Security


Hope some of this information helps.

[copper224]

I have not taken any tests yet, I plan on beginning in the next month or so.

I have already started working on FEMA courses, I think I have completed 10-12 or so.

I did try using the search function. I did not see ecaxtly what I was looking for, but I will just have to search a little more.

Thanks for your help.

[alleycat]

You are welcome!!!!