SweetSecret Wrote:I'm thinking TECEPS that would cover topics like:

Women in the 20th Century

History of Film,Theatre, & Performance Art in Americaa

Native American Culture

Criminal Justice Through History

International Culture of the Internet

Public Policy & Advocacy

Design, Aesthetics, & Sustainability

International Crimes & Justice

Human Trafficking (possibly part of the above suggestion)

laughter Wrote:I'm wishing for more upper-level Music and Natural Science TECEPs. Right now, most of the UL TECEPs are concentrated under the Business category.

By the way, are TECEPs cheaper than PLAs?

SweetSecret Wrote:I'd also love if the brought out a "Jazz & Blues History" TECEP, but it's highly unlikely.

If you go through TESC's PLA-100 & PLA-200 course, then submit a portfolio for 12 credits, it would basically cost you $59.20/credit because you'll also get 3 credits (lower level) for the PLA courses. However, if you only need upper-level credits & go that route then you really are paying $74/credit versus $37/credit for a TECEP.

The alternative is to go through either Kaplan's PLA course online, which is free & will give you transferable ACE credits, but its not specific to TESC. Or use the free Saylor PLA course work, which is more specific to the TESC PLA process, but I believe will not give you the lower level ACE credits for the PLA course itself. I believe if you go through Saylor you need to sign-up for the ePortfolio so you can send your Saylor transcript to TESC proving you took a PLA course. If you go one of these two alternative routes & apply for 12 credits the cost would be $30.25/credit versus $37/credit for TECEPs. So it would be slightly cheaper, but involves writing a lot (Sanantone has previously mentioned about 5 pages per credit attempted). Its also not as guaranteed as the TECEPS, so PLAs are probably best used by someone who has a lot of advanced experience in a some-what uncommon topic.