Enrolled at TESC without a plan... Woops...

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I'm not sure how or what you want incorporated into your degree (how much testing etc.). If you wanted to test out of most of it, try and take some courses that you can't test of... There will, in all likelihood, be some prerequisites, so after those are done focus on the courses you'd need to take (granted you want to test out of the majority). This would be your best bet, with 2 kids, it would work to your disadvantage trying to work through the courses. Keep the courses to a minimum (to meet your employer's criteria) while working on SL, ALEKS, and/or a CLEP or DSST on the side.

Here are the courses you'll HAVE to do regardless (I did NOT check on what prerequisites are required, but you should be able to find that out in their catalog).

Linear Algebra or Discrete Math

8 of the following:
LIB-495 Liberal Arts Capstone
Artificial Intelligence
Assembly Language
Comparative Programming Languages
Compiler Construction
Computer Architecture
Computer Arithmetic Algorithms
Computer Information Systems
Computer Organization
Computer Statistical Techniques
Computer Simulation
Operations Research
Problem Analysis and Solution
Programming Languages
Software Engineering
Switching Theory and Automata
UNIX

EDIT: Does that $5000 a year include testing fees (the actual test fee and maybe the proctor?? Does that $5000 also include things like SL or ALEKS?