1 credit TECEP= $25

[Supermind]

Please give me more info about how TECEP exams make enrollment in TESU cheaper and easier? Also, how much is 3 semester hours? I am thinking of taking the College Algebra course.

To officially enroll at TESU you must either sign up and pay for their comprehensive tuition plan ($7,519 or $9,967 per year for up to 36 credits), or register for and take a course under the per-credit tuition plan. On the per-credit tuition plan, each course taken via TESU directly will run you $366 per credit (assuming you're on the Study.com discount, otherwise it is $396 or $499 per credit). So if you take a 3 credit course, that will run you $1,098 per course.

Lower level TECEP exams are $25 per credit but are mostly treated as if you took the course at the university. So, if you take the TECEP exam for a 3 credit course, you end up paying $75 instead of $1,098.

At $75 for a 3 credit course, that makes some courses cheaper than taking them via Straighterline or Study.com, for example. However, you have to study for them on your own since TESU doesn't provide materials. They do give you a guide that explains the exam and the study materials they recommend, but it's up to you to use them or not as you wish.

As for semester hours, TESU is on the semester hour system (as opposed to the quarter hour system), so 1 credit is the same as 1 semester hour.

Most of us here on this forum take most of our courses elsewhere and only take the capstone at TESU, so we end up just paying $1,098 for that course. That means we don't enroll until we're almost ready to graduate. However, some prefer to enroll earlier to get access to advising. That means paying to take a course at TESU or taking a TECEP exam instead.

Thank you Merlin! Really well explained. What is this $ 2200/2500 Residency Waiver fee? Will that be charged over and above the 1098$? My plan was similar to most of you here. I was planning on completing courses/exams with Aleks, SDC, SL, Saylor Academy and finally approach TESU for the Capstone. Of course, I need to do the Cornerstone with TESU too, which would cost 330$? But considering whatever you have just explained, I might just do some TECEP exams too, if they only cost 25-75$. Is there a minimum requirement for how many TECEP exams should be taken through TESU? I am actually on the verge of completing College Algebra with Edx. So, I am quite well prepared to handle that exam. I might as well do it with TESU instead of Edx, where I will only get a certificate from ASU.