TESU Credit Bank

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I have all three credit registries. COSC costs $850. TESU costs either $300 or $400, depending on the number of credits. Excelsior costs $295.

I know that these registries are not worth it to everybody. However, I already have several undergraduate degrees and a master's degree. I view the registries as a way to attach additional areas of knowledge to my existing degrees. The TESU individual learning account is particularly good in this regard because there is no differentiation between credits earned within a degree program and those earned outside of a degree program. I have an accounting/CIS BSBA from TESU and on the transcript it just looks like I had a 600 credit undergraduate degree.

Each registry has its own set of rules and different credit types that are accepted. For example, COSC just stopped accepting FEMA credits, but I was able to test out of all the FEMA classes and post 60 credit hours to the COSC transcript. So if I apply for a job at a school, I can say that I have credits worth half a bachelor's degree in emergency management.