TESC, FEMA IS Courses, and Transferring Agreement

I know that the issue of what FEMA IS Courses are accepted by TESC has been discussed in major detail however I haven't seen anyone address if TESC has any sort of transfer agreement with other schools as it pertains to an associates degree. For example I found that Red Rocks Community College has agreements with most of the Universities in Colorado that they accept all 60 credits from an associate towards all of their bachelor programs. Do any of you know id TESC has some sort of agreement as well? I looked all over their site but didn't see anything.

I'd also like to find an updated TESC FEMA IS List if possible. I'm still waiting on Mountain State to evaluate all my credits but I figure why not keep exploring other avenues while I wait.

Here is my completed FEMA IS List (31 courses):

IS-001
003
005.A
007
008.A
100
100LE
139
200
208
230
235
240
241
242
244
271
279
292
301
317
362
386
393.A
394.A
650
700
702
703
800.B
1900

I also have several others I'm working on right now. Now I know most of you guys have read my posts in the past and you know that I flip flop a lot. This time around I'm just still waiting on Mountain States evaluation of my credits. However I feel I need to make sure there isn't something I might be missing out there. Since all of the suggestions I have received in the past suggest I just finish a degree regardless of major (based on pursuing a masters) I want to make sure I'm utilizing my FEMA and NFA courses properly.

Now as I said earlier Red Rocks Community College in Colorado offers an AS in Emergency Management with transfer agreements to other Colorado Universities such as Regis, Colorado State, etc. These agreements are full tranfer agreements meaning they take all 60 credits. Now RRCC accepts almost all of the FEMA courses (I've been told) so this degree would be able to be completed rather quickly.

My question is based on utilizing all these FEMA courses properly it might be possible to get an associates and transfer it into a bachelors program then ultimately go on to a masters. Or do you think that would be a waste of time? Now remember if there is a user agreement then all 60 credits would transfer. I've just been spending so much time on these FEMA courses since they are free and want to make the most out of them. TESC might be an option as well.

As always thanks for any advice. I should change my user name to dazed and confused. LOL

 

TESC should accept most if not all of your FEMA courses in transfer. Also, while they may not have an official agreement with other schools to transfer in an Associates degree, in practice they will likely accept all 60 credits into a degree program anyway (depending upon which one you select). The BA in Liberal Studies program will likely be the least restrictive option for you.

You could always just give TESC a call with your questions. The number is: 1 (888) 442-8372.

Good luck!
- Tom

 

TESC will accept a maximum of 25 FEMA credits, 27 if your major or option is in Emergency Management. If you are seeking your first degree, the best use of FEMA credit will be the TESC Associate of Applied Science in Occupational Studies with the Emergency Management option. This degree requires 21 hours to satisy the option, all of which can be FEMA credit. They will allow an additional 6 hours of FEMA credit to be used as free electives for a total of 27 FEMA hours. That would leave you needing the following:

3 hours in English 1
3 hours in English 2
3 Hours in Intermediate Algebra
3 Hours in a Social Science Elective
3 Hours in a Humanities Elective
6 Hours in General Ed Electives (Natural Science, Social Science, Humanities)
12 Hours in Open/Free Electives

All of those courses can be earned via CLEP or inexpensive colleges like Penn Foster, Clovis, LSU, Eugene Bible College, etc. Keep in mind that the AAS may not always satisfy the general ed requirements of a BA/BS degree, meaning that while all 60 hours of your TESC degree may used toward the BS/BA, some additional general ed courses may be required. An exception to this would be Bellevue University, where all 60 hours will be accepted and will satisfy all of the core requirements in all of their undergrad programs.

As far as an updated FEMA course list: The first list below was posted by Michael Gates on another thread. He successfully transferred all of them to TESC. Some of these have since been discontinued by FEMA, but I was able to successfully translate about 28of these or so. TAny still offered by FEMA will be accepted. The EDM numbers are TESC's equivalencies; the IS numbers are FEMA:

EDM 101 - IS001
EDM 102 - IS002
EDM 103 - IS007
EDM 107 - IS230
EDM 120 - IS120
EDM 121 - IS324
EDM 122 - IS288
EDM 123 - IS195
EDM 124 - IS275
EDM 126 - IS208
EDM 130 - IS279
EDM 140 - IS393
EDM 154 - IS005
EDM 155 - IS346
EDM 172 - IS301
EDM 190 - IS008
EDM 191 - IS010
EDM 192 - IS011
EDM 193 - IS111
EDM 200 - IS292
EDM 203 - IS139
EDM 207 - IS240
EDM 208 - IS241
EDM 209 - IS242
EDM 210 - IS244
EDM 221 - IS630
EDM 222 - IS600
EDM 223 - IS015
EDM 224 - IS235
EDM 225 - IS631
EDM 232 - IS386
EDM 240 - IS009
EDM 241 - IS394
EDM 242 - IS271
EDM 290 - IS632
EDM 303 - IS513
EDM 390 - Q534
EDM 399 - IS003


The second list are FEMA courses that are currently offered by FEMA that I believe would be accepted by TESC. I base this on the fact that FCC (Frederick Community College) has these courses in its school catalog with corresponding EDM matches. I will be sending these off to TESC in the next few weeks and will update this thread at that time as to their acceptance:

IS-253 Coordinating Environment & Historis Perservation Compliance

IS-271 Anticipating Hazardous Weather & Community Risk

IS-302 Modular Emergency Response Radiological Transportation Training

IS-324 Community Hurricane Preparedness

IS-331 Introduction to Radiological Emergency

IS-340 Hazardous Materials Prevention

IS-346 Orientation to Hazardous Materials for Medical Personel

IS-362 Multi-hazard Emergency Planning for Schools

IS-386 Introduction to Residential Coastal Construction

IS-632 Debris Operations

IS-650 Building Partnerships with Tribal Government

IS-317 Introduction to Community Emergency Response Teams

To be safe, I would follow the FEMA/EMI recommendations. If the Independent course says it is worth college credit, it probably will be accepted by TESC. If the course says it is not worth college credit, TESC will probably not accept it. There will be exceptions but that's the rule of thumb.

Pug