Good Morning, Since today is my day off I'm trying to organize my husbands testing schedule for his second BA. Today I received my second e-mail that they don't accept FEMA credits. Since Gary kindly directed me to the page number I have return the e-mail giving the page number to the advisor. I'm sure this was not well received but my husband is trying to work on a Lawrie Miller schedule. The advisor also stated there was no upper level testing in a previous conversation. I am copying and forwarding these e-mails to the adminstration. I hope all others who have experienced this type of thing do the same. Hille - TESC BA 1985 He had a very high score on his Praxis so the push is on.
The local "experts" here will know more about this than I do, but when I talked to TESC a couple of days ago, I was informed that upper level credits are avaliable via assessment. The advisor I spoke with said it would be basically consist of having to write a term paper, or something along those lines. I love to write anyway, so this was good news to me. Hopefully, someone here can shed some better light on this. Take care, Matt
Well, it's like this . . . TESC certainly does grant upper-level credit for portfolio assessments. Part of the key is in how they define upper level, which, among other ways, is that they consider anything above six credits in a subject area to be upper. For example, let's say you take four different introductory courses in music for three credits each. We'll call them Piano 101, Brass 101, Strings 101, and Woodwinds 101. All are lower-level courses, both by their introductory nature and their course numbering. However, TESC would grant lower-level credit for the first two courses (the first six credits) and upper-level credit for the next two (above six credits). All can be challenged via portfolio assessment. Voila. By the way, I don't know that I would choose TESC for a second bachelors degree. One disadvantage I have perceived is that TESC does not give credit for the GRE exams (which can be used for credit at Excelsior and Charter Oak big time depending on your score). The potential value of a GRE would appear to be very useful for a second degree - you could earn one in a matter of hours, let alone weeks. (I don't know if Lawrie covered this in his "Earn a Degree Yesterday" schtick, since I've never read it. That's because I think Lawrie is a putz.*) S.L. (B.A. Humanities - TESC '87) ____________________ * It's cool. Lawrie also thinks that I'm a putz.
Saturday- Thanks for the input. Since the enrollment fee has been paid it's a done deal. This second degree quest was started because of the need for a 2.75 GPA. After several conversations with Excelsior I did not feel secure in the outcome of the academic adventure my husband is on. We live 45 minutes from TESC and I have a vague connection (VAGUE) with someone in the administration. That is how I got the FEMA issue resolved yesterday. I will be forwarding all the incorrect advice my husband is getting directly to her for some clarification. This is not my personal style, but a neccesity currently. I'm sure we will not have a popular name in the advisement center. As soon as he gets clarification on what 30 credits he needs the portfolio process and testing can begin. This should occur this week. Since he had high score on the Praxis I'm investigating a credit evaluation for that test. Thanks for the continued and future ideas. Have a great weekend. Hille -
