Which one of the Big Three?

backtoschoolnow · Feb 10, 2008

Grad level courses?

Can graduate level courses get accepted for undergrad credit at any of the big 3, via the portfolio option as well?

Steve Levicoff said: ↑

Remember that half the battle toward getting a bachelor's degree is to learn how to work the system.

Don't discount the portfolio option (which TESC now calls Prior Learning Assessment). If you can't get credit transferred for your courses at Penn Foster, for example, find course descriptions for the same courses you took at Penn Foster, but find them in the catalogs of RA schools - then submit a portfolio using the Penn Foster course as a foundation for your submission. Be prepared to list your previous textbooks and any other experience relevant to each submission.

For a guideline on how TESC allows this, see: http://www.tesc.edu/prospective/undergraduate/credit/coursedesc.php

It won't work in every instance for a Penn Foster course transfer (just a presupposition), but if it works for some of them, you've lessened the number of credits you have to earn from scratch...
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backtoschoolnow · Feb 16, 2009

Graduate credits via Portfolio?

Can credits from an RA Masters program be accepted through Portfolio work into a bachelor's program? If so, would they then be transferable to other universities that would not accept direct transfer of graduate credits into a bachelor's program?

Steve Levicoff said: ↑

Two things to keep in mind:

Graduates from any of the Big 3 will tend to recommend the school from which they graduated - therefore, take everything with a grain of salt.

Also, keep in mind that TESC (and, I would imagine, both of the others, though I've never confirmed it) have a requirement that any transfer credits come from RA schools. Penn Foster is NA but not RA - therefore, my take is that these courses would not transfer to them. That's not to say that you can't approach them on a portfolio basis, but don't expect a direct transfer.
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pugbelly · Feb 18, 2009

Mark A. Sykes said: ↑

Pug,

Not to pick on you, but TESC has no requirement for "40 hours from a school other than a 2 year institution." Their rule regarding transferred credits is that a maximum of 80 may come from a 2-year institution. The remaining 40 may, but is not required to, come from 4-year institutions; alternatively they may come from prior learning assessment (PLA), CLEP/DANTES, professional licensure, etc.

In fact, there's no requirement that any credit be transferred from a 2- or a 4-year institution; one could follow the Lawrie Miller plan and fulfill degree requirements entirely through testing.

TCord1964, you could probably transfer much (if not all) of your ACE-reviewed NA credits into TESC indirectly through PLA as Steve had mentioned. If you've decided on Charter Oak, then best of luck.

Mark
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I stand corrected.

Pug

pugbelly · Feb 18, 2009

Steve Levicoff said: ↑

Two things to keep in mind:

Graduates from any of the Big 3 will tend to recommend the school from which they graduated - therefore, take everything with a grain of salt.

Also, keep in mind that TESC (and, I would imagine, both of the others, though I've never confirmed it) have a requirement that any transfer credits come from RA schools. Penn Foster is NA but not RA - therefore, my take is that these courses would not transfer to them. That's not to say that you can't approach them on a portfolio basis, but don't expect a direct transfer.
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The Penn Foster courses that are ACE reviewed (160 or so I believe) do transfer to TESC and Excelsior. I imagine the same is true for COSC but I have no 1st hand experience with them.

Pug

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