Aside from Exams any other sources of credit

Hey gang I was just wondering aside from exams ie Clep, dantes, or portfolio evaluation. Any one know any other sources of fast, inexpensive courses for general arts and sciences. FEMA has a fire course that is ACE approved for one unit upper unit social sciences, but what else is out there?

 

Sources? In today's educational system you can earn college credit using many different and affordable means...I shall list a few.

1) Work Experience
2) Hobbies
3) Reading books
4) Attending seminars
5) On the job training
6) Non-credit courses

In these cases you have to demonstrate your comparable level of knowledge to gain exemption from the college course but I have seen it happen.

 

In my book, I devote three pages to a summary of Steve Levicoff's learning portfolio with Edison, in which he earned 90 semester units, primarily for stuff he'd done, from playing the guitar to some travel experiences. A virtuoso performance.

 

No (assuming that you are including ECE and the Ohio State exams).

Of what was listed above by Frankie, you would have to portfolio it.

Also, FEMA has many more ACE approved courses than the one you mentioned. I don't have the link, but you can search this site and find it.

 

FEMA link

Try,

http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/crslist.asp


I've done 10 so far. Easy and interesting.

Mike

 

You can get college credit for the Independent Study courses that EyePatch links to, but there is no overlap between them and the ACE-approved courses. See:
http://forums.degreeinfo.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9485

 

Re: FEMA link

Looks great!

I'm not American. Does that make me ineligible?

 

Just about anything ACE evaluated....

Arts and science.....TECEP and the ECE. And Ohio University has a few examinations. But other than that, check around with each DL school and price the classes. Military members (active, reserve, retired, prior) usually get special rates.

Of course, professional or major-related credits are easy. Any corporate, military, license, certificate, qualification, course, class, etc. that has been evaulated and recommended credit by the ACE http://www.acenet.edu .

Remember, the ACE recommends credit. It's ultimately up to the individual college or university to determine which credits will transfer into your degree plan.

 

Re: Just about anything ACE evaluated....

That's an important distinction to remember. It's always best to check first with the college to which you are planning to transfer, to be sure they will accept any individual ACE evaluated courses you may be planning to take. If you don't you may find yourself having to go the CLEP or portfolio route anyway, despite having already completed the ACE recommended courses.

Kit