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librarygeek) wrote2022-12-28 02:35 pm
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USA _ Do you need an Associate's Degree? Do you have any credits yet?
Pierpont Community and Technical College https://www.pierpont.edu/ will give you an Associate's degree for free. https://www.pierpont.edu/academics/associate-degrees/board-of-governors/
So what are the catches? Follow this plan: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Pierpont_C%26TC
1) You need to have the 60 credits before you apply.
2) 12 credits must come from a regionally accredited school, even a community college.
A) If you don't have any community college credits, I recommend my alma mater Thomas Edison State University for their TECEPs. https://www2.tesu.edu/listalltecep.php If you apply to Thomas Edison to take these exams, PM me first to ask about appropriate majors for you and my name to not pay an application fee.
More ways to study for TECEPs: saylor.org has a bunch of courses that overlap with TECEPs. Check this website for the overlaps, https://www.tesu.edu/degree-completion/open-course-option and study FIRST for the ones that ask for the TECEP for credit. Once you have at least 12 credits via TECEPs, look at taking the saylor.org exams for more credit. TECEPs are $50/lower level credit, $77/upper level credit. Taking exams at Saylor is $5/COURSE and uses RPNow for recorded remote proctoring.
These are NOT accepted for the next requirement. TECEPs are both exams, which do not count, and not graded (they are pass/fail).
3) 1 credit must have a grade, can't be just a pass/fail option.
A) Suggestions for meeting the graded credit requirement include the free Clackamas CC credit - https://libguides.clackamas.edu/lib101info ,
TEL Learning degreeforum wiki link https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/TEL_Learning and the courses available https://www.tellearning.org/courses-on-demand/ They are $200/3 credit course, $67/1 credit course (science labs). Transcript them at Mid-America Christian University for highest number of credits and most courses accepted.
or ASU's self-paced 1-credit tech support course for $25 https://ea.asu.edu/courses/business-technology-fundamentals-cis-194/ .
4) Here's the requirements list across the courses: https://catalog.pierpont.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=5&poid=445&returnto=401
If you want an Area of emphasis on your degree transcript, you need 15 credits within an area listed at Pierpoint here: https://catalog.pierpont.edu/content.php?catoid=5&navoid=402
Information Systems is possible via the Free Google IT Support Professional certificate here: https://www.coursera.org/google-career-certificates
CyberSecurity classes are available through TEEX for free by following first signing up here: https://teex.org/program/cybersecurity/
and making sure you take these classes ACE evaluated for credit, that's Cyber Security for Everyone, Cyber Security for IT Professionals, and Cyber Security for Business Professionals
https://www.acenet.edu/National-Guide/Pages/Course.aspx?org=Texas+A%26M+Engineering+Extension+Service&cid=b15be5a1-bf65-ed11-9562-00224805f697&oid=86099b28-9016-e811-810f-5065f38bf0e1
https://www.acenet.edu/National-Guide/Pages/Course.aspx?org=Texas+A%26M+Engineering+Extension+Service&cid=f11bc55f-bf65-ed11-9562-00224805f697&oid=86099b28-9016-e811-810f-5065f38bf0e1
https://www.acenet.edu/National-Guide/Pages/Course.aspx?org=Texas+A%26M+Engineering+Extension+Service&cid=c0a6077e-bf65-ed11-9562-00224805f697&oid=86099b28-9016-e811-810f-5065f38bf0e1
TEEX has other online courses for low $35-75 per course fees. Only take the ones that are currently evaluated for credit https://www.acenet.edu/National-Guide/Pages/Organization.aspx?oid=86099b28-9016-e811-810f-5065f38bf0e1 I'm interested in the Human Trafficking course, others may be interested in forensic photography or forensic entomology. Might be able to assemble a criminal justice area of emphasis with these.
So, have you ever taken exams for credit?
CLEP exams are the most recognized source of credits by exam in the USA. Modern States https://modernstates.org/ is running a promotion they call Freshman Year for Free. Take their courses, pass with over a 70% and they will give you a voucher towards the CLEP exam fee AND send you a check after you take the exam for your proctoring costs. I have 57 credits, 19 courses worth just from CLEP exams.
DSST exams are another way of getting credit via exams: https://www.getcollegecredit.com/exam_fact_sheets/ You will have to pay for these, but these are available through remote proctoring or at Prometric test centers for under $200 each exam. Many colleges may not be sitting for these right now, so you want the remote option, then civilian, then look at locations if you don't want to do remote.
Onlinedegree.com courses may not be accepted at Pierpont but are extremely cheap, $9/course and might serve for more core or elective courses when you want to get a Bachelor's degree.
If you still need more credits to get the 60 credit minimum, sign up on www.Sophia.org for anything that you are interested in and don't already have covered via community college, TECEPs, TEEX, Google Coursera IT certificate...
DO NOT APPLY at Pierpont until you have that minimum! If you then want to continue on through Thomas Edison State University tesu.edu for your bachelor's, I can help ANYONE who asks below or PMs me how to get through a Bachelor's degree for least cost. Yes, I'm a TESU Alumni Ambassador, but I also think it's the best way for adults who like studying for tests for credit.
If you're Jewish or adjacent, Coopersmith Career Consulting https://www.coopersmithcc.net/shop/ can help you get credits in things you probably have a background in already, like how did most American Jews get here, Jewish Immigrant history, Yiddish or Modern Hebrew for credit. If you're not Jewish, they still have a lot of allied health, business, computer, culinary, psychology and sociology courses that you might want to look at as well.
So what are the catches? Follow this plan: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Pierpont_C%26TC
1) You need to have the 60 credits before you apply.
2) 12 credits must come from a regionally accredited school, even a community college.
A) If you don't have any community college credits, I recommend my alma mater Thomas Edison State University for their TECEPs. https://www2.tesu.edu/listalltecep.php If you apply to Thomas Edison to take these exams, PM me first to ask about appropriate majors for you and my name to not pay an application fee.
More ways to study for TECEPs: saylor.org has a bunch of courses that overlap with TECEPs. Check this website for the overlaps, https://www.tesu.edu/degree-completion/open-course-option and study FIRST for the ones that ask for the TECEP for credit. Once you have at least 12 credits via TECEPs, look at taking the saylor.org exams for more credit. TECEPs are $50/lower level credit, $77/upper level credit. Taking exams at Saylor is $5/COURSE and uses RPNow for recorded remote proctoring.
These are NOT accepted for the next requirement. TECEPs are both exams, which do not count, and not graded (they are pass/fail).
3) 1 credit must have a grade, can't be just a pass/fail option.
A) Suggestions for meeting the graded credit requirement include the free Clackamas CC credit - https://libguides.clackamas.edu/lib101info ,
TEL Learning degreeforum wiki link https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/TEL_Learning and the courses available https://www.tellearning.org/courses-on-demand/ They are $200/3 credit course, $67/1 credit course (science labs). Transcript them at Mid-America Christian University for highest number of credits and most courses accepted.
or ASU's self-paced 1-credit tech support course for $25 https://ea.asu.edu/courses/business-technology-fundamentals-cis-194/ .
4) Here's the requirements list across the courses: https://catalog.pierpont.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=5&poid=445&returnto=401
If you want an Area of emphasis on your degree transcript, you need 15 credits within an area listed at Pierpoint here: https://catalog.pierpont.edu/content.php?catoid=5&navoid=402
Information Systems is possible via the Free Google IT Support Professional certificate here: https://www.coursera.org/google-career-certificates
CyberSecurity classes are available through TEEX for free by following first signing up here: https://teex.org/program/cybersecurity/
and making sure you take these classes ACE evaluated for credit, that's Cyber Security for Everyone, Cyber Security for IT Professionals, and Cyber Security for Business Professionals
https://www.acenet.edu/National-Guide/Pages/Course.aspx?org=Texas+A%26M+Engineering+Extension+Service&cid=b15be5a1-bf65-ed11-9562-00224805f697&oid=86099b28-9016-e811-810f-5065f38bf0e1
https://www.acenet.edu/National-Guide/Pages/Course.aspx?org=Texas+A%26M+Engineering+Extension+Service&cid=f11bc55f-bf65-ed11-9562-00224805f697&oid=86099b28-9016-e811-810f-5065f38bf0e1
https://www.acenet.edu/National-Guide/Pages/Course.aspx?org=Texas+A%26M+Engineering+Extension+Service&cid=c0a6077e-bf65-ed11-9562-00224805f697&oid=86099b28-9016-e811-810f-5065f38bf0e1
TEEX has other online courses for low $35-75 per course fees. Only take the ones that are currently evaluated for credit https://www.acenet.edu/National-Guide/Pages/Organization.aspx?oid=86099b28-9016-e811-810f-5065f38bf0e1 I'm interested in the Human Trafficking course, others may be interested in forensic photography or forensic entomology. Might be able to assemble a criminal justice area of emphasis with these.
So, have you ever taken exams for credit?
CLEP exams are the most recognized source of credits by exam in the USA. Modern States https://modernstates.org/ is running a promotion they call Freshman Year for Free. Take their courses, pass with over a 70% and they will give you a voucher towards the CLEP exam fee AND send you a check after you take the exam for your proctoring costs. I have 57 credits, 19 courses worth just from CLEP exams.
DSST exams are another way of getting credit via exams: https://www.getcollegecredit.com/exam_fact_sheets/ You will have to pay for these, but these are available through remote proctoring or at Prometric test centers for under $200 each exam. Many colleges may not be sitting for these right now, so you want the remote option, then civilian, then look at locations if you don't want to do remote.
Onlinedegree.com courses may not be accepted at Pierpont but are extremely cheap, $9/course and might serve for more core or elective courses when you want to get a Bachelor's degree.
If you still need more credits to get the 60 credit minimum, sign up on www.Sophia.org for anything that you are interested in and don't already have covered via community college, TECEPs, TEEX, Google Coursera IT certificate...
DO NOT APPLY at Pierpont until you have that minimum! If you then want to continue on through Thomas Edison State University tesu.edu for your bachelor's, I can help ANYONE who asks below or PMs me how to get through a Bachelor's degree for least cost. Yes, I'm a TESU Alumni Ambassador, but I also think it's the best way for adults who like studying for tests for credit.
If you're Jewish or adjacent, Coopersmith Career Consulting https://www.coopersmithcc.net/shop/ can help you get credits in things you probably have a background in already, like how did most American Jews get here, Jewish Immigrant history, Yiddish or Modern Hebrew for credit. If you're not Jewish, they still have a lot of allied health, business, computer, culinary, psychology and sociology courses that you might want to look at as well.
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