Asked by mrsnelson_08
I'm a military student, and I'm trying to finish my my degree economically. I have over 90 credits. So far I have found the following resources: 1. Free FEMA Courses: training.fema.gov/IS/crslist.asp These courses are good knowledge and can count for college credit depending on what college you transfer them. I was attending Thomas Edison State College, so they took the raw transcript directly from FEMA. I didn't have to pay for any additional fees to transfer it to another school then back to TESC. 2. Global Elearning Solutions: www.globalelearningsolutions.net This was a very helpful service. I'm in the military so I wanted to gain my degree fast to get into an officer program. I didn't really have time to take semester classes, because of my work schedule. So I focused more on studying for CLEP exams. This services not only prepares you to take CLEP exams, but also pays for them. The cost of the CLEP or DSST exam is included in the price. I imagine that this is very good for civilians, military receives CLEP and DSST exams free anyway. The price is very cheap too, it is about $129 per course. That's a major savings if you are a civilian, in California it cost about $100 to take a CLEP exam and even more for the DSST exam. Then you have to buy books and test guides to study. Global offers interactive online courses are very comparable to college online courses; and they pay for the CLEP or DSST exam for only $129 . Depending on what course you take, you can earn 3-6 college credits per course. I've taken about 4 courses from them, and I'm planning to take three more to finish my degree in Business. I believe they are having a promotion now, if you register for one course then the second one is free. But I'm not sure how long that is going to be offered. Another good thing they offer is, before you register for a course they verify that your school will accept the credit. 3. Louisiana State University - Independent Study Courses www.is.lsu.edu/ If you need a lot of upper level credit, this was a cheap resource. They only cost $73 per unit. So a three credit course is only $219. I got most of my upper level credit from this school. Does anyone know of any other colleges or resources that offer cheap college credit???