TUSCULUM COLLEGE PROFESSIONAL STUDIES. Testing Packet For DANTE and CLEP Exams 2005

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1 TUSCULUM COLLEGE PROFESSIONAL STUDIES Testing Packet For DANTE and CLEP Exams 2005 To register for an exam at Tusculum, you MUST contact Joan Carter to be added to the list. Paying for an exam at the Business Office or the Knoxville front desk does not register you. FOR TESTING GUIDES, FACT SHEETS AND OTHER INFORMATION: DANTE EXAM INFORMATION: CLEP EXAM INFORMATION: NOTE: CLEP EXAMS ARE NOT ADMINISTERED AT TUSCULUM COLLEGE Updated: September 21, 2005

2 TESTING POLICIES 1. Approval requests must be made at least 5 business days in advance of the date you plan to take the exam whether it is at Tusculum College or another institution. 2. Payments for testing at Tusculum must be made on the day of registering for the exam. Payments can be made by credit card, cash, or check. You are not registered until payment is received. 3. Payments for testing must be made through Joan Carter. 4. To register for an exam at Tusculum, you MUST contact Joan Carter to be added to the list. Paying for an exam at the Knoxville Center front desk or the Business Office does not register you. 5. A student may receive a maximum 30 hours of proficiency credit (DANTES, CLEP, etc.). 6. There is a two test limit per testing day. 7. If you do not receive an updated core sheet within 6 to 8 weeks (from the date of taking the exam) from Tusculum College showing that we have received your test scores, please contact the Registrar s Office. 8. Because of the multiple ways you have for earning additional core/elective hours, you are urged to confirm the approval of an exam that you are unable to take within 60 days. 9. A Student must wait six months (180 days) before retaking a DANTE or Clep exam that was not passed. PREPARING FOR AN EXAM 1. Study Courses are available from 2. For each test, there is a Fact Sheet that outlines the topics covered by each test and includes a list of sample questions and a list of recommended book references. You can obtain Fact Sheets by downloading them from 3. DSST Study Guide offers sample exams in the following subject areas: Business Math, Ethics in America, Financial Accounting, Human Resource Management, Introduction to Business, Organizational Behavior, Personal Finance, Principles of Supervision. The Official DSST Test Preparation Guide can be obtained through the TC Bookstore or 4. Online Practice Tests contain items, which reflect a partial range of difficulty identified on the Fact Sheet. Practice Tests are available on the following subjects: Drug & Alcohol Abuse, Ethics in America, Here s to Your Health, Human Resource Management, Introduction to World Religions, Principles of Finance, Principles of Supervision. Practice exams can be found at The price for each exam varies. ON THE DAY OF THE EXAM 1. Arrive on time. 2. MUST have Tusculum College ID. 3. Bring several No. 2 pencils with good erasers. 4. Do not bring books, an alarm watch that beeps, a calculator that beeps, a telephone, or pager into testing room. 5. No food allowed during testing due to distractions it causes to other exam takers. 6. Limit number of times you leave the testing room. Revised 08/04/05

3 Tusculum College Professional Studies DANTES EXAM Schedule Greeneville Campus Library Room 112 DATE OF TEST TIME Friday, October 7, 2005 LAST DATE FOR DANTES 1:00 p.m. DECEMBER GRADUATION (DEADLINE FOR SIGN-UP & PAYMENT: September 29, 2005) Friday, November 4, 2005 DANTES 1:00 p.m. (DEADLINE FOR SIGN-UP & PAYMENT: October 27, 2005) The charge for a DANTE exam is $80.00 as of July 1, Exams must be scheduled at least 5 working days before the actual testing date. Due to limited seating and Business Office issues, payment must be made upon registration or the student s name will be deleted from the testing list after 5 business days. Credit card or check Credit card or check (made payable to Tusculum College) will be acceptable payment. Checks may be mailed to the attention of Joan Carter, P.O. Box 5004, Greeneville, TN A student must wait six months (180 days) before retaking a DANTES exam that was not passed. If you have any questions concerning the testing process, contact Joan Carter at , extension 5607 or via jcarter@tusculum.edu. Study Materials are available at or or Revised: 08/04/05

4 Directions to Tusculum College, Greeneville (Library Room 112) BUILDING 16 Directions From Knoxville/ Morristown: 1. Take 40 East until the 40/81 split (around exit 421) 2. Take 81 North towards Bristol 3. Exit #23 Greeneville, Bulls Gap, Mosheim exit 4. Take a right off the ramp towards Greeneville onto the 11-E Bypass 5. Stay on the Bypass for approximately minutes until you see a Waffle House on your left and a Hardee s on your right 6. Then take a right on Hwy 107 (towards Erwin) 7. Stay on Hwy 107 for less than a mile and you will see Tusculum College on your right and the Tusculum Eatery Restaurant on your left 8. After passing the restaurant, turn right on Shiloh Road. 9. Open parking (white lines only) can be found in the lot behind building #3 (Katherine Hall). Make a left on the road right after Katherine Hall (2 nd road on your left you turn onto Shiloh Road). Parking will be behind Katherine on your left. Directions From Bristol/Kingsport/Johnson City: 1. Take I181S to exit 38 (Boones Creek Road exit) 2. Take a right off the exit onto Boones Creek Road 3. Go all the way down Boones Creek Road until you come to the light in Jonesborough. Go to the right and merge into 11E 4. Stay on the Bypass for approximately minutes until you see a Waffle House on your right and a Hardee s on your left 5. Then take a left on Hwy 107 (towards Erwin) The rest of the directions are the same as 7-9 above. PARKING IN ANYTHING BUT OPEN PARKING (White lined parking spaces) WILL RESULT IN A TICKET AND POSSIBLY A DEVICE PUT ON YOUR CAR THAT WILL NOT ALLOW IT TO MOVE UNTIL THE FINE HAS BEEN PAID. Revised: 09/06/05 Tusculum College Professional Studies DANTES EXAM Schedule Knoxville Center Room 109 DATE OF TEST TIME Thursday, October 13, 2005 DANTES 4:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 25, 2005 DANTES 4:00 p.m. The charge for a DANTE exam is $80.00 as of July 1, Exams must be scheduled at least 5 working days before the actual testing date. Due to limited seating and Business Office issues, payment must be made upon registration or the student s name will be deleted from the testing list after 5 business days. Credit card or check Credit card or check (made payable to Tusculum College) will be acceptable payment. Checks may be mailed to the attention of Joan Carter, P.O. Box 5004, Greeneville, TN A student must wait six months (180 days) before retaking a DANTES exam that was not passed. If you have any questions concerning the testing process, contact Joan Carter at , extension 5607 or via jcarter@tusculum.edu.

5 Study Materials are available at or or Revised: 08/04/05 Directions and Map to the Knoxville Regional Center of Tusculum College The Knoxville Regional Center is located on the west side of Knoxville at 1305 Centerpoint Boulevard near the intersection of Lovell Road and Pellissippi Parkway. As indicated in the map below, take I-40 to Exit 376A for Rte 162, the Pellissippi Parkway, going toward Oak Ridge. Take the second exit onto Lovell Road, making a complete circle under the Parkway. Take the first right into Centerpoint Business Park; the Tusculum building is the first one on the right.

6 Revised: 08/04/05 DANTES SUBJECT STANDARDIZED TESTS (dsst) effective July 1, 2003 TITLE TUSCULUM EQUIVALENT MINIMUM SCORE ARTS & HUMANITIES Art of the Western World Art & Humanities Elective 48 Ethics in America (Essay not required) Philosophy Elective 46 Introduction to World Religions RELG 201 World Religions 48 Technical Writing (Essay not required) English Elective 46 BUSINESS Principles of Financial Accounting MGMT 245 Beginning Accounting & Finance 49 Principles of Supervision Management Elective 46 Introduction to Computing CISC 100 Computer As A Tool 45 Management Information Systems CISC 200 Systems Analysis 46 Introduction to Business BUSN 101 Business & Its Environment 46 Money and Banking Elective 48 Personal Finance MGMT 247 Personal Investing 46 Business Mathematics Math Elective 48 GENERAL ELECTIVES Foundations of Education General Elective 46 Introduction to Law Enforcement General Elective 45 HEALTH Here s to your Health Health Elective 48 Drug and Alcohol Abuse Health Elective 49

7 MATHEMATICS Fundamentals of College Algebra MATH 102 College Algebra 47 Principles of Statistics MATH 215 Elementary Statistics 48 SCIENCE Astronomy Science Elective 48 Environment and Humanity: The Race EVSC 111 Environmental Science 46 to Save the Planet Principles of Physical Science I NSCI 100 Physical Science 47 Physical Geology Science Elective 46 SOCIAL SCIENCES Contemporary Western Europe HIST 204 Europe Since the French Revolution 48 An Introduction to the Modern Middle HIST 306 The Arab-Israeli Conflict 44 East Human/Cultural Geography GEOG 200 Introduction to Geography 48 A History of the Vietnam War History Elective 49 The Civil War and Reconstruction HIST 323 The Civil War and Reconstruction Era 47 The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union HIST 309 History of 20 th Century Russia 45 Lifespan Developmental Psychology PSYC 200 Developmental Psychology 46 General Anthropology Anthropology Elective 47 Criminal Justice Sociology Elective 49 Fundamentals of Counseling PSYC 331 Introduction to Psychotherapy and Counseling 45 SPEECH Principles of Public Speaking SPCH 101 Fundamentals of Public Speaking 47* NOT ACCEPTED Principles of Finance Human Resource Management Organizational Behavior Business Law II These exams are not accepted by Tusculum College for credit in the Professional Studies Program. *In addition to a minimum score of 47 on the multiple-choice test, an examinee must also receive a passing grade on the speech. All DANTES tests are 3 hours each. Revised 05/20/04 CLEP TRANSFER EQUIVALENCY effective July 1, 2003 TITLE TUSCULUM EQUIVALENT Credit Score COMPOSITION AND LITERATURE American Literature ENG 224 Masterpieces of American Lit 6 50 Analyzing & Interpreting Lit ENGL 225 Masterpieces of World Lit 6 50 Composition, Freshman ENGL 110, ENGL 111 Composition I, II 6 50 English Composition (Essay not ENGL 110 RHET & Comp I;ENGL 111,RHET,Research & 6 50 required) Comp II English Literature ENGL 223 Masterpieces of English Lit 6 50 Humanities ENGL 226 Intro to Lit Genres, FINA 100 Arts As Hum 6 50 Expression SCIENCE & MATHEMATICS Algebra MATH 102 College Algebra 3 50 Algebra-Trigonometry MATH 103 College Algebra 3 50 Biology BIOL 101, 102 Gen. Biology I & II 6 50 Chemistry CHEM 101, 102 Gen Chemistry 6 50 Calculus with Elem Functions MATH 104, 204 Calculus I & II 6 50 College Mathematics MATH 102 College Algebra, MATH 103 Trigonometry 6 50 Natural Sciences NSCI100 Physical Science, Science Elective 6 50 Trigonometry MATH 103 Trigonometry 3 50 FOREIGN LANGUAGES French, Level 1 (2 sem) FREN 101, 102 Elem French 6 50 French, Level II (4 sem) FREN 201, 202 Intermediate French 12 TBA

8 German Level I (2 sem) GERM 101, 102 Elem German 6 50 German Level II (4 sem) GERM 201, 202 Intermediate German 12 TBA Spanish Level I (2 sem) SPAN 101, 102 Elem Spanish 6 50 Spanish Level II (4 sem) SPAN 201, 202 Intermediate Spanish 12 TBA HISTORY & SOCIAL SCIENCES American Government POLS 203 American Government 3 50 Educational Psychology, Intro to PSYC 305 Educational Psychology 3 50 History of the United States I HIST 201 U.S. History Survey I 3 50 History of the United States II HIST 202 U.S. History Survey II 3 50 Human Growth & Development PSYC 200 Developmental Psychology 3 50 Psychology, Introductory PSYC 101 Essentials of Psychology 3 50 Social Sciences & History HIST 102 West & World II, SOCI 101 Princ & Social Institutions 6 50 Sociology, Introductory SOCI 101 Principles & Social Institutions 3 50 Western Civilization I HIST 101 The West & The World I 3 50 Western Civilization II HIST 102 The West the World II 3 50 BUSINESS Information Systems & Computer Appl CISC 200 Systems Analysis 3 50 Accounting, Principles of Business Law, Introductory Macroeconomics, Principles of Microeconomics, Principles of Management, Principles of Marketing, Principles of NOT ACCEPTED These exams are not accepted by Tusculum College for credit in the Professional Studies Program. Revised 08/04/05 DANTE TESTING: Maryville College Maryville, TN Testing Center: For more information: TESTING CENTERS Milligan College Milligan College, TN Testing Center: For more information: Pellissippi State Knoxville, TN Testing Center: For more information: Tusculum College Greeneville, TN Testing Center: extension 5607 For more information:

9 Tusculum College Knoxville, TN Testing Center: extension 5607 For more information: CLEP TESTING: Milligan College Milligan College, TN Testing Center: For more information: Pellissippi State Knoxville, TN Testing Center: For more information: Walters State Community College Morristown, TN Testing Center: or , option 3 For more information: Revised 08/04/05