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RECAP
By the end of week 2, the 3-credit WER had been met, you had fulfilled the
General Ed requirements in Mathematics/Science, in Social Science /
History, and in Humanities. In addition, Business degree specific
Humanities and Social Science requirements have been met in Ethics,
Organizational Behavior, and Economics, as well as math and statistics.
We're on a roll.
THIS WEEK'S EXAMS
MONDAY
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CLEP Principles of Accounting
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CLEP Information Systems and Computer Applications
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CLEP Introductory Psychology
TUESDAY
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ECE Production/Operations Management
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ECE Labor Relations
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ECE Abnormal Psychology
WEDNESDAY
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DANTES Management Information Systems
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DANTES Principles of Supervision
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DANTES Here's to Your Health
THURSDAY
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Foundations of Gerontology
A WORD ON ACCOUNTING
Week three is about to begin. Last week, Finance and
Business Law II were the difficult exams. This week it will be Managerial
and Financial Accounting, and to a lesser extent, Production /Operations
Management.
Now, many who are familiar with accounting practices,
may have little or no difficulty negotiating this hurdle. I had no prior
experience of accounting and found its study exasperating. However, you
will be helped by the grading curve of this exam. While you might feel you
know little, other examinees probably know much less. Again, in the land of
the blind, the one eyed man is king.
We've left Accounting until week three to give you
time for leisurely study of the subject. Best advice I can give is to
practice as many examples as possible to ensure you have inculcated the
principles underlying the practices. Don't just go by rote. Ensure you know
why you’re are using the procedures. You'll be quizzed on that. In the end,
you'll find this exam much easier than anticipated.
Some of you may already have credit in Managerial
Accounting, apparently this is not uncommon. If you're one, you need not
sit the CLEP exam, but can use the DANTES Financial Accounting exam to
cover the deficit. The CLEP exam is as much a race against time as anything
else. The DANTES exam is a much more civilized affair. It's definitely more
detailed and perhaps a little more rigorous, but the extra time allowed
(relative to the number of questions and their difficulty), more than
compensates. I sat both the CLEP and the DANTES, and preferred the DANTES.
However, if you have no accounting credit, you have no choice but to sit
the CLEP.
OTHER EXAMS
MONDAY
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CLEP Principles of Accounting (OR DANTES Financial Accounting IF applicable)
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CLEP Information Systems and Computer Applications
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CLEP Introductory Psychology
Monday's exam in Principles of Accounting will be in two 45 minute
segments. The first will cover Managerial Accounting and will comprise
about 40 questions, and the second will cover Financial Accounting and will
also comprise approximately 40 questions. Work quickly as you can through
the questions while maintaining accuracy. Time has a habit of flying by in
this exam.
That was the hardest exam of the week. The rest of
Monday's exams are on the light side. Information Systems and Computer
applications covers the most rudimentary principles. Do the CLEP mock exam.
If you then feel you need to revise, get one of the "For Dummies"
series books or any other basic primer on end-user computing.
CLEP Introductory Psychology can be
"mastered" well enough using Barron's EZ-101 Psychology. Any
reasonably intelligent, mature adult will find most of this stuff
intuitively obvious.
TUESDAY
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ECE Production/Operations Management
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ECE Labor Relations
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ECE Abnormal Psychology
Production/Operations Management may require some work for those not
familiar with the basic concepts. Others with some experience through
employment will find this a breeze. The fact is that the exam is not very
demanding. Do the ECE mock test (as always) and see how you fare. You can
use any text on Operations Management. I used "The Pocket MBA",
which had a nice, clear, to-the-point, section on the subject, and most
importantly, was very cheap. This was good enough to score an
"A".
Labor Relations. This test follows naturally on the
heels of last week's Management of Human Resources. The MUST for this exam
is that you read and understand the fundamentals of US labor law and
dispute resolution agreements.
That sounds like a lot, but most American workers will
have some experience and familiarity with the basic system. I had no idea,
and found it necessary to read-up on federal laws and agreements. That
study, and the application of common sense, was enough, so U.S. nationals,
bred in the system should be well placed for a good pass. Use the web to
find the relevant labor laws and agreements. This new knowledge and that
gained for the HR exam last week, will see you through.
Abnormal Psychology: you have already completed a deal
of the ground work in Psych 101 and Organizational Behavior. Books for this
exam - the trusty Psych 101 primer, "Abnormal Psychology", Harper
Collins, and the Princeton Review Cracking the GRE Psychology.
WEDNESDAY
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DANTES Management Information Systems
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DANTES Principles of Supervision
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DANTES Here's to Your Health
Management Information Systems, I thought surprisingly
easy for an upper division exam. You can ready yourself for this exam with
any foundation level MIS primer. If you are computer illiterate, we'll
discuss substitute exams at the end of the series, but really, at least try
the mock of this exam.
Principles of Supervision should be a gift to most
seasoned adults. The work done in Human Resource Management, Organizational
Behavior, and Psychology, will all be helpful here. Try the DANTES mock
exam, I doubt you will have difficulty.
"Here's to your Health", is one exam I have
not taken. I include it because all I have read who have taken it and
chosen to comment, say it is quite the easiest test imaginable. So, for
that reason, and remembering that you want to be a graduate and not a hero,
I include it here.
THURSDAY
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ECE Foundations of Gerontology
Only one exam today, Foundations of Gerontology. The
previous Psychology exams will help you with this one. Anyone with an aging
parent or other elderly relative will understand much of the material in
this test. I used no specialized text. Use the Princeton Review, "Cracking
the GRE Psychology Exam", and concentrate on the coverage relative to
aging. If you feel need of further guidance, please do a search of the
internet. There is much free, relevant material there. Again, it is my
opinion having written this exam, that mature adults will have an intuitive
understanding of the material.
SUMMARY
All rightie then. You've completed week three. Except for the degree
capstone course, you have all of the necessary Business core credit and
total Business credit required for the degree. You have also met the
general ed. requirements, the upper level business course credit
requirements, and have accumulated a total of 96 semester hour credits.
Another week and you will have earned a Business degree. I'm so excited!
EXAMS
TAKEN AND CREDIT AWARDED
CLEP Principles of Accounting (6)
CLEP Information Systems and Computer Applications (3)
CLEP Introductory Psychology (3)
DANTES Management Information Systems (3)
DANTES Principles of Supervision (3)
DANTES Here's to Your Health (3)
ECE Production/Operations Management (3)
ECE Labor Relations (3)
ECE Abnormal Psychology (3)
ECE Foundations of Gerontology (3)
BOOKS
Barron's Business Review Series Accounting $12.95
Barron's Accounting the Easy Way $12.95
Prentice Hall The Vest-Pocket MBA $13.95
Barron's EZ-101 Psychology $6.95
Harper Collins Abnormal Psychology $12
Princeton Review Cracking the GRE in Psychology $20
Any MIS primer about $20
Harper Collins Introduction to Sociology $12
www search of US labor laws and federal labor agreements
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