Advisory regarding Southern California wildfires

Advisory regarding Southern California wildfires

On behalf of everyone at Thomas Edison State University, we hope that students affected by the wildfires in Southern California remain safe. The University is offering accommodations to students affected by the wildfires:

  • Students who are directly impacted by the fires and who are currently registered in courses for the November 2024, December 2024 and January 2025 terms have the option of receiving a free eight-week course extension without mentor approval; or, a 100% tuition credit for their course(s) to a future term. Affected students should submit a Request for Course Extension Form or a Request for Course Withdrawal Form indicating “Southern California wildfires” as the reason for the request. Please note that TECEP exams in these terms cannot be extended, nor credited for tuition after the exam has been taken.
  • Impacted students who are currently on a course extension for the September 2024 and October 2024 terms can request a second eight-week extension on their current term at no additional cost.

Request an Accommodation: Students affected by the wildfire and evacuations who need an accommodation should contact the Office of the Registrar by email at registration@tesu.edu or by phone at 609-777-5680. Accommodation requests should be submitted by January 24th. Requests after that date can be accommodated if the student provides documentation of the reason for the late request.

Request Credit for Completed edX MicroBachelors

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TESU edX Partnership

Degree-Seeking Students Submission of Learner Record

Students enrolled in TESU Bachelor of Arts in Computer Science or the Associate in Applied Science with an area of study in Applied Computer Studies can transfer their edX earned credits to be applied to their degree program.

To request credit for your edX MicroBachelors program:

First, you will need to sign into your edX account to send TESU your learner record, which demonstrates that you’ve successfully completed the edX course(s). The edX Step-by-Step Guide will guide you through the process for requesting a transcript.

After you submit the request for TESU to receive your learner record, TESU will verify your learner record and your credit will be applied to your academic evaluation. Please allow 5 business days for your credits to be processed.

Nondegree Services Application for TESU edX Partnership

Individual Learning Account is a nondegree service that Thomas Edison State University provides to individuals who wish to document credit earned for edX MicroBachelors program courses. Upon submission of this form and successful completion of edX MicroBachelors program courses, TESU will award and record academic credit on a TESU transcript. There is no fee to the student for recording credit for the edX MicroBachelors program courses.

No fee is charged for the recording of edX MicroBachelors program courses.

To request credit for your edX MicroBachelors program, “Start Your Application Now.” You will be creating an application for an Individual Learning Account (ILA)/edX.

Once you have created your account, select “Start A New Individual Learning Account Application” and proceed through the required steps. You can also visit the edX Learner Help Center for a step-by-step guide on transferring your credits to TESU.

Adding Courses in Addition to the edX Credit to Your ILA

In addition, the Individual Learning Account can also be used to document college credit gained by college-level learning through military experience, professional licenses, college proficiency examinations, college-level corporate training programs, American Council on Education (ACE) and National College Credit Recommendation Service (NCCRS) credit recommendations. Individuals who use the Individual Learning Account are not enrolled in a Thomas Edison State University degree program however we will accept the courses toward our degree programs, as appropriate to fulfill degree requirements should you choose to apply as a degree seeking student. If you wish to use this transcript to transfer credit to another College or University, please make sure that the receiving institution’s academic policy will allow transfer of each credit.

The cost for students to add non-edX credit to your Individual Learning Account is $25 per credit.

Once you have applied and created your ILA account, simply have any additional transcripts or documents you wish to add to your ILA sent to us and complete this form. You only need to apply one time to create the ILA account, however, the new credit will not be applied until this form is completed and you have paid the per credit charges to add the non-edX credit to the Thomas Edison State University transcript.