Athabasca U - BGS (Guinea Pigs Wanted)

[MNomadic]

Nice if you can transfer all credits toward that degree since no residency requirement
but all my credits are from prior degrees and "If you have an existing undergraduate degree, your previous courses can be considered for credit toward up to 50% of your AU degree requirements."
So what if I have two or more degrees, do they count for 100%~ LOL

You have to get a certain amount of new credits.

[cacoleman1983]

Nice if you can transfer all credits toward that degree since no residency requirement
but all my credits are from prior degrees and "If you have an existing undergraduate degree, your previous courses can be considered for credit toward up to 50% of your AU degree requirements."
So what if I have two or more degrees, do they count for 100%~ LOL

It probably wouldn't even be worth it in your case being that this bachelor's degree is shorter and has no specialty.   It's beneficial for those who need the bachelor's as a check in the box who have the hours but not a fully completed degree or have credits from an unofficial degree like the Master Propio from ENEB to backfill those hours towards the bachelor's if they somehow had not earned it yet.

[allvia]

This is interesting.   My partner just graduated with his Associate of Applied Science in Digital Media Production specializing in Graphic and Web Design. He currently has 101 credit hours.  I might get him to do an ENEB degree where he could essentially earn a Master Titulo Propio and a Bachelor of General Studies from Athabasca U at the same time.

He may not need any more RA credits for the Athabasca U - BGS as it only requires 90. Assuming they they have some existing UL credits in the mix of the 101. I wasn't sure if that was clear as you mentioned the ENEB.

[cacoleman1983]

This is interesting.   My partner just graduated with his Associate of Applied Science in Digital Media Production specializing in Graphic and Web Design. He currently has 101 credit hours.  I might get him to do an ENEB degree where he could essentially earn a Master Titulo Propio and a Bachelor of General Studies from Athabasca U at the same time.

He may not need any more RA credits for the Athabasca U - BGS as it only requires 90. Assuming they they have some existing UL credits in the mix of the 101. I wasn't sure if that was clear as you mentioned the ENEB.

He only has lower-level courses.   He transferred in one year worth of courses from the Phillippines that were 100/200 level courses in a different field and completed roughly two years' worth of additional courses here in the USA that were all lower level for the Associates so he would still need to take an additional 30 credit hours at the 300/400 level.   Athabasca U could count ENEB Masters degrees as upper-level undergraduate courses which would meet the requirements for the BGS degree.

[xianbd]

Nice if you can transfer all credits toward that degree since no residency requirement
but all my credits are from prior degrees and "If you have an existing undergraduate degree, your previous courses can be considered for credit toward up to 50% of your AU degree requirements."
So what if I have two or more degrees, do they count for 100%~ LOL

It probably wouldn't even be worth it in your case being that this bachelor's degree is shorter and has no specialty.   It's beneficial for those who need the bachelor's as a check in the box who have the hours but not a fully completed degree or have credits from an unofficial degree like the Master Propio from ENEB to backfill those hours towards the bachelor's if they somehow had not earned it yet.

You are right.
well it may still be interesting if I can get a Canadian degree at such a low cost
worth a try

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Nice if you can transfer all credits toward that degree since no residency requirement
but all my credits are from prior degrees and "If you have an existing undergraduate degree, your previous courses can be considered for credit toward up to 50% of your AU degree requirements."
So what if I have two or more degrees, do they count for 100%~ LOL

You have to get a certain amount of new credits.

I didn't find the rules about it...
So how many new credits do I need to get in Athabasca?

[bjcheung77]

Again, it really depends on what you currently have on the table, and what you're bringing in... Pretend you have a Bachelors of Biology or whatever. You have a Masters of Marine Biology as well. You're looking for a BGS in Applied Studies (Business Admin). You take the TWO ENEB offerings of your choice and have that evaluated, then transfer that to complete the Athabasca BGS with Applied Studies. The reason you need TWO ENEB is because you need to max the UL and the 45 credits in a vastly different subject field.

[bjcheung77]

Hello,
I wanted to talk to some friends about the BGS option, I already have a Bachelor's and am working on a Master's. I wanted to know if you could find a 1 unit undergrad course. It turns out if you enter 0 credits earned at Athabascau into the system, the out of the country fee goes above $1k but if you take at least 1 credit there it's only $379 . 

The total after all fees is almost the SAME for 0 credit taken as for 3 credits earned. While 1 credit would allow the degree to come come under $600 Canadian Dollars. I skimmed through the catalog and easily found 1 unit GRADUATE courses but the fee for those are different. So, I would like to know if you could find any 1 unit undergrad course that could be used for the BGS in Applied Science option. I am in the US but I have some friends that would appreciate an affordable Canadian degree.

Information below was gathered from here:
https://www.athabascau.ca/admissions/tui...ionandfees

There is a discrepancy between what you're doing and what I am informing readers... For a few years now, since 2018 or even earlier, I mentioned the fees are supposed to be roughly $200 USD when converted, there are no additional fees as you're not taking any courses at Athabasca U.  The only fees are the two I mentioned, and even with a slight increase, it still hasn't reached the $200 USD yet...  

At the current exchange rate, the $256 CDN is equal to $193.65 USD... What you're trying to do is extra work by doing/paying more than needed or using the calculator to calculate a cost for 0 credits, or 1 credit, they will add 'extra fees' to the courses that are worth 0 credit as they treat it as a regular course!  So skip that thought and remember, the only two fees I mentioned in the initial post...

Reference: https://www.athabascau.ca/calendar/under...mmary.html
The course administration and technology fee and Alumni Relations fee do not apply to 1-credit courses.

Athabasca University offers a number of 0-credit courses (e.g., ENGL 140). Zero-credit courses are assessed the same fee structure as 3-credit courses minus the Students’ Union Fees and Alumni Fees. Other academic-related fees and regulations also apply to 0-credit courses.

Here are a few threads I created, and they've mentioned the $200 USD price range, at least going back two years, there are no extra fees regardless of location...
7/31/2018 (revisited 2021) https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...#pid265959
3/12/2021 https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...#pid332225
3/15/2021 https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...#pid332434

[Kab]

To fulfill in the cheapest way the minimum credit requirements of RA in English language/composition/or similar for this degree, which will be you recommendation?

[bjcheung77]

To fulfill in the cheapest way the minimum credit requirements of RA in English language/composition/or similar for this degree, which will be you recommendation?

If you were asking me, and you're local in the US, then any community college would do, as some student get tuition assistance, reimbursement, or even grants for their classes and it can come up really cheap. Having said that, for those who want it quickly, then the TESU English TECEP - Writing for Success (ENC-1010-TE) for $52/credit, that's $156 in total. Another option would be TEL Learning, it's $67/credit I think, a tad more expensive, and you have to do some real assignments instead of an exam.

[Kab]

TECEP will be accepted by Athabasca?
Also completly unrelated the TECEPS does not work for Residency requirements at TESU, no?

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I answer myself on the second. They do not count for residency. Only Thomas Edison State University Online (OL), Guided Study (GS) or e-Pack (EP) courses.