B.A. Psychology from TESU

[ragkrish]

Hello Everyone!

I need your help in figuring out how to complete my coursework. I have 72 credits more to go to complete my B.A. in Psychology. I gave an Abnormal Psych test last October through TECEP. I did not clear it I got a 50% and now my mind is blocked and wondering how am going to complete the advanced psychology courses. Please give me input as to where can I complete the Psy. advance courses and which ones are easier. My brain is rusty, although I do love the subject I spend time reading too much and enjoying it but lose track of time! So I need to figure out a way to actually complete these courses quickly. Please tell me how you all did the courses and from where and how much time does it take for someone who is older? Sorry, I know am asking too many questions. 

By the way I admire all of your grit and enthusiasm in completing not just one degree but several!   It! iam also thankful for all of your great advise!

Btw I completed most of my general ed like college math and statistics, and history, biology etc. through study.com and sophia and TECEP now am working on eng 1 and II through sophia. Hoping to do abnormal psychology through coopersmith but it is very expensive so am hesitant are there any other resources?  Thanks!

[dfrecore]

UL TECEP exams are difficult, so it's not surprising that you didn't pass.

You did not say which particular 72cr you need to complete the degree (or which 48cr you already have), so we can't really tell you where to get your credits.

Also, if spending money on Study.com and Sophia is expensive to you, you might want to get your degree at EC instead - they are quite a bit cheaper than TESU, and will take many of the same credits.

[LevelUP]

You can do Abnormal Psychology as a TESU course and do the 16 credit flat rate term for $4600. 
https://www2.tesu.edu/course.php?CourseCode=PSY-350&sem=

Everything else can be done through Study.com
https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Sa...egree_Plan

You can complete these Study.com and other Alt Credit courses in 20hrs or less each.

[bjcheung77]

@ragkrish, the way you're going through this is a bit different than what many or most people will go... I would recommend you to "stop and decide" for now what direction you're wanting to go. This is what I see from you, you're starting from scratch because you don't want to transfer in your BA Sociology, and it's a bit confusing until you go into a direction of getting RA credit or foreign equivalents as it is required at TESU (same goes for COSC)...

My suggestion right now is to get an evaluation done for Excelsior and TESU, the reason is, Excelsior does not require RA credits and you need 30 UL for the Psych degree, if I was in your shoes, I would go the route of least resistance... Skip the thought of a Bachelors in Psychology, go for a cheap, easy, fast BALS or BSLA and go get a Walden MS Psychology degree for the cost, ease, speed, that's what I would do.

Again, don't skip the foreign credit evaluation, you need it for COSC/TESU, otherwise it'll be expensive and harder to complete, slower as well. If you want to see an example of someone who I recommended that, you can review the signature for "SuperMind", I advised him a BALS-Psych & MS Psychology. With his credits, he added an ASNSM Math. With that, he was able to get into a Psychology society chapter.

[Kab]

Maybe he needs the Bachelor in PSY. as a step for something. or needs XXX number of undergrad credits in PSY for something. Different countries, different rules. We do not know.

[dfrecore]

@ragkrish, the way you're going through this is a bit different than what many or most people will go...  I would recommend you to "stop and decide" for now what direction you're wanting to go.  This is what I see from you, you're starting from scratch because you don't want to transfer in your BA Sociology, and it's a bit confusing until you go into a direction of getting RA credit or foreign equivalents as it is required at TESU (same goes for COSC)...

My suggestion right now is to get an evaluation done for Excelsior and TESU, the reason is, Excelsior does not require RA credits and you need 30 UL for the Psych degree, if I was in your shoes, I would go the route of least resistance... Skip the thought of a Bachelors in Psychology, go for a cheap, easy, fast BALS or BSLA and go get a Walden MS Psychology degree for the cost, ease, speed, that's what I would do.

Again, don't skip the foreign credit evaluation, you need it for COSC/TESU, otherwise it'll be expensive and harder to complete, slower as well.  If you want to see an example of someone who I recommended that, you can review the signature for "SuperMind", I advised him a BALS-Psych & MS Psychology.  With his credits, he added an ASNSM Math.  With that, he was able to get into a Psychology society chapter.

I would never recommend that someone skips a bachelor's that they want and go to a masters.  What if they never get around to that master's degree?  Or can't afford it?  What if the degree they want can do something for them now?

[bjcheung77]

Maybe he needs the Bachelor in PSY. as a step for something. or needs XXX number of undergrad credits in PSY for something. Different countries, different rules. We do not know.

Exactly, we won't know until we ask and find out from the Original Poster. Let's wait and see...

I would never recommend that someone skips a bachelor's that they want and go to a masters.  What if they never get around to that master's degree?  Or can't afford it?  What if the degree they want can do something for them now?

Depending on what their response is to my post... I would! Especially since they already have a foreign BA in Sociology. If they wanted Psychology in the beginning and did not have a BA, then my answer would have been different as well...

Again, let's wait and see... I was more into telling them to skip the Bachelors altogether to save the energy, money, time and go straight to the Masters, but we'll see why a BA Psychology is needed and if a BALS-Psych will suffice...

Some people are looking for a lateral move sideways, I'm seeing if an upward move is better, since it may take more than 30+ credits to finish a Bachelors, skipping it would allow them to finish a 30 credit Masters in roughly the same time, similarly the amount of energy/money as well.

Last but not least, my post was to get more details and seeing what their response is, it's not a "you must follow BJ's rules". It's something they might want to look at for suggestions and options to proceed. People have their own thoughts and will either agree or disagree with what I've provided as possible paths.

[dfrecore]

Maybe he needs the Bachelor in PSY. as a step for something. or needs XXX number of undergrad credits in PSY for something. Different countries, different rules. We do not know.

Exactly, we won't know until we ask and find out from the Original Poster.  Let's wait and see...

I would never recommend that someone skips a bachelor's that they want and go to a masters.  What if they never get around to that master's degree?  Or can't afford it?  What if the degree they want can do something for them now?

Depending on what their response is to my post... I would!  Especially since they already have a foreign BA in Sociology.  If they wanted Psychology in the beginning and did not have a BA, then my answer would have been different as well...  

Again, let's wait and see... I was more into telling them to skip the Bachelors altogether to save the energy, money, time and go straight to the Masters, but we'll see why a BA Psychology is needed and if a BALS-Psych will suffice...

Some people are looking for a lateral move sideways, I'm seeing if an upward move is better, since it may take more than 30+ credits to finish a Bachelors, skipping it would allow them to finish a 30 credit Masters in roughly the same time, similarly the amount of energy/money as well.

Last but not least, my post was to get more details and seeing what their response is, it's not a "you must follow BJ's rules".  It's something they might want to look at for suggestions and options to proceed.  People have their own thoughts and will either agree or disagree with what I've provided as possible paths.

How did you know they have a foreign BA in Soc?  They didn't say so in the post...

[carrythenothing]

How did you know they have a foreign BA in Soc?  They didn't say so in the post...

Older thread: https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...#pid303090

[dfrecore]

How did you know they have a foreign BA in Soc?  They didn't say so in the post...

Older thread: https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...#pid303090

Good lord - how on earth would anyone keep up with that?  I certainly don't look at older posts, I respond to the post as written.  I wish people would include pertinent info in a post so that we don't waste our time on things like this.