BSBA in General Management Planning help

[rlstrick06]

Hello, Looking for best options for what I have remaining after transfer evaluation.
Thanks,
Randy



Oral Communication 3SH
(Not started)
Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) option: COM-209 Public Speaking

Quantitative Literacy (DEGREE REQUIREMENT) 3SH
(Not started)
Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) option: MAT121 College Algebra; other course option: MAT-119 Quantitative Business Analysis


Civic Engagement 3SH
(Not started)
Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) option: POS-110 American Government



D: UNDRST PHYS&NAT WRLD
(In progress)
For all TESU course options that will satisfy this area of the degree, go to
Understanding Physical and Natural WorldCourses
Natural Sciences 4SH  
1 Credit needed

F: GE ELECTIVES
(In progress)
For all TESU course options that will satisfy this area of the degree, go to
General Education Elective Courses
.
To identify which of these courses is Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC), go to
Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) Courses
General Education Electives 20SH
SH Earned: 4.5
Required: 20
Remaining: 15.5

A: Accounting 6 SH
(In progress)
For TESU course options, go to
ACC-101 Principles of Financial Accounting
AND
ACC-102 Principles of Managerial Accounting
SH Earned: 3

D: Finance 3 SH
(Not started)
For TESU course options, go to
FIN-301 Principles of Finance

G: Business/Society 3SH
(Not started)
Topics can include: International Management, Business in Society,International Marketing, and International Business.
For TESU course options, go to
MAN-372 International Management
OR
BUS-311 Business in Society


H: Economics 6 SH
(In progress)
For TESU course options, go to
ECO-111 Macroeconomics
AND
ECO-112 Microeconomics
SH Earned: 3

J: Capstone 3 SH
(Not started)
*must earn a grade of C/CR or better
This Capstone course must be taken with Thomas Edison State University or via an approved Thomas Edison StateUniversity Academic Program Review. Baccalaureate students will not be permitted to register for a capstone course unlesst hey have 100 credits applied toward the requirements for the declared degree and a GPA of 2.0 or higher.
For TESU course options, go to
BUS-421 Business Administration Capstone


A: GMS Required 9 SH
(In progress)
*must earn grades of C/CR or better
Complete three courses (one course from three of the following four areas)
Accounting
Finance
Management
Marketing
**At least 12 semester hours within the entire Specialization must be at the 300/400 level.
SH Earned: 6

[rachel83az]

Oral communication - Sophia - Public Speaking
Quantitative Literacy - Sophia - College Algebra
Civic Engagement - InstantCert - American Government
Understanding Physical & Natural World - Sophia - Human Biology OR Environmental Science
GE Electives - Sophia - Any not mentioned for other topics - TEEX and/or The Institutes could also fill in some holes for free.
Accounting - Sophia - Accounting (Comes in as ACC-101 and you have 102)
Finance - Davar - Introduction to Finance
Business/Society - Davar - International Management OR Study.com - Business 308: Globalization & International Management
Economics - Sophia - Microeconomics


Last one should probably be an UL class in either management or marketing. Davar and SDC both have options.

[bjcheung77]

Good recommendations as always, but I have a couple of changes if it was me...
The rest of the ones above, I would recommend the exact same offerings - Sophia for the win!

1) Principles of Finance - since you're doing Sophia.org, take it there FREE
2) Business/Society - Study.com International Business (it's a lower level course and easier)
3) UL Managerial Accounting at InstantCertCredit, it's $20+proctor fee and since you're taking a course here, it's familiar tech

BTW, are you planning to pay the residency waiver or take extra courses for 16 credits?

[rlstrick06]

Good recommendations as always, but I have a couple of changes if it was me...
The rest of the ones above, I would recommend the exact same offerings - Sophia for the win!

1) Principles of Finance - since you're doing Sophia.org, take it there FREE
2) Business/Society - Study.com International Business (it's a lower level course and easier)
3) UL Managerial Accounting at InstantCertCredit, it's $20+proctor fee and since you're taking a course here, it's familiar tech

BTW, are you planning to pay the residency waiver or take extra courses for 16 credits?

I think I will end up paying the Residency waiver at this point. Thanks for the ideas

[ss20ts]

Oral communication - Sophia - Public Speaking
Quantitative Literacy - Sophia - College Algebra
Civic Engagement - InstantCert - American Government
Understanding Physical & Natural World - Sophia - Human Biology OR Environmental Science
GE Electives - Sophia - Any not mentioned for other topics - TEEX and/or The Institutes could also fill in some holes for free.
Accounting - Sophia - Accounting (Comes in as ACC-101 and you have 102)
Finance - Davar - Introduction to Finance
Business/Society - Davar - International Management OR Study.com - Business 308: Globalization & International Management
Economics - Sophia - Microeconomics


Last one should probably be an UL class in either management or marketing. Davar and SDC both have options.

Sophia has Principles of Finance which does transfer to TESU.

[LevelUP]

You need 3 UL classes to complete the GM concentration.

I think considering your experience, you should just go for the BSBA Finance concentration, it would be 3 UL courses there as well all of which you can do at Study.com

A finance concentration is better than the GM.

[rlstrick06]

You need 3 UL classes to complete the GM concentration.

I think considering your experience, you should just go for the BSBA Finance concentration, it would be 3 UL courses there as well all of which you can do at Study.com

A finance concentration is better than the GM.

The finance one looks to need an initial 3 credits, Here is the breakdown

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Oral communication - Sophia - Public Speaking
Quantitative Literacy - Sophia - College Algebra
Civic Engagement - InstantCert - American Government
Understanding Physical & Natural World - Sophia - Human Biology OR Environmental Science
GE Electives - Sophia - Any not mentioned for other topics - TEEX and/or The Institutes could also fill in some holes for free.
Accounting - Sophia - Accounting (Comes in as ACC-101 and you have 102)
Finance - Davar - Introduction to Finance
Business/Society - Davar - International Management OR Study.com - Business 308: Globalization & International Management
Economics - Sophia - Microeconomics


Last one should probably be an UL class in either management or marketing. Davar and SDC both have options.

Are the Sophia courses better than Study.com?  I have looked at both sites and see TESU is listed as a partner on Study.com. Is one better priced? Total noob here.

Thanks,Randy

[rachel83az]

Sophia is $79/mo. for all-you-can-do. You can complete 1 course, you can complete 10. It's up to you. Study.com is $200/mo. and you can only complete 2 courses per month. You can add an additional 3 courses for $70 each for a total of 5 courses in one month for just over $400. Depending on how fast you work, you can get all of your required Sophia courses done in probably 2 months for a total of $158 - less than 1 month at SDC. You might be able to go faster, you might go slower. But 3 months for $237 is still cheaper than all those courses at SDC.

Public Speaking at Sophia has assignments that need to be graded and returned so you're going to want to start that one ASAP. While you're waiting for the grading, you can progress through the other courses that you need. Principles of Finance is one of the harder ones so start with Biology or Environmental Science; those are probably two of the easiest Sophia courses to get a feel for how it all works.

[allvia]

I think the most important thing to point out is that Sophia does not offer any UL courses so they don't work for those. Study.com offers many UL options. If you're looking for lowest cost LL credits Sophia is tough to beat right now (due to their new pricing structure).

[LevelUP]

You need 3 UL classes to complete the GM concentration.

I think considering your experience, you should just go for the BSBA Finance concentration, it would be 3 UL courses there as well all of which you can do at Study.com

A finance concentration is better than the GM.

The finance one looks to need an initial 3 credits, Here is the breakdown

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Oral communication - Sophia - Public Speaking
Quantitative Literacy - Sophia - College Algebra
Civic Engagement - InstantCert - American Government
Understanding Physical & Natural World - Sophia - Human Biology OR Environmental Science
GE Electives - Sophia - Any not mentioned for other topics - TEEX and/or The Institutes could also fill in some holes for free.
Accounting - Sophia - Accounting (Comes in as ACC-101 and you have 102)
Finance - Davar - Introduction to Finance
Business/Society - Davar - International Management OR Study.com - Business 308: Globalization & International Management
Economics - Sophia - Microeconomics


Last one should probably be an UL class in either management or marketing. Davar and SDC both have options.

Are the Sophia courses better than Study.com?  I have looked at both sites and see TESU is listed as a partner on Study.com. Is one better priced? Total noob here.

Thanks,Randy

Study.com Communications 120: Presentation Skills in the Workplace will satisfy the Oral Communication requirement.  This course requires no papers or speeches so you can complete it within 1-2 days.  Far faster option than waiting on Sophia to grade things.

For Finance you need 3 UL courses 3credits each, you can choose from these at study.com
Finance 301: Corporate Finance  (won't overlap your other corporate finance course)
Finance 303: Financial Institutions & Markets
Finance 304: Security Analysis & Port Management
Finance 306: Small Business Finance

Sophia and Study.com are similar.  I would say Sophia is a bit faster and easier for most people. 

Looks like you need Financial Accounting ACC 101, not Managerial Accounting 102 which you already have.  Usually, the process is to figure out what classes you need, verify them by email advising, then add them to your degree plan.

Things change with time, and people make mistakes so never rely 100% on things in this forum, verify.