Most efficient Associate degree I can get?

[All-American]

West Virginia Northern Community College
Board of Governors AAS
Area of Concentration in Business

1. COM 1: SL/ CLEP English Composition I 3
2. COM 2: SL/ CLEP English Composition II 3
3. SCI: Saylor Intro to Biology or SL Nutrition 3
4. MATH: Shmoop Algebra I and II (or ALEKS College Algebra) 3
5. SOC 1: Shmoop US History I 3
6: SOC 2: Shmoop US History II 3
7. COMP: TEEX Cybersecurity 6
8: ELEC 1: Shmoop Modern European History 3
9. ELEC 2: Shmoop (or ALEKS) Precalculus 3
10. ELEC 3: Saylor BUS 101 Intro to Business 3
11. ELEC 4: Saylor BUS 103 Intro to Financial Accounting 3
12. ELEC 5: Saylor BUS 203 Principles of Marketing 3
13. ELEC 6: Saylor BUS 205 Business Law and Ethics 3
14. ELEC 7: Saylor BUS 208 Corporate Communication 3
15. ELEC 8: Shmoop Finite Math 3
16. ELEC 9: Shmoop Lit or Math (or ALEKS Business Statistics) 3
17. ELEC 10: Shmoop Lit or Math 3
18. ELEC 11: Shmoop Lit or Math 3
19. ELEC 12: Shmoop Lit or Math 3

If you decide not to take the CLEP College Composition, you could just take SL English Composition I and use the Saylor Corporate Communication in place of English Comp II. Replace those 3 hours with another Saylor or Shmoop course.

Also, they are very flexible about what they will accept as long as it comes from an ACE transcript, so you could replace a course you don’t want to take with another one very easily. Just make sure you have the first 21 credits above completed.

You would need to apply for a waiver for the residency credits, but WVNCC seems very amenable to approving those waivers.

Shmoop is ~$90/ month for as many credits as you can take (no proctoring fees). Saylor is $25 per class for proctoring the final exam through ProctorU. You could replace those Saylor business courses with more from Shmoop, but then you wouldn’t have a concentration in business; rather you would just have an AAS in General Studies.

Programs of Study > Board of Governors A.A.S. Degree Completion Program | WVNCC | West Virginia Northern Community College

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What would a gen ed AAS look like through WVNCC? Would this work? How many credits are required for a concentration? 15?

West Virginia Northern Community College
Board of Governors AAS

1. COM 1: CLEP English Composition I 3
2. COM 2: CLEP English Composition II 3
3. SCI: Sophia: Human Biology 3
4. MATH: Introduction to Statistics 3
5. SOC 1: CLEP Social Science and History I 3
6: SOC 2: CLEP Social Science and History II 3
7. COMP: TEEX Cybersecurity 6
8: ELEC 1: American Government 3
9. ELEC 2: Intro. Psychology 3
10. ELEC 3: CLEP Humanities 3
11. ELEC 4: Sophia Intro to Management 3
12. ELEC 5: Sophia Project Management 3
13. ELEC 6: CLEP Business Law 3
14. ELEC 7: CLEP Principles of Management 3
15. ELEC 8: CLEP US History I 3
16. ELEC 9: CLEP US History II 3
17. ELEC 10: Intro to Sociology 3
18. ELEC 11: Analyzing and Interpreting Lit. I 3
19. ELEC 12: Analyzing and Interpreting Lit. II 3

[KayV]

I think the CLEPs in Humanities and Analyzing Lit are worth 3 credits now, but those would be made up with your Straighterline classes.
This AAS is a great value compared to the Big 3!

[Life Long Learning]

West Virginia Northern Community College is a cool option! I wish I had done it and WVU-P a long time ago.

[icampy]

Has anyone done any of the other WVNCC programs?

And are this college, and WVU-P regionally accredited?

[bjcheung77]

Has anyone done any of the other WVNCC programs?

Don't quote me on this info - But, I think the programs at the 9 WV community colleges may require a residency requirement of 12 credits.
I believe the AAS BOG is the only one that is possible with the transfer of credits and asking for an exemption for these residency requirements.
Anyways, more details: Programs of Study > Board of Governors A.A.S. Degree Completion Program | WVNCC | West Virginia Northern Community College

[Ideas]

Has anyone done any of the other WVNCC programs?

And are this college, and WVU-P regionally accredited?

See this thread. http://www.degreeforum.net/general-educa...s-bog.html

[icampy]

Don't see any information about the other programs.

Has anyone done any of the other programs from this school or other schools that also offer BOG degrees? Technical studies, workforce development, etc.