COSC Help choosing a Concentration and UL credits questions?

[patsfand]

Hi All
It has been a while since my last post. This board was a great help to me when I was finishing my AAS Safety and Security at TESC. I decided to look at COSC for my BS. I need some advice on choosing a concentration. COSC is in the process for evaluating my credits for BS Organizational leadership. I am looking for the quickest and cheapest way to finish. Hopefully I can test out of almost everything except Corner and Capstone. I am trying to figure out if Public Safety, CJ or Liberal Arts may be a quicker route.
One of my main concerns is lack of UL credits. The Organizational Leadership Clep/DSST tests needed would be fairly easy, but for UL credit I would need the ECE equivalents. How much harder are they?
I am switching to COSC because of the cost. The COSC payment plan is a big help. What do you think the quickest easiest path to a degree may be for me?
Below is basically the credits I have so far.
Fema – 30 credits
Aleks – INT Algebra, College Algebra, Pre-Calc, Intro Statistics,
Clep/ DSST – College Comp, A & I Lit, Intro Computers
Arrts transcript – 12 credits Geography, Keyboarding etc.
SL – Bus Comm
Other credits - Bio, Bus Law II, Drama, Soc, History, Civil Procedure,
Any feedback you may have will really help.

[perriquit]

If you are still within the year of your academic service with with TESC you won't have to pay extra and I think that taking both Capstone and Cornerstone would make COSC more expensive than TESC. However it is true that the payment plan helps.. however they wont award your degree if you owe them money so you could just save the money yourself every month and when you have all the credits or close to all the credits apply to TESC for your BA degree. For the UL credits Penn Foster offers a whole bunch of Upper level for Business and CJ.

Again another point in favor of TESC is that it takes a lot of classses from PF that are lower level according to ACE as upper level.

[dcan]

The wiki has several degree plans for TESC and a couple for COSC.

[sanantone]

If you cannot take the cornerstone and capstone during the same semester, the semester fees are going to cost you $440. Six credits at COSC plus the semester fees could cost $2300. In comparison to TESC, you wouldn't be saving much money, you would have to spend more time taking two required courses, and you will find it harder to fulfill upper level requirements.

[burbuja0512]

I really think the fact that COSC manages to spread the costs out over a longer period of time makes it so much more manageable. Yes, you can look at overall costs and COSC may not always come out on top. However, if you don't have a bunch of cash sitting in the bank and don't want to use loans to pay, COSC is easier. Payment plans on their already low cost make it super easy to pay totally out-of-pocket for almost anyone.

I didn't have to take the Cornerstone, as it wasn't a requirement when I matriculated, but the Capstone was a good class. It really prepared me for my MBA program and the text and coursework was interesting and relevant. In fact the Biz Strategy MBA class I'm currently taking has quite a bit of material that's similar to the COSC Capstone.

Regarding which concentration to choose - this is a highly personal decision and relates to your interests and career choice. How many classes do you want to take? If you're really looking for minimum coursework, liberal arts would be best, but at COSC you can always do the learner designed area of study. Maybe you could come up with a creative combination that would be interesting and provide enough UL credits to help you graduate. Here is the Individualized Studies page for your reference: Individualized Studies Concentration (Major) at Charter Oak State College

I'm pretty sure that the other concentrations that you can (mostly) test out of are psych and biz admin. Would either of these be of interest? If you plan on doing a masters degree, you can choose the one that would match the best with your future plans and fulfill prerequisites for your masters.

HTH!