I need some info from COSC current students or grads. Is your degree from COSC fulfilling your educational and employment needs? I was set to enroll in the COSC BS in Health Care Admin program because that is what I do and want to continue doing, however it was brought to my attention here that the COSC degrees are general studies degrees which are not a revered or respected as a degree with a major. The problem is that I would like to finish my degree in this format and the TESC and EC BS in Health Sciences programs are more geared for allied health workers, of which I am not. I used to be, but I am now in teaching and want to stay in teaching. That being said I'm wondering if you found in real life that a COSC degree was less accepted or desired when applying for jobs or for a master's program. I'm 45 so I don't think I will ever venture into a master's program, but I hate to close a door or limit my access through that door just in case. I know some have a personal preference, but my question is does it really matter in real life or does it just look better hanging on the wall? I'm not trying to offend anyone, so I hope no one takes offense. But I truly believe as some have said here that what you know and how you use it is more important than what the piece of paper hanging on the wall reads. I have known some really dumb PhD's!! I truly never realized there was a difference in a BS degree except that some were in Liberal Arts, some in Science Etc. I guess things have changed since I first went to college in 1980! Thanks in advance for helping me make sense of this. I guess the old age brain fog is setting in because this has really thrown me for a loop this week. What I thought I knew just went right out the window! This group is so great with support and info I thought I would find someone to help me understand this better!

I can't answer you question because my degree is not needed for the job that I do. Charter Oak worked out best for what credits I had and their customer service was good. I would suggest that you also post your question over at Distance Learning Discussion Forums - Powered by vBulletin. I beleive there are a couple of COSC grads that post on the site.
Good Luck,
Bob

marianne202 Wrote:I need some info from COSC current students or grads. Is your degree from COSC fulfilling your educational and employment needs? I was set to enroll in the COSC BS in Health Care Admin program because that is what I do and want to continue doing, however it was brought to my attention here that the COSC degrees are general studies degrees which are not a revered or respected as a degree with a major. The problem is that I would like to finish my degree in this format and the TESC and EC BS in Health Sciences programs are more geared for allied health workers, of which I am not. I used to be, but I am now in teaching and want to stay in teaching. That being said I'm wondering if you found in real life that a COSC degree was less accepted or desired when applying for jobs or for a master's program. I'm 45 so I don't think I will ever venture into a master's program, but I hate to close a door or limit my access through that door just in case. I know some have a personal preference, but my question is does it really matter in real life or does it just look better hanging on the wall? I'm not trying to offend anyone, so I hope no one takes offense. But I truly believe as some have said here that what you know and how you use it is more important than what the piece of paper hanging on the wall reads. I have known some really dumb PhD's!! I truly never realized there was a difference in a BS degree except that some were in Liberal Arts, some in Science Etc. I guess things have changed since I first went to college in 1980! Thanks in advance for helping me make sense of this. I guess the old age brain fog is setting in because this has really thrown me for a loop this week. What I thought I knew just went right out the window! This group is so great with support and info I thought I would find someone to help me understand this better!

I'm an EC grad but I know a COSC grad who works in the Cooperative Work Experience Education dept of my local community college. Obviously, her degree worked just fine. I am personally unaware of anyone reporting a lack of utility from the degree they earned at any of the Big Three. By the time you have a couple of decades of work experience under your belt, the degree is less of a factor.

However, unless it happened in the past couple of years, I would not expect anyone to report back to this forum after they failed to secure a job or otherwise somehow learned that their degree was considered sub-standard. First of all, they would have to know that the source or type of degree they secured was the cause of their failure. Assuming they were told that their degree was the problem, then they would have to care enough to come back and tell everyone. I believe most continue looking for work without much awareness of why they did not receive job offers from previous applications/interviews.

Even if someone comes back today and reports that their degree from Charter Oak was useless because they failed to secure a job with Company X and they were told by Company X that they WOULD have been made an offer if they had a "better" or "different" degree--that would give us a grand total of--one. One out of tens of thousands (probably over 100,000 by now) of Big Three graduates with all types of degrees--including General Studies with a concentration.

Maybe the best thing you can do is go to each web site and look at their newsletters. At the Excelsior site you can find the current and back issues of "Live and Learn." TESC has a newsletter titled "Invention" and Charter Oak has the "Student Successes" link on their web site. They always include a section on the careers of their graduates. That should give you some good information to compare. Maybe you'll find a story or two from someone in your profession.

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