Charter Oak - 2 Questions

[sotired]

The 2 questions below are in reference to a BS in Business Admin

1) They only list the 36 credits required for Concentration, what about the rest of the 120 required, they aren't listed anywhere?

Concentration list: Business Administration Concentration (Major) at Charter Oak State College

2) The Business Admin degree falls under "Concentrations that can be completed using Charter Oak State College courses exclusively"

Does that mean I cannot use transfer credits from other schools, cannot test out of courses using CELP/DSST, and so on?

Here is that page: Concentrations (Majors) and CPS Forms at Charter Oak State College

[Merlin]

The 2 questions below are in reference to a BS in Business Admin

1) They only list the 36 credits required for Concentration, what about the rest of the 120 required, they aren't listed anywhere?

Concentration list: Business Administration Concentration (Major) at Charter Oak State College

In addition to your concentration, there are other requirements for graduation to consider (for a bachelor's at least):

General Education: 40 credits (in the right knowledge areas of course)
Liberal Arts: 30 credits (for BS) or 60 credits (for BA)

In addition, at least 30 credits must be upper level.

Outside the concentration, and any pre- or co-requisite requirements, the distribution of those credits is largely up to you, in coordination with your academic advisor. There is no specific list of required classes or tests you need to take... as long as the total credits meet your graduation requirements you can pretty much make your own degree plan. It just needs to be approved by your advisor, and your CPS needs to be approved by the review committee.

If you are looking to test out, the Official Catalog has a list of what each test that is accepted by COSC is considered in terms of general education and liberal arts requirements, as well as the requirements themselves. If you're looking to transfer in credits, you'll need to have them reviewed by the school to determine how they will be interpreted. If you want to take classes with COSC directly, your academic advisor will recommend classes that would fit into your plan.

2) The Business Admin degree falls under "Concentrations that can be completed using Charter Oak State College courses exclusively"

Does that mean I cannot use transfer credits from other schools, cannot test out of courses using CELP/DSST, and so on?

Here is that page: Concentrations (Majors) and CPS Forms at Charter Oak State College

This means that COSC provides all the classes necessary to meet the requirement of those concentrations without requiring you to test out or take classes elsewhere to complete. The concentrations that cannot be completed with just COSC classes are in the other category.

In either case if you have existing credits to use, or want to take classes (or tests) outside COSC you are free to do so as long as they meet the concentration requirements, even if COSC offers the classes themselves. The only exceptions to this rule are the cornerstone and capstone classes, which must be taken via COSC.

[rebel100]

Here are the Gen Ed requirements:General Education Requirements at Charter Oak State College

You need gen ed, your concentration credits, and the rest are essentially electives, though some cps will specify what those can be.