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Degree Plan for 18 y/o -- Organizational Leadership maybe?
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I'm looking for some help advice for my son who is wanting to pursue a bachelor's degree online. Original plan was music degree, but looking for something more practical for a variety of reasons. He was homeschooled mostly, attending a public HS part time for his senior year. Academically solid. Total people person, super outgoing.

Your Location: Virginia residents, living overseas b/c I have a US gov't job (so, international, but not an international student)
 
Age: 18

What kind of degree do you want?: Organizational Leadership is currently top of the list. He'd prefer to be a (musical) conductor, but getting that degree online is not practical, so he's been thinking about what else is interesting and he can always do music for fun.  He recently had a job working for a student after school program (on an overseas base) and LOVED it. He had great reviews and his supervisors remarked that he was one of the best they'd seen, especially for coming in with no training. He would have continued in that job, but we moved. 

Since he enjoyed the job at the student activity center, and since he seemed to excel at it, he has an idea that he would like to continue with something similar--child development center or kids' sports program, etc., but more in a management role as a long term goal. Specifically, he would like to work for the government so he has the option of working overseas in this capacity. Education degrees also work for this job field, but he specifically does not want an education degree, he'd rather do something more management related, so business administration or professional studies are options we have looked at. He has considered Liberal Studies just to dabble here and there, but not sure if that would be a great option for moving into leadership or other government service.
Definitely open to guidance.

UMPI is out due to age. We have looked at TESU organizational leadership degree or SNHU business administration. There is a small UMGC campus here and I see they have a business degree. He has also considered Sterling College. They would not accept any of his ACE credits, but tuition is only $145/credit hour for online. 

Current Regional Accredited Credits:

Arizona State University
Introduction to Health and Wellness (3)
College Math (3)
Poetry in America (3)
First Year Composition (3)
Business Tech Fundamentals (1)

TEL, Transcripted through York University:
History of the New Testament (3)
Introduction to Communication (3)
History of the USA Since 1865 (3)
American Government (3)
General Psychology (3)

Western Virginia University:
Fundamentals of Music Theory (1)
History of Jazz (3)

Current ACE Credits:

Sophia Credits:
Conflict Resolution
Biology

Any certifications or military experience? None


Budget: He has about $5000 saved and would prefer to keep things as frugal as possible. 

Commitments: Looking for work, most likely 20 hours/week if he finds something.

Dedicated time to study: My son has been a solid A/B student for college courses taken thus far. He wants to work while getting the degree, but for the moment he has a lot of time on his hands and is open to adding ACE credits if that would help shorten the overall degree time.

Timeline: Would love to finish in 2 years if possible. Less is fine Smile.
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Tuition assistance/reimbursement: He has a one-time scholarship (1,750) that will expire if not used by spring 2024 (has to be accepted into a college/university to use that).He might qualify for a very small Pell grant.

Thank you so much for any advice you may have. We've been diving into the degree plans and looking at various options and feels like it is all running together.
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Degree Plan for 18 y/o -- Organizational Leadership maybe? - by MamaRose - 09-28-2023, 06:05 AM

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