Dual Degree

[docmarvin]

Maybe a dumb question but I'll ask it anyway. So for dual degree, upon completion of the required courses for both, you only have to pay 1 Graduation Fee, right? If so, as far as concentrations, what can be partnered up? Is it just BSBA? Let's say I take BA Math, can I do BSBA Accounting at the same time?

[coryjunior19]

You do the GenEd requirements, and the Business core requirements, and then you do 6 courses for Marketing/HR and 6 courses for HR/Operations, or whichever concentrations you choose. You can only pick 2, but if you want to do more, you can do at least one undergrad certificate (in Marketing, for example).

So with this If I wanted to get an HR degree, I would complete the 6 courses and apply for graduation. I can then reapply with no fee and take the 6 course for Marketing and will then receive two degrees? Is that correct. Or you saying that I can also do as many certificates as i want to. Are those worth it though?  

I have only 3 interest in degrees and they are pretty different. I dont even know if the go well together. Marketing, HR and Operations. 

But would it make more sense to just get a general management degree. I may be overthinking... lol

[eriehiker]

You kind of have to do it all at once. This is especially true about the certificates because you normally have to do 50% of the certificates with TESU classes. Once you graduate, you are no longer a registered student and have to complete 50% with TESU. I have no idea about doing a second concentration later. It's not that many credits, so just do it all at once.

[Ideas]

For the business ones you do them at once. You can't graduate with one business concentration and come back for another. Also you probably cannot come back for a certificate, because you would have to pay thousands for the TESU courses like eriehiker was saying.

However, for one business and one non-business you cannot do them at the same time. Like BA History and BSBA Accounting.

Many people think that undergrad certificates are not worth it. But if they are really cheap and quick for you, it could be worth something.

[coryjunior19]

For the business ones you do them at once. You can't graduate with one business concentration and come back for another. Also you probably cannot come back for a certificate, because you would have to pay thousands for the TESU courses like eriehiker was saying.

However, for one business and one non-business you cannot do them at the same time. Like BA History and BSBA Accounting.

Many people think that undergrad certificates are not worth it. But if they are really cheap and quick for you, it could be worth something.

Thank you. I am going to start my degree plan now. I may not even double major, I do know that I may not be completing my degree with TESU if I want to get a MBA because I need a GPA. Which means I need to do a 30 credit residency somewhere else. I havent found a list of graduate programs in the forum that people have been accepted to yet.

[davewill]

Here's the skinny on dual degree/dual AOS at TESU.

https://blog.tesu.edu/the-secret-to-earn...ond-degree

[sanantone]

Maybe a dumb question but I'll ask it anyway. So for dual degree, upon completion of the required courses for both, you only have to pay 1 Graduation Fee, right? If so, as far as concentrations, what can be partnered up? Is it just BSBA? Let's say I take BA Math, can I do BSBA Accounting at the same time?

Ideas pretty much answered your question, but I'll elaborate. You can only double major within a school; you can't double major across two types of degrees offered at different schools. For example, you can't pair a BSBA with a BA, and you can't pair a BS in IT with a BSBA. You can double major in any of the majors that fall under the BAs offered by the Heavin School of Arts and Sciences. You can have two business areas of study in the School of Business and Management, but I don't think you can pair a BSBA with a BS in Organizational Leadership. You can double major in anything offered under the School of Applied Science and Technology.

[Ideas]

Do you have a particular school in mind for the MBA? Some MBA programs do not require a GPA. Also some of them only care about GPA in core courses.

[dfrecore]

HR, Marketing & Ops Management can all be tested out of, so you're fine there.  Your best bet is to take HR as a concentration, because the Undergrad cert cannot be tested out of.  Marketing & Ops Management can both be tested out of for the Cert.

My advice would be to get your BSBA in HR/Marketing, with an undergrad cert in Ops Management.  I just combined some spreadsheets to show how it would work.  Green is HR, lots of options for the AOS (as opposed to very specific courses required for the Cert, some of which can't be tested out of).  Purple is Marketing, lots of options there.  Orange is the Ops Management Cert, more flexible and less expensive than the AOS.

Not sure why the HR Cert is so specific and less flexible than getting the concentration, and why the Ops Management Cert is less specific and more flexible than the AOS?  Goofy.  But that's what it is.

[Ideas]

If you don't want to actually work in marketing, I would do HR and Ops Management. Or if you don't want to actually work in HR, then I would do General Mgmt and Ops.