EC/COSC - will they take NA credits?

[jsd]

yeah WGU definitely accepted ITT Tech folks, but I think they also accept NA in general while intentionally not advertising that much.

[GreggT67]

I took Business Ethics through Penn Foster and COSC accepted that as college credit and applied it to the general education requirement for an ethics course.

[dfrecore]

I took Business Ethics through Penn Foster and COSC accepted that as college credit and applied it to the general education requirement for an ethics course.

They didn't take it because it was an NA school, they took it because it's an ACE-recommended course.

[cookderosa]

I took Business Ethics through Penn Foster and COSC accepted that as college credit and applied it to the general education requirement for an ethics course.

They didn't take it because it was an NA school, they took it because it's an ACE-recommended course.

Yeah, I think the Penn Foster catalog is more of an exception since so many are ACE evaluated. EC is open about taking ACE evaluated courses.

[dfrecore]

I know you're only asking about EC & COSC, but it looks like WGU will award transfer credit from any institutions that are recognized as nationally or regionally accredited by the U.S. Department of Education.

I knew WGU did, but it's only helpful if you want one of their degrees.  If you want a BALS, you're out of luck.

[Merlin]

I know you're only asking about EC & COSC, but it looks like WGU will award transfer credit from any institutions that are recognized as nationally or regionally accredited by the U.S. Department of Education.

I knew WGU did, but it's only helpful if you want one of their degrees.  If you want a BALS, you're out of luck.

True enough. But if you have NA credits and want to RA degree, you don't have a lot of options. For someone with a significant amount of NA credits, I imagine that it may be better to pursue a BSBM from WGU rather than start over on a BALS from EC/COSC/TESU. But that obviously depends a lot on the type of NA credits they have.

[dfrecore]

I know you're only asking about EC & COSC, but it looks like WGU will award transfer credit from any institutions that are recognized as nationally or regionally accredited by the U.S. Department of Education.

I knew WGU did, but it's only helpful if you want one of their degrees.  If you want a BALS, you're out of luck.

True enough. But if you have NA credits and want to RA degree, you don't have a lot of options. For someone with a significant amount of NA credits, I imagine that it may be better to pursue a BSBM from WGU rather than start over on a BALS from EC/COSC/TESU. But that obviously depends a lot on the type of NA credits they have.

If you have a load of NA credits and they're not fitting into one of the degrees at WGU, then you're probably much better off starting from scratch somewhere else.  There's no point trying to "make" your credits fit where they won't.  And there's no point getting a degree you don't want if you already know you can get something else for the same price, even if you have to start over.

[Merlin]

If you have a load of NA credits and they're not fitting into one of the degrees at WGU, then you're probably much better off starting from scratch somewhere else.  There's no point trying to "make" your credits fit where they won't.  And there's no point getting a degree you don't want if you already know you can get something else for the same price, even if you have to start over.

I mostly agree with that, but it also depends on how many credits we're talking about. In my opinion, if you've earned more than 60 credits, it may be worthwhile to just finish the NA degree (whether that is at the original school or another NA college) rather than having to start over from scratch. But then again, I lost 10 credits and a couple converted from UL to LL when I was getting my degree and I didn't take it that well. But wasting time is one of my hot buttons... my biggest one in fact.

Of course, I also assume that if you're that far down the rabbit hole, the NA vs RA argument probably doesn't matter too much.

Plus one can still potentially use an NA degree to get into some RA masters programs.

[Old Guy]

If you have a load of NA credits and they're not fitting into one of the degrees at WGU, then you're probably much better off starting from scratch somewhere else.  There's no point trying to "make" your credits fit where they won't.  And there's no point getting a degree you don't want if you already know you can get something else for the same price, even if you have to start over.

Offhand I would think this is not good advice.  Excelsior definitely takes courses accredited under the Department of Education umbrella.  This is a relatively newer policy (within last 10 years?).  You could also try APU/AMU and Liberty.  There are likely dozens, if not hundreds more.  The cost in application fees is low compared to the time and money lost from walking away from a partial degree.

[davewill]

Offhand I would think this is not good advice.  Excelsior definitely takes courses accredited under the Department of Education umbrella.  This is a relatively newer policy (within last 10 years?).  You could also try APU/AMU and Liberty.  There are likely dozens, if not hundreds more.  The cost in application fees is low compared to the time and money lost from walking away from a partial degree.

You have to do the math for each option. Making up 60 credits with alternative credit will cost something less than $2000, plus a few months time. If the alternative is paying high tuition (or taking big loans) at an NA school or getting a degree you don't want, it could easily be more attractive. If, on the hand, you can find a path to the degree you want, use the NA credits, and not spend too much, sure you would obviously do it.

We've seen a lot of people through here pulling their hair trying to use every single old credit they have, when a couple of months and a few hundred dollars would have replaced those old units and had them on their way at one of the Big3.