HELP!! BA in Humanities With Concentration in Communication Degree Plan (EC)
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HELP!! BA in Humanities With Concentration in Communication Degree Plan (EC)
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02-01-2014, 09:18 PM
Hey everyone. I'm completely new here and I'm having the worst time trying to plan my roadmap. banghead I plan to enroll at Excelsior pursuing a BA in Humanities with concentration in Communications but I am so lost. I would like to test out of as many courses as possible and even incorporate outside courses from Straighterline and Aleks. If anyone can help me with a degree plan for this major that would be absolutely AMAZING! Please help.
02-01-2014, 09:36 PM
Rnichelle Wrote:Hey everyone. I'm completely new here and I'm having the worst time trying to plan my roadmap. banghead I plan to enroll at Excelsior pursuing a BA in Humanities with concentration in Communications but I am so lost. I would like to test out of as many courses as possible and even incorporate outside courses from Straighterline and Aleks. If anyone can help me with a degree plan for this major that would be absolutely AMAZING! Please help. Any previous credits we can build from?
[COLOR="#0000FF"] B.S. - COSC (December, 2013) :hurray:
20-Community College Courses (2004-2006) 80-Semester Hours at Western Governors University (2010-2012) 15-Charter Oak State College (2013) 12-CLEP 3-DSST 6-FEMA If I can do it, ANYONE can do it![/COLOR]
02-01-2014, 09:52 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-01-2014, 09:57 PM by publius2k4.)
Rnichelle Wrote:Hey everyone. I'm completely new here and I'm having the worst time trying to plan my roadmap. banghead I plan to enroll at Excelsior pursuing a BA in Humanities with concentration in Communications but I am so lost. I would like to test out of as many courses as possible and even incorporate outside courses from Straighterline and Aleks. If anyone can help me with a degree plan for this major that would be absolutely AMAZING! Please help. I have no experience with Excelsior, but a BS in Communications at COSC is certainly do-able. The following courses should meet the requirement for the communications major at the COSC website: Communication - Charter Oak State College COM-210-TE Public Relations Thought & Practice MAR-323-TE Advertising ECE Research Methods in Psychology MAR-321-TE Marketing Communications JOU-110-TE Introduction to News Reporting DSST Technical Writing BYU Media Ethics Straighterline Business Communications Straighterline Intro to Communications BYU Intercultural Communication Plus the capstone...
[COLOR="#0000FF"] B.S. - COSC (December, 2013) :hurray:
20-Community College Courses (2004-2006) 80-Semester Hours at Western Governors University (2010-2012) 15-Charter Oak State College (2013) 12-CLEP 3-DSST 6-FEMA If I can do it, ANYONE can do it![/COLOR]
02-01-2014, 10:11 PM
Sorry, I thought I mentioned I have a total of ZERO credits lol. So I'm starting completely from scratch. Thanks so much. This list is definitely helpful.
02-01-2014, 11:02 PM
publius2k4 Wrote:I have no experience with Excelsior, but a BS in Communications at COSC is certainly do-able. Expect COSC not to accept a general course, or exam, in Technical Writing within a Communication concentration. An advanced or specialized course in technical writing, like COSC's own course Grant Writing, is more likely to be approved. Also, note these: Charter Oak should accept Public Speaking (e.g. DSST) in the Communication concentration. At Charter Oak, credits can both meet a concentration requirement, and a gen ed requirement at the same time. (Or more than one gen ed requirement at the same time.) The ECE in Workplace Communication with Computers is promising. Charter Oak can accept up to 9 semester hours of relevant credit, total, in Psychology and/or Sociology toward the in-concentration elective space in Communication. There are quite a few credit-by-examination options in these. This is a great feature of Communication at COSC. IrishJohn points us to very low-cost courses from the Rechtschaffen Institute for Judaic Studies with college credit recommendations from the NCCRS. These include Ethics of Communication I and Ethics of Communication II – listed under Ethics or Philosophy but standing a good chance, I think, for approval toward a Communication concentration too. And one of these should fulfill COSC's ethics gen ed requirement. For students interested in speech and language development, COSC has also been gradually adding their courses in the area under the COM prefix.
02-02-2014, 12:03 AM
Align Degree offers these ACE-approved courses. I think they're $299 each.
Communication and Conflict Management Communication Theory and Practice Computer Applications: Communication and Decision Making Tools Interpersonal Communication Concepts Introduction to Mass Communication Organizational Communication ACE CREDIT | The National Guide to College Credit for Workforce Training Sophia Learning offers Visual Communications. ACE CREDIT | The National Guide to College Credit for Workforce Training At TESC, the BA in Communications requires 33 credits in the communications area of study. 18 of those credits have to be UL. The required capstone covers 3 of the UL credits and 3 of the 33 credits for the area of study. Thomas Edison State College: Communications You are required to choose 2 courses out of these 3. Fundamentals of Speech Interpersonal Communications Mass Communications These should all be UL at TESC, but I don't know if any of them overlap. Straighterline Business Communications (COM-300) ECE Interpersonal Communication (COM-330) ECE Workplace Communication with Computers TECEP Marketing Communications (MAR-321) Saylor Corporate Communication (COM 373) 200-level Courses DSST Principals of Public Speaking DSST or TECEP for Technical Writing TECEP Public Relations Thought and Practice You are limited to six 100-level credits in the area of study. TECEP Introduction to News Reporting Straighterline Introduction to Communications (this is the equivalent of Fundamentals of Speech at TESC) If you include 7 TECEPs with the capstone in your TESC degree plan under the Per Credit Tuition Plan, TESC will be the cheapest option of the Big 3. TECEPs can be taken at home using ProctorU. Thomas Edison State College: Course Offerings TESC also has a humanities degree for which I've made a test out plan. https://www.google.com/search?q=sananton...=firefox-a
Graduate of Not VUL or ENEB
MS, MSS and Graduate Cert AAS, AS, BA, and BS CLEP Intro Psych 70, US His I 64, Intro Soc 63, Intro Edu Psych 70, A&I Lit 64, Bio 68, Prin Man 69, Prin Mar 68 DSST Life Dev Psych 62, Fund Coun 68, Intro Comp 469, Intro Astr 56, Env & Hum 70, HTYH 456, MIS 451, Prin Sup 453, HRM 62, Bus Eth 458 ALEKS Int Alg, Coll Alg TEEX 4 credits TECEP Fed Inc Tax, Sci of Nutr, Micro, Strat Man, Med Term, Pub Relations CSU Sys Analysis & Design, Programming, Cyber SL Intro to Comm, Microbio, Acc I Uexcel A&P Davar Macro, Intro to Fin, Man Acc
02-02-2014, 12:09 AM
This is a rough plan on how to test out of the general education requirements at TESC.
Sanantone's General Education Options - Degree Forum Wiki FEMAs, which are free to transfer to TESC and COSC, can be used for the free electives. http://www.tesc.edu/degree-completion/do...review.pdf COSC follows this list. Printable Course List There are a few free, ACE-approved courses offered by TEEX and the National Fire Academy. These could also be used as free electives.
Graduate of Not VUL or ENEB
MS, MSS and Graduate Cert AAS, AS, BA, and BS CLEP Intro Psych 70, US His I 64, Intro Soc 63, Intro Edu Psych 70, A&I Lit 64, Bio 68, Prin Man 69, Prin Mar 68 DSST Life Dev Psych 62, Fund Coun 68, Intro Comp 469, Intro Astr 56, Env & Hum 70, HTYH 456, MIS 451, Prin Sup 453, HRM 62, Bus Eth 458 ALEKS Int Alg, Coll Alg TEEX 4 credits TECEP Fed Inc Tax, Sci of Nutr, Micro, Strat Man, Med Term, Pub Relations CSU Sys Analysis & Design, Programming, Cyber SL Intro to Comm, Microbio, Acc I Uexcel A&P Davar Macro, Intro to Fin, Man Acc
02-02-2014, 09:52 AM
Since you are starting from scratch, does it have to be a BA from Excelsior? I'm trying to work out a plan, but I'm just not finding options that EC accepts for communication. TESC or COSC would be much easier, as previous posters have indicated.
BA, MA, EdS, MMT, etc.
83 hours of ACE-worthy credits
02-02-2014, 03:28 PM
I completely had my heart set on Excelsior but after seeing these posts I'm forgetting all the reasons why lol! Thank you guys for all your input. I think I chose Excelsior after seeing them listed as the number one school on PayScale.com for liberal arts majors. It just seemed like a no brainer after that, But thanks you all being so helpful I am definitely reconsidering the whole Excelsior thing. I'm not sure
02-02-2014, 03:41 PM
Rnichelle Wrote:I completely had my heart set on Excelsior but after seeing these posts I'm forgetting all the reasons why lol! Thank you guys for all your input. I think I chose Excelsior after seeing them listed as the number one school on PayScale.com for liberal arts majors. It just seemed like a no brainer after that, But thanks you all being so helpful I am definitely reconsidering the whole Excelsior thing. I'm not sure What you have to consider is that Excelsior College has mostly non-traditional students. Their students already have a lot of work experience, so they are just looking to check the box with any degree. When traditional students graduate, they will have lower salaries since they tend to have little experience. In other words, there is nothing special about Excelsior when it comes to salaries; it's all about the types of students they attract.
Graduate of Not VUL or ENEB
MS, MSS and Graduate Cert AAS, AS, BA, and BS CLEP Intro Psych 70, US His I 64, Intro Soc 63, Intro Edu Psych 70, A&I Lit 64, Bio 68, Prin Man 69, Prin Mar 68 DSST Life Dev Psych 62, Fund Coun 68, Intro Comp 469, Intro Astr 56, Env & Hum 70, HTYH 456, MIS 451, Prin Sup 453, HRM 62, Bus Eth 458 ALEKS Int Alg, Coll Alg TEEX 4 credits TECEP Fed Inc Tax, Sci of Nutr, Micro, Strat Man, Med Term, Pub Relations CSU Sys Analysis & Design, Programming, Cyber SL Intro to Comm, Microbio, Acc I Uexcel A&P Davar Macro, Intro to Fin, Man Acc |
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