Help making a degree plan!!

[natshar]

So basically what you'd do is take mostly DSSTs and CLEPs and use them to transfer into a basic associates degree.

Another member on this fourm did this. He graduated HS with about 15 RA credit from dual enrollment but got an associates at local CC thanks to CLEP/DSST and then got a TESU bachelors degree after that.

I also did something similar. I got an associates degree at CC and I only took 16 credits at that CC.

https://libguides.hacc.edu/learningcommo...clepscores

I guess what you'd want to ask HACC or find out:

1) How many credits must be taken at HACC to graduate?
2) Is there (and if so what is it) of the credits that can earned via CLEP/DSST?
3) Do they have any guide/idea of how DSSTs transfer?

Obviously if it is took much work, that this isn't worth it. But if it isn't too hard seems like a good choice. And if you change your mind or plans at least you have an associates degree. Another thing to keep in mind is outlier.org. They turn into real RA credits on a university of Pittsburgh transcript. Which could be good if you decide to do a state school.

[carrythenothing]

It's under the "Transferring from" section of their website, but here are a few relevant quotes from the Transcript Evaluation page: https://www.hacc.edu/Students/Transferri...uation.cfm

Will my courses transfer?
Transfer of credits to  HACC depends on where you took your courses:

• Regionally-accredited schools —Courses are generally transferable if they are equivalent in content to HACC courses.
  
• PDE-approved, but not regionally-accredited, institutions —You must successfully complete 12 credit hours at HACC before we can evaluate your official transcripts for transfer credit.
  
• Non-accredited institutions —HACC awards transfer credits on a limited basis.'
  
• For an unofficial list of transfer courses HACC may accept, please visit the transfer credit search tool.
  

Can I earn credits for standardized exams?
You can earn credit for achieving specific scores on various standardized exams. These include AP (Advanced Placement), CLEP (College Level Examination Program), DSST (DANTES Subject Standardized Tests), and IB (International Baccalaureate) exams. Please visit www.collegetransfer.net to search for exams that HACC accepts for transfer. College Board also offers additional resources for preparing and registering for AP and CLEP exams.
Additional exams may be considered for transfer as well. To find out if additional exams are accepted, please contact the Registrar's Office directly at 717-780-2373 or email transcripteval@hacc.edu.

Can I earn credits for previous training or experience?
HACC Credit by Exam allows you to earn credit for previous training or experience. It is similar to a comprehensive final exam. Credit by Exam is available for many HACC courses.

How many credits can I transfer to HACC?
You can transfer a maximum of 45 credits. You may apply no more than 30 credits by exam toward the 45 credits transferred.

[dfrecore]

Some problems with your degree plan:

1) some of your Gen Ed credits aren't going to work as you've planned:
- Stats is required in the Business core
- Intro to Business is not a GE, it's a free elective
- A World of Art & The Story of Human Language will work though, and those weren't included

2) you need to do this on a spreadsheet so that you can keep better track; also, you split out your HACC and TESU courses from the degree plan, which you can't really do (you won't get things in the right places)

3) you have a 19cr term at TESU, which is not allowed.  And, you show you're taking the Liberal Arts Capstone course, which won't be allowed either (you're not getting a Liberal Arts degree, and I'm not sure why you  would take it anyway?) Just delete it, because you already have the BSBA capstone course on there.

4) Business Law will be fulfilled by BUSI-209: Legal Environment of Business which you have taken

5) CIS-107: Computer Concepts & Applications e-Pack course will fulfill the Computer requirement in the Business Core

6) COM 120: Presentation Skills in the Work Place is only available from Study.com

7) Sophia's Intro to IT duplicates the CIS-107 course you're taking, remove that

8) that leaves you with a science course to take: Human Bio at Sophia is fine; or Study.com's BUS 109: Intro to Computing will work

9) Courses to take at Study.com
BUS 102: Principles of Marketing
BUS 120: International Business

10) you need 2cr in Free Electives, I would do Sophia:
The Essentials of Managing Conflict
Developing Effective Teams

11) you need 2 more Free Electives courses, I'd do those via Sophia (something easy like Ancient Greek Philosophers, Visual Communications, etc.)

12) last, you have SDC's FIN 104: Financial Management as an AoS course, but it duplicates Sophia's Principles of Finance in the core; so you need something else.  I would try Study.com's FIN 101: Principles of Finance which comes in as FIN-100; but if they won't take it, then after taking all of the other Finance courses, I would take the Saylor Principles of Finance final exam, which comes in as FIN-301.  All of the previous coursework you've taken should make that an easy win, and it's a mere $5!

Good luck!

[madiknune]

Thanks to everyone who helped me revise my plan! Here is a link to the new sheets I created

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1...sp=sharing

Again, if you see anything that needs to be adjusted please let me know! I do not have all of my TESU classes listed out, so if you see an alt credit that would be better taken at TESU lmk. Thanks.

[natshar]

Yeah so if you want to avoid the residency wavier you need 16 credits at TESU. So you have 7 credits picked out (3 sos 110 req, 3 capstone req, and 1 cr easy cr pla 100). So the remaining 6 credits just choose any 2 courses you think would fit. If you plan on doing all 16 credits in one term than I'd recommend picking easy courses to make it less stressful. But if you plan on splitting it between multiple terms then pick whatever you want.

If you did 16 credits at TESU then with the RA credits you have from community college you would easily meet the RA requirement of 30 credits.

[madiknune]

Thanks to everyone who helped me revise my plan! Here is a link to the new sheets I created

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1...sp=sharing

Again, if you see anything that needs to be adjusted please let me know! I do not have all of my TESU classes listed out, so if you see an alt credit that would be better taken at TESU lmk. Thanks.

Also, I was wondering if it is difficult to get into masters degree programs with a BS from TESU? I would want to attend in person classes for my masters.

[rachel83az]

As long as you meet the prerequisites for the specific Master's degree, other students have had little trouble continuing on to a Master's degree. For instance, if your desired Master's degree requires Statistics, you might want to take it at Olivet Nazarene instead of at Sophia. https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Ol...University But that's not always necessary. It depends on the school and the actual degree(s) in question.

[carrythenothing]

Yeah so if you want to avoid the residency wavier you need 16 credits at TESU. So you have 7 credits picked out (3 sos 110 req, 3 capstone req, and 1 cr easy cr pla 100). So the remaining 6 credits just choose any 2 courses you think would fit. If you plan on doing all 16 credits in one term than I'd recommend picking easy courses to make it less stressful. But if you plan on splitting it between multiple terms then pick whatever you want.

If you did 16 credits at TESU then with the RA credits you have from community college you would easily meet the RA requirement of 30 credits.

It's 9 more credits (three 3-credit courses) from the cornerstone, capstone, and PLA-100 (not 6, which would only get you to 13 credits).

[dfrecore]

Thanks to everyone who helped me revise my plan! Here is a link to the new sheets I created

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1...sp=sharing

Again, if you see anything that needs to be adjusted please let me know! I do not have all of my TESU classes listed out, so if you see an alt credit that would be better taken at TESU lmk. Thanks.

Ok, so you are using an old template to do this.  You need to use the updated one.  Changes (some I told you the first time you posted these):

1) Knowledge of Human Cultures now requires 5 courses:
 a) a social science (Psych 101)
 b) a history course (US History I)
 c) a humanities (Art History I)
 d) any of the above (A World of Art)
 e) any of the above (Ancient Greek Philosophers)

2) Statistics is now in the Business Core

3) There are no GE electives

4) Remove Sophia's Intro to IT, you're going to take the TESU ePack Computer course which duplicates it

5) Presentation Skills is a Study.com course, not Sophia

Your main issue in creating this spreadsheet - you need to put your TESU courses in FIRST; then you'll be able to build off of it.  Not putting them in at all makes you duplicate, take more courses than you need, etc.

1) Fix the spreadsheet so that it matches TESU's newest degree plan (things put in the right places)
2) Put in your completed courses
3) Put in your planned single term courses from TESU
4) everything else

[carrythenothing]

In addition to what dfrecore posted, you can see the current degree requirements in the catalog: https://tesu.smartcatalogiq.com/Current/...in-Finance