Help to decide on TESU BSBA in Management OR Marketing

[Michael.Corleone]

Hello everyone. I am new here and ready to start quickly. I am looking for quickest test out method. I am in sales/marketing so I kind of prefer the marketing route. Does anyone here have the experience on completing the Marketing track. what is the cost compared to the management option?

[bricabrac]

Having experience in Marketing you may want to choose the Marketing option. TESU has plenty of marketing TECEP exams to quickly help complete the area of study (aka AOS/Specialization). Thomas Edison State University | All TECEPÂ Tests

Search Degreeforum member Mednat, he completed a dual BSBA, Marketing & CIS. His plan may even be on the DF Wiki site, not sure.

[CM1999]

I have been involved in hiring at a few different places and I think I would lean toward management if I were you. The experience in marketing and degree in management would look well rounded. But it also depends on if you want to stay in marketing only.

[dfrecore]

The BSBA is still a business degree, you would just choose the Marketing concentration. I don't think it matters much either way. You can take a bunch of marketing courses towards your General Management Area of Study if you want as well.

When I was in HR, and we were looking for marketing people, we didn't necessarily say they had to have a marketing degree. There were actually several different degrees we would look at, including Business, Communications, even Journalism and PR. What we were looking for (usually) was the marketing experience.

Either way, you can test out of both concentrations, so it's really up to you. Marketing has more specific requirements, but it's totally doable, and you might enjoy the courses more (that's one of the reasons I went the BSBA-HR route, I enjoyed the courses more and had taken more HR-related courses, and the HR degree allowed me to skip taking MAR/ACC/FIN courses entirely).

[sanantone]

There shouldn't be much of a difference in cost, but since this is an important issue for you, this should be something you map out yourself based on the exams you want to take. Everything for the BSBA in Management and BSBA in Marketing is the same except for the area of specialization. There are numerous reasons for why you can't go off of someone's old plan.

1. TESU changed the requirements for the BSBA programs after July 1, 2015. They will be a little more expensive to complete than before. Hardly anyone here has started and completed a BSBA after July 1, 2015.

2. Most people have transfer credits making their situations unique. Their cost for a degree will not be the same as yours.

3. There are more exam options that weren't around just a few months ago. Usually, but not always, taking an exam is cheaper than taking a course from a college.

[mednat]

Having experience in Marketing you may want to choose the Marketing option. TESU has plenty of marketing TECEP exams to quickly help complete the area of study (aka AOS/Specialization). Thomas Edison State University | All TECEPÂ Tests

Search Degreeforum member Mednat, he completed a dual BSBA, Marketing & CIS. His plan may even be on the DF Wiki site, not sure.

My plan is not on the Wiki, but i would be happy to share it. I was mostly interested in the CIS degree, but after reviewing the TECEPs I intended to take (based on what I assumed to be the easiest TECEPS) I determined it would only take a couple of extra PennFoster classes to add in a Marketing concentration.

I found the marketing concentration to be a simple degree to test out of and it provides a little added marketability to my resume. If i apply for a non-marketing position I can just list the degree as Bachelors of Science in Business Administration. If the role has anything to do with marketing/sales/etc, I can mention the concentration. The general business concentration lacks this flexibility and the requirement for diversification adds more hassle to obtaining the degree.

I see very little benefit to getting the general business degree over marketing if you have experience in the marketing area. If you want to break out of marketing and appear more 'rounded', just don't list the concentration on your resume.

[Al2010x]

My plan is not on the Wiki, but i would be happy to share it. I was mostly interested in the CIS degree, but after reviewing the TECEPs I intended to take (based on what I assumed to be the easiest TECEPS) I determined it would only take a couple of extra PennFoster classes to add in a Marketing concentration.

I found the marketing concentration to be a simple degree to test out of and it provides a little added marketability to my resume. If i apply for a non-marketing position I can just list the degree as Bachelors of Science in Business Administration. If the role has anything to do with marketing/sales/etc, I can mention the concentration. The general business concentration lacks this flexibility and the requirement for diversification adds more hassle to obtaining the degree.

I see very little benefit to getting the general business degree over marketing if you have experience in the marketing area. If you want to break out of marketing and appear more 'rounded', just don't list the concentration on your resume.

would you share your plan here with us if you don't mind please.

[Michael.Corleone]

My plan is not on the Wiki, but i would be happy to share it. I was mostly interested in the CIS degree, but after reviewing the TECEPs I intended to take (based on what I assumed to be the easiest TECEPS) I determined it would only take a couple of extra PennFoster classes to add in a Marketing concentration.

I found the marketing concentration to be a simple degree to test out of and it provides a little added marketability to my resume. If i apply for a non-marketing position I can just list the degree as Bachelors of Science in Business Administration. If the role has anything to do with marketing/sales/etc, I can mention the concentration. The general business concentration lacks this flexibility and the requirement for diversification adds more hassle to obtaining the degree.

I see very little benefit to getting the general business degree over marketing if you have experience in the marketing area. If you want to break out of marketing and appear more 'rounded', just don't list the concentration on your resume.

Hi Mednat. I really appreciate your advice! In fact I would like to speak you with you if possible. Could you post or send the marketing degree plan you used?

[Yenisei]

What are you marketing? If it's IT-related, you may benefit from a CIS degree, or a dual Marketing/CIS degree. The same may apply to Finance.

[Michael.Corleone]

What are you marketing? If it's IT-related, you may benefit from a CIS degree, or a dual Marketing/CIS degree. The same may apply to Finance.

I am in sales and business development of technology, software, SaaS, Cloud solutions. Leading a business development team which involves a lot of field marketing type activities and non-traditional tactical marketing concepts.