How much extra cost to pick up the CS ASNSM while I get the BA?

[protagonist]

Hello!

I am currently working towards getting a BA in CS from TESU.  You can see my initial degree plan outlined here.

I am interested in picking up the ASNSM in CS as I do it.  It seems like I could do SOS-110 one term, get the Associates, then do the capstone and pick up the BA.  

What is not clear to me is what kind of cost this entails.  I will need to pay the residency waiver fee for one of them; would I actually need to pay it for both?

[Seagull]

If you are graduating for both at same time you pay only one waiver fee.

[rachel83az]

The ASNSM is completely FREE if you graduate with the Associate's and Bachelor's at the same time. If you graduate with the associate's first, the residency waiver will cover the Bachelor's degree as long as you graduate within a year. Do keep in mind that, if you graduate twice, you'll have to pay two graduation fees.

Instead of the ASNSM CS, you might want to consider picking up the ASNSM Math as I am doing. It only takes a few extra math courses and is arguably more useful than the CS one. You could do both but we don't yet know the logistics of a dual-AOS degree at TESU as far as how credits apply.

[bjcheung77]

I am a bit slow to understand what the ASNSM CS is for if you're going for the BA CS, it's an extra sheet of paper - sure it might be an ego boost, but it's hardly worth it, if you were going for an ASNSM Math, that would be worth it. From your spreadsheet, the BSBA CIS is showing as something you were interested in... My real question and reason for butting into this thread was to ask you - are you planning to pay the residency waiver fee or planning to take 16 credits at TESU?

[Seagull]

Is 16 credits $8000. That is a lot.

[rachel83az]

Is 16 credits $8000. That is a lot.

It's less if you have financial aid and/or use flat-rate tuition.

[protagonist]

> If you are graduating for both at same time you pay only one waiver fee.

@Seagull Oh! Sweet!

> Instead of the ASNSM CS, you might want to consider picking up the ASNSM Math...Do keep in mind that, if you graduate twice, you'll have to pay two graduation fees.

@rachel83az Thank you, I hadn't looked at the Math degree, but I will figure out the additional work for it. Good call on the graduation fees, I hadn't considered that.

> it's an extra sheet of paper...the BSBA CIS is showing as something you were interested in...My real question and reason for butting into this thread was to ask you - are you planning to pay the residency waiver fee or planning to take 16 credits at TESU?

@bjcheung77 It totally is an extra sheet of paper with no real value! Honestly I don't really need _any_ degree. I have a lot of experience and enough of a network in my field that I don't need to finish the degree. I did _terribly_ at college as teenager/twenty-something, and want to finish for my own sake. Adding an extra piece of paper would just be for fun! It's not actually THAT much fun, so I won't do it if the cost is high. It sounds like the cost is zero, or if move it to something like a math Associates, marginal, depending on the credit source, so it might be worth it to me.

I am interested in adding the BSBA CIS. It was a suggestion from @rachel83az when I posted my original degree plan. I only started fleshing out that part of the spreadsheet today, so I am not 100% sure I want to go for it, but I am currently investigating it. It might show up as a separate post on here later.

I appreciate any and all butting in! I am learning a ton from you and everyone on this forum.

[bjcheung77]

I would recommend finishing or focusing on your BACS, you can add the ASNSM Comp Sci and Math to your degree program list, you don't need to finish them if you don't want to, you can also add the BSBA CIS as well if you want. For the ASNSM CS, all the credits will be completed if you finish your BACS, for the Math, it may just require one or two more math courses, all lower level and available for an affordable cost, such as adding the CSM Learn course for $39 and one more Study.com math course for $70...

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[rachel83az]

CSM Learn is great for math! If you can do calculus, you can speed through the course pretty quickly.

[davewill]

> If you are graduating for both at same time you pay only one waiver fee.

@Seagull Oh!  Sweet!

> Instead of the ASNSM CS, you might want to consider picking up the ASNSM Math...Do keep in mind that, if you graduate twice, you'll have to pay two graduation fees.

@rachel83az Thank you, I hadn't looked at the Math degree, but I will figure out the additional work for it. Good call on the graduation fees, I hadn't considered that.  

> it's an extra sheet of paper...the BSBA CIS is showing as something you were interested in...My real question and reason for butting into this thread was to ask you - are you planning to pay the residency waiver fee or planning to take 16 credits at TESU?

@bjcheung77 It totally is an extra sheet of paper with no real value!  Honestly I don't really need _any_ degree.  ...

Just to be clear, you can get all of the listed degrees awarded at the same time and only pay one graduation fee. In your case, that seems to make sense to do.