WHEN should I apply to COSC? Still finishing up at a tech school

[cabreban]

I know if I was applying to excelsior I would wait until I complete my associates degree at Chattahoochee Technical College because of the $500/year fee.

I am going to school to be a Board Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant. I have 57 credits right now. Once I complete my associates, I will have over 134 credits...15 hours of upper division comm, lots of health science credits and gen ed. I am pursuing an Occupational Therapy Assistant associates in applied science.

When should I apply to Charter Oak to make sure I have a bachelors program they will accept? I am thinking of a design my own degree: BS in Health Communication. Is there a downside of applying early? When should I start the process? I have about 2.5 years or so before I will be done with my COTA.

Thanks,
cabreban

Taking
Anatomy and Physiology 1 + Lab BIOL 2113 + BIOL 2113L 4
Medical Terminology 1 ALHS 1190 2

Will Take
Anatomy and Physiology 2 + Lab BIOL 2114 + BIOL 2114L 4
Comp 1000 2
Psych 2250 Abnormal Psychology 3



[COLOR="#0000FF"]I will need to complete the following to become a COTA:

OCTA 1010 Introduction to Occupational Therapy 3

OCTA 1020 Growth and Development 3

OCTA 1030 Developmental Tasks 3

OCTA 1040 Conditions in Occupational Therapy 3

OCTA 1050 Analysis of Human Movement 4

OCTA 2010 Psychosocial Dysfunction 4

OCTA 2020 Psychosocial Dysfunction Treatment Methods 4

OCTA 2040 Pediatric Issues 4

OCTA 2060 Physical Dysfunction 4

OCTA 2070 Physical Dysfunction Treatment Methods 3

OCTA 2090 Geriatric Issues 4

OCTA 2120 Occupational Therapy Trends and Issues 3

OCTA 2130 Therapeutic Adaptations 3

OCTA 2210 Level II Fieldwork - A 8

OCTA 2220 Level II Fieldwork - B 8

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Previous College work:
Com 109 Prin of Human Comm 3
Com 4490 Integrated comm management 3
Com 3376 Interpersonal Comm 3
Com 4400 Directed Study 3
Com 4455 Contemp Issues in Org Comm 3
Com 3344 Comm training in Org 3

Engl 1101 English Comp 1 3
Engl 2110 World Lit 3

Hist 1110 World History 3
Hist 151 US History 3
Pols 201 American Government 3

Math 105 College Algebra 3

Art 1107 The arts in Society 3
Phil 100 Critical Thinking and Form Values 3
HPS 1000 Fitness for Living 3
Psych 2201 General Psychology 3
Soci 2201 Intro to Sociology 3

BL 220 Business Law 3
Mktg 370 Principles of Marketing 3

[publius2k4]

I'd recommend applying during your last term at Chattahoochee Tech. It takes about 4-6 weeks to get all of your transcripts in, read, and to get you advised.

[cabreban]

Do you all know whether Excelsior or Charter Oak would consider OCTA technical college courses for a bachelors?

Once I complete my associates, I will have over 134 credits...15 hours of upper division comm, lots of health science credits and gen ed (see classes below). I am pursuing an Occupational Therapy Assistant associates in applied science. I would love to almost immediately apply for my BS.

Taking
Anatomy and Physiology 2 + Lab BIOL 2114 + BIOL 2114L 4

Will take
Comp 1000 2
Psych 2250 Abnormal Psychology 3



I will need to complete the following to become a COTA:

OCTA 1010 Introduction to Occupational Therapy 3

OCTA 1020 Growth and Development 3

OCTA 1030 Developmental Tasks 3

OCTA 1040 Conditions in Occupational Therapy 3

OCTA 1050 Analysis of Human Movement 4

OCTA 2010 Psychosocial Dysfunction 4

OCTA 2020 Psychosocial Dysfunction Treatment Methods 4

OCTA 2040 Pediatric Issues 4

OCTA 2060 Physical Dysfunction 4

OCTA 2070 Physical Dysfunction Treatment Methods 3

OCTA 2090 Geriatric Issues 4

OCTA 2120 Occupational Therapy Trends and Issues 3

OCTA 2130 Therapeutic Adaptations 3

OCTA 2210 Level II Fieldwork - A 8

OCTA 2220 Level II Fieldwork - B 8


Previous College work:
Com 109 Prin of Human Comm 3
Com 4490 Integrated comm management 3
Com 3376 Interpersonal Comm 3
Com 4400 Directed Study 3
Com 4455 Contemp Issues in Org Comm 3
Com 3344 Comm training in Org 3

Engl 1101 English Comp 1 3
Engl 2110 World Lit 3

Hist 1110 World History 3
Hist 151 US History 3
Pols 201 American Government 3

Math 105 College Algebra 3

Art 1107 The arts in Society 3
Phil 100 Critical Thinking and Form Values 3
HPS 1000 Fitness for Living 3
Psych 2201 General Psychology 3
Soci 2201 Intro to Sociology 3

BL 220 Business Law 3
Mktg 370 Principles of Marketing 3

Anatomy and Physiology 1 + Lab BIOL 2113 + BIOL 2113L 4
Medical Terminology 1 ALHS 1190 2

[KayV]

They will consider those courses, but since they come from a technical college, they will count them as lower level.

Are you wanting to get a particular degree, or just any bachelor's degree?

[cabreban]

I would love to get just a bachelors degree. If I could write my own BS, I would love either a rehabilitation communication/science degree or Health Communication degree. I figure this will merge my communication credits with my occupational therapy associates. Any suggestions? My dream job would be occupational therapy or teaching parents health related topics (special needs, occupational therapy etc) in hospitals, schools and in the community.

Any thoughts? Any tests you would suggest to fulfill this degree? Do you agree COSC is the best option? I am considering taking the psychology subject GRE (I have some knowledge base of bio thanks to 2 semesters of A&P...I am not sure if ai am brave enough to try to study and take the gre). Suggestions?

[sanantone]

I would recommend COSC's health studies program, but you would have to wait until you're certified for that. I'm really not a fan of self-designing degrees unless it's absolutely necessary. Your degree will be in Individualized Studies, not the title you made up. The correct way to put it on your resume is that you have a Bachelor of Science or Art in Individualized Studies. Then, you could put in parentheses that you focused on health communication or something like that. But, to say that you have a BS in Health Communication would be lying. Health communication is usually a graduate degree and not even that common, so I don't even think that would be the best title to pick. Health science is the more recognizable title. Health communication is a communications (humanities) degree anyway. It's not a technical degree.

[KayV]

You could complete the requirements for a BA in Communications just by using 7 TECEPs, the Capstone, and ALEKS Intermediate Algebra. I think a Comm degree with a COTA would be a good basis for a Health Communications job.

BA Communications
A. General Education Requirements
1. Engl 1101 English Comp 1 3
2. NEED TECEP English Comp II 3
3. Math 105 College Algebra 3
4. NEED ALEKS Intermediate Algebra 3 or Kaplan PLA 3
5. NEED TECEP Applied Liberal Arts Math 3
6. Art 1107 The arts in Society 3
7. Hist 1110 World History 3
8. Hist 151 US History 3
9. Anatomy and Physiology 1 + Lab BIOL 2113 + BIOL 2113L 4
10. Comp 1000 2
11. Psych 2201 General Psychology 3
12. Phil 100 Critical Thinking and Form Values 3
13. Soci 2201 Intro to Sociology 3
14. NEED TECEP Environmental Ethics 3
15. HPS 1000 Fitness for Living 3
16. Anatomy and Physiology 2 + Lab BIOL 2114 + BIOL 2114L 4
17. Psych 2250 Abnormal Psychology 3
18. Engl 2110 World Lit 3
19. Pols 201 American Government 3
20. HEA-203 Medical Terminology 1 ALHS 1190 2

II. Area of Study: Communications (33 needed, 18UL)
1. Com 109 Prin of Human Comm 3
2. Com 3376 Interpersonal Comm 3 3UL

3. Com 4490 Integrated comm management 3 3UL
4. Com 4400 Directed Study 3 3UL
5. Com 4455 Contemp Issues in Org Comm 3 3UL
6. Com 3344 Comm training in Org 3 3UL
7. NEED TECEP COM-210 Public Relations Thought and Practice 3
8. NEED TECEP JOU-110 Intro to New Reporting 3
9. NEED TECEP ENG-201 Technical Writing 3
10. NEED TECEP MAR-321 Marketing Communications 3UL
11. NEED LIB-495 Liberal Studies Capstone 3UL
III. Free Electives (27 needed, you have 68)
1. BL 220 Business Law 3
2. Mktg 370 Principles of Marketing 3
3. OCTA 1010 Introduction to Occupational Therapy 3
4. OCTA 1020 Growth and Development 3
5. OCTA 1030 Developmental Tasks 3
6. OCTA 1040 Conditions in Occupational Therapy 3
7. OCTA 1050 Analysis of Human Movement 4
8. OCTA 2010 Psychosocial Dysfunction 4
9. OCTA 2020 Psychosocial Dysfunction Treatment Methods 4
10. OCTA 2040 Pediatric Issues 4
11. OCTA 2060 Physical Dysfunction 4
12. OCTA 2070 Physical Dysfunction Treatment Methods 3
13. OCTA 2090 Geriatric Issues 4
14. OCTA 2120 Occupational Therapy Trends and Issues 3
15. OCTA 2130 Therapeutic Adaptations 3
16. OCTA 2210 Level II Fieldwork - A 8
17. OCTA 2220 Level II Fieldwork - B 8

[KayV]

Well, this is sweet! From perusing the TESC General Ed website, PLA courses count for Intellectual and Practical Skills, so you could just take the free 3-hour class from Kaplan and put it on an ACE transcript. That would replace ALEKS Intermediate Algebra above. ALEKS would work too, though, of course.