Need help for a BA In BA Conc. Marketing or other (TESU)

[TESUAbroad]

Hi Degreeforum,

I'm new here, nice to meet all of you guys, who have saved themselves from debt and pay exorbitant amounts of money for a Bachelor's degree.
Last year I took break from community college after my roommate took his life last. Took a 2 month break recovering emotionally and have been working since then. I only had two classes left before I would transfer. Going the traditional route, back to this Community college and then transferring would take about 2.5 YEARS. I do not have that kinds of time, patience, mental energy or money. I'm already 25, and seriously, I just want a non-diploma mill accredited degree so I don't get autodumped into trash bin whenever I send out an application.

Could you awesome people help me out to figure the best way to complete my degree as a Business major? (Bus. Admin. Conc. Marketing or other) or Link me to (updated) resources? I have applied and want to attend at TESU.

My career goal is either: Working in marketing in the gaming industry(Razer, Riot, Logitech G, Blizzard etc. ) or as a business analyst.
If you have a tip for a better degree for a career in this industry, please let me know - but my community college classes went in the direction of a BSBA.

Further questions: Does my gpa from community college transfer, if not how does GPA work, could you let me know or link me to where it explains(TESU)?

Here are the list of college courses I have completed: ( I am also currently doing the Wharton School of Business Coursera Business Analytics Course, which I could somehow apply maybe)
GEOG A100 OC World Regional Geography
BUS A100H OC Intro Business Honors
MRSC A100 OC Oceanography
PSYC A100 OC Introduction to Psychology
CMST A100 OC Interpersonal Communication
ECON A175 OC Macroeconomics
MATH A120 OC Trigonometry
MRSC A187 OC Marine Mammals
PHIL A100 OC Introduction to Philosophy
BUS A110 OC Business Law
ACCT A101 OC Financial Accounting
CIS A111 OC Intro Computer Info Sys
ENGL A100 OC Freshman Composition
KIN A156 OC Rock Climbing
MRSC A100L OC Oceanography Lab
ECON A170 OC Microeconomics
GEOL A105 OC General Geology
PHIL A120 OC Ethics
ACCT A102 OC Managerial Accounting
BUS A139 OC Business Communication
FILM A100 OC Hist & Apprec. of the Cinema
PSYC A200 OC Positive Psychology

[Flelm]

The consensus around here is the BSBA in General Management is the easiest one to test out of.

Sanantone's guides on the wiki were invaluable to me in setting up my plan for my BSBA in Op. Mgmt.

Sanantone's TESU General Education Options After July 1, 2015 - Degree Forum Wiki - Wikia

Sanantone's BSBA in Marketing post-July 1, 2015 - Degree Forum Wiki - Wikia

There are some other general education options, specifically from Saylor, that are not in their guide. TESU has some official pages on SL/Saylor/etc: Alternative Credit Project, Open Course Option

I'd suggest modifying a spreadsheet (or making your own, like I did) to fit your degree requirements, and slot your classes where you think they'll fall.

[TESUAbroad]

Hey thanks for the quick answer - I had found Sanatone's wiki in the meantime as well, very useful!
Would you know the best way to form a spreadsheet? Is there a guide for that somewhere too?

Also, my questions about GPA(From Community college), is it transferred, if not, how does GPA Work?

[Flelm]

Regarding forming a spreadsheet, I didn't work off a guide, so I don't know if there is one. All I did was have the BSBA requirements on one screen and a spreadsheet on the other, and just formatted it up a little bit. I liked to color code mine so I could see at a glance what I still have to do, and what my progress is. Flelm's BSAST/BSBA spreadsheet. There's a few others on the wiki and around the forums.

As for GPA, Policy on Grading is the only webpage I can see on TESU's site. I can tell you that they separate GPA into overall GPA (including transfer credits) as well as TESU GPA. Do you have a particular concern about your GPA?

[TESUAbroad]

Awesome, I'm definitely going to copy that spreadsheet - it is god damn solid man.

No particular GPA concern, I had a 3.29 GPA at community college. I would rather get as close as possible to a 4.0 though as I plan on graduate school eventually. iMBA illinois anyone?

[davewill]

Awesome, I'm definitely going to copy that spreadsheet - it is god damn solid man.

No particular GPA concern, I had a 3.29 GPA at community college. I would rather get as close as possible to a 4.0 though as I plan on graduate school eventually. iMBA illinois anyone?

For grad school, the school you apply will ignore TESU's GPA and calculate their own. They will require ALL your transcripts and use that to do their calculations. Some will use all your courses, others will use the last so many credits. They all have their own rules. How TESU handles their GPA is important for graduation, or if you're reporting your GPA to an employer or putting it on your resume.

[Flelm]

Awesome, I'm definitely going to copy that spreadsheet - it is god damn solid man.

You're welcome to it. Just be aware I have two tabs, one for a BSAST and one for a BSBA.

[TESUAbroad]

You're welcome to it. Just be aware I have two tabs, one for a BSAST and one for a BSBA.

Yeah I saw - those are actually the two majors I was looking at as well haha.
However, my focus will be on BSBA first. Then MBA and perhaps another degree

[mednat]

Given your desire to enter into marketing, the BSBA Marketing concentration is very testable at TESU. I would suggest looking at this instead of General Management if your desire is to get a job in the marketing field.

[dfrecore]

Your GPA is not transferred - it stays with each school you go to. So, at your CC, the GPA you have from taking courses there is the GPA at that school. If you test out of TESU's BSBA, you may possibly not have a GPA there at all. When you apply to a school to get your MBA, they will have their own way of calculating your GPA - every school is different.

As for mapping out your degree, I have done a quick spreadsheet for you. The easiest way to start is by taking some free/inexpensive courses first, and then work from there.
- take the free Insurance Ethics course for your last Gen Ed Elective'
- sign up for ALEKS math for Intermediate Algebra, College Algebra, and Statistics. Since you've already taken Trig, I'm assuming that the 2 algebra courses will be really easy, and then you can use the rest of the month to finish up Stats. That will be 9cr for $20.
- take a free Cybersecurity course through TEEX for you last Free Electives credit
- then start working your way through the rest of the courses.

Here is the link to the Beginner's Guide: http://www.degreeforum.net/general-educa...llege.html

And I've included a spreadsheet for you.