Need help with constructing a full path to B.A in Psychology - TESU.

[ndelco]

So, right now I'm looking into Shmoop for 3 History courses for 9 credits and I just want to be sure, all thise are still accepted by TESU for the Knowledge of Human Cultures requirements. I need clarification because this is what I got planned up for The next month, will cancel Aleks subcription tomorow, sign up for Shmoop and start up by monday.

Yep, I just got my evaluation done yesterday and 2 of the 3 Shmoop courses were in the Human Cultures section. They had Modern History in the Gen Ed section, but only because I took a Spanish course. It will also work in the Human Cultures section.

[dfrecore]

History & Lit courses will always be in the Knowledge of Human Cultures, then Gen Ed Electives (if KHC is filled), then Free Electives if you don't need them in the AOS.

[Shynepapin]

Yep, I just got my evaluation done yesterday and 2 of the 3 Shmoop courses were in the Human Cultures section. They had Modern History in the Gen Ed section, but only because I took a Spanish course. It will also work in the Human Cultures section.

Thanks for comfirming this as well as other.

@dfrecore, regards.

Got another question here, the Business/Managerial Communications for 3 cr under professional business requirement section, is this suppose to be UL? While comparing my plan with other plans I seen here, even that of @Btaylor, some are using the Corporate Communication course from Saylor for this, and have tagged it as a UL course or requirement in their plan, while others have done otherwise (LL), but ACE shows this course as LL.

Would someone care to specify which courses under the Professional Business Requirement section that has to be UL, don't know where I can find this on TESU website so as to confirm.

[dfrecore]

Thanks for comfirming this as well as other.

@dfrecore, regards.

Got another question here, the Business/Managerial Communications for 3 cr under professional business requirement section, is this suppose to be UL? While comparing my plan with other plans I seen here, even that of @Btaylor, some are using the Corporate Communication course from Saylor for this, and have tagged it as a UL course or requirement in their plan, while others have done otherwise (LL), but ACE shows this course as LL.

Would someone care to specify which courses under the Professional Business Requirement section that has to be UL, don't know where I can find this on TESU website so as to confirm.

TESU will bring it in as UL, unless you take it at a CC. But either way, it doesn't matter, as TESU does not have any requirements that a course be UL or LL except in the Area of Study - then, you need 12cr of UL out of the 18cr.

ACE gives it's recommendations, and then TESU (or any school) can do with those what they want to. TESU brings many things in as UL even when ACE says it's LL. But again, it doesn't usually matter.

[Shynepapin]

Anyone care to expanciate on the differences between ACE and NCCRS, I need to get this cleared up, because as I was going through some plans shared on here, and researching courses for my plan, I use those recommended courses as a guide and I found out that some of this Saylor courses on some plans, like Intro to Western Political Thought and Intro to Computer Science 1, which I can use as a Gen Ed elective and also Computer Concepts and Applications/Introduction to Computers/CIS requirement are part of the Saylor Direct Credit program and have NCCRS recommended college credit, which TESU also list on their Open course option list.

I'm spending time on this plan, as I want it to be concrete and fool-proof, so I can go on and start working on the courses on my plan, knocking them out one after the other. Need this plan done and dusted and actually getting on to business.

[Shynepapin]

Here's how the plan is looking so far, looking for more inputs and options, and while giving your recommendations, I want the online course options, no test center, I have no access to any and one more question, what options are available to funding and supporting this once one gets low on funds, because I want to get straight into MBA after I'm done with the TESU BSBA.

I've attached a copy of my plan, how it's looking right now after streamlining some options available to my preferred course and source for credit.

[jsd]

ACE and NCCRS are two separate credit recommendation services that evaluate non-college courses for college credit. TESU (and the other two of the Big 3) accept courses recommended by either service. Outside of the Big 3, ACE is more recognized.

[dfrecore]

Here's how the plan is looking so far, looking for more inputs and options, and while giving your recommendations, I want the online course options, no test center, I have no access to any and one more question, what options are available to funding and supporting this once one gets low on funds, because I want to get straight into MBA after I'm done with the TESU BSBA.

I've attached a copy of my plan, how it's looking right now after streamlining some options available to my preferred course and source for credit.

There are no funding options for these that I know of, unless your company has tuition reimbursement, or you can get financial aid that includes taking some courses at a CC and using the rest of the money to fund the courses.

You also have some things incorrect on your spreadsheet:
1) Shmoop is only $85/mo, and you can take unlimited courses there, so it's not averaging $100 per course like SL or Study.com
2) TEEX courses are only 2cr each. You didn't list the 3rd course, so you should add it to Free Electives
3) Saylor Psychology course is only 2cr


Here are some ways to make it cheaper:

1) Utilize ALL methods of getting free courses: TEEX, NFA, The Institutes

2) Utilize ALEKS math for 12cr - but you'd have to do that NOW! So far, it looks like the recommendation for credit expires 1/31, so you'd have to take and pass all courses by then. If you've already taken College Algebra, Stats & Precalc (can't tell on your spreadsheet), then you need to take Intermediate Algebra immediately!

3) Take as many Saylor courses as possible. The price is only $25 per exam.

4) Utilize Shmoop if you can fit at least 2 courses into your plan. If not, it may be cheaper to use SL or Study.com

5) If you use SL or Study.com, do as many courses as you can in a single month. SL especially. The only downside to SL is that you have to buy the books, and that may make the courses out of range price-wise. Study.com may be a better bet if you're low on funds.

6) Use coupons - both Study.com and SL have them

7) Try for the scholarship on Study.com if you can, you will get 6 free courses on there.

8) PLAN, PLAN, PLAN everything before you start working it. You do not want to get partway through a month on membership fees, and not have time to complete your class because work is crazy or your kid's soccer season has started in earnest. Plan something with membership fees or deadlines for a downtime where you can devote a ton of time to completing courses, even if it's only a single month. For instance, my daughter now goes to school 2 days a week. I could spend 8 hours while she's gone doing schoolwork if I really wanted to. But come summer, both kids are home all day. And in the fall, I have no idea what her school schedule will be (she's in a special homeschooling program at her high school and last semester she was only at school 3 hours a week).

Good luck!

[Shynepapin]

There are no funding options for these that I know of, unless your company has tuition reimbursement, or you can get financial aid that includes taking some courses at a CC and using the rest of the money to fund the courses.

You also have some things incorrect on your spreadsheet:
1) Shmoop is only $85/mo, and you can take unlimited courses there, so it's not averaging $100 per course like SL or Study.com
2) TEEX courses are only 2cr each. You didn't list the 3rd course, so you should add it to Free Electives
3) Saylor Psychology course is only 2cr


Here are some ways to make it cheaper:

1) Utilize ALL methods of getting free courses: TEEX, NFA, The Institutes

2) Utilize ALEKS math for 12cr - but you'd have to do that NOW! So far, it looks like the recommendation for credit expires 1/31, so you'd have to take and pass all courses by then. If you've already taken College Algebra, Stats & Precalc (can't tell on your spreadsheet), then you need to take Intermediate Algebra immediately!

3) Take as many Saylor courses as possible. The price is only $25 per exam.

4) Utilize Shmoop if you can fit at least 2 courses into your plan. If not, it may be cheaper to use SL or Study.com

5) If you use SL or Study.com, do as many courses as you can in a single month. SL especially. The only downside to SL is that you have to buy the books, and that may make the courses out of range price-wise. Study.com may be a better bet if you're low on funds.

6) Use coupons - both Study.com and SL have them

7) Try for the scholarship on Study.com if you can, you will get 6 free courses on there.

8) PLAN, PLAN, PLAN everything before you start working it. You do not want to get partway through a month on membership fees, and not have time to complete your class because work is crazy or your kid's soccer season has started in earnest. Plan something with membership fees or deadlines for a downtime where you can devote a ton of time to completing courses, even if it's only a single month. For instance, my daughter now goes to school 2 days a week. I could spend 8 hours while she's gone doing schoolwork if I really wanted to. But come summer, both kids are home all day. And in the fall, I have no idea what her school schedule will be (she's in a special homeschooling program at her high school and last semester she was only at school 3 hours a week).

Good luck!

@dfrecore, here are my responses to what you've said which I take kinly.

1) I know Shmoop is $85 monthly and I plan to knock out all 3 courses with that, but who knows I could be done with spare time left and could squeeze one or two more. But, not so many people on here do more than those 3 history. Members of the forum who had done more than this major 3 are either going for a degree in arts or humanities, so for a BSBA, it wouldn't fit any of the course requirement. But, since @Notgodot, is waiting for the eval of all 10 or more Shmoop courses he/she took then I wouldn't mind fitting one or two more Shmoop courses into the monthly membership, so those could go into Free Electives as well, depending on the eval from TESU for @notgodot.

2) TEEX is what I am working on, as long as it's free I don't mind more if they have available, because it's better to have more than to have less, so I'm definately working on all 3 from TEEX.

3)Checked the Saylor Psychology course on their website and say it stated somewhere that it was 1cr, must have missed it on ACE credit registry, because I was checking a lot of courses. You're right, it's 2cr, edited the plan and left it in the Gen ED electives. I think I wanted to ask about the Saylor Intro to Sociology, that one I think is 1cr, correct me it I'm wrong.

Part II:
1) Definately doing that and would max those out for sure.

2)I did utilize ALEKS and right now my acct expired and cancelled on there. I was able to go through 5 courses; Begining Algebra, Intermediate Algebra, College Algebra, PreCalculus and Intro to Statistics. Member of the forum rarely talked about the Business Statistics courses ot any other, so I left those one and moved on.

3) This is exactly my plan, since Saylor courses are basically free, you only have to pay $25 per proctored exam, hence my question in the latter post about NCCRS and ACE. ACE has a way of storing this courses and credit earned, but NCCRS doesn't seem like they do, or perhaps I missed that info about them, because I visited the website and read the information on there about them and also that of the forum wikia. It just seems they onlu evaluate this courses for the organizations. So, my only chance of getting a transcript for any Saylor course that are not on the ACE registry that TESU accepts would be through Saylor themselves. But, there's no way of having that on storage, incase Saylor cease to exit one day.

4) Don't get your suggestion on this one, are you saying I should take 2 month Shmoop courses and fit in my plan, because I have the 3 history courses already in the plan.

7) Would try for the Study.com schloarship, but I'm an individual that nothing related to luck happens to, I've always not had that going for me, I've hustled to get all I have right now.

Sent you a Pm.

[Shynepapin]

Yep, I just got my evaluation done yesterday and 2 of the 3 Shmoop courses were in the Human Cultures section. They had Modern History in the Gen Ed section, but only because I took a Spanish course. It will also work in the Human Cultures section.

Can all 3 go into the Human Culture or can I use the Modern European History for the diversity requirement under the Civic and Global Learning?