Please help arrange my BSBA in Operations Management from TESC

[learning]

Hi guys,

Here is what I have come up with so far after going through most of the posts here. Any ideas/opinions that can help is so much welcome.

BSBA in Operations Management

General Education Requirements (60 credits)

a) Intellectual and Practical Skills (15 credits)
- English Composition 1 & II CLEP (3)
-College Algebra ALEKS (3)
- Managerial Communication SL or Saylor (3)
- Elective: Marketing Communication TECEP (3)

b) Personal and Social Responsibility (9 credits)
- Diversity/Global Literacy DSST (3)
- Responsible Ethical Leadership (3) TECEP
- Elective: Introduction to Sociology CLEP (3)

c) Human Cultures and the Physical and Natural World (18 credits)
- Macroeconomics (ECO-111) (3) SL
- Microeconomics (ECO-112) (3) SL
- Statistics (STA-201) (3) ALEKS
- Electives (9): Organizational Behavior (3) SL OR DSST
Analyzing and Interpreting Literature (6) CLEP

d) General Education Electives (18 credits)
- Introduction to Psychology (3) SL
- Marketing Communications (3) TECEP
- Introduction to Computing (3) DSST
- Introduction to Criminal Justice DSST (3) ***** Any other suggestions please
- Natural Science (6) CLEP **** any other suggestion here

II) Professional Business Requirements (54 credits)
a) Business Core (27 credits)
- Business Law (3) CLEP or SAYLOR
- Introduction to Computers (3) DSST or SAYLOR
- Principles of Financial Accounting (3) SL
- Principles of Managerial Accounting (3) SL
- Principles of Finance (3) PF/DSST
- Introduction to Marketing (3) CLEP/SAYLOR
- Business in Society or International Management (3) SL
- Strategic Management (3) TECEP/Penn Foster
- Principles of Management (3) CLEP/Saylor

b) Area of Study: BSBA in Operations Management (18 credits)
Required: Introduction to Operations Management
Quality Assurance (Total Credits 6)

Electives (12 credits) (Most tests will be by TECEP)
- Supply Chain Management
- Transportation Distribution Systems
- Purchasing Management
- Introduction to Logistics
- International Transportation and Logistics
- Operations Planning and Scheduling
- Management of Information Systems (DSST)

c) Business Electives (9)
- Financial Institution and Markets (3) TECEP
- Public Relations Thought and Practice (3) TECEP
- Business Statistics (3) SAYLOR

III) Free Electives (6)
- Information Processing
- Cost Accounting

I need help on the Electives in Area of Study, Free Electives and also any other good subjects that will not take a lot of time to complete. I have not yet enrolled in TESC, just earning credits right now which I can successfully transfer. Thanks everyone.

[Prloko]

Why Operations Management? Do you have prior learning or certificates in the subject?

[learning]

[quote=Prloko]Why Operations Management? Do you have prior learning or certificates in the subject?[/QUOTE

No I don't have any prior learning or certificates in this subject. I do have certs in Logistics. My field of work needs me to have a BSBA Operations Management.

[Prloko]

[quote=Prloko]Why Operations Management? Do you have prior learning or certificates in the subject?[/QUOTE

No I don't have any prior learning or certificates in this subject. I do have certs in Logistics. My field of work needs me to have a BSBA Operations Management.

The OM concentration cannot easily be "tested out" of. You are going to have to take a few courses, either through TESC, or transferred in. Check to see if Penn Foster has some cheap options, or perhaps your local school.

When I did mine, I took took the Operations Management TECEP, and I took Total Quality Management through TESC. The TQM course only had two students in it LOL, me and another guy. It was interesting to say the least. The professor basically had to act as a student so we could "respond to two posts" like is required of the syllabus. But I learned a bit and it was pretty easy. The textbook is really boring though.

The rest of my OM credits were transferred in because my Military Tech school credits were in Purchasing/Contracting.

If you have an APICS credential, you may be able to convince TESC to award credit for it. The rest of the degree plan is easy because you just need to follow a standard BSBA degree plan (except for the area of concentration of course).

[learning]

[quote=learning]

The OM concentration cannot easily be "tested out" of. You are going to have to take a few courses, either through TESC, or transferred in. Check to see if Penn Foster has some cheap options, or perhaps your local school.

When I did mine, I took took the Operations Management TECEP, and I took Total Quality Management through TESC. The TQM course only had two students in it LOL, me and another guy. It was interesting to say the least. The professor basically had to act as a student so we could "respond to two posts" like is required of the syllabus. But I learned a bit and it was pretty easy. The textbook is really boring though.

The rest of my OM credits were transferred in because my Military Tech school credits were in Purchasing/Contracting.

If you have an APICS credential, you may be able to convince TESC to award credit for it. The rest of the degree plan is easy because you just need to follow a standard BSBA degree plan (except for the area of concentration of course).

Thanks Prioko.

OP is not easy to test out. I am taking courses in TESC. Will also check Penn Foster see if I can take a few there. No APICS credential yet, but im working towards getting that so that I can get credit for it.

[Prloko]

Check with TESC first. It isn't posted on their website that they accept credit for APICS, but they say they will "review" credentials. So it may or may not give you credit, but either way, it's a good credential to have professionally.

[learning]

Check with TESC first. It isn't posted on their website that they accept credit for APICS, but they say they will "review" credentials. So it may or may not give you credit, but either way, it's a good credential to have professionally.

Yes APICS is a good credential. I emailed TESC and asked about it. Will let you now what they say, if they will award credit or not. Thanks

[passit1]

For the Operations Management 18 credits - 4 out of 6 of the classes can be done in about a month by doing CBE and Sophia / Penn Foster self study options.

Introduction to Operations Management: Operations Management TECEP (CBE)
Total Quality Management or Quality Assurance: Total Quality Management (online course)
Project Management: Sophia Course (can be completed in 2 days)
Supply Chain Management: Penn Foster (1 week plus mail time for final)
Management Information Systems: DSST (CBE)
Logistics: (online course)

Logistics and TQM can be taken together - all the work is easily doable in 2 months - I took 2 months and a week cause I had A LOT of fun with the TQM final project. But I'm a huge geek, so there's that.
3 months to bang out 6 classes/18 credits is not too shabby.
And the OM specialization requires a GPA so I guess it's not too big a deal that TQM and Logistics can't be done by CBE - they satisfy the GPA requirement.

[learning]

Thanks passit1.

What is CBE ?

[Prloko]

learning,

CBE=Credit By Exam

passit,

I didn't know MIS counted towards OM, good to know. When you did TQM, you did it with TESC? How where you able to complete in less than 12 weeks, did you do GS?