Second Bachelor's at TESC?

[kevinmanemane]

All right - so I know this is a pipedream - theres gotta be something thats gonna ruin my hopes.

But check it out:
Im getting my BA at TESC in Liberal Studies in June.

Using the new Online Student Services, I did an unofficial evaluation of my credits for a BA in Social Science Degree and it showed I only need 12 more credits.

I could easily just take 4 Social Science 300/400Level CLEPs/DSSTs and get that degree too.
But i hear theres this 30 credit minimum not associated with a 2nd degree or some kind of craziness after you already get your first BA.
Anyways - correct me if I'm wrong, but I can't just re-enroll after I graduate with my LS Bachelors and come back 2 months later and get a Social Science BA, right?

[bricabrac]

Undergraduate Academic Policies - Thomas Edison State College - acalog ACMSâ„¢

Hi KMM,

Actually its 24 NEW credits for the 2nd bachelors degree (12 for associates). If you are only missing 4 UL Social Science exams you would need 2 additional LL either 100 or 200 depending on what you already have. And yes you are able to come back 3 months later (conferral dates are quarterly) and get a BA Social Science.

You do not have to re-enroll, tuition is paid annually so you have the remaining year to complete the second. Just call advising and let them know you want to do a second bachelors and they will activate the new program for you. You can actually call advising now to confirm there is enough difference in the programs for approval. Note they will try to talk you out of it and push the masters. Who wouldn't big difference in the tuition. I just said, no, I am interesteed in the bachelors now and they activated the new program. Took two seconds. Once you've completed the new credit you then apply again for graduation and pay the $257 fee.

[Yenisei]

I am not sure why you would need or want that particular second degree- if you want a second one maybe it should contain a more focused area of study or, in the case of Nat Sci/Math, be different enough to get you into a particular grad program or possibly complement your first degree.

[kevinmanemane]

That cool to know that i dont have to re-enroll.

i might want the Social Science degree cause my state job for a promotion asks if I have a BA in either Math, Accounting, or Social Science - so I had to put no even though I got a BA in Liberal Studies.

Anyways - my CLEPs are free to take so i figured while im waiting to start the Masters program at my local state grad school in Spring 2012 - i could kill some time, take 24 free credits, pay 257$ and get myself a 2nd bachelors in the meantime for sho

[ryoder]

Just a suggestion but have you considered dropping the liberal studies degree and doing just the social sciences degree? Are you at a point where you can do that?

I was going to do a second degree too because I thought I would have to wait to do a masters but luckily for me NCU allows a student to take 2 classes as non-degree seeking prior to enrolling in the MBA so I now have something to do again

[Yenisei]

That cool to know that i dont have to re-enroll.

i might want the Social Science degree cause my state job for a promotion asks if I have a BA in either Math, Accounting, or Social Science - so I had to put no even though I got a BA in Liberal Studies.

Anyways - my CLEPs are free to take so i figured while im waiting to start the Masters program at my local state grad school in Spring 2012 - i could kill some time, take 24 free credits, pay 257$ and get myself a 2nd bachelors in the meantime for sho

You may want to confirm if they literally mean a BA in Social Science or also in social science discipline such as economics.

[dondiegodelavega]

I just checked the very same thing and I got 24 minimum credits with TESC as a response.

[ryoder]

I was considering math and hat sci as a second degree. I need six more upper level science and their environment class will do that. Then I would need 18 more math or science credits. I could do clep bat sci for six and intermediate alt for three then chem two bio for six and id be set. Its a lot of work though and I already have 150 credits so I would be at 174 all said and done. Who knows maybe ill do it.