Study.com and TESU GM transfer equivalencies.

[frostedfire]

Recently I saw a post that the GM degree at TESU will be able to be completed entirely through study.com besides the capstone.
Is this true? Looking at the current transfer equivalencies on study.com it doesn't look like all the courses are there. Am I missing something?

[ndelco]

The business sections can be completed. The BSBA GM core and AOS with the only exception being the Strategic Management capstone which must be done through TESU as the class or TECEP. It is not yet possible to get all of the General Ed credits. Also it will never be possible to do an entire degree because of the 90 credit limit from one source.

[dfrecore]

Yes, all of the Core and AOS are now covered by Study.com. You even have several different options for the AOS.

[frostedfire]

The business sections can be completed. The BSBA GM core and AOS with the only exception being the Strategic Management capstone which must be done through TESU as the class or TECEP. It is not yet possible to get all of the General Ed credits. Also it will never be possible to do an entire degree because of the 90 credit limit from one source.

I've made a sample GM BA plan using study.com based on all the great resources and plans from the users on this forum.

Can you please critique it?

Also a I noticed a couple missing courses after looking over the equivalency guide here: Thomas Edison State University

-Microeconomics
-Oral Communications

And besides the Strategic Management Capstone, isn't the Cornerstone also required for the GM BA?

[icampy]

Nice!! Makes me want to reconsider to a BSBA from tesu. Hopefully we can get some new spreadsheets up on the wiki with these new study.com courses.

[icampy]

ignore this one...

[yb1]

I've made a sample GM BA plan using study.com based on all the great resources and plans from the users on this forum.

Can you please critique it?

Also a I noticed a couple missing courses after looking over the equivalency guide here: Thomas Edison State University

-Microeconomics
-Oral Communications

And besides the Strategic Management Capstone, isn't the Cornerstone also required for the GM BA?

two that initially stand out is that principle of supervision cannot be used for business AOS and would be pushed into an elective.
"Note 2: Consumer Finance (Personal Finance) and Principles of Supervision cannot be included in the major area of study because of the fundamental nature of these subjects." direct from http://www.tesu.edu/business/bsba/Genera...gement.cfm

You also have two psychology courses listed in free electives under business requirements. I believe that these cannot be considered free electives due to not being business related. (I believe)

[dfrecore]

I've made a sample GM BA plan using study.com based on all the great resources and plans from the users on this forum.

Can you please critique it?

Also a I noticed a couple missing courses after looking over the equivalency guide here: Thomas Edison State University

-Microeconomics
-Oral Communications

And besides the Strategic Management Capstone, isn't the Cornerstone also required for the GM BA?

Those courses are missing because they're new, they will be evaluated and given equivalencies by TESU at some point (probably soon).

For your plan, there are a couple of issues:

1) A&I Lit CLEP is actually Info Lit, TESU will put 3cr there and 3cr in the section you have it in, leaving 3cr needed in that section. Not that it matters much, but it just means that you have some flexibility in what you can take (doesn't have to be World Religions or Tech Writing).

2) Principles cannot be in the AOS, you'll have to move it to Free Electives, and replace it with something else. You can use Strategic HRM if you want, as there will be some overlap with HRM.

3) Project Management is not a MAR course, it's a MAN course. Doesn't matter on this plan, but didn't want someone else to see it and make that mistake.

4) Lifespan Dev Psych (PSY 107 through Study.com) is a duplicate of Human Growth & Dev (even though they don't have the same course numbers), so delete that from your plan.

You should also add a column or something, because you're mixing up the course equivalencies. TESU course equivalencies are the important thing that should be in the far left column, the course number at Study.com or another source is not important for purposes of looking at the degree plan. Just in case someone else were to look at this, they might be confused.

[dfrecore]

You also have two psychology courses listed in free electives under business requirements. I believe that these cannot be considered free electives due to not being business related. (I believe)

Anything that the school considers a college-level course can be used in the Free Electives section, not just business courses. This is true for all degrees - it's a very flexible section.

[ndelco]

Also, you could save some money by using the free and/or cheap classes for your electives. You're spending $140 for those 6 credits but it could cost you $0. The Cornerstone is needed but someone posted that they were able to get it waived when they sent in at least 104? credits to TESU on their transcript. I think we are all waiting for more confirmation of that. I took the Cornerstone because I didn't want to study for a TECEP and wanted to lock in my enrollment year.

Another idea, which you may or may not like. You seem to be interested in Psychology judging by your course selections. It wouldn't cost you too much to get the BSBA first by using other courses like History or something else as your electives, and then working towards a BA Psychology afterwards. JSD would be able to help you more with this, but I think it's possible to get all but maybe 6 or 9 of the Psych credits needed for that BA through Study.com now. Of course you would need to do the Capstone which will cost $1500, but you wouldn't need to do the residency waiver again so that would save you $2000. Some people have said that the waiver gives you one year without paying again while others have said it's lifetime. Either way, I think it's safe to say you'd have one year after paying the original $2000 to complete the BA Psych after finishing the BSBA and it would probably cost a little over $2000 total for that degree. Just a thought. Like I said, other people can help you more with this idea and give you better facts and figures.