TAMUC Competency Based Program List

[namwen]

Just wanted to do an update. We had promotional testing at work over the past 4 months, so my focus has been on that and not accelerating, but only doing the minimum two classes. Due to the additional requirements from last semester, I have 9 more classes to go. Which I am determined to do in two semesters. I started 3321 (business comm) and 3322 (ethics) on 1/17. Completed both by the weekend. Unfortunately by ethics professor has 5 classes (so probably around 150 students) To grade quizzes and essays, including 6 one-pagers and a 6-8 page essay. So I am sitting here idly until she gets to my work. There are essays I did on the first day of class that she has not graded, so I am not betting on being able to accelerate by this weekend. This is extremely frustrating that there is no maximum lead time for grading.

3321-Communications: Difficult quizzes, but it's open book so if you read the material, you can figure out what chapter the question is from quickly. 15 page project (mostly one-paragraph answers per page)  that can be done in a long afternoon.

3322- Ethics: Mostly common sense quizzes, found nothing really difficult about the material. 6 modules each with its own quiz and short essay. Then a 6-8 page case study on business ethics.

It seems like all the classes I have taken have not been reviewed for accuracy or misspellings. Nearly every quiz had at least one outrageous error.
Examples would be: Which beverage do most people prefer in the morning? (A)-Coffee  (B)- All of the above.

Excellent! have you taken 3311 yet? If so, how was the class? Would you be willing to give a review like you have the above courses?

I'd love to hear any updates.

[teejayb]

3311 was the very first one I took. I would be surprised if your advisor let you go out of order unless there was no room in one of your classes. I had one pretest and one posttest. They might have changed the class to have multiple, shorter pre and post-tests instead of the longer ones I had. The project was a large, but easy strategic leadership template. It was about 15 pages, but mostly a fill-in-the-blank. I think it took me an afternoon. The other was a video assignment about my leadership experiences. It took me maybe 30 minutes to plan what I wanted to say and film it.

[namwen]

3311 was the very first one I took. I would be surprised if your advisor let you go out of order unless there was no room in one of your classes. I had one pretest and one posttest. They might have changed the class to have multiple, shorter pre and post-tests instead of the longer ones I had. The project was a large, but easy strategic leadership template. It was about 15 pages, but mostly a fill-in-the-blank. I think it took me an afternoon. The other was a video assignment about my leadership experiences. It took me maybe 30 minutes to plan what I wanted to say and film it.

I was told today that I need US History 1&2, Texas History, and then the 10 ORGL courses. 

My advisor let me know that I can knock out History 1&2 through Sophia and the rest at TAMUC. 

Now to see if I can destroy these 2 courses before Monday.

[teejayb]

Texas Gov was one of the classes I needed too. That one will take a bit of time. The project is a 1300-1500 essay on Texas politics. You get to choose the topics though, I think I chose Texas schools, taxing entities, and some PACs. There's a TON of information in this class and took a while to complete. Is this your first bachelor's? You may have to take an additional 2 Upper-Level courses if you do not have those (36 UL credits needed to graduate)

[namwen]

Texas Gov was one of the classes I needed too. That one will take a bit of time. The project is a 1300-1500 essay on Texas politics. You get to choose the topics though, I think I chose Texas schools, taxing entities, and some PACs. There's a TON of information in this class and took a while to complete. Is this your first bachelor's? You may have to take an additional 2 Upper-Level courses if you do not have those (36 UL credits needed to graduate)

This is my second bachelor's.

[bjcheung77]

This is my second bachelor's.

Just wondering which was your first bachelor degree and what your reason is for taking this as a second bachelor. I think there is too much redundancy in the two degrees if you went for the UMPI BLS with a management minor. The degrees mentioned in this thread are for the BAAS, with concentration and each concentration is the main difference between this and the UMPI degree.

[teejayb]

I can see why people would want a second bachelors from here. 10 classes, cheap tuition, and 4 months of your time for a Texas A&M degree could boost a resume quite nicely.

[namwen]

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I can see why people would want a second bachelors from here. 10 classes, cheap tuition, and 4 months of your time for a Texas A&M degree could boost a resume quite nicely.

Correct. It feels like I'm gaming the system to get a degree from a public university for $1500. Might as well do it at this phase of my life.

[ReyMysterioso]

"10 classes, cheap tuition, and 4 months of your time for a Texas A&M degree could boost a resume quite nicely."

"It feels like I'm gaming the system to get a degree from a public university for $1500."

That's why I initially jumped into this program chasing a second bachelor's. 
I completed two classes and stopped due to needing to focus on my grad work. Now that my grad work is complete I don't know that it makes any sense to get a second bachelor now. On any job application system where they force you to fill out dates (I have encountered a couple), it seems like it would really confuse them if I held a second bachelor's earned AFTER a master's. What do y'all think?

[namwen]

"10 classes, cheap tuition, and 4 months of your time for a Texas A&M degree could boost a resume quite nicely."

"It feels like I'm gaming the system to get a degree from a public university for $1500."

That's why I initially jumped into this program chasing a second bachelor's. 
I completed two classes and stopped due to needing to focus on my grad work. Now that my grad work is complete I don't know that it makes any sense to get a second bachelor now. On any job application system where they force you to fill out dates (I have encountered a couple), it seems like it would really confuse them if I held a second bachelor's earned AFTER a master's. What do y'all think?

It all depends on your preference. I don't know if I NEED the degree but I am doing it. As far as applying for jobs, I think it can easily be explained but if you feel insecure about it, like I do my NA degree, you might want to go for it.