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08-13-2015, 08:24 PM
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Hey guys, I just wanted to post my degree plan for TESC's BSBA CIS. I pretty much followed sanantone's degree plans on the degreeforum wikia. Also, I applied prior to July 1st 2015, so I am under the old rules.
I. Gen Eds.
A. Intellectual/Practical Skills - 15 credits
- English 1 (AP English) COMPLETE
- English 2 (AP English) COMPLETE
- College Algebra (CLEP) COMPLETE
- Managerial Communication (Saylor)
- Elective (AP Calc) COMPLETE
B. Personal and Social Responsiblity - 9 credits
- Diversity/Global Literacy (CLEP Intro to Sociology)
- Ethical Leadership (DSST Ethics in America) COMPLETE
- Elective (DSST World Religions)
C. Human Cultures and the Physical and Natural World - 18 credits
- Macroeconomics (CLEP) COMPLETE
- Microeconomics (CLEP) COMPLETE
- Statistics (DSST) COMPLETE
- Electives - 9 credits
- West Civ (AP - 6 credits) COMPLETE
- Intro to Poli Sci (B&M) COMPLETE
D. Gen Eds (18 credits)
- Electives
- Chem 1 and 2 (AP - 8 credits) COMPLETE
- Bio 1 (B&M - 4 credits) COMPLETE
- Calc 2 (B&M) COMPLETE
- Intro to Psych (CLEP)
- Educational Psych (CLEP)
II. Professional Business Requirements - 54 credits
A. Business Core - 27 credits
- Business Law (DSST) COMPLETE
- Intro to Computers (DSST)
- Financial Accounting (CLEP) COMPLETE
- Managerial Accounting (UExcel) COMPLETE
- Finance (DSST) COMPLETE
- Business in Society (DSST Business Ethics) COMPLETE
- Strategic Management (TECEP)
- Principles of Management (CLEP) COMPLETE
B. Area of Study: BSBA CIS - 18 credits
- Required Subjects - 6 credits
- Programming Language (Penn Foster)
- Systems Analysis and Design (CSU Global)
- Electives - 12 credits
- Information Systems and Design (CSU Global)
- Cybersecurity for Everyone/IT Pros/Business Pros (TEEX - 6 credits)
- MIS (DSST)
C. Business Electives - 6 credits
- Electives
- Intro to Business (DSST) COMPLETE
- Principles of Supervision (DSST) COMPLETE
- Organizational Behavior (DSST) COMPLETE
III. Free Electives - 6 credits
- Lifespan Psych (DSST)
- Living in the Information Age (TESC Course SOS-110)
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08-13-2015, 08:33 PM
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Some thoughts and concerns...
1. TESC never evaluated my AP West Civ score. I got a 5 on it, which according to ACE, would give me 6 history credits. Because TESC gave me 8 credits for my AP Chem score (of 4) per ACE's recommendation, I don't see why they wouldn't give me the AP West Civ credits.
2. I need to verify that the TEEX cybersecurity courses will be fine. According to this thread, as of 2015, TESC not only grants CIS credit for all 3 TEEX courses (2 credits each, only one of them upper level), but they'll override the 12-UL-credit-in-CIS requirement if you're only missing one UL credit. With my plan, I'd get 11 UL credits (the two CSU Global courses and the DSST MIS course for 9 credits, plus the TEEX Cybersecurity for IT pros for 2 credits). Anyone know who I should call to verify this???
3. My first TESC academic eval that came with my application has some courses mixed up... I only have my AP and B&M credits evaluated thus far, and they put 11 credits in the 9-credit-requirement for interdisciplinary electives. I'm going to have them move courses around to tidy up my academic evaluation and make sure I don't need to take more courses as needed. Once again, anyone know who I should contact for this?
Granted, I applied but I'm not enrolled yet.
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I submitted a help desk ticket to TESC about my first two concerns. When I submit the rest of my transcripts, I'll worry about the 3rd concern. I'll keep you guys updated when I hear back. Also, I've read that the TESC help desk folks can sometimes give wrong information or be stubborn, so I guess I should plan on calling them too just in case.
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Alright, I still haven't heard back from TESC... I hope my help desk ticket didn't get deleted or ignored. I might resend it or give them a call.
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I'm starting a plan for the BSBA CIS. I am using yours and Sanatones guides to come up with one. Is there anything you would change if you did again?
Have you done anything with the clep PSyc?
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TESC would not grant me an exemption for the 1 credit needed, even though I had numerous extra LL credits in my Area of study. I even escalated the issue, and was still denied. I would not count on this unless you get approval in writing. I know one student had luck with it, but I did not. I believe sanantone ran into the same issue, but she will need to verify this.
The cloud computing cbe at CSUG I recommend highly. Or an alternative is the Cyber Security DSST which counts as 3 UL credits, however it does overlap with the TEEX courses.
SL's programming course counts as 4 credits, and is easily doable.
Currently studying for: Still deciding.
Done!
2020 - Harvard Extension School - ALM IT Management
2019 - Harvard Extension School - Graduate Certificate Data Science
2018 - Harvard Extension School - Graduate Certificate Cyber Security
2016 - WGU - MBA Mgmt & Strategy
2015 - Thomas Edison State College - BSBA Marketing & CIS
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mpie18 - have you considering the Networking TECEP? If you have Network+ level knowledge it should be easy.
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TESC - BSBA: CIS
Current Degree Plan
Complete: TECEP Eng Comp I, Marriage and Family, Strategic Management, Networking, Computer Concepts, Liberal Math, Tech Writing, Managerial Accounting DSST MIS, Cybersecurity Study.com Macroeconomics
Remaining: Waiting for credits to process
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mednat Wrote:TESC would not grant me an exemption for the 1 credit needed, even though I had numerous extra LL credits in my Area of study. I even escalated the issue, and was still denied. I would not count on this unless you get approval in writing. I know one student had luck with it, but I did not. I believe sanantone ran into the same issue, but she will need to verify this.
The cloud computing cbe at CSUG I recommend highly. Or an alternative is the Cyber Security DSST which counts as 3 UL credits, however it does overlap with the TEEX courses.
SL's programming course counts as 4 credits, and is easily doable.
I was automatically granted an exception. I don't know if the system did it, or if a particular advisor or employee in the registrar did it.
Graduate of Not VUL or ENEB
MS, MSS and Graduate Cert
AAS, AS, BA, and BS
CLEP
Intro Psych 70, US His I 64, Intro Soc 63, Intro Edu Psych 70, A&I Lit 64, Bio 68, Prin Man 69, Prin Mar 68
DSST
Life Dev Psych 62, Fund Coun 68, Intro Comp 469, Intro Astr 56, Env & Hum 70, HTYH 456, MIS 451, Prin Sup 453, HRM 62, Bus Eth 458
ALEKS
Int Alg, Coll Alg
TEEX
4 credits
TECEP
Fed Inc Tax, Sci of Nutr, Micro, Strat Man, Med Term, Pub Relations
CSU
Sys Analysis & Design, Programming, Cyber
SL
Intro to Comm, Microbio, Acc I
Uexcel
A&P
Davar
Macro, Intro to Fin, Man Acc
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mednat Wrote:Or an alternative is the Cyber Security DSST which counts as 3 UL credits, however it does overlap with the TEEX courses.
The Cybersecurity DSST seems to be about on par with Security+ for breadth of knowledge and info required. If you don't have a solid grounding in it's concepts, I strongly suggest pursuing UL credit elsewhere. I'd been studying for Sec+ and Cybersecurity DSST for awhile and passed by the skin of my teeth (400, exactly the minimum).
Pursuing TESC BSBA CIS: ~100/120
CCAF Air & Space Operations Technology: April 2014
CLEP: Humanities, A&I Lit, SocSci & History, Intro Sociology, English Comp, Freshman College Comp, Principles of Management, History of the US I/II, Intro to Computing
DSST: InfoSys & Comp Apps, Intro to the Modern Middle East, Management Information Systems, Fundamentals of Cybersecurity, Human Resource Management, Principles of Supervision, Western Europe since 1945
AMU: Public Speaking, History of Explosive Ordnance Disposal, College Algebra
ALS (CCAF): Leadership/Management I, Managerial Communication I, Military Studies I
Sophia: Microeconomics
Straighterline: Accounting I/II
TECEP: English Comp I/II, Computer Concepts & Applications, Applied Liberal Arts Mathematics, Strategic Management (March 2017 Semester)
TESU OL: Python Programming (March 2017 Semester), Systems Analysis & Design I (March 2017 Semester)
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08-19-2015, 08:51 AM
(This post was last modified: 08-19-2015, 08:56 AM by mpie18.)
i3ond Wrote:I'm starting a plan for the BSBA CIS. I am using yours and Sanatones guides to come up with one. Is there anything you would change if you did again?
Have you done anything with the clep PSyc?
I'm leaving psych for the end as that will fill my elective credit.
sanantone Wrote:I was automatically granted an exception. I don't know if the system did it, or if a particular advisor or employee in the registrar did it.
mednat Wrote:TESC would not grant me an exemption for the 1 credit needed, even though I had numerous extra LL credits in my Area of study. I even escalated the issue, and was still denied. I would not count on this unless you get approval in writing. I know one student had luck with it, but I did not. I believe sanantone ran into the same issue, but she will need to verify this.
The cloud computing cbe at CSUG I recommend highly. Or an alternative is the Cyber Security DSST which counts as 3 UL credits, however it does overlap with the TEEX courses.
SL's programming course counts as 4 credits, and is easily doable.
Then it looks like I will proceed as if they won't grant me credit exception. mednat, does SL's course transcribe as UL credit? Would you recommend the TECEP Networking or CSU Global Cloud Computing? Also, what did the CSU transcribe as? Does it overlap with any other CIS course?
ajs1976 Wrote:mpie18 - have you considering the Networking TECEP? If you have Network+ level knowledge it should be easy.
I'm considering it now since it seem that TESC will probably not grant me an exemption for the missing UL credit. I Think I'll do SL progamming, CSU Global for the two information systems courses, either the Networking TECEP or the CSU Global Cloud Computing, DSST MIS, and 2 of the 3 TEEX's (for 19 credits total, 14 UL).
I don't have prior experience with networking, although I am somewhat familiar with the tech as I was kinda geeky with computers as a kid.
hightecrebel Wrote:The Cybersecurity DSST seems to be about on par with Security+ for breadth of knowledge and info required. If you don't have a solid grounding in it's concepts, I strongly suggest pursuing UL credit elsewhere. I'd been studying for Sec+ and Cybersecurity DSST for awhile and passed by the skin of my teeth (400, exactly the minimum).
I will not be doing the Cybersecurity DSST. Any thoughts on the CSU Global Cloud Computing course, as well as TECEP Networking?
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