TESU 2nd Area of Study

[Merlin]

My understanding is that if the degrees you are seeking (for example a BA in History and a BA in Psychology) are within the same school..you declare a 2nd AOS, as opposed to a 2nd degree. In this case you may have 9 credits that overlap and presumably 3 of those are used up with the capstone since it is the same. Your are awarded one degree with 2 AOS similar to a double major. 

On the other hand if you are seeking an degree from a separate school (for example a BA in History and a BS in Data Science) that you would need to declare a 2nd degree and bring in 24 completely different credits for each AOS as well as meet any other unique General Education requirements. In this case part of the 24 completely different credits would include completing a separate capstone. If you can manage to do this, than it may be possible to earn a 2nd degree simultaneously in the same graduation cycle, from 2 different schools. 

If you have already earned a first degree from any school TESU or otherwise, than you must earn 24 New credits AFTER the conferral of the first degree. In other words new seems to be an important distinction in this instance and not the same as different. For example, I may of already earned credits that could not be applied to my first degree and in this case they also could not be applied to second degree since I did not 1)declare a double major or 2)use them simultaneously. In other words the date I earn these "new credits" must occur after my first degree has conferred. In contrast "different credits" could be earned simultaneously and applied to a second simultaneous degree. So that is my understanding of the distinction between new vs different credits. If you don't plan on graduating in the same cycle then you may need to be very careful what credits you earn until after your first degree is conferred, which is important to note depending on your plan.

In any of the cases, it appears that you need to "at least..."  "..complete a minimum of" 24 different/new credits towards the new AOS/Core. So if you need more, than you need more I think unfortunately lol. This is clarified in their 2018-2019 catalog as well on page 182-183. 

We actually have a question on this exact issue pending with TESU advising, but are awaiting the official evaluation of credits to be completed to hopefully get clarification. This is after it was advised to me personally by members on this forum that it may be possible for my husband to do just that..earn 2 different degrees from 2 separate schools at TESU simultaneously which raised the similar questions as the OP presented.

I had already read all of the related discussions on the forums discussing the same issue myself just last week. This is why I took the time to read every recent written policy of TESUs that I could find and share it here. I also wanted to be better prepared to have this discussion with advising as well when we hear back from them. I just wanted to share that in my research I could not find any written policy forbidding the earning of 2 degrees simultaneously from 2 separate schools at TESU, so it may of changed/be possible. That doesn't mean its possible or allowed, so much as it means I can not find anything that states (other than some older posts here) that it may not be possible. When I asked the forum myself for advice, it became clear, that TESU did just recently change some policies that were in place before and that what I had researched on the forums (saying it was not possible in the past) may be outdated. I'll be sure to let you all know whatever I find out once I hear back from TESU.

Sounds good. I'm curious to know what TESU says, as I was originally investigating this for myself earlier in the year but once I discovered the two school conflict I gave up on the idea.