TESU Associate Degrees without a Capstone

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The DF Wiki lists some of these that are the easiest to obtain with a Bachelor's degree.

Here is the complete list of TESU Associate Degrees with no Capstone course as of 2025;

Associate in Arts (A.A.)
Associate in Arts (A.A.) in Communications
Associate in Arts (A.A.) in Music
Associate in Arts (A.A.) in Meteorology (9 transfer credits of Meteorology courses required)
Associate in Arts (A.A.) in Photography  (12 transfer credits of Photography courses required)
Associate in Arts (A.A.) in Human Services (15+ transfer credits of Human Services courses may be required)
Associate in Science (A.S.) in Business Administration
Associate in Science (A.S.) in Criminal Justice
Associate in Science (A.S.) in Natural Sciences and Mathematics
Associate in Science (A.S.) in Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Biology
Associate in Science (A.S.) in Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Computer Science
Associate in Science (A.S.) in Natural Sciences and Mathematics in Mathematics

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why for mathematics

https://tesu.smartcatalogiq.com/en/curre...thematics/

does it say 

II. Mathematics (27 Credits)

but it shows 28 credits 

Calculus I 4
Mathematics Electives 15
Natural Science, Computer Science, or Math Electives 9

and even though it says 15 credits of Mathematics Electives do they really mean "Electives" or do they want the standard
Calculus 1
Calculus 2
Calculus 3
Linear Algebra
Ordinary Differential Equations
Discrete Math

and then 9 credits of Natural Science, Computer Science, or Math Electives

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why for mathematics [...] does it say 

II. Mathematics (27 Credits)

but it shows 28 credits 

Calculus I 4

Since it is a Mathematics Area of Study they are requiring Calculus I which is 4 credits instead of 3. TESU does not offer any 2 credit math courses to make up the difference so you would graduate with 1 extra credit but only 27 are technically required. If you could find a 2 credit math course (e.g. Sophia's 2 credit "Foundation of Statistics" which TESU unfortunately does not accept) that they would accept in transfer then you could possibly graduate with exactly 27 credits in that section.

Mathematics Electives 15 [...]

and even though it says 15 credits of Mathematics Electives do they really mean "Electives" or do they want the standard
Calculus 1
Calculus 2
Calculus 3
Linear Algebra
Ordinary Differential Equations
Discrete Math

Since this is an associates degree any level 1xx or 2xx math course that TESU accepts should work for the 15 credits of Mathematics Electives. If they want specific courses they will list them. Remember this is just an associates degree.

These are all the 1xx level Math courses TESU offers and some can be done at Sophia;

MAT-1050 Applied Liberal Arts Mathematics (Sophia Introduction to College Mathematics)
MAT-1150 Intermediate Algebra
MAT-1190 Quantitative Business Analysis
MAT-1210 College Algebra (Sophia College Algebra)
MAT-1290 Precalculus (Sophia Precalculus)

Someone else can answer if Statistics courses would fill in the math electives.