TESU BA Liberal Arts credit by examination help please

[MariaElisa]

I want to do credit by examination. do you know of any affordable easier institutions that do credit by examination I know Thomas Edison State University is one and I'm thinking of using this one but just wanted more advice. what are cheaper alternatives to taking exams by credit by examination? I heard of straighterline.com are there other affordable places as well? how do you find out what exams to study and take for the classes you need that are on the academic evaluation? this is my academic evaluation from a few years ago I was planning on doing it w tesu in 2018 but due to personal reasons with difficulty i had to postpone my credit by examination and bachelors. how do I find out what test correspond to the ones on the academic evaluation? how do I find the study material to study for it? is it possible to get a bachelor's in a few months? I already have my associates and only need 58 credits which is about 19 classes 3 credits each class. I can't afford going to traditional college or universities it's too expensive and I do not want to take loans out especially now. this pandemic hit us pretty hard and I'm trying to find ways that are affordable. I truly want to finish my bachelor's to be able to get the job that I want and I can't do it until i get a bachelor's. traditional college/uni is not for me. I don't want to write essays and cite everything and turn in so much assignments and homework that's why I would like to do credit by examination. I heard that it's a less taxing option for people who are able to manage their time properly and able to study on their own honestly this is one of my last resorts. i don't know what else to do. thank you for taking your time and sharing your advice wish you all the best. I attached my academic evaluation from tesu.

[rachel83az]

Since you've already got more than 24 regional credits, you can ignore the RA credit suggestions but this roadmap will show you the cheapest credits you can use to complete a degree at TESU: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Sa...ts_Roadmap

UMPI would be another option. It would be cheaper because you're paying one flat fee to be allowed to take as many classes as you are able to during a term. However, their final assessments are (mainly) papers. If papers are not for you, then go ahead and stick with TESU while using the wiki link above to fill in the blank spots on your evaluation.

[bjcheung77]

Staying with TESU would be easier/faster, but more costly, I would get as many Sophia.org courses as possible for your general education requirements and free electives completed, also take the TEEX UL Death Investigation course. You can get some cheap UL from ACE/NCCRS such as Coopersmith/Davar/Saylor/Study.com, etc...

Having said that, you should also give Charter Oak/Excelsior College a go and see if you can get the degree cheaper/easier/faster.  Note, TESU requires 15 UL credits + the Capstone, total 18 UL - COSC/Excelsior requires 30 UL credits... COSC has a limited number of ACE alternative credit options, Excelsior has more options with ACE/NCCRS.

[MariaElisa]

Since you've already got more than 24 regional credits, you can ignore the RA credit suggestions but this roadmap will show you the cheapest credits you can use to complete a degree at TESU: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Sa...ts_Roadmap

UMPI would be another option. It would be cheaper because you're paying one flat fee to be allowed to take as many classes as you are able to during a term. However, their final assessments are (mainly) papers. If papers are not for you, then go ahead and stick with TESU while using the wiki link above to fill in the blank spots on your evaluation.

What are regional credits? When you say ignore the RA credits does that mean I don't do those? For the road map are those the ones that I should do for the classes I need? thank you so much for your help and patience it truly means a lot then you could ever imagine.

For the UMPI thank you for the suggestion I actually like writing so I don't mind essays, i just don't really want a lot of assignments or homework. By any chance do you know for umpi when you're writing essays do you do your own research or in their program do they have like the studying material there? Or do I need to do my own research and buy my own books? Is this the website for UMPI :
Or by any chance do you know it?

https://online.umpi.edu/online/sap/ung/?...gL0H_D_BwE

[rachel83az]

Since you've already got more than 24 regional credits, you can ignore the RA credit suggestions but this roadmap will show you the cheapest credits you can use to complete a degree at TESU: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Sa...ts_Roadmap

UMPI would be another option. It would be cheaper because you're paying one flat fee to be allowed to take as many classes as you are able to during a term. However, their final assessments are (mainly) papers. If papers are not for you, then go ahead and stick with TESU while using the wiki link above to fill in the blank spots on your evaluation.

What are regional credits? When you say ignore the RA credits does that mean I don't do those? For the road map are those the ones that I should do for the classes I need? thank you so much for your help and patience it truly means a lot then you could ever imagine.

For the UMPI thank you for the suggestion I actually like writing so I don't mind essays, i just don't really want a lot of assignments or homework. By any chance do you know for umpi when you're writing essays do you do your own research or in their program do they have like the studying material there? Or do I need to do my own research and buy my own books? Is this the website for UMPI :
Or by any chance do you know it?

https://online.umpi.edu/online/sap/ung/?...gL0H_D_BwE

RA credits = regionally accredited credits. An RA institution is one like TESU or a community college. TESU requires that you have at least 30 of those credits (including the capstone and cornerstone). You have already met this requirement with the credits that you've taken. This means that you can ignore the more expensive college/university options and go for whatever you think is fastest/easiest. For the most part, this is going to be SDC and/or Sophia, but there are other sources listed on the wiki.

With UMPI, you really only have the one final assessment for each class. This may be an exam of some sort or it may be an essay/paper. ss20ts and ashkir are currently attending UMPI and they are good at answering questions. You don't need to buy any books for UMPI, it's all within the courses for $700/mo (and you are allowed to take as many or as few courses as you want/are able to for that one fee). The URL that lists the degrees and details is https://online.umpi.edu/programs/

[dfrecore]

You are missing a page that shows what your Free Electives are, there's 12cr worth that you can tell us about (course number, course name, number of credits). I can put those into the degree plan for you. Right now, the degree plan I did is short those 12cr, and they may cover some of the requirements I'm listing below.
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If I were you, I would go to COSC and do a BSLS degree there, as it will be the cheapest option. You need to determine which concentrations you're going to get - you have to pick 2 or 3; and I think the easiest options are Business and Psych, because those are what there are the most of through Study.com.

So, you need the following:

Sophia
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Public Speaking
Intro to Ethics
US History I or II
The Essentials of Managing Conflict (1cr)
1 business course
7 additional non-duplicating courses

Study.com
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All 5 UL Psych courses:
PSY 301: Industrial/Organizational Psychology (UL)
PSY 306: Advanced Abnormal Psychology (UL)
PSY 310: Psychology of Personality (UL)
PSY 312: History & Systems of Psychology (UL)
PSY 316: Advanced Social Psychology (UL)
Any 4 UL Business courses

Then, you just enroll at COSC, send in your credits, and take the cornerstone and capstone courses. For the BSLS, I think you can take the cornerstone in the first half of the term, and the capstone in the 2nd half of the term, and you don't have to pay anything extra for another term.

Total cost at COSC should be $2,848 for tuition & fees there (it will be an additional $333 if you take 2 terms).

[MariaElisa]

You are missing a page that shows what your Free Electives are, there's 12cr worth that you can tell us about (course number, course name, number of credits). I can put those into the degree plan for you.  Right now, the degree plan I did is short those 12cr, and they may cover some of the requirements I'm listing below.
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If I were you, I would go to COSC and do a BSLS degree there, as it will be the cheapest option.  You need to determine which concentrations you're going to get - you have to pick 2 or 3; and I think the easiest options are Business and Psych, because those are what there are the most of through Study.com.

So, you need the following:

Sophia
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Public Speaking
Intro to Ethics
US History I or II
The Essentials of Managing Conflict (1cr)
1 business course
7 additional non-duplicating courses

Study.com
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All 5 UL Psych courses:
PSY 301: Industrial/Organizational Psychology (UL)
PSY 306: Advanced Abnormal Psychology (UL)
PSY 310: Psychology of Personality (UL)
PSY 312: History & Systems of Psychology (UL)
PSY 316: Advanced Social Psychology (UL)
Any 4 UL Business courses

Then, you just enroll at COSC, send in your credits, and take the cornerstone and capstone courses.  For the BSLS, I think you can take the cornerstone in the first half of the term, and the capstone in the 2nd half of the term, and you don't have to pay anything extra for another term.

Total cost at COSC should be $2,848 for tuition & fees there (it will be an additional $333 if you take 2 terms).

I'm not sure if I understood completely but is it still possible to change my degree. I have an associate of arts does it matter that it's not in science? What is BSLS?  Is that Bachelor of Science in Law of is it bachelors in legal studies? So if I go with this degree instead I would just have to take the classes you listed above and then a cornerstone and a capstone with COSC in order to be able to receive my BA?

You mentioned that on my academic evaluation there was no electives so do I need to take additional classes including the ones listed above or is it just the ones listed above? 

Just to make sure cosc stands for charter Oak State college right? 
Thank you so much it means the world to me that you're taking your time and messaging me you don't know how much hope you have given me I am so happy and thankful for your kindness and help.

[dfrecore]

I'm not sure if I understood completely but is it still possible to change my degree. I have an associate of arts does it matter that it's not in science? What is BSLS?  Is that Bachelor of Science in Law of is it bachelors in legal studies? So if I go with this degree instead I would just have to take the classes you listed above and then a cornerstone and a capstone with COSC in order to be able to receive my BA?

You mentioned that on my academic evaluation there was no electives so do I need to take additional classes including the ones listed above or is it just the ones listed above? 

Just to make sure cosc stands for charter Oak State college right? 
Thank you so much it means the world to me that you're taking your time and messaging me you don't know how much hope you have given me I am so happy and thankful for your kindness and help.

So, all you have right now is an eval of prior credits from TESU.  You don't HAVE to stay at TESU if you don't want, you can switch schools, and I suggested Charter Oak State College (COSC) because it will be far cheaper than TESU.

The BSLS is Bachelor of Science in Liberal Studies.  It's very similar to TESU's BALS except that you can choose to have a non-liberal-arts concentration (TESU only allows a BALS, and you don't have to get a concentration, but even if you did, they don't allow non-liberal-arts courses in the degree except in the Free Electives area (27cr).  COSC's BSLS allows up to 60cr on non-liberal-arts courses in the degree, and you can have a non-liberal-arts area as part of your concentration.  Since COSC has a lot more restrictions on who you can get credit through, and Study.com is the only one that has UL credits, and COSC is even strict with that, the best bet is to do the Psych/Business concentration, and do the 5 UL Psych courses, and any 4 UL business courses, and then you'll have met the requirements.

As for the "no electives", I said that the courses are missing from your eval - I think you uploaded a doc and skipped a page.  When I put your credits listed on a spreadsheet, I only get 50cr, and your eval says that you have 62cr, so there are 12cr missing from the eval.  If you look at your eval again (not the upload, the one on TESU's website), you may see a page showing your Electives, and there will be 12cr in there.  Those are what you need to list here so we can know what they are.