TESU BA Psychology Degree Plan - Help Requested

[bjcheung77]

Hello m8,

I found your thread about collecting college credit. Awesome thread it is! And thank you for help me and others. As i see you have great knowledge about this system. So if it is ok i wanna ask you few things.

İ live in Turkey and left my university 16 years ago. İ work in business sector but i always wanted to study in psychology degree. My plan is bachelor in psychology then io and political psychology masters.

My problem is i have limited money and 1 year option for complete whole degree. For 5 years i got private psychology lessons from universities. But cause of private no credit rewarded.

İ checked patten. Cause they have competency based and tuition payment is very felxible. They have ba in psychology with concentration of i/o.

İ contacted with capella but they say i must trasfer 45 credit for join program. İ have no credits. Only kaplan competency credit. 3 credit.

İ checked big 3 and university of maine at preque island ( something like that ) They say they have full competency based psychology but they offer both campus and online.

Shortly, i am very confused about school choosing. All those universities i mentioned have great advantages but the problem is after my ba, i wanna do my masters in a prestious schools. And cant be sure they will accept me with those universites degree.

Also with i/o concentration, if i wanna do clinical master, can i get clinical specialist psychologist title? İn here you need master degree for use psychology title.

About the htread you share, most courses are business type. What courses for earn credit, you suggest for psychology degree?

Regards
Forum Member

Hello,

Thank you for that comment and praise! I appreciate helping out whenever possible. It seems you've got a few questions; I'll try my best to answer them and also create a new thread so others can provide suggestions as well as I am not familiar with regulations in Turkey, but I believe they require a recognized degree that is Regionally Accredited, (and doesn't have to be Ivy League).

First off, you seem to be starting off from scratch, meaning no credits or internationally recognized course credits. If you have some credits from any college or university that did grant you credit and letter grades above a D, you should have it evaluated by one of the credential evaluation service agencies (if it's just 1 course, it's not worth it; but if it's a year or two of courses, it will save you time and $).

If that is the case of starting from scratch, you can start off with the free elective credits and ALEKS for the Math/Stats requirements.
You can then get your general education & requirements with Saylor, Straighterline, Study.com and Tor for the majority of degree courses.
I have compiled a spreadsheet for you to review, this should get you the degree for ~$7800USD with 2 courses at TESU & residency waiver.

Essentially, power your way through the free courses and ALEKS for 3 Math/1 Stats course. Then power your way through the Straighterline courses with speed (monthly membership fee + X courses you can handle). You can complete the Saylor courses at your pace, it's just an exam you need to take and pass for each course (+70%). The AOS is going to take the longest as those are the harder courses with info to master, I would take my time with that to make sure you pass.

Hope this helps, Bjcheung77

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Update: You can replace the ACC101 or BUS101 with your Kaplan PLA course if you have credit for that in ACE already, otherwise, it's expired.
A recommendation for you, If you feel comfortable in doing a PLA, you can do so for $379/12 Credits and $250/6 extra credits.
This is for your Psychology OR any other courses you feel you have the strengths and a chronological history of learning/gaining that experience.

[jsd]

Here are additional options for area of study courses

JSD's BA in Psychology (after July 1st, 2015) - Degree Forum Wiki - Wikia

[jsd]

I'd replace one of those saylor electives with the three free 1cr NFA courses (I didn't see them at a glance, sorry if I missed them)

[bjcheung77]

I'd replace one of those saylor electives with the three free 1cr NFA courses (I didn't see them at a glance, sorry if I missed them)

Yes, I would recommend completing all the free courses available and save time over one of the Saylor elective courses.
But just in case for some reason they didn't accept the NFA courses, I chose a Saylor class instead as an example.

Here are additional options for area of study courses

JSD's BA in Psychology (after July 1st, 2015) - Degree Forum Wiki - Wikia

Thanks, another yet dated option - Sanantone's BA in Psychology - Degree Forum Wiki - Wikia

[jsd]

TESU definitely accepts NFA

[bjcheung77]

M8 ı really really appreciate you. Thank you so so much. You are awesome!

ı read the sheet very carefully. Understood well But if you mind wanna ask you a few more question:

In ace site yes kaplan pla course seems in my transcript and it says order it. But you mentioned ı can replace it with ACC101 or BUS101 . But dont know how to replace it.

'' A recommendation for you, If you feel comfortable in doing a PLA, you can do so for $379/12 Credits and $250/6 extra credits. ''

I dont know what you mean. Pla means prior learning assesments?

And as you expert, your advice is gold for me: Which college or university psychology competency based is more prestigous or best? I talked 2 weeks ago in our higher educational council in Ankara/Turkey. They know charter oak, excelsior and tesu but they dont give any quarentee to me for recognize those schools.

So extra alternative schools suggestion from you is very important to me. Also if you dont misunderstand, are there any these competency based psychology programs which dont have proctoring? Some of my friends mentioned that capella flex path program has no proctoring on any exam,assessment etc. But they are for profit uni so i dont wanna contact them.

Best Regards
Forum Member

I mentioned you can replace the Kaplan PLA 100 course as ACE Credit Recommendation for it has expired already, so it's worthless if you did not get credit for it already in ACE. If you already have it in ACE, you can skip the ACC101 or BUS101 entered into the spreadsheet. Those are simple courses and only $25 each at Saylor, if you want to take them for extra credits, it's fine as well.

PLA is Prior Learning Assessment, essentially since you've completed the Kaplan PLA, you should already know how to document your learning or training, extra non-credit courses you've taken for 5 years at that University and show that it is similar if not equivalent to the courses in the spreadsheet. This can be for the harder AOS (Area of Study) or some other courses listed...

Even though only 18 UL credits are required for concentration, the document has 33 and this is because I'm not sure which of the schools you want to attend. Each school has different evaluations as well, so it may not be UL for COSC or Excelsior, but their requirements for BA Psychology are very similar. If it's hard to decide which one to go with, just finish your FREE credits/general education requirements/free electives and apply to all 3 schools.

What you can do is inform them you want to take courses indicated in the AOS and see if it's granted as UL and matches each requirement. From a quick glance, it should actually pretty much match up with all 3 in their areas of study requirements, you should do this step last after the majority is done. You can go for a competency based degree if you want as well, such as you mentioned Patten, but reviews for them aren't spectacular and they're "newer" less established. The only reason I would recommend Patten is the ability to finish quickly and the $, but it's not as recognized as the other Big 3.

Again, decide on the school when you're done with your FREE courses, General Ed Requirements/Free Electives (about 90 credits done).
Cost wise, it's about the same for the Big 3 - COSC, TESU, Excelsior; they're much cheaper than many other schools and more recognized.
See their program details here:
COSC https://www.charteroak.edu/catalog/curre...hology.cfm
TESU Thomas Edison State University: Psychology
Excelsior BS https://my.excelsior.edu/documents/78666...b5b6b43e7b
Excelsior BA https://my.excelsior.edu/documents/78666...5c3d27eed0

[bjcheung77]

Just an FYI for International Applicants: English Competency Exams are required for admission purposes.
It'll just give you a better/stronger admission advantage at schools if you already have English Comp I & II.

Thank you so much again for great help m8. İ am gonna start as soon as possible to take those courses. And any idea about, after completing all those credits, will tesu or others still gonna ask toefl or ielts?

For international applicants, you should still have that ready for them as it's required for admission. Generally, if you complete the English Composition I and English Composition II, it's still required to verify you're able to succeed for admission. I would not take any other prerequisite courses unless it's required by the schools, English Competency Exams such as the TOEFL and IELTS are the only ones you may need.