TESU BALS Help

[dukun8ter]

Hi all! I'm new here but I've been browsing for a while. I currently have 59.50/120 (BALS) to graduate and most of these units were prior CC or law enforcement. I was hoping someone could help me make a degree plan. I tried to access the Degreeforum Wiki for some plans, but for some reason it's not opening up for me. I am currently active duty Army and waiting to go to flight school so I am trying to knock out any CLEP/DSST exams before I start. Is it still possible to get a degree using only CLEP/DSST (with the exception of the cornerstone and capstone credits required)?

The following is from my Academic Evaluation:

Anything in green has not yet been submitted to TESU. 

Credits required

** = classes not applied toward degree:
 
CLEP/DSST completed:
College Comp - 6 units
Here's to your health - 3 Units

Other College (all semester credits):

Written Comm (3 needed):
ENGL 102 Critical Reasoning -                            3 units

Oral Comm (3 needed):

Qualitative Lit:
Math 113 College Algebra -                                3 units

Info Lit (3 needed):

Diversity (3 needed):

Ethics (3 needed):

Civic Engagement (3 needed):

Human Cultures (3 needed):
HIST 173 U.S. History since 1876 -                     3 units
CLSC 101 Greek Mythology -                              3 units
THEA 122 Theatre for the 21st Century -             3 units

Natural World (4 needed):

TES - 100 (1 needed):

Additional GE Electives (16 needed):
Math 111 Trigonometry -                                   3 units

Upper Level (15 needed):

Liberal Studies (3 needed):
Comm 110 Interpersonal Communication -          3 units
CIS C111 Intro to Info Sys/PGM -                       3 units
Math 119A Calculus -                                         3 units
PSY 100 Intro to Psych -                                    3 units

Electives:
CJ G064 Police Academy -                                  23 units

CJ G078 Public Safety Dispatcher -                      6.5 units


Additional Units:

ENGR 101 Intro to Engineering Profession -         1 unit**
CJ G065 Police Academy Hlth/Fitness -                2 units**
Hum G102 Introduction to Art -                          3 units
BIOL C102 Introduction to Ana/Phys -                 3units
COOP G104 Cooperative Work Exp -                    4 units
SOC G110 Intro Marriage and Family -                 3 units
  

will be taking Principles of Management and Intro to World Religions this Thursday** (I'm aiming for 2 a week until I start training)

JST (military transcript):

Basic Training - 6 credits lower level
WOCS -            3 credits lower level

I will be doing the following in the next few months:
Aviation WOBC - 9 credits upper level
SERE -               3 credits lower level
Flight school -   12-15 credits upper level

I'd appreciate any tips and advice toward getting any 4-yr degree faster. Sorry if it's messy, I'll redo it when I get home.

[dfrecore]

CLEP College Comp - Written Comm req

DSST Public Speaking - Oral Comm req

DSST World Religions, CLEP A&I Lit - Info Lit req

CLEP Sociology, DSST Anthropology - Diversity req

DSST Ethics in America, Ethics in Tech - Ethics req

CLEP American Govt - Civic Engagement req

CLEP Any Science; DSST EnviSci, Astron, Geol, Computers, MIS, Cybersecurity - Nat World

Tons of options for Knowledge of Human cultures, GE Electives

DSST Substance Abuse, History of the Soviet Union, Cybersecurity - all UL will work in AOS

[Johmford]

You can use these to fulfill the UL requirements:



Forensic Science and Science of Nutrition were from SDC and World Geog was from the CC, but everything else was a nice and easy to study for DSST.

Since you have the law enforcement experience see how an AAS in criminal justice would fit too while you are at it.

[dukun8ter]

You can use these to fulfill the UL requirements:



Forensic Science and Science of Nutrition were from SDC and World Geog was from the CC, but everything else was a nice and easy to study for DSST.

Since you have the law enforcement experience see how an AAS in criminal justice would fit too while you are at it.

I would only need to finish 3 more CLEPS/DSST with the Cornerstone for the AAS in CJ. Thanks for the heads up! I didn't even think about that.

[Johmford]

You can use these to fulfill the UL requirements:



Forensic Science and Science of Nutrition were from SDC and World Geog was from the CC, but everything else was a nice and easy to study for DSST.

Since you have the law enforcement experience see how an AAS in criminal justice would fit too while you are at it.

I would only need to finish 3 more CLEPS/DSST with the Cornerstone for the AAS in CJ. Thanks for the heads up! I didn't even think about that.

I made the realization when I was 4 credits short a month before the graduation cutoff. Luckily I knocked out 2 SDC courses and added that to my collection of degrees.