TESC Liberal Studies degree plan review requested

[clep3705]

Please review this TESC Liberal Studies degree plan. All of the TESC course numbers have been completed through CLEP and DSST tests. The other courses are community college and university courses that will be transfer credits. Are the general studies electives valid?

I'm hoping that only the capstone remains. I've counted a surplus of 3 hours in the general electives category.


[color="#0000FF"]General Education Requirements
A. Intellectual and Practical Skills 15 [/COLOR]

6 ENC-101/102-CE College Composition (General)
3 COM-209-DE Principles of Public Speaking
3 REL-405-DE Introduction to World Religions
3 MATH 1342 Statistics (STA-201)

B. Civic and Global Learning 9

3 SOC-101-CE Introductory Sociology
3 PHI-287-DE Ethics in America ???
3 GOVT 2301 Amer Gov Nat/Sta/Local I (POS-110)

C. Knowledge of Human Cultures 12

3 PSY-101-CE Introductory Psychology
3 CRIJ 1313 Juvenile Justice Systems
3 CRIJ 2301 Community Resources - Correction
3 PSYC 2314 Human Growth & Dev. Lifespan (PSY-211)

D. Understanding the Physical and Natural World 4

4 ASTR 1403 Stars and Galaxies

E. General Education Electives 20

3 HIS-101-CE West. Civilization I: Ancient Near East to 1648
3 HIS-102-CE West. Civilization II: 1648 to the Present
3 HIS-113-CE History of the U.S. I: Early Colonization to 1877
3 HIS-114-CE History of the U.S. II: 1865 to the Present
4 ASTR 1404 Solar System Astronomy
3 GOVT 2301 Amer Gov Nat/Sta/Local II
1 PHED 2113 Individual Fitness Training

Liberal Studies Courses 33

3 LIB-495 Liberal Arts Capstone
3 ENG-201-DE Technical Writing
3 HIS-126-TE World History From 1600-Present
3 HIS-222-DE Western Europe since 1945
3 HIS-309-DE An Introduction to the Modern Middle East
3 HIS-351-DE A History of the Vietnam War
3 SOS-305-DE Substance Abuse
3 ENGL 3301 Introduction to Literary Studies
3 MUSI 1310 Hist/Lit:Recorded Musc/USA
3 NUTR 3330 Nutrition through the Lifespan
3 NUTR 3334 Advanced Nutrition

Electives 27

3 BUS-302-DE Business Ethics and Society
3 COS-101-CE Information Systems & Computer Applications
6 LIT-208/209-CE English Literature
6 LIT-291/292-CE Analyzing and Interpreting Literature
3 MAN-301-CE Principles of Management
3 MAR-301-CE Principles of Marketing
3 BIOL 1322 Basic Nutrition
3 KIN 1304 Public Health Issue in Obesity

[swalke321]

It looks like you are missing an ethics class. I believe Gen Ed section B requires 3 credits of ethics. PHI 287 might satisfy that requirement but would have to be moved from your liberal studies courses section. BUS 302 may also satisfy the requirement. One challenge is having the 15 credits of UL electives for the liberal studies area and no more than 2 courses at the 100 level. The transfer credits can sometimes be tricky since each college classifies classes differently. If needed you could probably use REL 405 as UL elective for liberal studies area and move LIT 291 into the Gen Ed section for information literacy.

[clep3705]

Thank you, I moved the ethics course to General Education Section B. But I'm not sure if it will work because the course number doesn't match this list found at http://www.tesc.edu/academics/courses/20...-After.cfm If only these exact courses are acceptable, it makes testing out of a degree difficult with ETH-210 as the only testing option for Section B.

• ETH-210: Environmental Ethics This is only offered as a TECEP exam
• LIB-360: Ethics and Politics of War
• PHI-286: Contemporary Ethics Humanities
• PHI-384: Ethics and the Business Professional
• PHI-475: Biomedical Ethics
• SOS-450: Ethics in the Social Sciences


I don't see what it wrong with the liberal studies section. There are only two courses at the 100 level. There are 21 UL credits in the liberal studies area.

[clep3705]

What is the most economical way to get the degree at this point, essentially almost at the end of the process. Pay per credit?

[sanantone]

Per Credit Tuition Plan - 24-credit residency requirement
Liberal arts capstone: $520 X 3 credits = 1,560
TECEP: 21 credits X 50 = $1,050
Total: $2610

Enrolled Options Plan - no residency requirement
Enrollment Fee: $3296
Liberal Arts Capstone: $247 X 3 credits = $741
Technology Services Fee: $131
Total: $4168

[clep3705]

Thanks. For someone at the end of the degree process where additional tests aren't needed, $4168 isn't so bad. If a different ethics course is required - that's still not clear - it would still come out to just under $5,000.

[Prloko]

Per Credit Tuition Plan - 24-credit residency requirement
Liberal arts capstone: $520 X 3 credits = 1,560
TECEP: 21 credits X 50 = $1,050
Total: $2610

Enrolled Options Plan - no residency requirement
Enrollment Fee: $3296
Liberal Arts Capstone: $247 X 3 credits = $741
Technology Services Fee: $131
Total: $4168

I believe the TECEP price is wrong. I thought I read that the $50 per credit is for non-matriculated exam takers and $37 is for matriculated-students.

[sanantone]

I believe the TECEP price is wrong. I thought I read that the $50 per credit is for non-matriculated exam takers and $37 is for matriculated-students.

You are right.

Liberal Arts Capstone $1560
TECEP: $777
Total: $2337