Texas A&M University-Commerce competency based degree

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There's a $30 semester fee for the course, the tuition is $19, total is $49.
Reference: FREE 1-credit online Clackamas CC Intro To Library Research Course - RA and Graded! (degreeforum.net)

To check you can refer to the previous link: Clackamas Community College | Schedule of Classes
At the top, it'll have a PDF for Spring 2022 Schedule of Classes, the info below is what I copy/pasted from page 85.

WR-128 INTRODUCTION TO APA STYLE & DOCUMENTATION, 1 CREDIT

Introduces American Psychological Association (APA) style and
documentation, including document format, in-text citation, and
references page. Includes style and documentation for narrative and
academic papers. Students will work with provided sources.
Recommended for pre-nursing and nursing students, allied health
students, and STEM and social science students.

Prerequisites: WR-121 with a C or better

ONL LCT WR-128-01 314321

S. PESZNECKER $0.00 $0.00 $19.00 $19.00

  I did some checking and there's also - WR-127 Scholarship Essay writing for 1 cr . It was in the winter semester offerings.

[mohelena02]

At the risk of reviving a dead thread, I was poking around the TAMU Commerce website and saw their BAAS in Organizational Leadership CBE program is now: "Texas residents pay $750 per term and out-of-state residents pay $1,500 per term."
They also have a competency-based BS in Criminal Justice. It's unknown whether the same flat-rate pricing applies to that program as well. It lists no cost information.

TAMU-Commerce is $750/7-week term for in-state, and $1500/7-week term for out-of-state.  This breaks down to $107/wk (IS) and $214/wk (OOS).

To give you some other prices per week (which is the only way to compare apples-to-apples):
NAU is $115/wk
WGU is $130-$148/wk
UMPI is $175/wk
UofWisc is$188/wk
PUG is $250/wk

So if you're in-state, it's the cheapest option available; if you're out of state, it's on the high side, but not insanely so.
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What's UMass Global's CBE porgrams come out to? $133.33 per week? Is that right?

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Wow thank you for this comparison!!! I was planning on going to WGU but just applied to Texas A&M! We'll see what happens, I live in TX so the tuition would be cheaper.

[bjcheung77]

Wow thank you for this comparison!!! I was planning on going to WGU but just applied to Texas A&M! We'll see what happens, I live in TX so the tuition would be cheaper.

Furthermore, you're going for a local state school with online programs vs an endorsed school in the state. It will be slightly more recognized in your state anyways in addition to the cheaper tuition. I highly recommend what you're doing, Texas A&M for undergrad and then you can decide WGU for grad or something else when the time comes...

[mohelena02]

Wow thank you for this comparison!!! I was planning on going to WGU but just applied to Texas A&M! We'll see what happens, I live in TX so the tuition would be cheaper.

Furthermore, you're going for a local state school with online programs vs an endorsed school in the state.  It will be slightly more recognized in your state anyways in addition to the cheaper tuition.  I highly recommend what you're doing, Texas A&M for undergrad and then you can decide WGU for grad or something else when the time comes...

Exactly!! I live in Austin and Texas A&M is very prestigious here, it's considered the second-best school in the state after UT! I had no idea this program existed until this morning and I immediately applied. 

I still plan on getting a masters most likely from WGU but this will be such a great thing for my resume in Texas to have a local highly regarded school.

[Courcelles]

There’s absolutely nothing wrong with TAMU-Commerce, nothing at all. But they are not the same as TAMU-College Station. You are not an Aggie, and the part after the hyphen is important.

It’s an amazing deal for in-state students, as long as you understand Commerce and College Station are different schools under the same governing board.

Same as UT-Austin has a lot more prestige than UT-El Paso.

[Vle045]

I imagine it’s kind of similar to Penn State. Penn State has 25 campuses. I imagine a lot of States have a similar setup. But I don’t really know.

[CircleT7]

There’s absolutely nothing wrong with TAMU-Commerce, nothing at all. But they are not the same as TAMU-College Station. You are not an Aggie, and the part after the hyphen is important.

It’s an amazing deal for in-state students, as long as you understand Commerce and College Station are different schools under the same governing board.

Same as UT-Austin has a lot more prestige than UT-El Paso.

That is correct - they even have different colors and different mascots.  But, the degree is from Texas A&M and that can carry a lot of weight in the job market, especially in Texas.

[StoicJ]

Furthermore, you're going for a local state school with online programs vs an endorsed school in the state.  It will be slightly more recognized in your state anyways in addition to the cheaper tuition.  I highly recommend what you're doing, Texas A&M for undergrad and then you can decide WGU for grad or something else when the time comes...

Exactly!! I live in Austin and Texas A&M is very prestigious here, it's considered the second-best school in the state after UT! I had no idea this program existed until this morning and I immediately applied. 

I still plan on getting a masters most likely from WGU but this will be such a great thing for my resume in Texas to have a local highly regarded school.

I think Rice University would have something to say about that   .

[clep3705]

Texas A&M is very prestigious here, it's considered the second-best school in the state after UT!

I think Rice University would have something to say about that   .

Student flunked out of the University of Texas. Got admitted to Texas A&M. Raised the academic standards of both schools.

Aggie goes to Rice University campus and asks a student "Where's the library at?" Rice student responds "At Rice, we don't end sentences with prepositions." Aggie responds with "Where's the library at, jerk?"

[SophiaPrincess]

My brother and I applied to TAMUC and had our official transcripts sent in. No communication for three weeks except two automated emails, one stating we were admitted. I called numerous times inquiring about the transcript evaluations. Most of the time I reached no one and left polite messages that were never returned. On the rare occasion, I reached someone, I was given a variety of inaccurate excuses. Eventually, I emailed the director of admissions and started getting emails from admissions officers as a result. They claimed my transcript was evaluated the same day it was received. Our evaluations were rife with errors. My brother's evaluation, containing almost identical courses, deviated significantly from mine. We have not been able to appeal or even get an explanation. Texas A&M is a very credible school but their Commerce campus is chaos. We were applying for their BAAS in Organizational Leadership because it is a CBE program. After examining the courses, TAMUC did us a favor. Their Organizational Leadership courses appear to have little utility and there are better check the box degrees.

Avoid TAMUC.

Edit: For those with Sophia credit, there are better options. They accepted less than half.