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Which of the Big Three requires the fewest number of upper level credits? Does it vary by major?
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clep3705 Wrote:Which of the Big Three requires the fewest number of upper level credits? Does it vary by major?
I know TESU only require 12 UL credits in AOS, and I don't think it has actual requirements anywhere else. I also know the COSC is more and I believe that Excelsior is closer to COSC requirements then TESU.
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COSC was 30. 15 in the concentration and 15 more.
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Bachelor of Arts degrees at TESU require 18 upper level hours (15 + Capstone), so it varies by major. However, Charter Oak and Excelsior both require 30 hours of UL credits.
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I went with Excelsior because I have a friend in health care who highly recommended them. Since I'm just getting liberal arts degree, Thomas Edison would be just fine. If I had found this forum first I would have gone with TESU. It isn't a huge deal, but it would save some money. Even though the actual UL tests/courses are similar in costs, I find I'm spending more on study materials.(Wish Study.com had more UL clases) And of course there are just many more LL options.
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not only is TESU's UL policy better, but they also accept more courses at the UL that ACE doesn't necessarily recommend as UL.
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I think the BSBA only requires 12cr of UL, but mostly because a lot of the courses in the core are already considered UL - Marketing, Management, Finance, International Business, Managerial/Business Comm & Strategic Management (the capstone). Unless you take all of these at a CC, then you will end up getting UL credit for them all.
Otherwise, you need 5 UL courses for the other majors plus the capstone (18cr total). Not bad.
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