Which of the Big 3 schools is best for me?

[Life Long Learning]

It is neat Excelsior will put it on the official transcript. It does blur the line as a major. I like it.

•BSLA in Business
Excelsior College, Albany, NY

Exactly, LifeLongLearning! I put Business as an area of focus on the degree plan.

[Life Long Learning]

Do you think Excelsior College would accept these two areas?

Area of Focus in Emergency Management (101 SH w/ 13 UL)
Arts and Sciences Depth: History (45 SH w/12 UL)

Exactly, LifeLongLearning! I put Business as an area of focus on the degree plan.

[cali86]

Is there anyway to complete these courses without exams? I just received an email from study.com that I won the personal finance scholarship.. I have also recently completed Intro to Statistics and Intermediate Algebra..

Here is the tl;dr:

You need these credits from these sources:
Need SL English Composition II 3
Need UExcel or DSST Business Ethics 3UL
Need SL or Saylor Business Communications 3LL
Need EC Liberal Arts Capstone LA 498 3UL
Need EC, Tor or Coopersmith Information Literacy 1

Then I put the 12 upper level Arts and Sciences hours that looked most manageable for you at the end of the Arts and Sciences credits.

Need DSST Civil War and Reconstruction 3UL
Need UExcel World Conflicts since 1900 HISX-340 3U
Need UExcel World Population SOCX-330 3UL
Need UExcel Juvenile Delinquency SOCX-320 3UL

You could replace any of those with the DSST History of the Vietnam War, History of the Soviet Union, or any of the upper level UExcel Arts and Sciences (really, mostly Social Sciences) credits. I tried to pick the cheaper ones.
Excelsior College | 1. Choose Your Exam

You may have seen in previous posts that you can sign up as an associate member of Peace Officer Association of Georgia for $25/ year to get partnership pricing.
Join The POAG | Peace Officers Association of Georgia

Here is the partnership pricing info from Excelsior:
Excelsior College | Peace Officers Association of Georgia

Excelsior Partner Pricing


Taking just a 3-hour Capstone


$0 to apply
$1095 Multi-Source enrollment fee
$1230 = $410 x 3 hours tuition
$450 graduation fee
Total $2775

Hope this helps.

[KayV]

Business 312: Advanced Operations Management counts as three upper-level applied professional hours.
English 305: Advanced Technical Writing counts as three upper-level hours in arts and sciences.
Business 113: Business Communication could replace the lower level business communication course.

Congratulations on your scholarship!

[cali86]

OK So I am really thinking of just doing Thomas Edison University since I like how the name sounds better. I feel like some may judge if my degree just says college at the end. I also am trying to figure out what LL classes for the Liberal Studies degree at TESU I need? Will my child development 101, 103, 107, and 109 not count? Also what can I take to fulfill UL courses for my degree plan? I am half way done with my Personal Finance Course already and after I complete that I would like to dive right in and finish faster as I was told I can pay for additional courses if I want more than 2 for credit. It is a new option that was added. Also For Excelsior it seems I would have to test out most of my classes and I am really not wanting to do that. If there was a way to just take courses online for ACE credit I would think of that route instead.

[longtermstudent]

Honestly, the name thing between the big 3 seems to have differing opinions. I don't see any of them having an amazing name to be honest, all 3 supply regionally accredited degrees, which is what mattered to me. I picked TESU because it seemed the path of least resistance and cheapest for my situation.

Here is what I did for my BALS at TESU for upper level, which I had none prior to transferring in. I'm currently waiting on my capstone grade to be finished.

Microbiology without lab straighterline 3 hours
Intro to religion straighterline 3 hours
Business ethics straighterline 3 hours
Organizational behavior dsst test 3 hours
Substance abuse dsst 3 hours

Sanantone wrote a solid guide of what is available for the AOS in the wiki. These were just the ones I picked. Hope it helps some.

[cali86]

That helps a lot! Thank You. I agree what matters most is they are all regionally accredited degrees. Thank you for giving me some examples of what i can take.

Honestly, the name thing between the big 3 seems to have differing opinions. I don't see any of them having an amazing name to be honest, all 3 supply regionally accredited degrees, which is what mattered to me. I picked TESU because it seemed the path of least resistance and cheapest for my situation.

Here is what I did for my BALS at TESU for upper level, which I had none prior to transferring in. I'm currently waiting on my capstone grade to be finished.

Microbiology without lab straighterline 3 hours
Intro to religion straighterline 3 hours
Business ethics straighterline 3 hours
Organizational behavior dsst test 3 hours
Substance abuse dsst 3 hours

Sanantone wrote a solid guide of what is available for the AOS in the wiki. These were just the ones I picked. Hope it helps some.