my unofficial transcript - your profound wisdom

[SCYankee]

I'm not seeing a BSLS at COSC.  Am I missing something?

Irrespective of institution (as long as big 3), and these programs (BALS, BSBA, or BSLS); I should be able to find every course I need to graduate, both lower and upper level, via study.com, et. al, correct?

That residency waiver is definitely a killer.

I didn't specify degree.  I just mentioned BS.  I am aware a BSBA is not the prerequisite for an MBA.

Yes, for a BALS/BSLS or BSBA at any of the Big 3, you should be able to easily find alternative coursework.

At COSC, for the General Studies degree (and some other degrees as well), you can choose whether you want a BA or BS.  The BA requires 90cr of Liberal Arts, and the BS requires 60cr of LA.  The remaining credits can be non-liberal arts.

What subjects qualify as liberal arts?

[dfrecore]

I'm not seeing a BSLS at COSC.  Am I missing something?

Irrespective of institution (as long as big 3), and these programs (BALS, BSBA, or BSLS); I should be able to find every course I need to graduate, both lower and upper level, via study.com, et. al, correct?

That residency waiver is definitely a killer.

I didn't specify degree.  I just mentioned BS.  I am aware a BSBA is not the prerequisite for an MBA.

Yes, for a BALS/BSLS or BSBA at any of the Big 3, you should be able to easily find alternative coursework.

At COSC, for the General Studies degree (and some other degrees as well), you can choose whether you want a BA or BS.  The BA requires 90cr of Liberal Arts, and the BS requires 60cr of LA.  The remaining credits can be non-liberal arts.

What subjects qualify as liberal arts?

https://www.charteroak.edu/current/acade...ements.php

[Max007]

I've reapplied, and am awaiting my TESU academic eval. Is it considered a faux pas to speak of ACE credits with an academic evaluator/advisor? I'll post the evaluation as soon as I receive. I plan to hit the ground running once my final classes are set. Just want to make certain I choose the appropriate alternative credits.

[davewill]

I've reapplied, and am awaiting my TESU academic eval.  Is it considered a faux pas to speak of ACE credits with an academic evaluator/advisor?  I'll post the evaluation as soon as I receive.  I plan to hit the ground running once my final classes are set.  Just want to make certain I choose the appropriate alternative credits.

No, discussing them with advising is just fine, you just have to understand their limitations. You can ask the advisor how a particular ACE course will transfer in and get a decent answer, but you won't have much luck asking them to suggest ACE courses. If you ask what course will work for your Ethics requirement, for example, they will only mention their own courses.

[Max007]

I've reapplied, and am awaiting my TESU academic eval.  Is it considered a faux pas to speak of ACE credits with an academic evaluator/advisor?  I'll post the evaluation as soon as I receive.  I plan to hit the ground running once my final classes are set.  Just want to make certain I choose the appropriate alternative credits.

Any and all advice is appreciated.  My apologies for the plethora of screenshots.  Thank you kindly for your response, Dave.

What is this about students MUST take SOS-110 Critical Information Literacy at Thomas Edison State University?

I also don't see a cornerstone. 

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I've reapplied, and am awaiting my TESU academic eval.  Is it considered a faux pas to speak of ACE credits with an academic evaluator/advisor?  I'll post the evaluation as soon as I receive.  I plan to hit the ground running once my final classes are set.  Just want to make certain I choose the appropriate alternative credits.

Any and all advice is appreciated.  My apologies for the plethora of screenshots.  Thank you kindly for your response, Dave.

What is this about students MUST take SOS-110 Critical Information Literacy at Thomas Edison State University?

I also don't see a cornerstone. 

[bjcheung77]

First off, the Capstone and Cornerstone requirement must be completed at TESU. So the Cornerstone is the SOS-110 you are referring to in your post. You can't transfer either of these two in for the 2019a/2020 catalog year, the last year to have the course transferable for the Cornerstone or by taking the 1 credit TES-100 Cornerstone was the 2018 catalog year.

Max007 - This is just the BALS, can you do one for the BSBA General Management? Can you also make sure you do the "other courses" at the bottom as that may be a critical item. There maybe courses that can be re-used as some of those may have been overlooked. I highly suggest keeping with the BALS if you have more credits, but if BSBA is your calling, you can try that as well.

You're so close to the BALS degree with 97 credits, you can complete the FREE Ethics course to get that requirement completed, see the Wiki for FREE courses, complete them all if you wanted to since it's FREE and a good learning option for TEEX Cybersecurity. For Civic Engagement, take American Government - CLEP/StraighterLine/Study.com, take your pick.

The easiest UL for you right now is to quickly complete the TEEX Death Investigation course for $75, it's 3 UL CJ credits. Then you can take UL Communications/History/Psychology/Sociology or whatever you want from Study.com to finish your course load, just 3 more and you're done (I suggest History 308 as it's short).

Attach the BSBA, I want to see what you're missing! If you have tuition assistance, decide how you want to do the Capstone and Cornerstone, you may want to do both courses together if work will pay for it. I forget, are you Active Military?

[Max007]

Thank you so much for your response, BJ... again.

I did not know the SOS-110 was the cornerstone. Duh. Thank you. I am aware that both cap and cornerstone need to be completed through TESU.

I'll take a swipe at generating a BSBA GM plan. I'm all about reusing courses. I may also look at what a BA in psychology would entail, for the heck of it.

Unfortunately, I am not active military.

So It looks as though I need 6 courses with corner and capstone to complete my BALS.
Please correct me if I'm wrong:

(2 LL)
1LL - Ethical leadership/ETH-230 ethics in digital age or equivalent
2LL - Civic engagement/POS-110 American government or equivalent

4 UL - I thought about taking them all in psychology. However, it appears as though I need to spread these classes out over 2 areas according to this statement; "At least TWO or more different areas must be included within the entire Concentration to provide breadth of knowledge in the Liberal Studies Area."

1 cornerstone - SOS-110
1 capstone - LIB-495

I believe dfrecore pretty much nailed this, originally. Props.

Thank you all again for your past, present, and future input. It is truly invaluable.

[bjcheung77]

4 UL - I thought about taking them all in psychology. However, it appears as though I need to spread these classes out over 2 areas according to this statement; "At least TWO or more different areas must be included within the entire Concentration to provide breadth of knowledge in the Liberal Studies Area."

As I mentioned in the post above, you can take whatever you want for your BALS AOS UL, this current evaluation you have is for a BALS with NO concentration. You can take the UL courses in Psychology from Study.com if you want a UL Social Sciences, coincidentally - the other courses I recommend in post #26 will all make up the Social Sciences concentration.

TESU BALS Psychology Link: https://www.tesu.edu/heavin/ba/psychology1
TESU BALS Social Science Link: https://www.tesu.edu/heavin/ba/social-sciences1
Example of Social Science courses: https://www.tesu.edu/academics/courses/2...r#Cultures
Anyways, the TEEX Death Investigation course is a AOJ (Criminal Justice) so it fits exactly!

First/final step: Email TESU to change your degree plan from No concentration to Social Science. You have 1 UL Psych, 2 LL Psych/Sociology courses, you need 3 more courses to hit the SS requirements of 18 credits. So, 3 UL SS and the TEEX to finish the UL and remainder of the degree requirements. Voila!

Now, if you're really into a BALS-Psych, you can, but review the link above for the requirements, I'm not sure you will hit all 18 Psych requirements with just taking 4 more UL courses. If Social Science is good enough, that's my suggestion, but if a BALS-Psych is your calling, just take the remainder of the missing courses, Ta-da!

[Max007]

Hello all.  Just a quick update with a couple of questions.  I immediately began the ethics course BJ and Dfrecore spoke of.  Not long after completion, COVID came through in a major way, upending much in my life.
When I received this letter from TESU, I became very disheartened, and placed finishing on hold.  However, am I reading this incorrectly?  Does this change anything with regard to my plan?  Perhaps I just misinterpreted it's intended meaning.

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As always, thank you all in advance for any and all insight or suggestions.
I sincerely value your opinions.

Max

[Max007]

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