(11-16-2023, 03:33 PM)bjcheung77 Wrote: Actually, davewill is correct, most institutions will require much more work than the Excelsior/TESU capstone courses alone.  For UMPI and other competency based programs, there are significant writing portions as well for the remaining 30 credits.  You really need to decide if you're wanting to transfer the max 113/114 credits with Excelsior/TESU, or transfer a max of 90 credits at PUG, UMPI, WGU, etc.

(11-17-2023, 02:09 AM)whiverem Wrote:

(11-16-2023, 03:33 PM)bjcheung77 Wrote: Actually, davewill is correct, most institutions will require much more work than the Excelsior/TESU capstone courses alone.  For UMPI and other competency based programs, there are significant writing portions as well for the remaining 30 credits.  You really need to decide if you're wanting to transfer the max 113/114 credits with Excelsior/TESU, or transfer a max of 90 credits at PUG, UMPI, WGU, etc.

Okay, can you tell me if the cornerstone for TESU for computer science major requires a lot of writing or little writing and if you have to cite research papers or if citing articles are okay?

I think one person already said here that you can do the capstone at edX with this degree. My follow up question to that is: Can you take the capstone class at edX as many as you need to if you fail. Of course I'm not going to intentionally fail, but after trying if I do it's nice to know that you can re-take the class, especially as many times as someone might need to.

I'm looking at all my options and trying to see which one's going to be the easiest for me, and maybe I can finish as quickly as possible. Thanks a lot.

(11-17-2023, 11:44 AM)davewill Wrote:

(11-17-2023, 02:09 AM)whiverem Wrote:

(11-16-2023, 03:33 PM)bjcheung77 Wrote: Actually, davewill is correct, most institutions will require much more work than the Excelsior/TESU capstone courses alone.  For UMPI and other competency based programs, there are significant writing portions as well for the remaining 30 credits.  You really need to decide if you're wanting to transfer the max 113/114 credits with Excelsior/TESU, or transfer a max of 90 credits at PUG, UMPI, WGU, etc.

Okay, can you tell me if the cornerstone for TESU for computer science major requires a lot of writing or little writing and if you have to cite research papers or if citing articles are okay?

I think one person already said here that you can do the capstone at edX with this degree. My follow up question to that is: Can you take the capstone class at edX as many as you need to if you fail. Of course I'm not going to intentionally fail, but after trying if I do it's nice to know that you can re-take the class, especially as many times as someone might need to.

I'm looking at all my options and trying to see which one's going to be the easiest for me, and maybe I can finish as quickly as possible. Thanks a lot.

You've got it backwards, it's the cornerstone that can be done at EdX if you're doing the BACS. If you search around here, a couple of people have done it there and may have reported on the effort required. It's a "Introduction to College" type of course and the writing should not be too bad, but I never actually took the cornerstone and can't tell you first hand. I don't see why you couldn't retake if you fail, but it's $500, so you don't really want to retake if you can help it. Besides, getting at least a C in any course is usually not that high a bar to clear.

The capstone for the BACS has to be done at TESU. It's a 25 page research paper, with formal references and citations. The whole 12 week class is spent on the one paper, you turn in drafts of the separate chapters as you go, then the final paper at the end. TESU gives you online access to the New Jersey State Library, and it's entirely possible to do all the research online via the TESU platform. There are online tools available to help you format all the references properly. There is a lot of repetition in the paper, which makes it easier than 25 pages sounds. Each chapter has introductory and conclusive sections and addresses your chosen research questions.

If you pay attention to the feedback from the mentor, they pretty much guide you through the whole process. If you put in the effort, you should be able to pass.

(11-17-2023, 05:42 PM)bjcheung77 Wrote: You can take the cornerstone at Edx, it'll transfer in properly to the AAS Applied Computer Studies and also the BACS.  If you're doing the flat rate, you can do the Associates Capstone, Bachelors Capstone, and three E-Packs or easy classes to waive the residency fee.  Plus the Edx course was amazingly fast, I completed it without any issues at all...