sanantone Wrote:Excelsior should be completely out of the question because they will require that the FEMA credits be transcribed by FCC at $79 per credit hour.

If you want a CJ degree, you're going to have to take a lot of expensive courses at any of the Big 3. COSC and Excelsior will follow the ACE recommendations for Penn Foster and Propero courses. If they're evaluated as LL, that is how they will be transcribed. I thought MDCP came with in-state rates. Excelsior has two enrollment options. The $395 option will require 12 credits in residence at $465 each (after July 1st). I think it's 6 credits for active duty, guard, and reserves with a $130 discount until June 30th. The enrollment fee under the multisource option is $1,065 or $740 for military. You still have to take the 3-credit capstone and possibly the 1-credit information literacy course at $465 per credit hour.

Honestly, you're kind of far away from a BSBA, so the TECEPs would not be a waste. If you chose to do social science, you would still have a lot of room for TECEPs.

For active duty, guard, and reserve, the cornerstone and capstone at COSC will be $1,500. They will waive the semester fee. That sounds like a much better deal than Excelsior.

defscarlett Wrote:Under MDCP there is no enrollment fee, but there's still the residency requirement same as with the per credit plan. My plan has always been to transfer to the enrolled plan after getting the money together to avoid the residency requirement. As far as my actual core requirements I had planned to take those through Penn Foster (All CJ courses through ACE are recommended for LL credit, though TESC will credit several as UL). 3 of my AARTS credits are recommended for UL. I know to get at least some UL I can take some CJ courses through CSU - Pueblo for not much more than what PF charges, but that still won't give me the 30 UL needed for Charter Oak.

I have the money together plus a little extra to knock out the rest of all my courses (Penn Foster/CSU Pueblo/TESC) regardless of where I take them plus a little extra, but that will currently exhaust all my money in savings and won't have any left for the enrollment fee.

EI2HCB Wrote:Or you could enroll under a partnership program at Excelsior with yearly enrollment at $185 ( I think) I'm enrolled under a POAG partnership. Excelsior College | Peace Officers Association of Georgia

It costs $25 per year to join POAG as an associate member. You have to take 12 credits at the school but I think its still cheaper than paying the 1,000 enrollment fee out and getting nothing for it.

https://my.excelsior.edu/documents/4604180/6254196/13-054_Corporate_Partnership_Fee_Sheet_Insert.pdf/ced8cf1c-a105-4ff6-be76-16684f3652af

rebel100 Wrote:I would work out a dual concentration, maybe the Organizational Management with Criminal Justice....15 credits such as CSU_P HR Management, Org. Leadership, etc.... So 5 Courses there plus the Capstone. You would then need 3 CJ courses for 9 credits plus have 3 credits essentially in UL electives.....thopugh the Substance Abuse DSST could be an elective or fit in the second concentration column I think. There are UL EC/TECEP/DSST that can be squeezed in as well at around $100/3 credits.

sanantone Wrote:Just to be clear, this would be a degree in individualized studies where you would combine CJ and organizational management. LOL. COSC does accept several business/management TECEPs and Uexcel exams as UL. That would be cheaper than CSU Pueblo. However, I don't see how this is any different from completing a degree in liberal studies or creating a learner designed area of study at TESC. It will cost about the same and require about the same number of tests even with the residency requirement.