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My final degree plan. - kalishakti - 06-03-2016
My finalized degree plan for the TESU BSBA. I was initially going to do the Accounting AOS but decided to stay with General Management to keep costs down. Honestly, the 2016 additions of residency waiver and cornerstone will be absolutely devastating for my budget. If anyone knows of any possible lower-cost alternatives to what I have lined up, please let me know- but I believe I am already using the cheapest sources available. Everything I have already completed is in my signature.
SL- Intermediate Accounting
SL- Cost Accounting
SL - Org. Behavior
Saylor- Business Stats
Saylor- CS101
DSST- Bus. Ethics & Society
DSST- Finance
DSST- Money & Banking
TECEP - Strategic Management
My final degree plan. - bjcheung77 - 06-03-2016
kalishakti Wrote:My finalized degree plan for the TESU BSBA. I was initially going to do the Accounting AOS but decided to stay with General Management to keep costs down. Honestly, the 2016 additions of residency waiver and cornerstone will be absolutely devastating for my budget. If anyone knows of any possible lower-cost alternatives to what I have lined up, please let me know- but I believe I am already using the cheapest sources available. Everything I have already completed is in my signature.
SL- Intermediate Accounting
SL- Cost Accounting
SL - Org. Behavior
Saylor- Business Stats
Saylor- CS101
DSST- Bus. Ethics & Society
DSST- Finance
DSST- Money & Banking
TECEP - Strategic Management
I feel the exact same way you do, and have the similar courses as you do to keep the dollar amount down.
My Saylor and Straighterline courses are the same as yours, but I am taking TECEP Advertising and PF for 3 courses.
Taking Financial Management, International Business, Strategic Business Management, instead of DSST.
The courses are a little over twice the price of a DSST, but time saved driving 3 hours each time is worth it.
I can use the extra time to do work or get paid overtime to offset the pricing, I also save time studying.
My final degree plan. - kalishakti - 06-03-2016
bjcheung77 Wrote:The courses are a little over twice the price of a DSST, but time saved driving 3 hours each time is worth it.
I can use the extra time to do work or get paid overtime to offset the pricing, I also save time studying.
Luckily I have a DSST test site within a 30 minute drive. I would look for alternatives in your situation as well.
My final degree plan. - Nixi - 06-03-2016
Your list is solid, I can't think of anything else that would be cheaper. If you take ALEKS Business stats with the 15% off coupon code and you complete it in one month, it's $16.95 and you save $8 extra you would have spent on Saylor (not much, but that's all I could come up with
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My final degree plan. - dfrecore - 06-03-2016
kalishakti Wrote:My finalized degree plan for the TESU BSBA. I was initially going to do the Accounting AOS but decided to stay with General Management to keep costs down. Honestly, the 2016 additions of residency waiver and cornerstone will be absolutely devastating for my budget. If anyone knows of any possible lower-cost alternatives to what I have lined up, please let me know- but I believe I am already using the cheapest sources available. Everything I have already completed is in my signature.
SL- Intermediate Accounting
SL- Cost Accounting
SL - Org. Behavior
Saylor- Business Stats
Saylor- CS101
DSST- Bus. Ethics & Society
DSST- Finance
DSST- Money & Banking
TECEP - Strategic Management
I have your previous info in a spreadsheet here, so I can ask a question: where are your 18cr of AOS? I see Intermediate Accounting, Cost Accounting (UL), Org Behavior (UL), Money & Banking (UL) - but I don't see the last 2 courses. I think the cheapest way to get those is Management Info Systems DSST & HRM DSST.
My final degree plan. - kalishakti - 06-03-2016
dfrecore Wrote:I have your previous info in a spreadsheet here, so I can ask a question: where are your 18cr of AOS? I see Intermediate Accounting, Cost Accounting (UL), Org Behavior (UL), Money & Banking (UL) - but I don't see the last 2 courses. I think the cheapest way to get those is Management Info Systems DSST & HRM DSST.Saylor Business Stats- TESU still accepts this as UL Operations Management, I posted an e-mail I received from advising confirming this is the case.
NFA Fire Supervision- TESU accepts as HR Management.
My final degree plan. - jsd - 06-03-2016
kalishakti Wrote:NFA Fire Supervision- TESU accepts as HR Management.
Really? They accept a 1cr fire safety course to satisfy HR management? Are the remaining two credits made up in AOS electives?
Seems odd.
My final degree plan. - davewill - 06-03-2016
jsd Wrote:Really? They accept a 1cr fire safety course to satisfy HR management? Are the remaining two credits made up in AOS electives?It does seem odd, but it's not a fire safety course. Here's the ACE recommendation:
Seems odd.
Quote:In the lower division baccalaureate/associate degree category, one semester hour in personnel or human resource management, business or public administration, fire science, fire administration, or Emergency Medical Services administration.
My final degree plan. - bjcheung77 - 06-03-2016
kalishakti Wrote:Saylor Business Stats- TESU still accepts this as UL Operations Management, I posted an e-mail I received from advising confirming this is the case.
NFA Fire Supervision- TESU accepts as HR Management.
Yup, and that's the reason why I'm taking Saylor Business Stats as an UL for my General Management requirement.
The NFA is free, so I took it anyways, all 3 of them and it does go into UL...
Update: Saylor Business Statistics is TESU OPM 351 Business Statistics
http://www.tesu.edu/business/asba/Open-Course-Option.cfm
My final degree plan. - dfrecore - 06-03-2016
Ok, so then you are at 16cr - 3 for Business Stats, and 1 for Fire Supervision. The other 2 NFA courses are FIS courses, which are only Free Electives. You would still need 2 additional credits in the AOS.
Also, if you use Business Stats in your AOS, then you will need another Stats course; it says that the Stats requirement can be fulfilled in either Gen Ed or Electives (as in Free Electives). So you need to take the Intro to Business course through Saylor as well (or the ALEKS course).