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COSC Interdisciplinary Degree Plan - Sparrowhawk - 08-02-2017
Attached is my degree plan for an BS in Interdisciplinary studies (Security and EMS management) for COSC. I discussed my area of concentration with COSC and they felt that I had credits that made sense to work towards a BS in Interdisciplinary studies. Please provide me with any feedback on my plan to improve it, or if there are issues with it.
Thanks
https://www.charteroak.edu/catalog/current/ug_prog_study_degree_requirements/gen_ed_requirements.cfm
https://www.charteroak.edu/catalog/current/ug_prog_study_degree_requirements/interdisciplinary_concentrations/individualized_studies.cfm
RE: COSC Interdisciplinary Degree Plan - ajs1976 - 08-02-2017
I don't see total credits. I think COSC wants 120. "Degree program requires 60 credits of Liberal Arts. These Liberal Arts credits can also be in any other category as well such as UL or Core Gen Ed" --> If a 3 credit class meets a two requirements, say Gen Ed and something in the concentration, it is still only worth 3 total credits and doesn't become worth 6 credits because it fills in to slots. I may already know that, but I wasn't sure from looking at the spreadsheet.
RE: COSC Interdisciplinary Degree Plan - Sparrowhawk - 08-02-2017
Thank you for taking a look at it. I should have included the total credits, below are all the classes I have taken or that are planned. I have a total of 155 credits.
Credits Course
3 Eng 101
3 Eng 102
3 Spe 101
3 Cornerstone course (COSC)
2 UL Ethics course – CPCU code of professional conduct (ACE)
3 Business Ethics & Society (DSST)
3 DSST Civil War & Reconstruction (DSST)
6 Spanish (CLEP)
3 Intro to Comparative Politics – Saylor Academy (ACE)
3 Analyising Lit (CLEP)
3 Psy 101
3 Tech math
4 Anatomy and Physiology
3 Science of Nutrition - TECEP
3 Substance Abuse (DSST),
3 Corporate Communications – Saylor Academy (ACE)
3 Intro to Political Science – Saylor Academy (ACE)
1 speech or oral communications – Dale Carnegie (ACE)
3 Perspectives on the World Christian Movement – NCCRS
3 Technical Writing – TESU
3 Exploration of nature and society – CCBC
18 UL Certified Protection Professional (ACE)
3 Capstone course - COSC
4 lower level in Security Administration (Ohio University)
21 lower level in Fire Protection (CCBC)
24 lower level in Emergency Medical Technology (CCBC)
21 FEMA credits
155 Total credits
RE: COSC Interdisciplinary Degree Plan - bjcheung77 - 08-02-2017
What's CCBC? Community College of Baltimore County? Why not TESU? It's "easier" with them I think.
LOL, It seems like you're closer to a TESU BSAST Technical Studies if you get credit for your 18 UL CPP.
My recommendation and suggestion is to actually get evaluated with them... you may be closer than COSC.
RE: COSC Interdisciplinary Degree Plan - Sparrowhawk - 08-03-2017
Yes CCBC is Community College of Baltimore County. I have been working towards a degree at TESU in Liberal Studies, but I still have 16 classes to go. The TESU advisors I have talked to have said this was the degree that my credits lined up with the best. I will check out the Technical Studies degree. Thank you so much.
RE: COSC Interdisciplinary Degree Plan - trinipirate - 08-29-2017
(08-03-2017, 07:58 AM)Sparrowhawk Wrote: Yes CCBC is Community College of Baltimore County. I have been working towards a degree at TESU in Liberal Studies, but I still have 16 classes to go. The TESU advisors I have talked to have said this was the degree that my credits lined up with the best. I will check out the Technical Studies degree. Thank you so much.
I'm curious as to what you decided? If you go to TESU looks like you have to take their capstone but still closer to a degree because you lack UL credits for COSC. Am i right?
RE: COSC Interdisciplinary Degree Plan - Sparrowhawk - 08-29-2017
I am planning on switching my degree to Charter Oak, however I am going to finish my needed credits, other than the cornerstone and capstone course before applying to minimize the semester service fees.
RE: COSC Interdisciplinary Degree Plan - txnicole - 08-29-2017
Your plan looks really good, but I think you might be able to save in a few spots.
Your existing credit for "Perspectives on the World Christian Movement" should fill the non-us history/culture slot so you can avoid the spanish clep. Also the "exploration of nature and society" sounds an awful lot like an environmental science course, was it? That could potentially be your other science but for now I'll just move on assuming it isn't.
I see that you're planning the overlap between the upper levels, the basic requirements, and the liberal arts reqs well. So I get that removing the spanish clep would remove 6 credits you're planning to use for liberal arts. You've got 40 liberal arts right now, and with the 5 planned business ethics, analysis lit, nutrition, civil war, and the cornerstone would bring it to 55. You can take the two freebie fema courses IS 242 and IS 240 which are each worth one liberal arts credit. Taking you down to only needing one more 3 credit course which counts as liberal arts and you could pick that up anywhere.
BTW - Take the DSSTs soon, at least before the end of September. Then you'll qualify for the 'free retake' if you don't pass one. http://getcollegecredit.com/assets/pdf/DSST-SS-flyer-Non-Military.pdf
Let me suggest a slight alternative to the path you have set (which works totally fine, btw).
The other day I spoke with someone at COSC who said the Shmoop Shakespeare course should come across as ENG 320: Shakespeare, which would make it a 3-in-one: upper level, liberal arts, and also filling the extra literature requirement from the general electives. Then you can swap out substance abuse for shakespeare at shmoop. That would fill out your last 3 credit course for liberal arts.
But if you're going to pay for a month of shmoop, you might as well take a few other things there... since it's one monthly fee for unlimited courses. So you could get Biology done there instead of taking the Nutrition TECEP. You could pick up any of their other liberal arts course instead of the "analyzing lit" since shakespeare would meet that specific requirement (and they have lots of general liberal arts to pick from in literature or maybe history). That would swap out the cost of a DSST, a CLEP, and a TECEP ($350'ish) for the $80-something cost of Shmoop.
You could save a bit on the business ethics course too if you take it from Davar (http://www.davaracademy.com/business.html) because they're only $70, and COSC does bring that over as liberal arts upper level from there. Of course, the free retake on the DSST right now may be more valuable, depends on your perspective.
Leaving you with only 1 DSST left to take, the civil war course.
Another option would be to get at least 4 courses done from Straighterline so you qualify for the COSC tuition discount on your Capstone and Cornerstone. http://www.straighterline.com/colleges/charter-oak-state-college/ It would cost more to take some of those at straighterline, and they wouldn't all fill the spots (no upper levels from SL to COSC), but you'd have to assess whether or not the cost of doing that saves more in the overall tuition later.
RE: COSC Interdisciplinary Degree Plan - dfrecore - 08-29-2017
(08-29-2017, 02:21 PM)txnicole Wrote: Another option would be to get at least 4 courses done from Straighterline so you qualify for the COSC tuition discount on your Capstone and Cornerstone. http://www.straighterline.com/colleges/charter-oak-state-college/ It would cost more to take some of those at straighterline, and they wouldn't all fill the spots (no upper levels from SL to COSC), but you'd have to assess whether or not the cost of doing that saves more in the overall tuition later.
What is the tuition discount at COSC if you take 4 SL courses?
RE: COSC Interdisciplinary Degree Plan - txnicole - 08-29-2017
10% off tuition