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TESU BALS Help - dukun8ter - 09-25-2018
Hi all! I'm new here but I've been browsing for a while. I currently have 59.50/120 (BALS) to graduate and most of these units were prior CC or law enforcement. I was hoping someone could help me make a degree plan. I tried to access the Degreeforum Wiki for some plans, but for some reason it's not opening up for me. I am currently active duty Army and waiting to go to flight school so I am trying to knock out any CLEP/DSST exams before I start. Is it still possible to get a degree using only CLEP/DSST (with the exception of the cornerstone and capstone credits required)?
The following is from my Academic Evaluation:
Anything in green has not yet been submitted to TESU.
Credits required
** = classes not applied toward degree:
CLEP/DSST completed:
College Comp - 6 units
Here's to your health - 3 Units
Other College (all semester credits):
Written Comm (3 needed):
ENGL 102 Critical Reasoning - 3 units
Oral Comm (3 needed):
Qualitative Lit:
Math 113 College Algebra - 3 units
Info Lit (3 needed):
Diversity (3 needed):
Ethics (3 needed):
Civic Engagement (3 needed):
Human Cultures (3 needed):
HIST 173 U.S. History since 1876 - 3 units
CLSC 101 Greek Mythology - 3 units
THEA 122 Theatre for the 21st Century - 3 units
Natural World (4 needed):
TES - 100 (1 needed):
Additional GE Electives (16 needed):
Math 111 Trigonometry - 3 units
Upper Level (15 needed):
Liberal Studies (3 needed):
Comm 110 Interpersonal Communication - 3 units
CIS C111 Intro to Info Sys/PGM - 3 units
Math 119A Calculus - 3 units
PSY 100 Intro to Psych - 3 units
Electives:
CJ G064 Police Academy - 23 units
CJ G078 Public Safety Dispatcher - 6.5 units
Additional Units:
ENGR 101 Intro to Engineering Profession - 1 unit**
CJ G065 Police Academy Hlth/Fitness - 2 units**
Hum G102 Introduction to Art - 3 units
BIOL C102 Introduction to Ana/Phys - 3units
COOP G104 Cooperative Work Exp - 4 units
SOC G110 Intro Marriage and Family - 3 units
will be taking Principles of Management and Intro to World Religions this Thursday** (I'm aiming for 2 a week until I start training)
JST (military transcript):
Basic Training - 6 credits lower level
WOCS - 3 credits lower level
I will be doing the following in the next few months:
Aviation WOBC - 9 credits upper level
SERE - 3 credits lower level
Flight school - 12-15 credits upper level
I'd appreciate any tips and advice toward getting any 4-yr degree faster. Sorry if it's messy, I'll redo it when I get home.
RE: TESU BALS Help - dfrecore - 09-26-2018
CLEP College Comp - Written Comm req
DSST Public Speaking - Oral Comm req
DSST World Religions, CLEP A&I Lit - Info Lit req
CLEP Sociology, DSST Anthropology - Diversity req
DSST Ethics in America, Ethics in Tech - Ethics req
CLEP American Govt - Civic Engagement req
CLEP Any Science; DSST EnviSci, Astron, Geol, Computers, MIS, Cybersecurity - Nat World
Tons of options for Knowledge of Human cultures, GE Electives
DSST Substance Abuse, History of the Soviet Union, Cybersecurity - all UL will work in AOS
RE: TESU BALS Help - Johmford - 09-26-2018
You can use these to fulfill the UL requirements:
Forensic Science and Science of Nutrition were from SDC and World Geog was from the CC, but everything else was a nice and easy to study for DSST.
Since you have the law enforcement experience see how an AAS in criminal justice would fit too while you are at it.
RE: TESU BALS Help - dukun8ter - 09-26-2018
(09-26-2018, 03:03 PM)jjsafari Wrote: You can use these to fulfill the UL requirements:
Forensic Science and Science of Nutrition were from SDC and World Geog was from the CC, but everything else was a nice and easy to study for DSST.
Since you have the law enforcement experience see how an AAS in criminal justice would fit too while you are at it.
I would only need to finish 3 more CLEPS/DSST with the Cornerstone for the AAS in CJ. Thanks for the heads up! I didn't even think about that.
RE: TESU BALS Help - Johmford - 09-26-2018
(09-26-2018, 03:14 PM)dukun8ter Wrote:(09-26-2018, 03:03 PM)jjsafari Wrote: You can use these to fulfill the UL requirements:
Forensic Science and Science of Nutrition were from SDC and World Geog was from the CC, but everything else was a nice and easy to study for DSST.
Since you have the law enforcement experience see how an AAS in criminal justice would fit too while you are at it.
I would only need to finish 3 more CLEPS/DSST with the Cornerstone for the AAS in CJ. Thanks for the heads up! I didn't even think about that.
I made the realization when I was 4 credits short a month before the graduation cutoff. Luckily I knocked out 2 SDC courses and added that to my collection of degrees.