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fastest path to a bachelors - Albium - 11-03-2022
I have a lot of college credits from when I use to attend University of Texas Rio Grand Valley, but I never graduated and now I'd like to see if someone could help me to see what the fastest and most easiest way to obtain a bachelors would be. I currently am sitting on about 150 credit hours. These are my classes I was a General Biology major. I would Greatly appreciate any guidance.
ANTH 1342 UG INTRO TO ARCHAEOLOGY
BIOL 1401 UG GENERAL BIOLOGY
ENG 1310 UG READING & VOCABULARY
GEOL 1401 UG PHYSICAL GEOLOGY
BIOL 1402 UG GENERAL BIOLOGY
CHEM 1101 UG GENERAL CHEMISTRY LAB I
CHEM 1301 UG GENERAL CHEMISTRY I
ENG 1301 UG COMPOSITION
UNIV 1301 UG LEARNING FRAMEWORK
BIOL 4304 UG ICHTHYOLOGY
CIS 1301 UG COMPUTER INFO SYSTEMS
HIST 2313 UG AMERICAN HERITAGE I
PHIL 1310 UG INTRO TO PHILOSOPHY
ART 1301 UG ART APPRECIATION
BIOL 4201 UG BIOLOGY PROBLEMS
ENG 2300 UG INTRO TO LITERATURE
HIST 2314 UG AMERICAN HERITAGE II
MATH 2330 UG ELEMENTARY STAT & PROB
POLS 2314 UG US & TX GOVT & POL
POLS 2313 UG US & TX GOVT & POL
BIOL 2305 UG Environmental Biology
BIOL 2403 UG Anatomy and Physiology
BIOL 3414 UG Invertebrate Zoology
CHEM 1301 UG General Chemistry I
BIOL 4100 UG Biology Seminar
BIOL 4409 UG Herpetology
CHEM 1102 UG General Chemistry Lab II
CHEM 1302 UG General Chemistry II
HIST 4398 UG Hist of Medicine in Americas
BIOL 3302 UG Biological Writing
BIOL 3401 UG General Microbiology
KIN 2241 UG Racquetball I
PHIL 3390 UG Philosophy of Law
BIOL 1402 UG General Biology
HRP 2303 UG Medical Terminology
KIN 1201 UG Fitness & Motor Dev
HLTH 2352 UG Prsonal Hlth & Wellness
HLTH 3372 UG Nutrition and Health
BIOL 3301 UG Biological Evolution
BIOL 3408 UG Plant Morphology
HLTH 3374 UG Chronic & Degen Dise
SPAN 4330 UG Spanish Sociolinguistics
BIOL 2404 UG Anatomy and Physiology
KIN 2265 UG Yoga/Pilates
FORL 1391 UG Portuguese I
KIN 2206 UG Weight Training I
KIN 2232 UG Aerobic Dance
COMD 1310 UG Beginning Sign Language
SPAN 2317 UG Inter Span For Health Pr
BIOL 4330 UG Molecular Evolution
BIOL 4410 UG Marine Botany
HLTH 3370 UG CNCPS Hlth Lfstyle Prmton
HLTH 3371 UG Hlth Prob Alchl Tob Nrct
HLTH 3374 UG Chronic & Degen Dise
BIOL 2403 UG Anatomy and Physiology
BIOL 3406 UG Developmental Mechanisms
CHEM 1102 UG General Chemistry Lab II
BIOL 1406 UG Gen Bio I
BIOL 1407 UG Gen Bio II
RE: fastest path to a bachelors - rachel83az - 11-03-2022
Please fill out the templates here: https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-New-to-DegreeForum-How-this-Area-works
Do all of your classes have a grade of C or better? Are they all 3 semester credits (except the lab)? If the ones that start with 3 or 4 are UL credits, you might be 90% or more of the way to a TESU biology degree. You're missing a few classes (I don't see American Government/equivalent or an Ethics class), but you can get most of what's missing pretty quickly from Sophia.org or Study.com.
I would definitely recommend applying and sending your transcript to TESU ASAP. They'll be able to confirm how close you are to meeting the biology degree requirements. You can see a degree plan here: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Sample_TESU_BA_Biology_Degree_Plan
If not Biology, there's also the BALS w/ Natural Science/Math concentration.
RE: fastest path to a bachelors - bjcheung77 - 11-03-2022
Yes, apply to TESU and see if you are done with the BA Biology degree. I would highly recommend completing the mentioned template and the last post addendum, this will provide us with more details in regard to your budget, commitments, dedicated time to study, etc. By providing us more info, we'll see a better picture, and that will clear a path for you to get the degree completed in an orderly and timely fashion.
RE: fastest path to a bachelors - Albium - 11-03-2022
Thanks I'll look at it when I'm able to later and yes I took us govt.
RE: fastest path to a bachelors - ss20ts - 11-03-2022
(11-03-2022, 02:09 PM)Albium Wrote: Thanks I'll look at it when I'm able to later and yes I took us govt.
It looks like you took US & Texas Government. Typically, you need a US/American government course that does not encompass a state. Just a straight American government course.
RE: fastest path to a bachelors - dfrecore - 11-03-2022
(11-03-2022, 02:13 PM)ss20ts Wrote:(11-03-2022, 02:09 PM)Albium Wrote: Thanks I'll look at it when I'm able to later and yes I took us govt.
It looks like you took US & Texas Government. Typically, you need a US/American government course that does not encompass a state. Just a straight American government course.
Not true at TESU - the requirement is Civic Engagement. They will take a State Gov course, Comparative Politics, Western Political thought, and some others. I've seen lots of evals from there, and they've taken all kinds of things from other schools.
Unfortunately, it's going to cost quite a bit if you want that Bio degree at TESU - you're missing Physics I & II w/labs, a Microbiology w/Lab course (your Microbio course doesn't say it has a lab), Cell Biology, and Organic Chem I & II.
You're probably better off with the BALS/NatSci degree. It will be fast and cheap, since you have everything you need for the AoS already, and most of the Gen Ed.
I'd probably also take a look at your previous school - you have a lot of credit from there already, how many more credits do you need to get the Biology degree? That's worth looking at.
RE: fastest path to a bachelors - ss20ts - 11-04-2022
(11-03-2022, 08:31 PM)dfrecore Wrote:(11-03-2022, 02:13 PM)ss20ts Wrote:(11-03-2022, 02:09 PM)Albium Wrote: Thanks I'll look at it when I'm able to later and yes I took us govt.
It looks like you took US & Texas Government. Typically, you need a US/American government course that does not encompass a state. Just a straight American government course.
Not true at TESU - the requirement is Civic Engagement. They will take a State Gov course, Comparative Politics, Western Political thought, and some others. I've seen lots of evals from there, and they've taken all kinds of things from other schools.
Unfortunately, it's going to cost quite a bit if you want that Bio degree at TESU - you're missing Physics I & II w/labs, a Microbiology w/Lab course (your Microbio course doesn't say it has a lab), Cell Biology, and Organic Chem I & II.
You're probably better off with the BALS/NatSci degree. It will be fast and cheap, since you have everything you need for the AoS already, and most of the Gen Ed.
I'd probably also take a look at your previous school - you have a lot of credit from there already, how many more credits do you need to get the Biology degree? That's worth looking at.
Did you miss where I said typically?
RE: fastest path to a bachelors - dfrecore - 11-04-2022
(11-04-2022, 09:24 AM)ss20ts Wrote: Did you miss where I said typically?
I was letting the OP know that his courses he's already taken will work at TESU. You're "typically" is a generalization that doesn't help this person in their specific instance.