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125 Current Credits - Help With Degree Planning - topdog98 - 12-03-2022

I am posting this for a friend who has recently experienced a serious family crisis, dropped out of school, and needs to finish his degree quickly and cheaply. I'll try to get him to sign up as a member here. I appreciate the help I received here attaining my degree, and I appreciate any help that you provide to assist him. Here is his info:

Your Location: Tennessee
Your Age: 22
What kind of degree do you want?: Very open to suggestions but maybe something like BS in Technical Studies from TESU or BLS in Project Management at UMPI
Current Regional Accredited Credits: 125 credits total

COURSE/GRADE/CREDIT HOURS
COMMUNITY COLLEGE:
ENST 1350 Industrial Safety A 3.000
ENGL 1010 Expository Writing A 3.000
ENGR 1100 Engineering Fundamentals A 3.000
MECH 1330 (Electro) Pneumatic and Hydraulic Control Circuits A 3.000
MATH 1710 College Algebra A 3.000
COMM 2200 Fundamentals of Communication B 3.000
ENGR 101 Engineering Graphics with CAD I A 3.000
MECH 1340 Digital Fundamentals A 3.000
MECH 1320 Mechanical Components B 3.000
MATH 1720 Plane Trigonometry A 3.000
ENGR 2100 Intro to Engineering Design A 4.000
ENGR 2915 Tech Proj Mgmt & Soft Skills A 4.000
MECH 1295 Internship in Mechatronics I A 2.000
MECH 2320 Motor Control A 3.000
INFS 2200 Intro to Microcomputing A 3.000
PHYS 1030 Concepts of Physics and Lab C 4.000
ECON 2420 Principles of Microeconomics C 3.000
ENGR 2970 Engineering Economy A 4.000
ENGR 2510 Progrmbl Logic Cntrls & Netwks A 4.000
MECH 2295 Internship Mechatronics II A 2.000
MUS 1030 Introduction to Music A 3.000
 
4 YEAR STATE UNIVERSITY
CHEM 1110 UG General Chemistry I B 4.000
ENGL 1020 UG Research and Arg Writing A 3.000
HIST 2010 UG Survey United States History I A 3.000
MATH 1910 UG Calculus I A 4.000
ENGL 2030 UG The Experience of Literature A 3.000
ENGR 2210 UG Intro to Material Sci & Engr B+ 3.000
HIST 2020 UG Survey United States Hist II B+ 3.000
MATH 1920 UG Calculus II D- 4.000
AERO 1010 UG Introduction to Aerospace B 3.000
AERO 1020 UG (EXL) Theory of Flight A 3.000
AERO 2010 UG Aviation Weather A 3.000
AERO 2230 UG Professional Pilot I B 3.000
ET 3610 UG Intro Electricity Electronics B+ 4.000
AERO 1710 UG (EXL) Introduction to Unmanned Aircraft Systems C 3.000
AERO 2720 UG (EXL) Small Unmanned Aircraft Components C 1.000
AERO 3170 UG Aviation Safety B 3.000
AERO 3510 UG (EXL) Instrument Operations in the National Airspace Systems B 3.000
GEOG 2000 UG Intro to Regional Geography B 3.000
VFP 1060 UG Basic Video Production A 3.000  

Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits: none
Any certifications or military experience? none

Budget: the cheapest route possible, but will consider spending more for easy and fast  
Commitments: currently work about 30-35 hours/week and can work on studies part time and on days off
Dedicated time to study: Say 4 hours a night and more on days off
Timeline: As quick as is reasonable - within 6 months to a year
Tuition assistance/reimbursement: none



RE: 125 Current Credits - Help With Degree Planning - rachel83az - 12-03-2022

The Technical Studies degree at TESU would only work if you already have at least 15 UL credits in a technical field. The numbering isn't what I'm used to, but I don't think you have more than a handful of UL credits?

UMPI requires a lab science. It looks like you have chemistry with lab? Definitely physics with lab. You'd need a biological science (no lab needed, lab already fulfilled), so you could take Human Biology @ Sophia. If you know a foreign language already, you could take an ACTFL exam, or you could do Spanish I at Sophia when you do biology.


RE: 125 Current Credits - Help With Degree Planning - topdog98 - 12-03-2022

(12-03-2022, 04:07 PM)rachel83az Wrote: The Technical Studies degree at TESU would only work if you already have at least 15 UL credits in a technical field. The numbering isn't what I'm used to, but I don't think you have more than a handful of UL credits?

UMPI requires a lab science. It looks like you have chemistry with lab? Definitely physics with lab. You'd need a biological science (no lab needed, lab already fulfilled), so you could take Human Biology @ Sophia. If you know a foreign language already, you could take an ACTFL exam, or you could do Spanish I at Sophia when you do biology.

These are the UL:
ET 3610 UG Intro Electricity Electronics B+ 4.000
AERO 3170 UG Aviation Safety B 3.000
AERO 3510 UG (EXL) Instrument Operations in the National Airspace Systems B 3.000

Human Biology and Spanish I at Sophia for the UMPI route look good. Looking through the (thoroughly confusing) gen eds, I think Ethics from Sophia may also be necessary and Intro to Political Science at Study. I think that would take care of the gen eds. Then, maybe the Project Management Core and remaining upper level courses could be finished through UMPI?

Thanks for sharing your knowledge!


RE: 125 Current Credits - Help With Degree Planning - dfrecore - 12-04-2022

TESU's BSTS is a decent option with the credits you have - you can just take 1 UL CompSci courses to meet the UL requirements for the AoS. You have 21cr in a single discipline (AERO-22cr including 6cr UL; ENGR 25cr; ET & ENST 7cr; MECH 16cr). Project Management is required as well, which you can do as an UL from Study.com.

The only other hurdle is either Chem 2 or Physics 2 w/lab - you have Chem 1 and Physics 1 with labs. Physics 2 is available at Study.com, and then you can take the lab at TESU.

You still need the following, which you could do while waiting on the eval:
- Ethics
- Civic Engagement (American Gov or Comparative Politics)
- Oral Comm (depending upon how they brought in your COMM2200 course)
- Stats
- Physics 2 w/Lab
- Cornerstone
- Capstone

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EU's BLS is also a decent option, and may be faster than TESU. All that's needed:
- Ethics (take an UL option from SDC, like BUS 318: Management Ethics)
- 5 UL A&S courses (SocSci, Humanities are best bets): SDC has them, as does Coopersmith
- Cornerstone & Info Lit in 1st 8-week term, Capstone in 2nd 8-week term
**Key - make sure you take everything you need first, before applying

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UMPI's BLS/PM degree is good. You need:
- a Biological Science (Sophia's Human Bio)
- a foreign language (Sophia's Spanish 1)
- Ethics (Sophia)
- Creative Decision Making (UMPI)
- American Gov (UMPI)
- 6 courses from your Minor

I MIGHT consider taking a month of Study.com, to take Business 304: Leading Organizational Change and Political Science 102: American Government, which would free up your time at UMPI to take all of the required UL courses, and making the chance of finishing there in 1 term greater (2 terms would be a given). But for someone only working 30 hours a week, and highly motivated with a ton of credits, I think finishing in a single term would be doable (difficult, but doable).


RE: 125 Current Credits - Help With Degree Planning - topdog98 - 12-05-2022

(12-04-2022, 03:30 PM)dfrecore Wrote: TESU's BSTS is a decent option with the credits you have - you can just take 1 UL CompSci courses to meet the UL requirements for the AoS. You have 21cr in a single discipline (AERO-22cr including 6cr UL; ENGR 25cr; ET & ENST 7cr; MECH 16cr). Project Management is required as well, which you can do as an UL from Study.com.

The only other hurdle is either Chem 2 or Physics 2 w/lab - you have Chem 1 and Physics 1 with labs. Physics 2 is available at Study.com, and then you can take the lab at TESU.

You still need the following, which you could do while waiting on the eval:
- Ethics
- Civic Engagement (American Gov or Comparative Politics)
- Oral Comm (depending upon how they brought in your COMM2200 course)
- Stats
- Physics 2 w/Lab
- Cornerstone
- Capstone

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EU's BLS is also a decent option, and may be faster than TESU. All that's needed:
- Ethics (take an UL option from SDC, like BUS 318: Management Ethics)
- 5 UL A&S courses (SocSci, Humanities are best bets): SDC has them, as does Coopersmith
- Cornerstone & Info Lit in 1st 8-week term, Capstone in 2nd 8-week term
**Key - make sure you take everything you need first, before applying

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UMPI's BLS/PM degree is good. You need:
- a Biological Science (Sophia's Human Bio)
- a foreign language (Sophia's Spanish 1)
- Ethics (Sophia)
- Creative Decision Making (UMPI)
- American Gov (UMPI)
- 6 courses from your Minor

I MIGHT consider taking a month of Study.com, to take Business 304: Leading Organizational Change and Political Science 102: American Government, which would free up your time at UMPI to take all of the required UL courses, and making the chance of finishing there in 1 term greater (2 terms would be a given). But for someone only working 30 hours a week, and highly motivated with a ton of credits, I think finishing in a single term would be doable (difficult, but doable).

This is amazing! Thank you SO MUCH for taking the time to do this.