(12-26-2022, 05:51 PM)handimom3 Wrote: Thank you to all who have shared information on degree planning. I gleaned so much helpful information through this forum! I'm very excited to share that I applied for graduation for a TESU BA History last week.  Although I was required to pay the out-of-state tuition waiver, it was ultimately less expensive (about $500) to creatively piece together the required credits instead of taking the 16 credits from TESU. More importantly, I saved so much time. 

In case it may be of use to other students, here's my (brief) journey. I started my quest for BA degree completion with 21 credits in January 2021. I had already earned 15 credits from traditional classroom learning + 6 CLEP (College Composition). I completed the TESU Capstone on 12/18/2022! The required credits for the TESU History BA were fulfilled through a wide variety of sources. I used courses from Study.com, the University of Arkansas self-paced, Olivet Nazarene YourWay, CLEP exams (paid for by ModernStates.org), and TESU (required Capstone and SOS-110).  My degree evaluation states that 9 different institutions/organizations were sourced for credits. I could not have done this without the information shared on this group. 

The U of A self-paced courses were a great deal. They worked out to be $495 course (3 credits) + book cost. They have a variety of courses available, including the upper-level courses in history that I needed.

(12-31-2022, 09:53 AM)B.A.0804 Wrote: Hiii congratulations that is so exciting that you are done! 
I do have a question for you, when you use study.com, do the credits transfer to TESU or do you have to take an additional test at TESU to earn the credit?

(12-31-2022, 09:53 AM)B.A.0804 Wrote:

(12-26-2022, 05:51 PM)handimom3 Wrote: Thank you to all who have shared information on degree planning. I gleaned so much helpful information through this forum! I'm very excited to share that I applied for graduation for a TESU BA History last week.  Although I was required to pay the out-of-state tuition waiver, it was ultimately less expensive (about $500) to creatively piece together the required credits instead of taking the 16 credits from TESU. More importantly, I saved so much time. 

In case it may be of use to other students, here's my (brief) journey. I started my quest for BA degree completion with 21 credits in January 2021. I had already earned 15 credits from traditional classroom learning + 6 CLEP (College Composition). I completed the TESU Capstone on 12/18/2022! The required credits for the TESU History BA were fulfilled through a wide variety of sources. I used courses from Study.com, the University of Arkansas self-paced, Olivet Nazarene YourWay, CLEP exams (paid for by ModernStates.org), and TESU (required Capstone and SOS-110).  My degree evaluation states that 9 different institutions/organizations were sourced for credits. I could not have done this without the information shared on this group. 

The U of A self-paced courses were a great deal. They worked out to be $495 course (3 credits) + book cost. They have a variety of courses available, including the upper-level courses in history that I needed.

Hiii congratulations that is so exciting that you are done! 
I do have a question for you, when you use study.com, do the credits transfer to TESU or do you have to take an additional test at TESU to earn the credit?