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BA Religion plan now on wiki - rachel83az - 10-22-2023
For those who are interested in such things, I think that a BA Religion from TESU is possible if a student heavily utilizes Coopersmith. Maybe OSU.
https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Sample_TESU_BA_Religion_Degree_Plan
It's about on par with some of the other degrees TESU has in that students might have to complete 2 TESU classes in addition to the Cornerstone/Capstone. But I think it's just one, because the DSST should work. I don't know other random philosophy classes might work for the philosophy/religion requirement. PHI-1300 Intro to Critical Reasoning is not listed as a possible option in MyProgress, nor are any of the PHI- ethics courses. The Sophia course doesn't appear to fit either.
RE: BA Religion plan now on wiki - LevelUP - 10-25-2023
I noticed no category links at the bottom of that wiki page. Is that on purpose?
It's interesting that it's possible to get that degree at TESU.
RE: BA Religion plan now on wiki - rachel83az - 10-25-2023
Oh, no, that was definitely not on purpose. I've fixed it now; thanks for pointing it out.
RE: BA Religion plan now on wiki - bjcheung77 - 10-26-2023
Great addition to the WIKI for those who want to get in on this Religion degree. It's possible to get the degree using the various options available now... Hmm, if TESU had an option for a bachelors of education, there are plenty NCCRS courses from Genesis University. For now... someone can possibly get a degree at Genesis University and then move those over to Excelsior or TESU and get a BALS/BSLA from that.
RE: BA Religion plan now on wiki - jg_nuy - 10-26-2023
I can confirm that PHI-2260 Ancient Greek philosophers is not accepted in Philosophy of Religion, tried to add it on my program. It does go into Addtl AOS electives.
RE: BA Religion plan now on wiki - LevelUP - 10-26-2023
(10-26-2023, 03:47 PM)jg_nuy Wrote: I can confirm that PHI-2260 Ancient Greek philosophers is not accepted in Philosophy of Religion, tried to add it on my program. It does go into Addtl AOS electives.
If the course isn't UL-recommended by ACE, then most likely, TESU won't take it as UL.
Before attempting this degree, I would get all your courses preapproved by TESU academic advising. However, I wonder if advising could answer if some of these niche Coopersmith courses were never transferred to TESU before.
RE: BA Religion plan now on wiki - rachel83az - 10-26-2023
I think it's entirely possible that a lot of the Coopersmith courses have been transferred in, we simply don't know about it.
RE: BA Religion plan now on wiki - JayKosmos - 01-07-2026
TESU is basically telling me BA Religion's AOS isn't really doable with only online courses and I'm thinking they might be right.
Has anyone actually done this? Or if not actually the entire Religion degree, has anyone been able to find UL Religion courses online that TESU accepts?
Coopersmith looks interesting but they only have courses about Judaism.
RE: BA Religion plan now on wiki - bjcheung77 - 01-07-2026
Coopersmith is a great option, as I mentioned upthread, Genesis University is another option (both are NCCRS), you can review the requirements and transfer agreements to max the transfer up to 90 ACE/NCCRS credits towards a degree at TESU.