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BSBA in General Management from TESU Degree Plan - ittybittyerin - 08-22-2025
Your Location: PA, USA
Your Age: 37
What kind of degree do you want?: BSBA in General Management (considering Marketing focus too)
Current Regional Accredited Credits: 0
Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits:
CLEP: 15
Principles of Management
Intro to Marketing
Intro to Computers
Analyzing and Interpreting Literature
Any certifications or military experience? No
Budget: Not limited
Commitments: Full time job, family, house
Dedicated time to study: 1-2 hours/day
Timeline: As quickly as possible
Tuition assistance/reimbursement: Possibly from my work, but mostly out of pocket.
I’ve hit a roadblock in my career and I don’t think I can go farther without a degree so I’d like to finish one as quickly as possible, focusing on testing out whenever possible. I have a personal goal to finish my degree by the end of 2027, when I'll turn 40. I’m currently enrolled at TESU as a non-matriculating student and I’m most concerned with making sure I meet the 30 credit RA requirement. I would also like to avoid paying the residency waiver, so I’d like to take at least 15 credits from TESU.
I’ll attach a copy of the spreadsheet I’ve created since it’s a little easier to peruse, but my planned credit sources are listed below as well. Looking for any feedback/better sources/ thoughts on RA credit!
RA Credits:
TECEPs:
· Writing for Success
· Writing for Success II
· Public Speaking
· Our Changing World: An Introduction to Sociology
· Marriage and the Family
· The Science of Nutrition
· Principles of Managerial Accounting
· Computer Concepts and Applications
· Principles of Statistics
· Public Relations Though and Practice
TESU Courses:
· Fact, Fiction, or Fake? Information Literacy Today
· Exploring American Cinema
· General Earth Science
· Business Administration Capstone
· (Realizing I’ll need another here to avoid paying the waiver, so one of the TECEPs will probably become a course)
CLEPs:
· American Government
· American History I
· Introduction to Humanities III: Music
· Principles of Management
· Introduction to Marketing
· Macroeconomics
· Microeconomics
· Intro to Computers
· Spanish Language
· Introduction to Psychology
· Analyzing and Interpreting Literature (On TESU’s site it is noted has conducted an academic program review on this exam. Credit awarded for this exam will be considered TESU assessment credit, not TESU-CLEP credit, and will show on the official transcript under TESU assessment credit.) Anyone know if that means this will be considered RA credit?
NCCRS:
· Leading the Way: A Path Towards Ethical Leadership - Sophia
· Principles of Financial Accounting – Study.com
· Business Law – Study.com
· Principles of Finance – Sophia.org
· Quantitative Skills for Business - CSM Learn
· Managerial Communications – Study.com
· Business in Society – Study.com
· Organizational Theory – Study.com
· Management Information Systems – Study.com
· Financial Institutes and Markets – Study.com
· Applied Marketing Practices – Study.com
· Project Management – Sophia.org
· Leading Organizational Change – Study.com
· Foundations of Leadership – Study.com
Follow up question:
I took Analyzing and Interpreting Lit and could fairly easily pass the Spanish CLEP. Both are worth 6 credits but don't technically fit the standard degree path listed on TESU's site. Does anyone know if those courses can count for Electives or other requirements?
RE: BSBA in General Management from TESU Degree Plan - bjcheung77 - 08-22-2025
Please review the WIKI for plans already in place, or review the Beginner's guide for my 2021 degree plans. They still work, you've got 10 TECEPs already, that's a waste of energy, money, time to get those. You can do 5 TECEPs and 5 classes/e-packs for the flat rate tuition to get all 30 credits. Again, review both the revised Beginner's Guide and the original one, plus the WIKI plans for TESU. Your ACE/NCCRS are mixed up, they're practically all ACE and none are NCCRS, I would put them all together under ACE instead of NCCRS.