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Study.com HCA 211 Doesn't Count as UL Credit - Mint Berry Crunch - 12-15-2025
I was curious to hear if the healthcare courses on Study.com would come over as UL at Charter Oak -- Health 305: Healthcare Finance & Budgeting comes over to COSC as HCA 211. After speaking with them, they confirmed that this is an error and that it will come over as LL credit.
So, where does that leave things? COSC is now even more difficult, and Study.com only offers 1 UL course that can be transferred to Study.com. Our wiki says there are 3 UL courses from Study.com to COSC, but really, there's only 1.
Health 310: Human Resource Management in Healthcare comes over as an UL HCA elective.
If you were considering COSC, just know that the game is much harder now.
RE: Study.com HCA 211 Doesn't Count as UL Credit - studyingfortests - 12-16-2025
I'm really not sure why anyone would consider COSC at this point. They completely ruined what was once a wonderful and flexible program by adding a bunch of picky distribution requirements, and stripped nearly all of their alt credit options.
They even paid substantial money a few years ago for a focus group comprised of folks who applied but didn't enroll. I was in one of the calls. Almost all of us told them the same thing: that they weren't competitive with other degree completion programs, that they'd ruined the wonderful program they had, and that there was little reason to consider COSC over UMPI or Excelsior or Edision.
I heard they did another round of focus groups more recently (maybe a year?) Obviously they didn't like the answers they got from the first groups. But clearly they haven't taken any of the advice they were offered.
RE: Study.com HCA 211 Doesn't Count as UL Credit - Mint Berry Crunch - 12-20-2025
(12-16-2025, 10:09 PM)studyingfortests Wrote: I'm really not sure why anyone would consider COSC at this point. They completely ruined what was once a wonderful and flexible program by adding a bunch of picky distribution requirements, and stripped nearly all of their alt credit options.
They even paid substantial money a few years ago for a focus group comprised of folks who applied but didn't enroll. I was in one of the calls. Almost all of us told them the same thing: that they weren't competitive with other degree completion programs, that they'd ruined the wonderful program they had, and that there was little reason to consider COSC over UMPI or Excelsior or Edision.
I heard they did another round of focus groups more recently (maybe a year?) Obviously they didn't like the answers they got from the first groups. But clearly they haven't taken any of the advice they were offered.
It's a shame. I have some left over RA credits that are Upper Level and I'm curious to see if I can transfer them to COSC to max out transfer credits. I may get lucky
RE: Study.com HCA 211 Doesn't Count as UL Credit - drey - 07-25-2026
(12-16-2025, 10:09 PM)studyingfortests Wrote: I'm really not sure why anyone would consider COSC at this point. They completely ruined what was once a wonderful and flexible program by adding a bunch of picky distribution requirements, and stripped nearly all of their alt credit options.
They even paid substantial money a few years ago for a focus group comprised of folks who applied but didn't enroll. I was in one of the calls. Almost all of us told them the same thing: that they weren't competitive with other degree completion programs, that they'd ruined the wonderful program they had, and that there was little reason to consider COSC over UMPI or Excelsior or Edision.
I heard they did another round of focus groups more recently (maybe a year?) Obviously they didn't like the answers they got from the first groups. But clearly they haven't taken any of the advice they were offered.
I feel UMPI will be next. They got so in their head about that idiotic snobs article
RE: Study.com HCA 211 Doesn't Count as UL Credit - SteveFoerster - 07-25-2026
(12-16-2025, 10:09 PM)studyingfortests Wrote: I'm really not sure why anyone would consider COSC at this point. They completely ruined what was once a wonderful and flexible program by adding a bunch of picky distribution requirements, and stripped nearly all of their alt credit options.
Their BS in General Studies still allows up to 114 transfer credits. And while you're right that they've scaled back on accepting credit from the four S's, for some people that might still be a useful option, particularly someone who has a lot of university credit and just needs to check the bachelor box on the way to a Master's degree application.
(12-16-2025, 10:09 PM)studyingfortests Wrote: They even paid substantial money a few years ago for a focus group comprised of folks who applied but didn't enroll. I was in one of the calls. Almost all of us told them the same thing: that they weren't competitive with other degree completion programs, that they'd ruined the wonderful program they had, and that there was little reason to consider COSC over UMPI or Excelsior or Edision.
I heard they did another round of focus groups more recently (maybe a year?) Obviously they didn't like the answers they got from the first groups. But clearly they haven't taken any of the advice they were offered.
I'm VP of the Alumni Association, and believe me, I've been banging the same drum for a long time. But there are two big problems,
First, NEASC isn't very friendly towards this. They only got to keep the General Studies program as flexible as it is because it was grandfathered in.
Second, 114'ers like us aren't very lucrative. Charter Oak is the only public college or university in Connecticut right now that's operating in the black, and that's in large part because of decisions like this.
I will say that longtime President Klonoski recently retired, so there will be someone new at the helm in what I hope is not the too-distant future. We can try to reach that person. But for the two reasons I mentioned, even if they're supportive it will be an uphill battle.
RE: Study.com HCA 211 Doesn't Count as UL Credit - Mint Berry Crunch - 07-26-2026
(07-25-2026, 10:30 PM)SteveFoerster Wrote:(12-16-2025, 10:09 PM)studyingfortests Wrote: I'm really not sure why anyone would consider COSC at this point. They completely ruined what was once a wonderful and flexible program by adding a bunch of picky distribution requirements, and stripped nearly all of their alt credit options.
Their BS in General Studies still allows up to 114 transfer credits. And while you're right that they've scaled back on accepting credit from the four S's, for some people that might still be a useful option, particularly someone who has a lot of university credit and just needs to check the bachelor box on the way to a Master's degree application.
(12-16-2025, 10:09 PM)studyingfortests Wrote: They even paid substantial money a few years ago for a focus group comprised of folks who applied but didn't enroll. I was in one of the calls. Almost all of us told them the same thing: that they weren't competitive with other degree completion programs, that they'd ruined the wonderful program they had, and that there was little reason to consider COSC over UMPI or Excelsior or Edision.
I heard they did another round of focus groups more recently (maybe a year?) Obviously they didn't like the answers they got from the first groups. But clearly they haven't taken any of the advice they were offered.
I'm VP of the Alumni Association, and believe me, I've been banging the same drum for a long time. But there are two big problems,
First, NEASC isn't very friendly towards this. They only got to keep the General Studies program as flexible as it is because it was grandfathered in.
Second, 114'ers like us aren't very lucrative. Charter Oak is the only public college or university in Connecticut right now that's operating in the black, and that's in large part because of decisions like this.
I will say that longtime President Klonoski recently retired, so there will be someone new at the helm in what I hope is not the too-distant future. We can try to reach that person. But for the two reasons I mentioned, even if they're supportive it will be an uphill battle.
Steve,
You and Jonathan would definitely know more about COSC than I would. I was only there for a single semester. I remember you telling me that you were VP of the alumni association back in June. Any way you can rattle some cages there haha I am still trying to understand why they became so resistant to transfer courses via ACE after all these years