TESC LDAS degree plan

[publius2k4]

I have concocted the following degree plan based on what I already have, and what I consider to be the fastest route to graduation through TESC with their LDAS leaving me with only 9 CBE's to take. Assuming my LDAS proposal is accepted, does this seem like a viable degree plan?


Learner Designed Area of Study: Emergency Disaster Management from a Business and Management Perspective

C) 1: BA General Education Distribution (42 SH)
Credits: 42.99
Complete all 5 sub-requirements:

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C) A: English Composition
> Complete one full year of English Composition with a grade
> of C or better.
Credits: 6
C) Group 1
ENC-101 English Composition I CLEP Composition 3
ENC-102 English Composition II CLEP Composition 3


C) B: Humanities
> Complete 12 semester hours of Humanities, including at
> least two subject areas.
Credits: 12
PHI-199 Spec. Stud. in Selected Top 04/30/11 CR 3 *TE
HUM-101 Intro Hum I: Philos. Though 10/31/11 CR 2 *TE
PHI-285 Ethics in Business......... 04/30/11 CR 3 *TE
PHI-286 Contemporary Ethics........ 02/28/05 B 2 *TE
MAN-311 Organizational Behavior.... 04/30/11 CR 2 *TE

C) C: Social Sciences
> Complete 12 semester hours in the Social Sciences,
> including at least two subject areas.
Credits: 11.99
ECO-100 Basic Economics............ 10/31/11 CR 2.00 *TE
PSY-101 Introduction to Psychology. 02/28/05 C 3.33 *TE
POS-110 American Government........ 12/07/04 A 3.33 *TE
HIS-102 Western Civilization II.... 12/07/04 C 3.33 *TE

C) D: Mathematics
> Complete a 3 semester hour college-level Mathematics
> course.
MAT-121 College Algebra............ 04/30/11 CR 3 *TE

C) E: Natural Sciences
> Complete 9 semester hours in the Natural Sciences,
> including at least two subject areas.
Credits: 10
NAS-199 Spec. Stud. in Selected Top 10/31/11 CR 4 *TE
NAS-101 Natural Sciences I......... 04/30/11 CR 4 *TE
STA-201 Principles of Statistics... 04/30/11 CR 2 *TE

C) 2: BA General Education Electives (18 SH)
> Complete 18 semester hours from any of the following
> General Education subjects: Humanities, Social Sciences,
> Natural Sciences or Mathematics.
HIS 113 History of US 1 (CLEP) Planned 3
HIS 114 History of US 2 (CLEP) Planned 3
MAT 102/103 College Mathematics (CLEP) Planned 6
SOS 101/102 Social Sciences and History (CLEP) Planned 6





C) 2: Learner Designed Area of Study (30SH total-18SH 300/400 level)
LDR-305 Foundations of Leadership 3
MAN-311 Organizational Behavior.... 04/30/11 CR 1 *TE
COM-300 Intro. to Business Commun.. 10/31/11 CR 3 *TE
MAR-301 Introduction to Marketing.. 08/01/05 C 3.33 *TE
MAN-301 Principles of Management... 04/30/11 CR 4.00 *TE
MAR-310 Principles of Sales........ 08/01/05 C 3.33 *TE
FIN-301 Principles of Finance...... 10/31/11 CR 2.00 *TE
LAW-201 Business Law............... 04/30/11 CR 6.00 *TE
EDM-101 Emer.Prog.Mgr.Orient.To 10/01/11 CR 1.00 *NE
EDM-203 Exercise Design 10/01/11 CR 1.00 *NE
EDM-126 State Disaster Management 10/02/11 CR 1.00 *NE
EDM-207 Leadership and Influence 10/01/11 CR 1.00 *NE
EDM-209 Effective Communications 10/01/11 CR 1.00 *NE


I) 4: BA Free Electives (27 SH)
> Complete 27 semester hours of Free Electives
PSY-211 Human Growth and Dev (CLEP) Planned 3
SOC-101 Intro to Sociology (CLEP) Planned 3
COS-101 Intro to Computing (DANTES) Planned 3
ENG-201 Technical Writing (DANTES) Planned 3
HIS-101 Western Civ. II (DANTES) Planned 3
STA-201 Principles of Statistics... 04/30/11 CR 1 *TE
BUS-161 Business Mathematics....... 08/01/05 B 3.33 *TE
CMP-202 Foundation of Info. Tech... 10/31/11 CR 2.00 *TE
ACC-101 Prin. of Finl Acctg........ 10/31/11 CR 2.00 *TE
ECO-100 Basic Economics............ 10/31/11 CR 2.00 *TE
FEL-199 Spec. Stud. in Selected Top 04/30/11 CR 2.00 *TE

I) 3: LIBERAL ARTS CAPSTONE (3 SH)
> Complete 1 Liberal Arts Capstone Course
LIB-495 Liberal Arts Capstone____________3 Credits Needed

[sanantone]

Have you considered the BSBA LDAS? It doesn't require the liberal arts capstone. I tried to propose a security management concentration for a business degree awhile back, but it wasn't accepted. Hopefully, you have better luck.

[publius2k4]

Have you considered the BSBA LDAS? It doesn't require the liberal arts capstone. I tried to propose a security management concentration for a business degree awhile back, but it wasn't accepted. Hopefully, you have better luck.

I've considered the BSBA LDAS, but I think the BA LDAS would be better considering that I could use all of my upper level business credits in the area of study and wouldn't have to sacrifice any of them in the General Education area.

[sanantone]

What do you mean? Most business courses can't go into the general education area. You could put your business courses in the business core or LDAS area of study.

[Jonathan Whatley]

[Proposed] Learner Designed Area of Study: Emergency Disaster Management from a Business and Management Perspective […]

C) 2: Learner Designed Area of Study (30SH total-18SH 300/400 level)
LDR-305 Foundations of Leadership 3
MAN-311 Organizational Behavior.... 04/30/11 CR 1 *TE
COM-300 Intro. to Business Commun.. 10/31/11 CR 3 *TE
MAR-301 Introduction to Marketing.. 08/01/05 C 3.33 *TE
MAN-301 Principles of Management... 04/30/11 CR 4.00 *TE
MAR-310 Principles of Sales........ 08/01/05 C 3.33 *TE
FIN-301 Principles of Finance...... 10/31/11 CR 2.00 *TE
LAW-201 Business Law............... 04/30/11 CR 6.00 *TE
EDM-101 Emer.Prog.Mgr.Orient.To 10/01/11 CR 1.00 *NE
EDM-203 Exercise Design 10/01/11 CR 1.00 *NE
EDM-126 State Disaster Management 10/02/11 CR 1.00 *NE
EDM-207 Leadership and Influence 10/01/11 CR 1.00 *NE
EDM-209 Effective Communications 10/01/11 CR 1.00 *NE

There's 5 sh in EDM, all lower level, and everything else is standard business credit. If a candidate had no more in psychology than two standard LL courses, plus a stack of business courses, and applied on this basis for an area of study in Psychology from a Business and Management Perspective, do you think this would be accepted?

How much nexus is there between Principles of Sales and Principles of Marketing and EDM? There's crisis communication, but you already have at least two other courses that speak to that part of the picture more closely.

I respect what you're trying to do but I'd be very surprised if this approach to it worked. Also, following sanantone, something like this would be a better fit with a BSBA LDAS. If you were connecting a liberal art to business/management, that would be a likelier fit for a BA LDAS.

This plan tries to push applied professional credit – LL credits in EDM many people use at TESC toward AASes, and other credits otherwise found in a BSBA – into the school's flagship liberal arts BA. I admire the divergent thinking this shows! But.

[Jonathan Whatley]

MAN-311 Organizational Behavior under Humanities seems unlikely, unless this was transfer credit from a very interdisciplinary course like "Organizational Leadership in Great Literature." Under Social Sciences, maybe.

[Jonathan Whatley]

I think your shortest path to graduation is probably through a BA in Liberal Studies.

[publius2k4]

MAN-311 Organizational Behavior under Humanities seems unlikely, unless this was transfer credit from a very interdisciplinary course like "Organizational Leadership in Great Literature." Under Social Sciences, maybe.

Actually, MAN-311 was placed in the humanities section during the academic evaluation. For every course I've already completed I left on the form as it was granted to me from the institution already.

[publius2k4]

What do you mean? Most business courses can't go into the general education area. You could put your business courses in the business core or LDAS area of study.

You are correct...I misspoke...I meant to say business core...

After looking at it again, it actually doesn't seem like a horrible option, but I'm having a hard time figuring out exactly what business core classes are required...could you provide me some direction with this?

[Jonathan Whatley]

The Business Core is subject category II A here: 9 x 3 = 27 sh between nine core business subjects.