Which School to Choose for a Dual Baccalaureate Degree, COSC or TESC?

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I am somewhat familiar with Straighterline, I believe that is McGraw Hill? I am not familiar with Saylor, TEEX, NFA or Kaplan PLA. I know Kaplan does the review and study guides for tests but that's it. I have checked other posts on Straighterline, etc and I take it you have to setup an ACE account? How much does that cost and how long do they keep your grades?

Straighterline partners with groups like McGraw Hill, Saylor, etc to provide the resources needed for their courses. You can register an ACE account for free first. However, when requesting your first transcript you'll have to pay a registration fee of $40; subsequent transcript requests will cost $15 each. I think they keep the grades for an indefinite length of time, at least I haven't heard of anyone having theirs wiped out.
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If I get an Associates in Criminal Justice to accompany my dual major would that restrict me from using those CJ courses towards a future BA or Masters in CJ? I understand some of the principles but get confused on reusing courses that have been used for an existing degree. Can I use courses that I used in my current AGS towards my BA?

This will depend on the institution you enroll in...

So, if I want to start work on a second BSBA degree, which I might as well do if I am paying for the Enrolled Tuition Option, I will have to wait until I am awarded my first degree or those courses will not be counted towards the second degree? That doesn't make sense to me, unless you would be using them towards your first BA.

All the other required credits will count toward both your BA and BSBA, but TESC college policies require that you take an additional 24 credits after your first degree before they will confer you a second degree. As cathgrl said, if you're going for the BSN later, then it may not be wise to take the BSBA, after all. If you'd like, you could consider a second associate's degree as an alternative. This is TESC's accelerated BSN program ~ Accelerated 2nd Degree BSN Program at Thomas Edison State College.

[bricabrac]

The information provided is correct, you can only complete 2 Bachelor's degrees which cancels out the BSBA.

If interested in the ASBA, I would enroll in the ASBA at the same time as the BA Social Science and graduate with both degrees at the same for one fee. It would take no more then 3 to 4 mos total to complete the capstone while powering though the ASBA courses.

Under the military pay per credit plan there is no published residency requirement mentioned? Maybe contact the Bursar to confirm regs on this program. If there is no residency required: $750 capstone ($250/credit) + 299 grad fee = Total TESC costs $1049.

Otherwise, as military, you would use the NJ enrolled options tuition rate: $1,691 + 525 capstone ($175/credit) + 125 tech fee + 58 course fee + 299 grad fee = Total TESC costs $2698.

Plus the ASBA exam/course fees.

Regardless, both options are extremely affordable! Good luck!



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[cathgrl]

Here is the information about the second degree BSN program at TESC. Accelerated 2nd Degree BSN Program at Thomas Edison State College.

Also, this http://www.tesc.edu/nursing/2nd-Degree-BSN-FAQs.cfm

[Chicagoinvictus]

Hello and Thanks again to everyone for their help! I have been reading and I think I have the hang of how it works now. I actually was able to talk to someone at the school today, they said that it takes about one week for me to be officially accepted after applying and then 20 business days on average to receive my credit evaluation. Once I am accepted I can call back and I should be able to enroll, even before my evaluation is done. I will be posting all of my college credits with my plan breakdown and I would like some input on how feasible it appears. You have inspired me to really strive for the most now. I am still planning on a dual BA degree Social Science/History with an AAS in Criminal Justice for my first degree. I am almost there, I do need to pickup at least Three UL History credits though from what I have read. I should be complete on the Social Science and the Criminal Justice.

[UptonSinclair]

If you are curious how TESC will transcribe your exam credits, there is a list in my signature. I don't have a criminal justice spreadsheet, but the social science spreadsheet could be modified to meet your needs. It may save a little typing.

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Hello and Thanks again to everyone for their help! I have been reading and I think I have the hang of how it works now. I actually was able to talk to someone at the school today, they said that it takes about one week for me to be officially accepted after applying and then 20 business days on average to receive my credit evaluation. Once I am accepted I can call back and I should be able to enroll, even before my evaluation is done. I will be posting all of my college credits with my plan breakdown and I would like some input on how feasible it appears. You have inspired me to really strive for the most now. I am still planning on a dual BA degree Social Science/History with an AAS in Criminal Justice for my first degree. I am almost there, I do need to pickup at least Three UL History credits though from what I have read. I should be complete on the Social Science and the Criminal Justice.

Oops, I just realized... You can't complete a dual degree in Social Science and History because History is considered a Social Science concentration. You could select Social Science OR History AND dual it up with another area in the humanities or sciences/mathematics.

[sanantone]

TESC won't let you complete two degrees with too much overlap....at least that was the case when I attended. I don't know why you would want a degree in history and social science anyway. I'm thinking that maybe you should drop the dual degree or second degree idea unless you're actually going to complete a bachelor's in CJ and history. It seems like you only have interest in criminal justice and history. Either complete both, complete one or the other, or do social science. As you said, you can specialize in criminal justice at the associate's level.

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Areas of Concentration for Social sciences : anthropology, archaeology, economics, geography, history, labor studies, political science, psychology, sociology.

Areas of Concentration for Humanities : art, communications (oral: speech; mass media: film; journalism, radio/television), dance, English/literature (includes advanced writing courses, e.g., Creative Writing, Technical Writing), foreign language, music, philosophy, religion, theater.

Areas of Concentration for Natural Sciences/Mathematics : biology, computer science, geology, physics, chemistry, environmental science, mathematics.

When selecting two areas of study for your degree, be careful that the areas do not overlap, i.e. geography and psychology will NOT work; but geography and philosophy will be okay. Also, Natural Sciences and physics will NOT work, but Natural Sciences and Humanities MAY work. You'd have to confirm both areas of study with the academic advisor.

As Sanantone said, you could try a BA in Criminal Justice and History OR a BA in Social Science AND an AAS in Criminal Justice.

[sanantone]

One could do geography and psychology if TESC offered a degree in geography. The problem with doing social science and history is that history can be used in the social science degree. You can't use geography courses in a psychology degree. In other words, you can complete two humanities degrees like music and a foreign language, but you cannot complete a BA in Humanities and a BA in Music when your humanities degree included a lot of music courses. For example, many criminal justice courses will count toward a social science degree. My BA in Social Science had CJ courses. When I was trying to create a BSBA in LDAS covering security management, they told me my BA in Social Science already had a lot of criminal justice courses, so I couldn't use them for the BSBA even though I met the "new credits" requirement. I'm pretty sure that they would have told me that I could not complete a BA in Criminal Justice if I had asked. I also wouldn't have been able to go back for a BA in Psychology since at least half of my area of study credits for my social science degree were in psychology.