Help on degree choice/plan

[Driel]

Ok, got some good news. TESU utilized 48.75SH out of my foreign credits and 95% of the utilized credits satisfied AOS/Electives/Gen. Edu. Electives. The evaluation is as below:


Program Summary: (In Progress)
Semester Hours (SH) Required: 120.00
SH Applied to Degree: 48.75
SH Remaining: 71.25
SH To Be Planned: 71.25
Thomas Edison State University GPA Needed: 2.000
Thomas Edison State University GPA Earned:
Overall Degree GPA Needed: 2.000
Overall Degree GPA Requirement Met: Yes
Community College SH (80 SH Maximum): 0.00
Foreign Credits (90 cr. Maximum): 48.75
These institutions/organizations are those from which credit has been applied toward your degree requirements. Use the number next to the institution in this list to identify the original source of a transfer course on your Academic Evaluation.
1 TESU-Foreign
Program Requirements:
1: BSAST General Education Distribution (60SH) (In progress)
SH Earned: 10.5 Complete all 6 subrequirements:

A: IntellecSkills 15 SH (In progress)

For TESU course options, go to Intellectual and Practical Skills Course s

SH Earned: 3
ENC-101 3 SH *must earn a grade of C/CR or better (Not started)
English Composition I
Source Course Title Term Grade SH TESU # Notes
______ _______________ _________________________ __________ _______ _______ __________
3 credits needed
ENC-102 3 SH *must earn a grade of C/CR or better (Not started)
English Composition II
______ _______________ _________________________ __________ _______ _______ __________
3 credits needed
Oral Communication 3 SH (Not started)
______ _______________ _________________________ __________ _______ _______ __________
3 credits needed
MAT-121 (DEGREE REQUIREMENT) 3 SH (Complete)
College Algebra (or above)
SH Earned: 3
1 MAT121 Algebra & Elementary Trigonome 12/01/05 CR 1.50 MAT-121
*FOR *TE
1 MAT129 Trigonometry & Analytical Geom 12/01/05 CR 1.50 MAT-129
*FOR *TE
ENG-201 (DEGREE REQUIREMENT) 3 SH (Not started)
Technical Writing
______ _______________ _________________________ __________ _______ _______ __________
3 credits needed
B: Civic Learning 9 SH (Not started)

For TESU course options, go to Civic and Global Leadership Courses< /a>

SH Earned: 0
Diversity 3 SH (Not started)
Source Course Title Term Grade SH TESU # Notes
______ _______________ _________________________ __________ _______ _______ __________
3 credits needed
Ethics 3 SH (Not started)
______ _______________ _________________________ __________ _______ _______ __________
3 credits needed
Civic Engagement 3 SH (Not started)
______ _______________ _________________________ __________ _______ _______ __________
3 credits needed
C: Human Cultures 9 SH (Not started)

For TESU course options, go to Knowledge of Human Cultures Courses
Humanities and/or Social Sciences
Source Course Title Term Grade SH TESU # Notes
______ _______________ _________________________ __________ _______ _______ __________
3 credits needed
______ _______________ _________________________ __________ _______ _______ __________
3 credits needed
______ _______________ _________________________ __________ _______ _______ __________
3 credits needed
D: Natural World 8 SH (Not started)

For TESU course options, go to Understanding Physical and Natural World Courses

General Chemistry with Lab and/or General Physics with Lab (DEGREE REQUIRMENT)

Choose two of the follo wing :

CHE-121 4 SH, CHE-122 4 SH, PHY-115 4 SH, PHY-116 4 SH
Source Course Title Term Grade SH TESU # Notes
______ _______________ _________________________ __________ _______ _______ __________
3 credits needed
______ _______________ _________________________ __________ _______ _______ __________
3 credits needed
______ _______________ _________________________ __________ _______ _______ __________
2 credits needed
E: Mathematics 3 SH (Not started)

For TESU course options, go to Higher Level Math Courses
Higher Level Mathematics (DEGREE REQUIREMENT)
Source Course Title Term Grade SH TESU # Notes
______ _______________ _________________________ __________ _______ _______ __________
3 credits needed
F: GE Electives 16 SH (In progress)

For TESU course options, go to TES-100 Corne rstone: Lifelong Learning Strategies Course

and General Education Elective Courses

SH Earned: 7.5
TES-100 1 SH (Not started)
Cornerstone: Lifelong Learning Strategies
Source Course Title Term Grade SH TESU # Notes
______ _______________ _________________________ __________ _______ _______ __________
1 credit needed
STA-201 (DEGREE REQUIREMENT) 3 SH (Not started)
Principles of Statistics
______ _______________ _________________________ __________ _______ _______ __________
3 credits needed
Computer Concepts (DEGREE REQUIREMENT) 3 SH (Not started)
______ _______________ _________________________ __________ _______ _______ __________
3 credits needed
General Education Electives 9 SH (In progress)
SH Earned: 7.5
Required: 9
Remaining: 1.5
1 CIS102 Computer Systems & Programming 12/01/05 CR 1.50 CIS-102
*FOR *TE
1 ECO100 Principles of Economics 12/01/05 CR 1.50 ECO-100
*FOR *TE
1 EDU102 Citizenship Education I 12/01/05 CR 1.50 EDU-102
*FOR *TE
1 MAT235 Logic and Linear Algebra 12/01/05 CR 1.50 MAT-235
*FOR *TE
1 MAT231 Calculus 12/01/05 CR 1.50 MAT-231
*FOR *TE
______ _______________ _________________________ __________ _______ _______ __________
1.5 credits needed

2: Technical Studies (21SH) (Complete)
SH Earned: 21.75 GPA Achieved/Needed: none / 2.000 Complete 1 of 11 subrequirements:

B: Electrical 21 SH (Complete)
*must earn grades of C/CR or better

For TESU and other course options, please contact an Advisor

A total of 18 Area of Study credits must be from 300/400 level courses (6 of these cred its are satisfied with the Technical Core requirement).
SH Earned: 21.75
Source Course Title Term Grade SH TESU # Notes
1 ELE234 Electrical Power 12/01/05 CR 2.25 ELE-234
*10Y *FOR *TE
1 ELE299 Electrical Installation Design 12/01/05 CR 1.50 ELE-299
*10Y *FOR *TE
1 ELT299 Electrical Measurements & Inst 12/01/05 CR 2.25 ELT-299
*10Y *FOR *TE
1 ELT299 Electronics Fundamentals III 12/01/05 CR 2.25 ELT-299
*10Y *FOR *TE
1 ELT241 Electrical Measurements & Inst 12/01/05 CR 2.25 ELT-241
*10Y *FOR *TE
1 ELT299 Electrical Workshop Practice 12/01/05 CR 1.50 ELT-299
*10Y *FOR *TE
1 ELT299 Fundamentals of Electronics 12/01/05 CR 2.25 ELT-299
*10Y *FOR *TE
1 ELT299 Electrical Engineering Science 12/01/05 CR 2.25 ELT-299
*10Y *FOR *TE
1 ELT299 Electrical Workshop Practice I 12/01/05 CR 1.50 ELT-299
*FOR *TE
1 ELT103 Electronic Fundamentals I 12/01/05 CR 1.50 ELT-103
*FOR *TE
1 ELE221 Electrical MacHines 12/01/05 CR 2.25 ELE-221
*FOR *TE

3: Technical Studies (18SH) (In progress)
GPA Achieved/Needed: none / 2.000

*must earn grades of C/CR or better

Topics include any discipline in Applied Science and Technology

For TESU and othe r course options, please contact an Advisor

A total of 1 8 Area of Study credits must be from 300/400 level courses (6 of these credits are satisfied with the Technical Core requirement).
SH Earned: 6
Required: 18
Remaining: 12
Source Course Title Term Grade SH TESU # Notes
1 MET299 Mechanical Workshop Technology 12/01/05 CR 1.50 MET-299
*10Y *FOR *TE
1 MET299 Mechanical Engineering Science 12/01/05 CR 2.25 MET-299
*FOR *TE
1 ELT202 Electrical Engineering Science 12/01/05 CR 2.25 ELT-202
*FOR *TE
______ _______________ _________________________ __________ _______ _______ __________
3 credits needed
______ _______________ _________________________ __________ _______ _______ __________
3 credits needed
______ _______________ _________________________ __________ _______ _______ __________
3 credits needed
______ _______________ _________________________ __________ _______ _______ __________
3 credits needed

4: Technical Core (6SH upper level) (Not started)
SH Earned: 0 Complete both subrequirements:

A: Current Trends 3 SH (Not started)
*must earn a grade of C/CR or better

For TESU course options, go to APS-401 Current Trends and Applications

This Capstone course must be taken at Thomas Edison State University or via an approved Thomas Edison State University Academic Program Review.
Source Course Title Term Grade SH TESU # Notes
______ _______________ _________________________ __________ _______ _______ __________
3 credits needed
B: Project Mngt 3 SH (Not started)
*must earn a grade of C/CR or better

For TESU course options, go to MAN-435 Project Management
Source Course Title Term Grade SH TESU # Notes
______ _______________ _________________________ __________ _______ _______ __________
3 credits needed

5: Electives (15SH) (In progress)

For TESU course options, go to Elective Courses
!! Exception over 1.5 sh gen ed elec take 13.50
SH Earned: 10.5
Required: 13.5
Remaining: 3
Source Course Title Term Grade SH TESU # Notes
1 FEL199 Project 12/01/05 CR 0.75 FEL-199
*FOR *TE
1 EGM213 Strength of Materials 12/01/05 CR 1.50 EGM-213
*10Y *FOR *TE
1 MAN230 Entrepreneurship Development 12/01/05 CR 1.50 MAN-230
*FOR *TE
1 MET121 Mechanical Workshop Technology 12/01/05 CR 1.50 MET-121
*10Y *FOR *TE
1 EGM299 Telecommunication Engineering 12/01/05 CR 2.25 EGM-299
*FOR *TE
1 ELM171 Electrical Maintenance & Repai 12/01/05 CR 1.50 ELM-171
*FOR *TE
1 GRA101 Technical Drawing 12/01/05 CR 1.50 GRA-101
*FOR *TE
______ _______________ _________________________ __________ _______ _______ __________
3 credits needed

[bjcheung77]

That's true. I'm praying it ends up so.

No need to pray, it'll come to you quickly. As again, work on the General Education courses and get those final AOS courses figured out.

Ok, got some good news. TESU utilized 48.75SH out of my foreign credits and 95% of the utilized credits satisfied AOS/Electives/Gen. Edu. Electives. The evaluation is as below:

Cool beans, that's awesome. That's the main reason I mention Technical Studies if it's going to be the BSAST and the person has funky "trade" credits coming in.

[dfrecore]

Here's the problem with this degree; while it used more of your credits, the remaining credits you need are more expensive to take. So you need fewer, but more expensive credits. As is, it would cost double the price to get the BSAST over the BSBA.

Here's the breakdown of that:
1) none of your credits are UL, so you have to take 4 UL courses in your area of study - you will have to take those at TESU
2) you have to take Physics I & II w/labs, or Chemistry I & II w/labs. The I part is ok, the labs can be pricey. But the II is where it gets expensive.

The best way to offset this, is to see if you can get the great pricing with TESU that looks to be available through the study.com affiliation, and pay for the Comprehensive plan. If you can get the comprehensive plan at $6,350, then you can take 36cr at TESU in a single year. That would include the 4 UL TS courses you need, the capstone, the 2 science w/labs, and then any other 5 courses you wanted to take there.

This pricing looks to expire on 6/30/18, so you'd want to sign up prior to that date. That does at least give you time to try to come up with the money, since you'd have to pay it at signup.

That also gives you time to do all of the other courses you need to take.

I personally would take ALEKS math immediately - Intermediate Algebra, College Algebra, Precalculus and Statistics. That will fulfill your math requirements for $20/mo (so I imagine for you it would be done in a month). Take the free Ethics course. See if there are any Saylor exams that you think you could take and pass quickly; they're only $25.

[Driel]

Thank you for the info and degree plans Dfrecore. Are there no alternative/cheap means to get those UL credits? They are too expensive in TESU.

[bjcheung77]

Thank you for the info and degree plans Dfrecore. Are there no alternative/cheap means to get those UL credits? They are too expensive in TESU.

Of course there are! You just need to find them, my question to you is, how many years have you been in that industry? What Engineering again?
If you don't want to spend that much, you can do the PLA route entirely for the AOS or the required courses. That's the cheapest route + capstone.
I mean, it will cost you $389 for 12 credits and then it's $221 for 6 subsequent credits, if you need 6 more, another $221. THAT'S CHEAP!
You need to know what PLA is, here's the info on their webpage: https://www.tesu.edu/tuition/pla-tuition.cfm

[homeschoolmom1]

I had no idea that you can get THAT many credits from TESU in a single year for relatively cheap with the comprehensive tuition plan. If we do BA CS instead of BS DA, might be cheaper than doing a bunch of ULs elsewhere and then pay for residency waiver. Plus, interesting electronics courses that are hard to find.

[bjcheung77]

I had no idea that you can get THAT many credits from TESU in a single year for relatively cheap with the comprehensive tuition plan. If we do BA CS instead of BS DA, might be cheaper than do a bunch of ULs elsewhere and then pay for residency waiver. Plus, interesting electronics courses that are hard to find.

For a degree fanatic who wants to get on the comprehensive plan, it maybe possible to hit two degrees with that. A BSBA with just the capstone fee.
Then use the remainder of the credits/fees for the comprehensive plan, to splurge on a BSAST or different degree... but that's just me thinking to myself!

[homeschoolmom1]

Yes! I have also wondered if one can get both the BA Comp Sci and the BS Data analytics, using a combination of statistics.com and TESU. Or wasn't there something about not being able to get 2 degrees from the same School at TESU? Otherwise, would probably make sure to not get 24 credits of one before the first degree is conferred. Hmmm.

[SolarKat]

Yes! I have also wondered if one can get both the BA Comp Sci and the BS Data analytics, using a combination of statistics.com and TESU. Or wasn't there something about not being able to get 2 degrees from the same School at TESU? Otherwise, would probably make sure to not get 24 credits of one before the first degree is conferred. Hmmm.

You can't overlap the BA and BS at the same conferral. You could do a BA with 2 AOS, like Math/CS, though.

Also the Statistics.com classes that ACE recommends for CS credit (like Social Network Analysis), TESU is transcribing them in as "DSI-###", the data sci category, so they won't be applied for CS, according to advising, who took the matter to the dean of the program. However, the ones that are *obviously* programming: R, Python, R/SQL (all approved electives at Stats.com for the TESU degree)...those *do* count as CS if you were to do a CS certificate along with the BS-data. And another odd one - TESU offers their own DSI - Data Visualization (don't recall the exact name), BUT that class doesn't fit in the AOS, it could only be used as a free elective. Go figure.

[homeschoolmom1]

So would only one course at statistics.com be a source of relatively cheap UL credit for the BACS degree: the SQL one? I know that Hadoop comes in as LL