Does TESU refuse to give ANY third BA?

[Pelican]

On the TESU Web page, TESU says " The University will not award a third Thomas Edison State University associate or baccalaureate degree". (https://www.tesu.edu/academics/catalog/A...egrees.cfm). Does that mean TESU will not allow one to earn three BA degrees all from TESU, or more broadly, it won't allow a person to earn a third degree at all, even if some are from other schools? Has anyone tried this before?

[jsd]

It's a good question, but I can't imagine what the use of a third Bachelors would be.

Granted, I'm over here wrapping up a second bachelors...

[dfrecore]

I think it's a 3rd BA at all, whether any previous were earned from them or not.

[cannoda]

It's a good question, but I can't imagine what the use of a third Bachelors would be.

Granted, I'm over here wrapping up a second bachelors...

Think about a discipline where an approved degree is required for licensing (e.g., nursing, engineering).  Excelsior makes an exception to their policy in these cases.

[Pelican]

This would be useful to me, as work as a teacher. Although I have licenses in different subjects, getting an additional degree would make my resume more tailored to a specific subject.

[bjcheung77]

You're limited to two associates and two bachelors degrees at TESU. If you're trying to "credit bank/launder" your credits into a third degree, you can always try the other Big 3 counterparts. Since COSC has a free application going on until Jan 5, 2018 and Excelsior has a free application for students of partnerships (SL/Study.com/Sophia, etc), apply to both.

While you're at it, you may want to check out WGU, there may be something at the Bachelors or Masters Level for you. I don't know, check out several of the Competency-Based programs and see if they'll take as many credits as possible into a third degree. Brandman, Hodges, Patten, WGU - Northern Arizona, U of Wisconsin, and lastly the big'uns, Capella/Strayer/Walden.

[sanantone]

Excelsior awards third bachelors, period. You just need justification and approval to apply for every major except for nursing.

[jsd]

Getting a third degree has nothing to do with credit banking or credit laundering.

[Ideas]

They won't allow anyone to earn a 3rd one. So therefore if someone had a TESU degree and a degree from somewhere else, they cannot even get a 2nd TESU degree.

[bluebooger]

It's a good question, but I can't imagine what the use of a third Bachelors would be.

Granted, I'm over here wrapping up a second bachelors...

Think about a discipline where an approved degree is required for licensing (e.g., nursing, engineering).  Excelsior makes an exception to their policy in these cases.

if someone was doing a 3rd bachelors for nursing they should just bite the bullet and do an in-person masters entry program like yale or columbia university has  

http://nursing.columbia.edu/admissions-a...dnp-mdephd


and columbia accepts Excelsior Anatomy & Physiology exams and Microbiology exam to meet the prerequisites