Forensic-science-relevant second bachelor's for people who already have a BA

[1652Q]

Might as well get a master's degree. University of Florida has many graduate certificate and master's programs in forensic science and forensic medicine.

That's an interesting idea. I'm pleasantly shocked by how inexpensive that program looks. Something to consider, Anyway. Thanks.

[1652Q]

You could definitely do psych + Liberal Studies. TESU counts that as a single degree. You'd obviously have to do more credits that way, but it's totally possible.

As for lab science: if you wanted to do LL lab sciences, there are some biology courses that you could take at Study.com or you could do self-paced classes through Portage: https://portagelearning.com/courses/biology The biggest issue would be the UL courses. There are not a lot of UL science credits.

Potentially, you could do:
Physiological Psychology (PSY-303) through Coopersmith
Pathophysiology as a UExcel exam
Death Investigation from TEEX (assuming this counts)

But that still leaves 6 UL credits. Doane has some biology courses that should come in as UL: https://www.doane.edu/lp/prereqs.html

WWU has UL Medical Anthropology that may or may not count. https://online.wwu.edu/courses They also have an UL geology course about dinosaurs. It's outside of what you want to study, but it would be an UL science course.

Oregon State has a number of biology classes: https://ecampus.oregonstate.edu/soc/ecat...ode=all#0B

One other thing occurred to me as I re-read your post. When you say that TESU counts psych + Liberal Studies as a single degree (with a single capstone, I assume), does that specifically apply to only Liberal Studies because it's a general subject? 

In other words, I'm guessing that TESU would not count psych + computer science (for example) or psych + another BA as a single degree. Or at least they'd require two capstones?

[rachel83az]

TESU allows you to have only 2 Bachelor's degrees. If you already had 2 degrees from another school, you could not enroll at TESU.

If you get a BA in Computer Science and then come back for a BA in Psych, that counts as 2 degrees.

If you get a BA in Computer Science and a BSBA in General Management at the same time, that counts as 2 degrees.

If you get a BA in Computer Science and a BA in Psych at the same time, that counts as a single degree. The same with any two BA or two BSBA fields. As long as the two majors are from the same "school", it counts as one degree with two areas of study.

[1652Q]

TESU allows you to have only 2 Bachelor's degrees. If you already had 2 degrees from another school, you could not enroll at TESU.

If you get a BA in Computer Science and then come back for a BA in Psych, that counts as 2 degrees.

If you get a BA in Computer Science and a BSBA in General Management at the same time, that counts as 2 degrees.

If you get a BA in Computer Science and a BA in Psych at the same time, that counts as a single degree. The same with any two BA or two BSBA fields. As long as the two majors are from the same "school", it counts as one degree with two areas of study.

Huh. Interesting. Thanks. I got worried for a moment as I read your post, since I had multiple majors as an undergrad. But from what it sounds like, that would still only "count" as one degree for TESU purposes.  So presumably I could pursue only one BA, albeit with the possibility of more than one area of study within that BA.

EDIT: Would that mean only one capstone course per BA, even with multiple areas of study?

[rachel83az]

At TESU, each degree can only have two AOS. So you could do something like Psych and Comp Sci but you couldn't do Psych/English/Comp Sci.

Fun fact: if you enrolled at TESU with 0 degrees, you could theoretically graduate with the equivalent of what would be 7 degrees elsewhere by only paying for 1 additional capstone (plus whatever extra classes are needed):

1. ASNSM Math
   
2. ASNSM Computer Science
   
3. ASBA
   
4. BA AOS #1
   
5. BA AOS #2
   
6. BSBA #1
   
7. BSBA #2
   

You could push it to 8 by adding an Associate capstone and doing a dual-AOS AS or AAS.

[1652Q]

At TESU, each degree can only have two AOS. So you could do something like Psych and Comp Sci but you couldn't do Psych/English/Comp Sci.

Fun fact: if you enrolled at TESU with 0 degrees, you could theoretically graduate with the equivalent of what would be 7 degrees elsewhere by only paying for 1 additional capstone (plus whatever extra classes are needed):

1. ASNSM Math
   
2. ASNSM Computer Science
   
3. ASBA
   
4. BA AOS #1
   
5. BA AOS #2
   
6. BSBA #1
   
7. BSBA #2
   

You could push it to 8 by adding an Associate capstone and doing a dual-AOS AS or AAS.

Ha! That would be interesting.

[1652Q]

At TESU, each degree can only have two AOS. So you could do something like Psych and Comp Sci but you couldn't do Psych/English/Comp Sci.

Fun fact: if you enrolled at TESU with 0 degrees, you could theoretically graduate with the equivalent of what would be 7 degrees elsewhere by only paying for 1 additional capstone (plus whatever extra classes are needed):

1. ASNSM Math
   
2. ASNSM Computer Science
   
3. ASBA
   
4. BA AOS #1
   
5. BA AOS #2
   
6. BSBA #1
   
7. BSBA #2
   

You could push it to 8 by adding an Associate capstone and doing a dual-AOS AS or AAS.

Come to think of it, would there be anything stopping someone with a prior undergrad degree from using the prior degree to fill out the 15 credits of genuine college credit that the TESU associate degree requires, transferring in 45 credits of test credit, and thereby earning the associate degree having never taken an actual TESU class? Or do capstones exist at the associate level as well to prevent that kind of adventurousness?

[rachel83az]

Some Associate degrees require capstones. Others, including those listed in my post, do not. They do all require SOS-110, though. So you need to take at least 1 class at TESU.

[1652Q]

Some Associate degrees require capstones. Others, including those listed in my post, do not. They do all require SOS-110, though. So you need to take at least 1 class at TESU.

Thanks. Trying to find different ways to fit everything into the complicated rules feels like playing Tetris with academic courses.

[rachel83az]

Thanks. Trying to find different ways to fit everything into the complicated rules feels like playing Tetris with academic courses.

Yes. Yes, it does.