What TESU bachelor degree do you recommend for me?

[myriam91]

BA Psychology? BALS? I am wondering which would be faster at this point. At first glance which would you recommend? I have both a pdf & excel spreadsheet attached   

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Pdf here   . Thank you!

[rachel83az]

At this point, it's going to be roughly the same for BALS vs. Psych. I don't see any UL credit and you already have some Psych credits, so Psych is good.

What degree do you WANT? They can both be roughly the same speed.

[bjcheung77]

My suggestion, skip TESU for now. For cost, ease, speed to finish. Pierpont BOG AAS in Biology or Psychology, UMPI AALS in a different concentration, UMPI BAS in a couple of minors of your choice.

[myriam91]

At this point, it's going to be roughly the same for BALS vs. Psych. I don't see any UL credit and you already have some Psych credits, so Psych is good.

What degree do you WANT? They can both be roughly the same speed.

I really wanted the Psychology degree for a while. I have to access my old iCloud to see the degree plan I made. I am considering transferring out of my nursing program as I was suppose to graduate next year but due to some poor communication its pushed back to may of 2024 and I am very upset about that. I can enter a 12-15 month accelerated BSN program if I have a bachelor degree. I feel like I will regret transferring out because it does provide ease for my work schedule but I want to work on something just in case I change my mind and don't have to start scrambling to get it done. Thank you! I would prefer the Psych but wasn't sure if there was much difference to do the BALS. If there isn't I would of course choose the Psych. Only thing is the 200/mo study.com for the UL psychology courses haha. I guess for the BALS I would need the UL somewhere anyway. Thanks again Rachel!

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My suggestion, skip TESU for now.  For cost, ease, speed to finish. Pierpont BOG AAS in Biology or Psychology, UMPI AALS in a different concentration, UMPI BAS in a couple of minors of your choice.

Wow is that new? I've never heard of that! And thank you you always give really good advice! I checked it out a bit it seems like a good option. One nursing school 17 mins near me will graduate me in 16 months with an associate degree. They said I would finish faster transferring in an associates degree rather than 60 credits. I was thinking of doing an associates fast (in case I transfer to that school) and then finish a bachelors in case I opt for an accelerated BSN. I will probably stay in my current program (2 years left) but just wanting to see about my options as my graduation date got pushed back from next year to 2024

[dfrecore]

You come out ahead if you get the BALS because you have lots of 200-level science courses that will work in the AoS for that. If you do the Psych degree, you have a lot of Psych courses to take, and you only have 2 done.

But whichever direction you choose, you don't actually lose any credits. You just need to be more targeted in your approach going forward because you don't have any space left in free electives for the Psych degree (ok, you have 1cr left). This is assuming that Study.com's POLS 101: Intro to Political Science course was completed after 6/30/21. If so, then it's just a free elective. If you completed it before then, then it can work it the Social Science GE area for the BA in Psych.

With both degrees, you have 71cr.

Also, there are other options if you don't want to use Study.com, but they're not cheaper necessarily. Coopersmith is $50/cr, so $150 per course. UExcel's are $165 for most, plus materials. Honestly, $100/course at SDC is quite a bargain.

[bluebooger]

My suggestion, ... UMPI BAS in a couple of minors of your choice.

what is a UMPI BAS ?

https://online.umpi.edu/programs/programs.aspx

I thought it might stand for Bachelors Applied Science             
but i don't see that there 

or here           
https://www.umpi.edu/academics/online-programs/

in the 2nd link i only see English, History, Psychology

[dfrecore]

My suggestion, ... UMPI BAS in a couple of minors of your choice.

what is a UMPI BAS ?

https://online.umpi.edu/programs/programs.aspx

I thought it might stand for Bachelors Applied Science             
but i don't see that there 

or here           
https://www.umpi.edu/academics/online-programs/

in the 2nd link i only see English, History, Psychology

It's only for people coming in with an AAS, and I think you have to be somewhat flexible because not every course is offered as a YourPace course.

[bluebooger]

link ?    .

[dfrecore]

link ?    .

https://www.umpi.edu/academics/applied-science/

[bjcheung77]

Furthermore, the AALS and BAS are not YourPace programs... Having said that, when I messaged admissions and also the registrar, I verified with them you can take YourPace courses towards the minors offered. Technically, I would want a BAS over BLS not only because of the Applied Science vs Liberal Studies name in the degree, but because these are supposed to be "butt-in-seat" on campus degrees vs the online only BLS.