07-29-2013, 02:04 PM
This is an excellent start. Just a few things:
Each general education requirement at Charter Oak doesn't have to be met by one discrete course or exam: a single course or exam might fulfill more than one simultaneously. DSST Introduction to World Religions, for instance, would fulfill Global Understanding (g) as you have down, and also Non-U.S. History or Culture (n). You wouldn't have to take anything else to fulfill (n). There are several tests each of which will fulfill (g) and (n) and Social/Behavioral Sciences (b) at once: DSST Human/Cultural Geography, ECE World Conflicts Since 1900, ECE World Population, AP Human Geography, and AP Government & Politics: Comparative. (Adult learners can take AP exams, but they're only offered once per year and the process might be obscure.) For other correspondences, see the Master Exam List. Of course, a 3 semester hour exam will still add only 3 semester hours within your degree plan.
It isn't absolutely clear to me when this was implemented or is being implemented, but Charter Oak is adding a science lab requirement for new students enrolling at a certain point, and increasing the science gen ed requirement to 7 or 8 semester hours (DF thread). This lab requirement can readily be met by a distance learning lab course. Charter Oak offers a few itself, and of course others can be transferred in.
Generally, Charter Oak's concentration in Liberal Studies is for students with interdisciplinary combinations of more than one liberal arts subject. The concentration in Individualized Studies is for students with interdisciplinary combinations of at least one liberal arts discipline and at least one applied discipline. Chemistry/Biology/Physics would be a natural Liberal Arts subject. Put something like Management in there and it would be an Individualized Studies concentration. If you preferred the title Individualized Studies I'll guess that they might allow an all-liberal arts concentration there, but I wouldn't expect that they'd permit a concentration with an applied discipline in Liberal Studies.
During the Cornerstone, every Charter Oak bachelor's student completes a Concentration Plan of Study, including a course/exam list and answers to a short series of questions about the concentration's rationale. These are submitted to consulting subject area faculty who review and approve, or recommend changes. I can envision a great rationale for your concentration above. Of course I can't speak for faculty!
Each general education requirement at Charter Oak doesn't have to be met by one discrete course or exam: a single course or exam might fulfill more than one simultaneously. DSST Introduction to World Religions, for instance, would fulfill Global Understanding (g) as you have down, and also Non-U.S. History or Culture (n). You wouldn't have to take anything else to fulfill (n). There are several tests each of which will fulfill (g) and (n) and Social/Behavioral Sciences (b) at once: DSST Human/Cultural Geography, ECE World Conflicts Since 1900, ECE World Population, AP Human Geography, and AP Government & Politics: Comparative. (Adult learners can take AP exams, but they're only offered once per year and the process might be obscure.) For other correspondences, see the Master Exam List. Of course, a 3 semester hour exam will still add only 3 semester hours within your degree plan.
It isn't absolutely clear to me when this was implemented or is being implemented, but Charter Oak is adding a science lab requirement for new students enrolling at a certain point, and increasing the science gen ed requirement to 7 or 8 semester hours (DF thread). This lab requirement can readily be met by a distance learning lab course. Charter Oak offers a few itself, and of course others can be transferred in.
Generally, Charter Oak's concentration in Liberal Studies is for students with interdisciplinary combinations of more than one liberal arts subject. The concentration in Individualized Studies is for students with interdisciplinary combinations of at least one liberal arts discipline and at least one applied discipline. Chemistry/Biology/Physics would be a natural Liberal Arts subject. Put something like Management in there and it would be an Individualized Studies concentration. If you preferred the title Individualized Studies I'll guess that they might allow an all-liberal arts concentration there, but I wouldn't expect that they'd permit a concentration with an applied discipline in Liberal Studies.
During the Cornerstone, every Charter Oak bachelor's student completes a Concentration Plan of Study, including a course/exam list and answers to a short series of questions about the concentration's rationale. These are submitted to consulting subject area faculty who review and approve, or recommend changes. I can envision a great rationale for your concentration above. Of course I can't speak for faculty!
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