Liberal Arts, Social Sciences, or Child Development. I'm stuck on which one...lol. ;(

[sanantone]

The only way you can tell which of the Big 3 will accept most of your credits and apply them favorably is by applying to all three schools. Everyone is different. Excelsior gave me the least favorable evaluation, but it might be the best option for others. None of the Big 3 are going to give you upper level credits for community college courses. This is where TESC has the advantage; they generally require less UL credits. Child development courses will usually end up in free electives outside of a child development-related degree. Any courses that you took with a sociology or psychology prefix can be used as gen ed or toward a social science or liberal arts major. Anything with an education or child development prefix will most likely be treated as applied; therefore, it won't be allowed in gen ed or one of the liberal arts major areas of study.

My list wasn't necessarily about "studies" degrees. It was covering degrees that don't really have a focus letting you complete courses in a wide variety of unrelated disciplines. Having "studies" in the name is not really the issue. A degree in Mexican American History is not going to have more utility than a degree in Mexican American Studies. In contrast, there are degrees in computer studies and engineering studies that can have a lot of utility. Having "science" in the degree name is not a ticket to high pay and massive job opportunities. For example, while better than a general degree in liberal arts, a degree in social science is not going to lead to an abundance of job opportunities. A degree in police science is really just a more applied form of criminal justice. As a matter of fact, a degree in police science will have less flexibility than a degree in criminal justice or criminology.