12-28-2014, 05:41 PM
Thank you for posting that. Yes, I already decided this morning Iâm going to drop the CD/ECE. The pay is nothing and the courses do not apply to anything outside the major. I make more money now at my job, and I have a stable public employee job. Iâm âtenderedâ so Iâm fine at my job. A BA will give me higher opportunities to test for the higher jobs which is my focus (with a nice major like you posted with Communications or even Business Communications lol) but I donât need to get into a whole separate field that lacks proper pay. Plus, I need a degree I can carry with me. I saw the course outline for two of the CD/ECE classes that were pre-sent out, and pretty much is a lot of California code stuff. It seems more of a nanny day care emphasis then teaching. If I move to say Nevada, the whole degree and coursework is a waste as the certification process is different that California. At least with Sociology 101 or Communications 101 or âBusiness Managementâ it can always be used in some place and with any field or towards various of options. Child Development like one of the previous posters said just falls into âfree electivesâ. CD 05 â Children at Play doesnât fit into anything outside of ECE. Even the CD courses listed for the major at my college are not listed as applicable to fill any of the GE requirements (like Humanities, Natural/Social Sciences, Language, Math) at the CC or CSUN system. I already dropped the classes this morning. With a BA all I have to do is pass the CBEST and I can sub teach benefited if I want as I'm already livescanned with the state (fingerprinted) and processed into a school district already. Sub teaching in California and Nevada is designed to be done regularly so Iâm not going to waste a year getting a Pre-School Teaching Permit only at the AA when I can get a 30 Day or 60 Day (per Teacher) Substitute Permit with my BA and work at my BA. I pass the CSET and I can sub teacher indefinitely for any teacher for up to five years. And of course still hang on a bit to the business side. My work resume is pretty strong working for a s school district now as a part time Instructional Assistant and Part Time Office Admin (Clerk / Office Manager). I love school so I should have no problem with any courses outside of the math ones. I was one of those types that took no more than two or three days a year off from school in high school. Im almost 35, but I'm single independent (outside of a girlfriend here or there that comes up sometimes.) I just support myself. I'm not married and I have no kids, so outside of work, I can focus on school. I donât have to worry about splitting time and/or money between school and family financials. Outside of work I pretty much have nothing to do.
I have the Intermediate Math course taken care of. That will be done at the community college summer semester. I already know the professor to take, talked with her already, and the class is designed for adult students returning to school or a little âancientâ in math with tutoring and working with other students in the class. It starts off as a review of Elementary Algebra and then works into Intermediate Algebra with a little spin on STEM. Its designed to teach and understand math so we can learn and apply math that will work into College Algebra instead of "lecture, homework, and take a blind weekly tests and either pass or fail." (if that makes sense). What I still like about the building campus colleges. Still those classes/professors you can take designed to help differnet indivdiual groups of students as not everyone is a math whiz (or up to being the next Ernest Hemingway with English courses.)
I canât believe you found a use for my Theater Art classes haha. Thatâs awesome. I always thought outside of Theater Arts or free electives they were a waste. I use to say âwhat good can âTheater Costume/Make-Upâ fit into any serious degree major program out of theater.â Communications will work because itâs a prerequisite to the Speech Pathologist Specialist Assistant program at our District. Behavior Sciences also work because our local Districts listed AS/BS Social/Behavior Sciences as needed for some of the jobs (they train for) working with autistic kids. Basically everything works accept Child Development. Funny how its called âCommunicationsâ now. I remember the courses/major use to be called âSpeechâ or âSpeech Communicationsâ back in the 1990s. Okay than you. I'm heavily thinking of taking the Intro to Business course. Especially since it' applys to everything. I'll post the course below. Thanks!
I have the Intermediate Math course taken care of. That will be done at the community college summer semester. I already know the professor to take, talked with her already, and the class is designed for adult students returning to school or a little âancientâ in math with tutoring and working with other students in the class. It starts off as a review of Elementary Algebra and then works into Intermediate Algebra with a little spin on STEM. Its designed to teach and understand math so we can learn and apply math that will work into College Algebra instead of "lecture, homework, and take a blind weekly tests and either pass or fail." (if that makes sense). What I still like about the building campus colleges. Still those classes/professors you can take designed to help differnet indivdiual groups of students as not everyone is a math whiz (or up to being the next Ernest Hemingway with English courses.)
I canât believe you found a use for my Theater Art classes haha. Thatâs awesome. I always thought outside of Theater Arts or free electives they were a waste. I use to say âwhat good can âTheater Costume/Make-Upâ fit into any serious degree major program out of theater.â Communications will work because itâs a prerequisite to the Speech Pathologist Specialist Assistant program at our District. Behavior Sciences also work because our local Districts listed AS/BS Social/Behavior Sciences as needed for some of the jobs (they train for) working with autistic kids. Basically everything works accept Child Development. Funny how its called âCommunicationsâ now. I remember the courses/major use to be called âSpeechâ or âSpeech Communicationsâ back in the 1990s. Okay than you. I'm heavily thinking of taking the Intro to Business course. Especially since it' applys to everything. I'll post the course below. Thanks!
KayV Wrote:I thought I had posted this in another thread, but whoops it looks like I didn't. Here is what a BA in Communications from TESC would look like, just so you can get an idea. If you took some business credits (Intro to Business, Principles of Supervision, that sort of thing) to fill up your free electives, you would be able to put a business communications spin on your rÃsumÃ.
(And as a teacher with 24 years of experience, I can only say that if you are looking for a job to support a family, Early Childhood Education is not the field for you.)
TESC BA Communications
I. General Education Requirements
1. ENGL 01A: English Composition. 4.00C
2. ENGL 02: Intro to College Writing. 3.00C
3. Need ALEKS Intermediate Algebra 3
4. CIS 28: Microsoft Office. 3.00C
5. Need TECEP/SL Intro to Computers 3
6. THA 02A: Beginning Acting 3.50C
7. History 05: United States History 3.00C
8. AST 01: Intro to Astronomy. 3.00C
9. ANTA 01: Physical Anthropology 3.00C
10. History 02: History of the Freedom and Civil Rights Movement. 3.00C
11. Humanities 18: Images of Women in Film / History of Women in Film 3.00C
12. ANTH 02: Cultural Anthropology 3.00C
13. Need Straighterline Business Ethics and Society 3
14. Need Straighterline Intro to Sociology 3
15. THA 09: Acting for Film and TV 3.00C
16. THA 02B - Intermediate Acting. 3.50C
17. THA 24: Theater Costume/Make-Up 3.00C
18. PSY 01: Intro to Psychology. 3.00C
19. THA 20: Theater Stagecrafts 3.00C
20. Health 10H,M,N: Domestic Violence, Healthful Eating, Menâs Health. â 1.50C.
II. Area of Study: Communications (33 hours)
1. Speech 01 (AKA Communications 101): Intro to Speech. 3.00C
2. Need Penn Foster Interpersonal Communication (COM-330) 3UL
3. Journalism 02: News Reporting & Writing (JOU-110) 3.00C
4. CNSE 10 Intro to Telecommunications (CAP-299) 3.00C
5. Need TECEP Technical Writing (ENG-201) 3
6. Need TECEP Public Relations Thought & Practice (COM-210) 3
7. Need TECEP Managerial Communications (COM-373) 3UL
8. Need Straighterline Business Communications (COM-300) 3UL
9. Need TECEP Marketing Communications (MAR-321) 3UL
10. Need LSU Independent Study CMST 2063 Argumentation and Debate (COM-380) 3UL
11. Need LIB-495 Liberal Arts Capstone 3UL
III. Free Electives (27 hours, need 25)
1. PE 02B: Body Conditioning/Free Weights. 1.50C
2. HE 10A â Alcohol Awareness. 0.50C
3. Need at least 9 hours/ 3 of any TECEPs to qualify for Pay Per Credit tuition plan
4. Need 16 more hours of Anything (no-cost Kaplan PLA 3, NFA 3, TEEX Cybersecurity 6; more TECEP/SL/Saylor/ Anything)