Doing things a little backwards at TESC?

[dfrecore]

I'm not super familiar with PLA, so I'm just going by what I've read on TESC's website, and the forum here. I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong!

All my assumptions are that you are out-of-state, the prices for courses/Tuition Plans might change if you're in-state, but the rationale is the same.

You take PLA 100/200, then you submit PLA's for review. You pay for those with a PLA Fee, which you would pay for whatever plan you're on. So there's no savings there for being on the comprehensive plan. Then, the fees are low (relatively speaking): $379 for the first 12cr, then $215 for each additional 6cr you want assessed. So for 24cr, it would only be $1239. This is the cost whether you are in-state or out-of-state.

I'm not seeing where the comprehensive plan will work for you. You don't get the 36cr in the same way you would normally, as each PLA credit doesn't cost the same as a course would at the school. I could have this wrong, but I don't think you need to do the comprehensive plan at all, or even the enrolled options: neither of them get your PLA's assessed for the included price. The only reason to do the Enrolled Options plan is if you were going to take at least 4 courses (12cr) at TESC - before that, it's cheaper to do Per-Credit. Since you're only doing 3cr for the PLA courses, plus 3cr for the capstone, and most of the TESC courses can be found elsewhere for a lot less, you're better off sticking with Per-Credit.