Fastest not cheapest way to a bachelors degree?

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There are so many options to get a BSBA, it's almost mind-boggling. The fastest way is to test out, and for some people it's a great option. For others, they may prefer to take self-paced online courses. It's hard to tell you the exact fastest way to get all of your courses if you're not yet sure which way you want to do it.

You need to look at the degree requirements, and then look at the options you have for getting the requirements done. I'm not sure at COSC, but I know there are 2 good ways to get this info: 1) TESU's website Bachelor of Science in Business Administration Degree Program and choose an option. General Management is the most popular on this forum. And 2) go to Sanantone's wiki page to see what the options are for both the General Education (top section) of the degree Sanantone's TESC General Education Options After July 1, 2015 - Degree Forum Wiki - Wikia and the General Management (lower section) of the degree: Sanantone's TESC BSBA in General Management After July 1, 2015 - Degree Forum Wiki - Wikia

If you want to see what a degree plan looks like, I have a generic one for TESU General Management, and you could replace all of the Saylor courses (if you wanted) with some other options from Sanantone's list instead. I think most people here will agree that Saylor is not normally the fastest way to get a course done, unless you chose to just take the exams without going through the course (it's only $25 per exam, so not the worst idea in the world).

You also need to familiarize yourself with the different options:
CLEP - exams, accepted by the most schools

DSST - exams, accepted by fewer schools, but has more options than CLEP for UL credit

Saylor - MOOC, 22 courses accepted by ACE, format is that the course is free, but you have to have an online proctored final exam to get credit (coursework doesn't count towards the "grade"), $25 per proctored exam

Straighterline (SL) - offers online courses, online proctored final, quizzes, midterms & final exam (for most courses), all count towards "grade"; $99/mo membership fee + course fee (varies), so the more courses you can take in a month, the less you pay per credit

ALEKS - online math courses, non-proctored, print-based (as opposed to video-based); you can take 4 courses as quickly as you can for credit at TESU, $20/mo

Kaplan Open PLA - free online course, 3cr of Gen Ed - no need to take course, just take 7 end-of-module quizzes, score 70% and you're done

The Institutes Insurance Ethics course - free online course, 2cr towards Ethics, no need to take course, just take quiz, score 70% and you're done

UExcel - exams that are taken at Pearson VUE testing centers, get credit through Excelsior U, $145 and up each

TECEP - online proctored exams from TESU, $114 each

CSU-Global - online proctored exams, course material to study included in cost, lost of UL exams, credit comes through the college on their transcript, $250 each

There are more options, but it would take too long to list them all.