Need Help with Degree Completion Strategy

[rebel100]

I wondered how long it would take you to migrate over here from the "other" forum. Welcome aboard, I think you will get more situation specific advice over here. (the other group is really great at Masters level stuff, they don't deal with the undergrad stuff everyday).

I suspect you will look for a bit and settle on the TESU BSBA, it's incredibly test friendly and should set you up nicely to enter grad school.

TESU isn't my area of expertise (though they are a great choice), I will quickly detail COSC for you though. Use this as a very rough price calculator: CLEP/DSST $100, Straighterline (SL) $150 or so,and Penn Foster (PF) $237.

https://www.charteroak.edu/catalog/curre...ements.cfm

https://www.charteroak.edu/exams/exams-master-list.pdf

A quick glance reveals that you need the following General Eds at Charter, all 3 credits unless noted:

English Conp 1&2...DONE (I think)
Oral...get it waived
Ethics: DSST or Straighterline (SL probably easiest). The DSST Business Ethics is also Upper Level at COSC
US History/Gov.: CLEP, SL, PF
Non US History and Global Understanding: The DSST or SL World Religions Courses satisfy both requirements.
Lit& Fine Art...DONE (Water Color)
Social/Behavioral Science: DONE
Math: DONE
Natural Science 7 total credits required, (1 credit lab required): You have 4 credits including lab, need any 3 credit science, CLEP/DSST/PF/SL all have offerings.
So you need 4 General Ed Classes, which would bring you to 77 credits plus whatever those Real Estate Courses count as. Complete those 4 classes for about $400 plus the cornerstone ($1200), pay the fee’s of around $300 and you would have your AS degree (something around $2000 total). 40 some odd additional credits with at least 30 of those at the Upper Level (300 and 400 level) and you would have the Bachelors.
On the Bachelors, I would probably opt for a primary concentration in Organizational leadership with a second concentration in CS. The former could mostly be completed via PF, the later by exam through CSU-Global Challenge. The Capstone at $1200, fee’s of $300 or so, the PF $1185 (5 courses), the CSU $1000 (4 course) $3600, might need a few more CLEP/DSST, but under $4000

So you could do it there in less than a year for around $6000 all in.

Now I don’t know where you plan to pursue that Masters, but take a look at the Harvard Extension School MS Finance or Management. You gain admission by completing 3 courses with a “B” or better, there are only 12 courses in the program, low residency (probably doable via Hybrid course where you just spend the weekend in Cambridge), you get all that Harvard brand to impress investors, and the whole thing is something like $29K.
https://www.extension.harvard.edu/academ...te-degrees

https://www.extension.harvard.edu/academ...nce-degree