The Shortest Route to an accredited Bachelor's Degree = BS in Liberal Arts

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I've always found TESU's plans much easier to navigate than Excelsior's. The requirements seem more straightforward. But if this works best for, great, go with what works for you

When I was applying to all of the Big 3 schools, I found Excelsior's requirements harder to figure out. It's mostly because of the lack of information they give you on their website, and the terrible preliminary evaluation they give. The depth requirements also restrain you more than TESU's liberal studies AOS requirements. TESU's general education requirements are now the most specific out of all the Big 3, but they clearly tell you on the website what can fulfill those requirements. I dreaded having to meet the speech requirement, but with Straighterline, it was super easy to complete. The ethics requirement is also easy (and free) to meet with the Institutes course, which only requires the passing of an exam you can take multiple times. I forgot all the details, but I know Excelsior is very picky about what they accept for their English requirements. TESU's information literacy requirement can be fulfilled with a variety of exams, whereas, Excelsior's has to be a course titled Information Literacy.

Excelsior's BS in LA is a good option for those transferring in a lot of non-liberal arts credits they've already earned due to the large amount of applied credits that can be included. Although, I recommend that people put in a little extra effort to earn a more specialized degree with some value.

The website Life Long Learning linked to appears to be a little inaccurate and is definitely out of date. If I remember correctly, TESU stopped accepting FEMAs before or around the same time they switched to LEAP. Also, the Network Technology TECEP can't be used in general education, and Udacity was never able to offer its ACE-approved courses and, subsequently, dropped the dropped ACE recommendations altogether. Additionally, that page is old and covers the old LEAP requirements. TESU made some additional changes last year.