Is a health sciences degree a waste? (Trying to decide on a school)

[KayV]

I started looking at your credits (from what you posted lasted year), and originally thought that TESU Natural Science and Math would be a great choice. When I started plugging those classes in, though, it turned out not to work as well for a variety of reasons. Charter Oak was similarly difficult.

What worked better was from Excelsior: a BSLA with depths in Biology and Psychology. With a BSLA, your science credits being from 1994-97 won't matter, and you can test out of most of the other classes.

This might not fit your needs, but I thought I would throw it out there in case you change plans.

Excelsior College Bachelor of Science in Liberal Arts
Depths in Biology and Psychology

Arts and Sciences Component
WER 1: English Composition I 3
WER 2: English Composition II 3
HUM 1: Humanities 201 3
HUM 2: Humanities 202 3
HUM 3: Need UExcel Bioethics 3UL
SOC 1: Intro to Sociology 3
SOC 2: Intro to Psychology 3
SOC 3: Educational Psychology 3
NSM 1: Precalculus 3
NSM 2: Statistics 3
NSM 3: Botany 3
CAP: Need Liberal Arts Capstone LA 498 3UL
ASE 1: Vertebrate Morphogenesis with Lab 4UL
ASE 2: African-American History 3UL (EC HIS-325)
ASE 3: Need Uexcel Social Psychology PSYX-325 3UL
ASE 4: Need Uexcel Psychology of Adulthood and Aging PSYX-315 3UL
ASE 5: Need UExcel Pathophysiology BIOX-410 3UL
ASE 6: Genetics with Lab 4 (EC BIO-250)
ASE 7: Microbiology with Lab 4 (EC BIO-220)

That takes care of the Arts and Sciences component minimum with 21 upper level hours in Arts and Sciences.

You need nine more hours of upper level credits, either Arts and Sciences or Applied Professional:
DSST Business Ethics 3UL
DSST Substance Abuse 3UL
DSST Intro to Law Enforcement/ Civil War and Reconstruction/ any UL exam etc. 3UL


Within all of your Arts and Sciences credits, you will have two depths: Biology and Psychology.

Depth 1: Vertebrate Morphogenesis with Lab 4UL
Depth 1: Microbiology with Lab 4 (EC BIO-220)
Depth 1: Genetics with Lab 4 (EC BIO-250)

Depth 2: Intro to Psychology 3
Depth 2: Educational Psychology 3
Depth 2: Social Psychology PSYX-325 3UL
Depth 2: Psychology of Adulthood and Aging PSYX-315 3UL

You need one hour of Information Literacy from Excelsior or Coopersmith, and the rest of your degree can be almost any college credit.

Need Information Literacy 1
Speech 3
Spanish 101 3
Spanish 102 3
Spanish 201 3
Spanish 202 3
World Civilization I 3
American History I 3
Health 3
Foundations of Education 3
PE (Archery) 1
PE (Advanced Bowling) 1
General Chemistry I with Lab 4
General Chemistry II with Lab 4
Botany Lab 1
Intro to Biology with Lab 4

After this, you would need 15 hours. You could get that with the CLEP Social Science, CLEP Natural Science, and one more 3-hour exam.