Help me in the right direction [Environmental Sciences/Biology/Ecology]

[dfrecore]

Hi dfrecore,

I appreciate your answer, however, I don't mind doing courses. I want to start now to get a head start, but if I'm not finished by the time I get back to the US, that's okay, that was never the plan. I just need the courses to be online. Of course, they are gonna cost money. That's education, right?

As for my graded courses, look at my first post, I already added them. Most of my classes were As en Bs, so they should give me a GPA to start with.

I think for now, I might need some help with general education requirements, I'm missing. Even it's just 4 courses I'll do online through alternative credits, that's fine, then I already have those courses. I just need the right ones.

As for the master I wanna do, I don't know yet. Still searching, but they mostly do require sciences: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, ... By but-in-seat courses, do you actually mean doing that in a traditional B&M college, where you go to class every week, of do online courses count as well?

Thanks,

Andrew

I saw your courses, you're pretty set on the Gen Ed's already. You won't have a lot to do with any of the Big 3.

By butt-in-seat, yes, this means science courses at a B&M college with labs. Some schools will even specifically say "no online science courses will be accepted." So you need to keep that in mind with the science-based degree program. And since those courses build on each other, it will take a while to get through them all when you get back, going a semester at a time.

Also, with a GPA, yours is fine - but some schools will want to look at the GPA specifically for your science courses or pre-req courses. For an MBA at ENMU for instance, they look at your overall GPA, and then ALSO the GPA for 9 required pre-req courses that you need. Some MA programs will have something similar. So you need to really think it through as you plan this out.

In looking at TESU's degrees, they do not have most of the required courses for the Environmental Studies degree, nor for the Biology degree. So, I would say that you should look elsewhere for this, as it's probably not a great choice for you (those particular degrees at that particular school). I don't know EC or COSC well enough to help with that, but others here will be able to help more.