Advice on when to contact TESU about degree plan

[alzee]

As soon as you've applied and been admitted, you can email advising@tesu.edu as often as you like with questions like that. They don't cost a thing. Usually they are answered within 24h. Quick tip though: Ask only ONE question per email, and keep it SIMPLE. The more conditional statements and exceptions you pile onto your question, the less likely they are to read it completely before answering. Asking more than one question per message usually results in only the first question being answered.

IMHO you should apply as soon as possible, then take one course or TECEP you know you're going to need as soon as possible, in order to get yourself enrolled and on a catalog. Until you are actually enrolled, nothing that anyone at advising (or on these forums) tells you about your plan is set in stone or anything with a greater consistency than jello pudding.