Some guideance and questions

[davewill]

So how do you get the AA along with a bsba in gen mgmt? I am on the Gen mgmt degree path, bit would love to add an AA if it is free and little hassle. How does one go about doing that and what do I get if I do add an AA? Thanks!

Figure out which associate's you'd like to earn and ask advising to add it to your account. It's a separate degree, so it doesn't matter what your bachelor's is. What you get is a diploma for the associates's degree in addition to the diploma for your bachelor's, and the right to list both of them on your resume. You may have extra courses to do besides what's needed for your bachelor's depending on the associate's you pick. If you have a bachelor's, there's not much reason to get an associate's too, in most cases. Some people see benefit in getting an associate's that's different from their bachelor's, like an ASNSM-CS while getting their BSBA-GM, but that kind of thing would definitely require courses that wouldn't normally exist in your BSBA plan. It's a personal call.

The equation changes if you think there might be a reason that your bachelor's will be delayed or not happen at all. Then I think an associate's can be quite useful. However, in that case, TESU is the wrong place to get the associate's as the fees become too high if you don't finish the bachelor's within a year of the associate's. If you're in that boat, I recommend looking at Pierpont and the BOG AAS, which can be gotten for free as long as you have at least 12 credits from an RA school (like community college).