08-24-2018, 08:24 AM
This is definitely an interesting question that may need further clarification (in writing) from TESU.
On both their website Award of Degree Policy and on page 182 of the 2018 TESU Catalog, there is no mention that a simultaneous Associates or Bachelors degree must be from the same "school" in order to be awarded within the same graduation cycle that I can discern. In fact, it simply says the 2nd degree must have either 12 (Associates) or 24 (Bachelors) "different" credits in the 2nd degree. Seems like the unrelated capstone in this instance would be part of the "different" credits. The additional/unique general education requirements as well as the separate AOS would maybe be part of those different credits. But there does not seem to be any mention of restricting this the "same school" degree program. It actually seems that if you want to do a second area of study within the same school, that you would declare a second Area of Study instead.
The policy regarding needing to bring in " 24 new" credits appears to only apply when a student returns for a 2nd degree at TESU and/or has already earned a 1st degree from a previous school. There is a similar TESU Blog Post dated July 25, 2014 that does not address simultaneous second degrees, but does state the same policy in regards to earning a 2nd degree AFTER a first degree has been earned, as well as the policy on earning a dual AOS within the same degree program. In the latter case, the author states the process is similar to declaring a double major and that since the general education requirements are the same, unlike a separate degree program where the general education requirements may not be, that the only requirement is to fulfill the 2nd AOS with no more than 9 credits being permitted to overlap both area of studies. I believe the capstone in this case would not need to be repeated either since it is essentially the same so it would not make much sense and with the allowance of 9 credits overlapping in the AOS (the capstone course falls into the AOS) this would be 3 of the overlapping credits towards your allowance of 9 max. Another example may be where you declare a dual area of study (Math/CS) and some of the math required in the AOS for the CS is also required in the AOS for the Math program..so you could double dip up to a max of 9 total credits between both programs. Anything else would need to be new.
That is the best understanding I can get reading their website, their blog, and their current catalog on this policy. I think someone here said the policies were recently changed, so I would definitely consult TESU for clarification. If this is a recent change, the policy may even depend on which catalog year you are locked into as well.
On both their website Award of Degree Policy and on page 182 of the 2018 TESU Catalog, there is no mention that a simultaneous Associates or Bachelors degree must be from the same "school" in order to be awarded within the same graduation cycle that I can discern. In fact, it simply says the 2nd degree must have either 12 (Associates) or 24 (Bachelors) "different" credits in the 2nd degree. Seems like the unrelated capstone in this instance would be part of the "different" credits. The additional/unique general education requirements as well as the separate AOS would maybe be part of those different credits. But there does not seem to be any mention of restricting this the "same school" degree program. It actually seems that if you want to do a second area of study within the same school, that you would declare a second Area of Study instead.
The policy regarding needing to bring in " 24 new" credits appears to only apply when a student returns for a 2nd degree at TESU and/or has already earned a 1st degree from a previous school. There is a similar TESU Blog Post dated July 25, 2014 that does not address simultaneous second degrees, but does state the same policy in regards to earning a 2nd degree AFTER a first degree has been earned, as well as the policy on earning a dual AOS within the same degree program. In the latter case, the author states the process is similar to declaring a double major and that since the general education requirements are the same, unlike a separate degree program where the general education requirements may not be, that the only requirement is to fulfill the 2nd AOS with no more than 9 credits being permitted to overlap both area of studies. I believe the capstone in this case would not need to be repeated either since it is essentially the same so it would not make much sense and with the allowance of 9 credits overlapping in the AOS (the capstone course falls into the AOS) this would be 3 of the overlapping credits towards your allowance of 9 max. Another example may be where you declare a dual area of study (Math/CS) and some of the math required in the AOS for the CS is also required in the AOS for the Math program..so you could double dip up to a max of 9 total credits between both programs. Anything else would need to be new.
That is the best understanding I can get reading their website, their blog, and their current catalog on this policy. I think someone here said the policies were recently changed, so I would definitely consult TESU for clarification. If this is a recent change, the policy may even depend on which catalog year you are locked into as well.
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