02-13-2019, 11:22 PM
Since there seems to be so much confusion regarding the natural world sequence requirements for the BSTS, my husband decided to try to preplan them prior to investing time and money into potentially the wrong courses.
He sent this email to academic advising:
According to my current evaluation in order to complete my BSTS I still need the following courses:
Information Literacy
Civic Engagement
Natural World
I would like to go ahead and get preapproval and preplan the following courses to meet my remaining credits:
Information Literacy | Study.com | Library Science 101: Information Literacy (NCCRS) - completed
Civic Engagement | Davar Academy | POS 101 American Government (NCCRS) - completed
Natural World | Study.com | Physics 101: Intro to Physics (ACE)
Natural World | Straighterline | General Physics 1 Lab PHY250L (ACE)
Natural World | Ed4Credit | CHM130: General Chemistry 1 (ACE)
Natural World | Straighterline | General Chemistry 1 Lab CHEM101L (ACE)
This was the response:
In regard to your request, and as per policy, we do not pre-plan courses that are recommended for credit by either the National College Credit Recommendation Services or the American Council on Education. This planning is restricted due to each organization's reserved right to re-equate coursework at their discretion.
In addition to this policy, we no longer accept credit in transfer for Living in the Information Age (SOS-110) from Study.com
Course transfer equivalencies and areas of applicability below:
He took the cornerstone in August 2018. He took the SDC Library Science course in September 2018 prior to his capstone, but apparently SDC never sent the transcript he requested then. They have since received it, but do not appear to have reviewed it yet. Why did the adviser bring up Living in the Information Age (SOS-110)? Is the adviser suggesting that is the only course now that will fill the Information Literacy requirement? Or that the SDC course would be a duplicate now? This is very confusing.
Also how can he be certain the science courses will work as planned if he can not get TESU to pre-plan them and the catalog and website can no longer be trusted as accurate?
He sent this email to academic advising:
According to my current evaluation in order to complete my BSTS I still need the following courses:
Information Literacy
Civic Engagement
Natural World
I would like to go ahead and get preapproval and preplan the following courses to meet my remaining credits:
Information Literacy | Study.com | Library Science 101: Information Literacy (NCCRS) - completed
Civic Engagement | Davar Academy | POS 101 American Government (NCCRS) - completed
Natural World | Study.com | Physics 101: Intro to Physics (ACE)
Natural World | Straighterline | General Physics 1 Lab PHY250L (ACE)
Natural World | Ed4Credit | CHM130: General Chemistry 1 (ACE)
Natural World | Straighterline | General Chemistry 1 Lab CHEM101L (ACE)
This was the response:
In regard to your request, and as per policy, we do not pre-plan courses that are recommended for credit by either the National College Credit Recommendation Services or the American Council on Education. This planning is restricted due to each organization's reserved right to re-equate coursework at their discretion.
In addition to this policy, we no longer accept credit in transfer for Living in the Information Age (SOS-110) from Study.com
Course transfer equivalencies and areas of applicability below:
- Davar Academy American Government (DAPOS101) will transfer in as American Government and may be applied to the Section B, Civic Learning requirement
- Straighterline General Chemistry I lab (OOSL0016) will transfer in as Chemisty I Lab (CHE-128) until 04/30/21 and may be applied to the Section D, Natural World Requirement
- Straighterline General Physics I Lab (OOSL0085) will transfer in as Physics I Lab (PHY-128) until 04/30/21 and may be applied to the Section D, Natural World Requirement
- Study.com Introduction to Physics (SCPHY101) will transfer in as Physics I Lecture (PHY-111) until 9/30/2020 and may be applied to the Section D, Natural World Requirement
- Ed4credit General Chemistry (EDFC0023) will transfer in as General Chemistry I Lecture (CHE-111) until 10/31/2019 and may be applied to the Section D, Natural World Requirement
He took the cornerstone in August 2018. He took the SDC Library Science course in September 2018 prior to his capstone, but apparently SDC never sent the transcript he requested then. They have since received it, but do not appear to have reviewed it yet. Why did the adviser bring up Living in the Information Age (SOS-110)? Is the adviser suggesting that is the only course now that will fill the Information Literacy requirement? Or that the SDC course would be a duplicate now? This is very confusing.
Also how can he be certain the science courses will work as planned if he can not get TESU to pre-plan them and the catalog and website can no longer be trusted as accurate?
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