Greetings everyone,
I've been a longtime reader of degree forum but decided to join today to solicit some guidance on the best path forward at one of the "Big Three" toward the completion of a baccalaureate degree.
To begin, I should say that I have a very unorthodox educational history. For instance, I am currently 21 credits into a 30 credit Masters of Arts (in religion) at a local regionally accredited university. I was admitted without a bachelors degree, as some seminaries and theological institutions have provisions for this sort of thing. (Long story short, I received a lot of unaccredited training that qualified me to be able to study at the graduate level). I currently have a 4.0 and have 3 eight-week courses left.
To add to that I discerned about a year ago that I wanted to pursue a Doctor of Chiropractic degree, and set out to fulfill the bare minimum admissions standards (of 90 credit hours, 24 in the natural and physical sciences, half with labs). I have, as of this week, been admitted to a D.C. program at a local university.
That said, I live on the state line between two state governments that have conflicted licensure requirements for my intended profession. While one side doesn't require a baccalaureate degree for chiropractic licensure, the other side (and several other states) does. With that said, I'm looking for the most efficient (and yes), the quickest, way to earn a bachelors degree in any subject at a regionally accredited college. Ideally, I would like to do this before I graduate with my M.A. in December, and I'd like to get the bulk of it done before I start classes in my D.C. program on May 13th.
Over the past year I have taken several CLEP exams, and this past week several StraighterLine courses, and earned some conventional credit at a local Community College, which amounts to:
CLEP (30 Hours):
Analyzing and Interpreting Lit - 3
English Comp - 6
American Government - 3
Natural Sciences - 3
History and Social Sciences - 6
Principles of Marketing - 3
Information Systems - 3
Human Growth and Development - 3
StraighterLine (11 Hours):
Microbiology - 3
Anatomy and Physiology I - 3
A&P I Lab - 1
Anatomy and Physiology II - 3
A&P II Lab - 1
Community College (20 Hours):
General Biology w/ Lab - 5
Introductory Chemistry For Health Sciences w/ Lab - 5
Human Nutrition - 3
General Psychology - 3
Human Communication - 3
(State) Constitution - 1
Aside from this I have some non-ACE evaluated professional training that an (ATS accredited) seminary transcripted as 20 graduate "pass" hours (they operate on a total pass/fail grading system) that are unapplied to any program currently. I have 12 hours in culinary arts transcripted from 12 or so years ago, but they are also "pass" hours. So I'm unsure what schools (if any) might be able to make use of this. It seems that Excelsior doesn't accept hours such as these.
I have found that I can complete StraighterLine courses in a day or two, so ideally would like to make use of as many of those as possible.
Thanks for your guidance/input!
I've been a longtime reader of degree forum but decided to join today to solicit some guidance on the best path forward at one of the "Big Three" toward the completion of a baccalaureate degree.
To begin, I should say that I have a very unorthodox educational history. For instance, I am currently 21 credits into a 30 credit Masters of Arts (in religion) at a local regionally accredited university. I was admitted without a bachelors degree, as some seminaries and theological institutions have provisions for this sort of thing. (Long story short, I received a lot of unaccredited training that qualified me to be able to study at the graduate level). I currently have a 4.0 and have 3 eight-week courses left.
To add to that I discerned about a year ago that I wanted to pursue a Doctor of Chiropractic degree, and set out to fulfill the bare minimum admissions standards (of 90 credit hours, 24 in the natural and physical sciences, half with labs). I have, as of this week, been admitted to a D.C. program at a local university.
That said, I live on the state line between two state governments that have conflicted licensure requirements for my intended profession. While one side doesn't require a baccalaureate degree for chiropractic licensure, the other side (and several other states) does. With that said, I'm looking for the most efficient (and yes), the quickest, way to earn a bachelors degree in any subject at a regionally accredited college. Ideally, I would like to do this before I graduate with my M.A. in December, and I'd like to get the bulk of it done before I start classes in my D.C. program on May 13th.
Over the past year I have taken several CLEP exams, and this past week several StraighterLine courses, and earned some conventional credit at a local Community College, which amounts to:
CLEP (30 Hours):
Analyzing and Interpreting Lit - 3
English Comp - 6
American Government - 3
Natural Sciences - 3
History and Social Sciences - 6
Principles of Marketing - 3
Information Systems - 3
Human Growth and Development - 3
StraighterLine (11 Hours):
Microbiology - 3
Anatomy and Physiology I - 3
A&P I Lab - 1
Anatomy and Physiology II - 3
A&P II Lab - 1
Community College (20 Hours):
General Biology w/ Lab - 5
Introductory Chemistry For Health Sciences w/ Lab - 5
Human Nutrition - 3
General Psychology - 3
Human Communication - 3
(State) Constitution - 1
Aside from this I have some non-ACE evaluated professional training that an (ATS accredited) seminary transcripted as 20 graduate "pass" hours (they operate on a total pass/fail grading system) that are unapplied to any program currently. I have 12 hours in culinary arts transcripted from 12 or so years ago, but they are also "pass" hours. So I'm unsure what schools (if any) might be able to make use of this. It seems that Excelsior doesn't accept hours such as these.
I have found that I can complete StraighterLine courses in a day or two, so ideally would like to make use of as many of those as possible.
Thanks for your guidance/input!