COSC Business Degree planning - Step 1

[ztkerls]

Hey guys,

I am the one who posted the degree plan you are referencing. That posting was a little old. I have my upper-level classes mainly done now. Here is the breakdown of what worked for me for my major:
Institutes - Insurance Ethics: 2 Credits
Shmoop - Shakespeare's Plays: 3 Credit
Shmoop - Victorian Literature: 3 Credits
Shmoop - The Bible as Literature: 3 Credits
Shmoop - Geometry: 2 Credits
Straighterline - Organizational Behavior: 3 Credits
Straighterline - Business Ethics: 3 Credits
COSC - Industrial/Organizational Psychol: 3 Credits
COSC - Social Psychology: 3 Credits
COSC - Psychology of Personality: 3 Credits

So basically the only truly upper-level classes I had to take was the 3 Pyschs at COSC and the Capstone. I only took the psychology classes at COSC because grants and scholarships made it free if I was full-time. Those classes could be taken anywhere.

I think I understand their system right now. If a class comes in for evaluation, they first check to see if there is a similar class taught at COSC. If there is then they apply whatever level they have for that class to the transfer class. That is why all the lower level classes above came in as upper-level. COSC teaches a "The Bible as Literature" class so I took the shmoop version hoping for upper-level and got it. If COSC does not have a corresponding class then they go by the ACE recommendation for the level as an elective. Lastly, COSC has a corresponding class that is lower-level and the ACE recommendation is upper-level, they will give you upper-level credit.

Looking at the classes you have completed I would expect upper-level credit for:
2 Credits: Institutes Insurance Ethics
3 Credits: Shmoops The Bible as Literature
3 Credits: Shmoops Shakespeare's Plays
3 Credits: Straighterlines Organizational Behavior (AOS)
3 Credits: Study.com Advanced Operations Management (AOS)
3 Credits: Study.com Logistics and Supply Chain Management (AOS)
3 Credits: Study.com Managerial Communication (AOS)
3 Credits: Study.com Global Marketing (AOS)

I do not know Study.com that well but I think I got them all. History of Technology, Media Literacy and Cyber Security for Everyone all come in as lower level electives. This gives you 23 upper-level credits. The Institutes ethics does not work for the ethics requirements at COSC. I recommend Straighterline's Business Ethics. It will come in as upper-level 3 credits and fulfill the ethics requirement. That would put you at 26 Credits. You need 15 upper-level class in your AOS excluding the capstone. You have that already! Once you have the capstone, you will have 29 upper-level credits. So you will need to take 1 more upper-level class in any subject. Any of the Shmoop classes that I got upper-level for that you didn't may be able to get you over 30. Also, your Vietnam War class may come in as upper-level since I do believe they have an upper-level class for it.

Regardless, I think you should apply asap. I did not look too hard, but I feel like you are very close to only having to take the Cornerstone and the Capstone. Take note that you can not start your capstone until the semester after your cornerstone. If you apply now, you might be able to get into next months Cornerstone session and graduate in the summer. Let me know if you have any other questions that I might be able to help with.