Need 4 classes for AA in Gen, help with degree plan

[davewill]

Thank you so much!!!!  This is very, very helpful!  I'm not sure what the residency waiver is and I know I haven't paid for it yet.

If you don't earn at least 16 credits directly from TESU using online or guided study courses, you have to pay a $2500 residency waiver fee ($2200 with SDC discount) when you apply for graduation. TESU charges the same fee for both associates and bachelor's degrees which is why we almost never recommend associate's degrees at TESU. In your shoes, I would pick a degree (probably BSBA Marketing), and have advising add that to your student record right away. That will get you a second academic eval that shows your progress on that degree. It won't have any effect on your associate's. You can then begin to fill in the courses needed for that degree. I would recommend either skipping the associate's, or scheduling it within a year of your bachelor's being awarded as @dfrecore mentioned.

EDIT: I just realized that you already have 11 credits at TESU that count towards residency. Since you have to take the 3 credit capstone to get a bachelors anyway, (which which would make 14 credits) you only need two more resident credits to fulfill the 16 credit residency. It would actually be cheaper for you to go ahead and take one more course so you don't have to pay the waiver. The only sticking point is that you can't take the capstone until the bachelor's is almost done, therefore it won't help you with residency for the associate's unless you are willing to wait and get them at the same time.