HELP..Newbie looking for Liberal Arts for Teaching Help!!!

[natshar]

Hi again,

I'm liking the WGU route, do you think I should send my transcripts or talk to admissions to see where my 90 units stand ? Also can you elaborate on the 6 month term? Do you mean that it allows you to finish your degree in 6 months as long as you have 90 acceptable credits?

6-month terms mean that you pay for 6 months at a time, and you can take as many courses as you like during that 6 month period. If you transfer in 90 credits, that gives you 6 months to complete the last 30 credits (10 courses), which is generally pretty easy to do. That would allow you to graduate and pay like $3,500 for the degree.

The only potential rub is that with the teacher's college you do have a practical aspect where you'll earn experience teaching at a local school, so the schedule will also depend on finding a school and finishing that work experience on a schedule that meets the 6-month timing. Some districts can take some time to get into from what I've read.

I think, but am not certain, that you cannot finish a teaching degree at WGU in 1 term.  It's just not allowed.  But, I could be mixing that up with nursing, or I could just have misunderstood something I read.

Anyway, I'd verify with WGU if you want to go there.

I've done a fair amount of research into this degree since I have a friend who is considering getting going into elementary education. I don't recall reading anything about restrictions on graduation timing, but you could be right. I'll need to check the forums to see if I can find any examples of people who have done it or were denied the option. I know I have seen posts from people completing the RN to BSN program in one term.

If there is an issue with finishing in one term in the teacher's college, it is probably due to the preclinical observation and demonstrative aspects of licensure, particularly when combined with the order of course completion. Plus I expect that it will be hard to find enough relevant transfer credits to make up 90 credits, so more than likely it will just be the GE's and perhaps some of the foundational education courses transferred in.

There was a post about someone on this fourm finishing their degree coursework in one term (after transferring in the rest via CLEP, SDC, etc.). However, you also need to do student teaching which is one term and has to be done after your courses are done. This may be what you are talking about.

So it would look like this:

1 term of online coursework + 1 separate term of student teaching = minimum of 2 terms to finish a degree