Big 3 Timeline (EC, TESU, COSC)

[sanantone]

TESU allowed you to completely test out including the capstone with a business degree until about 2016.  But they required a capstone for the non-BSBA for as long as I can remember.

They started requiring a capstone for the BA degrees around 2013 or later. I didn't have to take a capstone course, and I graduated at the end of 2011.

Ah.  I came to this forum in 2011 (as a lurker) and then officially joined in 2013, so that's why I can't remember the BA w/o capstone.

Also, TESU allowed you to use TECEP's for residency, and test out of the capstone, so you could get a BSBA for roughly $1000 in TECEP fees, and maybe $500 in other fees.  The BA would cost about $875 for TECEPs and then the tuition for the capstone plus fees.  Maybe $2000ish.  It was a good deal, but not one that I think could last forever...as it hasn't.

Yeah, the per credit tuition plan has only been around for about five years, and they only allowed TECEPs and portfolio assessments to count toward the residency requirement for a couple of years. When I earned my first degrees, there was only the option to pay a nearly $3,000 enrollment fee or choose the comprehensive tuition plan. I paid the enrollment fee. I'd rather pay the enrollment fee instead of being required to take a cornerstone and capstone, but I guess TESU has standards now. TESU used to also award UL credit for CC courses if the course titles and descriptions matched those of UL courses in the PLA database.