TESU - Another change for 2019 - Tuition option

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My math isn't wrong. It's more cost effective. If you take 16 credits, it means no residency waiver and you can pick up a a few hard to get courses that you need.

TESU must have done research and realized that most students don't need 36 credits in a year, but need 16 credits a term to graduate, and that students aren't too happy to pay that residency waiver.

Considering most of us may finish a course in a few days, it's a lot of time to play with. 3 months is a whole lot of time, like doing the capstone I felt it was taking FOREVER.

If you put the same effort on speed on these courses as we do on SDC and SL, its possible to do 16 credits in 3 months quite easily. The exception I think would be math courses like Calc III, Linear Algebra etc but the History and Comm guys have a real opportunity here!

@CarpeDiem8 You're right! A BALS degree with a concentration will be MUCH cheaper and easier now! Since you can pick up most courses from most concentrations and it's only one or 2 courses missing.

As it stands it's cheaper than paying residency waiver fee, the required info lit course and the capstone. In addition you would be able to take any courses you missed.

CS majors would also be able to take courses that interest them, like me I really wanted to do that Artificial Intelligence course TESU had. If I were starting over now. I would pay for this, since SDC has most of the courses I need, I probably would have done the PLA-100, Capstone, Info Lit, Artificial Intelligence, Assembly Language and Advanced Microprocessors and there is my 16 credits! Do courses you want without the residency waiver burden.

That 1 credit TESU expects you to take, I have a hunch it may be the PLA-100.

This change is GOOD as it allows students to receive the education they want, it opens doors to doing courses you can't find through alt credit and gives you more variety, not to mention it's cheaper.

Will it be easy? Probably not, unless you enjoy the courses! For me doing AI, Assembly Language and Advanced Microprocessors would have been a blast, I even read the book they use for their AI course in my free time. Once you enjoy what you are doing this is a very good deal and will help a lot of students.

Good job TESU, I think this is good change.