At the finish line - switching from TESU to EC

[Supermind]

Well I've finally reached the finish line. The last class I'll need to take.

I was planning to finish with TESU in BALS. I just finished three Study.com courses to cover the missing GE courses. ENG II and Am Government. Added Information Literacy just for kicks and finished all within 3 days.

So as I started reviewing the requirements for the TESU capstone it kind of stuck me that the BALS Capstone requires a 25 page paper. With my time constraints this was a pretty big commitment to me. I was also preparing for that $2200 residency waiver fee.

It got me thinking again about EC. So I started looking and realized I could finish either the BALA or a BSLA. The Capstone was much more broken up and I could do an 8 or 15 week session. The administrative fee for multi-source credits (aka residency) was about 1/2 that of TESU.

So I've pulled the trigger on the EC BSLA. Sent the remainder of my transcripts over for a new evaluation. At 152 credits and over 60 UL it should be a no brainer now.

Anyone have any experience with EC's updated Liberal Arts capstone? I don't see many posts on it here. The format based on the syllabus seems pretty ok.

EC BSLA, 2019 (in progess)
PMP, 2010
CCAF AAS, 2003
EXAMS: CLEP/DSST - Analysis and Inter of Lit, Management Information Systems, Social Sciences and History, College Math, Humanities, Ethics in America, Intro to Computing, Freshman College Comp, Principles of Supervision, Into to Business
COURSES: EC Capstone, Study.com Eng II, Am Government, Info Lit
LA/IT COURSES: Bellevue Univ (24cr), UMUC(9cr), Catholic Univ (12cr), Washington State Univ (3cr), CCAF (54cr)

I am almost about to finish the Lib. 495 Capstone at TESU, and can share my experience. Like you, I too feared the idea of a 25-page Capstone. I am fairly good at writing; I wouldn’t say I am an exceptional writer. But believe me, if you have selected a good Capstone topic, particularly one that you are interested in, and if you are able to review a good number of pertinent sources, you might easily exceed 25 pages. Personally, I think the extent of research (online or on-field) makes all the difference. The more you read/survey/interview and gather data for your project, the more ideas you develop, more connections form in your mind, and you would be able to easily meet the 25-page criterion. Also, like another member has commented here, the whole process is broken up into 5 assignments- and each only need be about 5 pages long. The 6th assignment- the final Capstone project- is basically all about incorporating the professor’s corrections/suggestions in your previous five assignments, and putting them all together to make one complete project. So, it is not as terrifying as you imagine. It is doable. Also, working 2 hours each day feels quite sufficient to produce a good quality paper. You have 2 weeks for each assignment.