Help with my path to a Bachelor's Degree

[maredabear]

I'm going to be a tiny bit difficult right now because I think you've said a couple of things that might be contradictory, or , at least I don't quite understand your situation.  First, you have an AA in ECE and you're working full-time (I suppose in that field) . . . and you've discovered you don't like it very much and you want to switch careers, getting a Bachelors in the process.  But then you say that you want to get "any Bachelors"  It's an important point I think because the easiest Bachelors to get would probably be a BA in ECE.  If you did that would it help your situation?  At least it's a BA.  Would it be better or worse to get a BA in General Studies or Liberal Arts?  Because that's probably going to be the second easiest BA for you.  Is a BA in Liberal Arts going to improve your situation?  Does it need to be more specific?  The next options are likely to be 1) Business and 2) Psychology.  They are probably the two most common Bachelors degrees offered online and can also be done by "testing out."  How do you react to those ideas?  Your immediate reaction is likely to be indicative of your long-term preferences.  And it's helpful to know because if you simply make a random choice then it's likely that you will spend more time and energy correcting that mistake in the future.  It's worth it to take some time, peruse some websites, looking at course descriptions and get a sense of whether you might actually enjoy the courses.  And if somehow it really doesn't matter which degree you earn  then you can either go for the easiest fastest route or you could get a degree in something that has always captured your attention
Unusual College Degrees (insider.com)
I'm really just joking about those degrees.  It's just to make a point.  I just think it would be a good idea to put some more thought into it up front so that you're more likely to be pleased with the final outcome.  Beyond all that, your basic plan is perfectly sound and a lot of people have done exactly what you're planning.  Best of luck.

I agree with almost everything here; the one thing I disagree with it that the ECE bachelor's degree will probably NOT be the easiest degree to get - you'll need a bunch of UL ECE courses, which are difficult to find inexpensively.  I think that will be one of the more difficult, more expensive degrees to get.

Let me clarify, I work for a model preschool in a Community College, students come here for internships and we provide childcare services for the college. Due to the pandemic, the preschool was closed down and we were relocated into different departments while we wait for the center to reopen. I am working an office job currently in safety and risk management and this time away has given me time to reflect. I would like to work in a library. How would I go about that?

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What career path are you hoping to pursue? There are a number of different options but it depends on what you want to do after graduation. Also, could you post the names of the courses (not just their numbers).

I would really like to work in a library or some type of archival position. Let me figure out how to edit my post to add the course names and specify.

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Here are the Credits updated

Current Regional Accredited Credits: 
Laredo College: # 70 hours
KINE 1133 Bowling I , 1.000, A
ENGL 1301 Composition I, 3.000, B
TECA 1311 Educating Young Children, 3.000, B
ENGL 1302 Composition II, 3.00, A
MATH 1314 College Algebra, 3.00, A
SPCH 1311 Intro to Speech Communicatn, 3.00, A
TECA 1318 Wellness of the Young Child, 3.00, B
CDEC 1313 Curr Resrces Early Chldhd Prog, 3.00, A
TECA 1354 Child Growth and Development, 3.00, A
CDEC 1319 Child Guidance, 3.00, A
CDEC 1356 Emrgnt Literacy Early Chldhd, 3.00, A
CDEC 2187 Internship Child Care Prvdr, 1.00, A
PSYC 2301 General Psychology, 3.00, A
CDEC 1358 Creative Arts Early Chldhd, 3.00,A
CDEC 1359 Children with Special Needs, 3.00, B
CDEC 2188 Internship Child Care Prvdr, 1.00, B
CDEC 2307 Math Sci for Early Childhood, 3.00, A
CDEC 1321 The Infant and Toddler, 3.00, B
CDEC 2326 Adm of Progs for Children I, 3.00, C
CDEC 2486 Internship CD Early Childhd, 4.00, A
TECA 1303 Family School and Community, 3.00, C
ENGL 2327 American Literature I, 3.00, B
MUSI 1306 Music Appreciation, 3.00, A
GEOL 1301 Earth Sci Non Sci Majors I, 3.00, A
SGNL 1301 Beginng American Sign Lang I, 3.00, B