New Planned Degree Forward - Thoughts Please

[bjcheung77]

@joshypauly, there are so many ways to play the degree game, you need to see what your end goal is, and see if alternatives will fit instead...  I would do things differently and just get things done, "Finish"!  This is what I suggest you do, get the double associates, finish with a BALS NSM using all alternative credits, and use the remaining cashflow from the GI Bill on a WGU MSML or Walden MBA.  I usually recommend a degree with a major, but if a BALS with a concentration works for you, then so be it!

Why? We're about the same age, you probably have some certs, and you're going for the degrees, plus you've got the experience.  Getting into a different position in an upward trend would not be an issue for you, once you have "checked" off the degree boxes requirement, as long as that "degree major" isn't a factor.  On this and the sister boards, many have completed a BALS with/without a concentration and gone to their desired Graduate/Masters degrees... here's just a few if you read their signature!

ChilliDawg - Pierpont BOG AAS > TESU BALS > WGU MSCSIA
MSK9 - TESU BALS > Med School Science Requirements > St George's Med School
MrBossmanJr - Excelsior AAS > TESU BALS > Boston U Masters > Georgia Tech Masters
Supermind - TESU BALS > Walden MS Psychology

Using a "mix and match" of cost, ease, speed, to finish, even though you need more courses to complete the degree, the BALS NSM should be best as you can transfer in all the credits using alternative methods, just need to finish the degree off with the Capstone.  You should get the lower level courses with Sophia.org/Study.com including UL CS - MIS, Database Management, System Analysis, etc... Do not take anything but the capstone at TESU.

Again - You can use UL CS courses that still transfer in with Study.com, you should create a pdf with your academic evaluation with the BALS NSM after you email TESU to appeal BSA 310 as it came in as a BUS-399.  You want to explain to them it is a CIS course just like your BSA 375 came in as CIS-320. Both BSA courses are Business Systems, you want to illustrate that in greater detail... if this works, you save a course, otherwise, just finish it off with a Study.com UL and you're done!