Looking into language teaching related degrees

[aperantosbias]

UMPI is a good option, but it just won't be "literature" heavy like TESU's will be; just depends on how you feel about that.  Their Education minor is one that people say is a lot of work and will take more terms to complete, so keep that in mind as you go through.  I feel like an English degree would be much more useful than the education minor personally.  And more fun.

Wow, lots of info here. Thanks for chiming in. 

I don't really mind if it's more expensive. Especially given that a BA in English is pretty much universally well-regarded in my line of work. I also find the TESU degree more interesting than the UMPI equivalent. 

I suppose I'm a little worried about the potential time frame I would be looking at by going with TESU. That said, I could say the same about the Education minor being a lot of work and taking more terms to complete. I hadn't come across that fact yet.

Am I looking at a 1+ year difference between either degree (school), for example? Not sure what spread would constitute a deal-breaker for me. English does seem like the more useful degree, possibly by a considerable margin in my situation. These replies have been helpful as I ease into the process of making a decision and fleshing out a plan. 

If my previous schoolwork ends up being worth a pretty decent amount of credits, that's also something. I think I'll go dig out my old grades now and see what's what.

Also, thanks for the info on the expired courses. I'll keep an eye on their possible return.

I think most people agree here that a TESU degree takes about a year, if you're bringing in credit already, are motivated, and plan on doing your remaining credits pretty quickly through Sophia and SDC.  The courses you're taking will have more papers, so that might take a little bit more time than maybe a business degree, but not like a year longer - a couple of months maybe.  Since you already have credits, and have a fast way to get most out of the way, I think you're fine.

So, honestly, you could complete the TESU degree in 12 months or less.  The final term is not a full semester, it's 12 weeks - their length of terms.  So 9 months if you started now, applied and sent in your transcripts, and then started right away on Sophia/SDC/Coopersmith, and then 3 months at TESU.

That sounds great. Twelve months or so sounds more than reasonable, for a motivated student with sufficient time on their hands. I was expecting something closer to a year and a half - two years, so this is great news.

I've sent an email to my previous universities. After checking their websites, I'm not entirely sure if I will be able to get my transcripts (I foolishly discarded my physical student ID's for both, and presenting said ID's appears to be a requirement).  I figure there must be some way of proceding anyway- people get robbed, lose things, etc., right? In any case, I should be finding out soon.

I'll see what I can do with both but at the moment it doesn't depend on me. In any case, there are alternative sources of RA and I would be willing to bite the bullet and deal with those (or possibly pay2win, if there are paths that are shorter/easier/can knock a decent chunk of time off the journey that I can afford at the time).

I could apply to TESU only after fighting for my transcripts, so I'm assuming the logical course of action would be to become a member of Sophia and take a relevant capstone course and a non-cap one? I could do that after finishing up my current job interviews. I passed the first of three and I would be earning more so I'm spending a lot of time preparing for the second one.

That gives me time to get a handle on my degree/Sophia plan (and another that includes what to do if I need RA).

Thanks a bunch guys.