Degree Plan Help!

[rachel83az]

It's not yet passed. Probably. They sent out an email saying that it would be ending soon, once finds ran out, but TECEPs are still free for the moment (as far as we know). It's worth applying and sending in your completed work to at least see if the TECEPs are still available.

That said, if you want to go with Metropolia, that's also fine. I'd probably do the Cloud Technologies one and maybe give their Discrete Math a whirl for an extra 15€. Plus throw in as many of their free classes as you're willing to take. It's good to be a few credits over rather than a few credits under.

I will be applying to TESU then, thanks!

Also, just to be sure if I go with Metropolia, those credits would fall in the Degree Electives section (30 Credits where most of the business courses are) of my degree plan, right? Sorry, I just want to be sure so everything goes smooth.

Some of them might go into the AoS. But most of them will probably wind up in electives, yes.

And the BSBA CIS only has 15 credits of electives, not 30. What I would do:

Apply to TESU for the BSBA CIS.
If you've already applied for the BACS, email advising as soon as you're in applicant status and tell them to ADD the BSBA CIS to your degree plan.
Also get them to add the ASNSM Math (you're most of the way there as it is with your current degree plan).
https://www.tesu.edu/current-students/advising/index
If the TECEPs are free for you, I might suggest signing up for the following:

Managerial Accounting
Network Technology
World History from 1600 to Present/Music History II/Introduction to News Reporting (Pick whichever you think is easiest; will go where you currently have PHI-1300. Don't take PHI-1300 right now if there is any chance that you might wind up taking the 15-credit flat-rate term in the future. You said you probably won't, but I'd leave it open for the future.)
Applied Liberal Arts Mathematics (use this to get the ASNSM Math; this exam should require little/no additional study)
Business in Society (meets BSBA requirement)
Introduction to Marketing (meets BSBA requirement)

These are not necessarily the easiest exams, but the free TECEPs only apply if they're valid for your degree plan. You've already filled a lot of your degree plan with Sophia/SDC/SL classes, so there's not a lot of applicable "free space" left. This also depends on exactly how your official evaluation(s) pan out. You can also ask to add another degree/certificate (or two) where the TECEPs should apply. For instance, ask for a Psych degree/certificate so you can take the Psych TECEPs. Or BSBA Marketing/Marketing certificate to take the Marketing TECEPs. You don't have to graduate with all these degrees/certificates. They'll just be for... planning purposes.

Sign up even if you're not confident of being able to pass. If you run out of time, take the exam(s) anyway. You might just pass. There is no penalty for failing a TECEP except for it using up one of your test attempts. (Student are allowed to take a TECEP twice.) It won't show up on your transcript at all.