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@HOSSNPEPPER - With all those RA credits and so many UL you may one of those rarely seen here folks that COSC may actually be your best, cheapest and quickest. Possibly the GS with Political Studies option - https://www.charteroak.edu/prospective/p...cience.php

Hopefully someone like dfrecore sees this thread; she would be able to see the full picture of your options. She is the best degree planner there is when it comes to how to maximize the use of so many existing credits.

COSC might work; it'd depend on how they bring in those credits. I count 8 classes that should be UL. 24 UL credits is a good amount. If they're all accepted, and accepted as UL credits, I believe that leaves just one more UL class from Study.com + the capstone to bring the total to 30 UL credits. That'd make a Liberal Studies/Liberal Arts degree from COSC pretty inexpensive.

Excelsior, same/similar thing. They're a bit more transfer-friendly than COSC these days, though. Definitely worth applying there. Quick note, however, is that their capstone course requires a group project. This can be problematic for some students. It's not an insurmountable challenge, but not everyone wants to make the attempt.

TESU only requires 18 UL credits. They'll cost more than either COSC or Excelsior, but you may essentially be done there as well, at least for a BALS degree. Depending on your exact time/energy/etc. limits, you might or might not want to do their 15 credit flat-rate term. You'd save about $2000 doing it that way, by taking 15 credits instead of 6, but not everyone wants to do that.

UMPI would require 30 credits taken at UMPI, some of which will be UL. But if you're quick about writing short(er) papers, they'll probably be the fastest/cheapest option, even if they may be slightly more work than the other universities. You could also get something besides a BALS pretty quick/easy, if you wanted. I don't think any other university aside from UMPI would allow you to finish in 6 months.

What upper-level class would you recommend from study.com for COSC?

I have applied to UMPI, Empire State and COSC but have not received the transfer evaluation back from them yet. I started to apply for Excelsior but having to do a group project to complete my degree would not work well for me.


TESU has been the easiest for me to communicate with so far and I can start this month. I am concerned with the amount of writing required for the capstone, while having to take 15 credits to avoid the residency waiver. I need 14 credits to complete the degree based on my transfer evaluation. I am waiting on Advising to approve other credits and for AP to send my scores. If all credits are all approved, I would just need the capstone and cornerstone classes and would be done in January.

Currently my main concerns for finishing my degree are the amount of writing for TESU and the slow communions of the other schools. October 20 is the deadline to register for classes for a majority of the schools, and if I don’t make a decision by then, I will have to wait to January to start.