Tamuc & WGU planning advice

[Jonathan Whatley]

In addition to the issues ss20ts notes, in that plan, if you receive the UMPI bachelor's degree before the TESU bachelor's degree, you'll suddenly become a second bachelor's student at TESU. Under TESU's Award of Degrees policy, you must complete a minimum of 24 credits in the area of study (major) including the capstone "earned after the date the most recent degree, regardless of academic level, was conferred."

If instead you receive a TESU bachelor's degree before the UMPI bachelor's degree, you'll suddenly become a second bachelor's student at UMPI. I expect UMPI would interpret their catalog Academic Policy section titled Dual Baccalaureate Degrees to apply to this situation. Under this policy, you would have to complete a minimum 30 credits "beyond the total hours earned for the previous degree." It is common for schools to require that such credits be earned subsequent to the date of the first degree.