Bachelor's Program with little math

Hello All!

Well, I'm still waffling on how I'm going to actually FINISH this bachelor's degree. Now my question has to do with core requirements on a Liberal Arts/Liberal Studies degree.

Has anyone found one that has very flexible requirements where the MATH component is concerned.

I'm prepared to change "major" even, if I can just get away from serious analytical thought.

I struggle with testing in general, and math testing is usually disastrous. I'd like to use what I have and hopefully find a creative way around having to do more.

I took a 5 credit course in community college called Elementary Algebra, and another 3 credit course called "Practical Mathematics" (really basic stuff, kids).

Neither really meet the standard "College Algebra" requirement, according to a few advisors that I've spoken with. Bummer!


Any suggestions for the math-phobic??

 

two words: Charter Oak

I think you have already satisfied the math requirement for their BA/BS program. check out the web site www.COSC.edu and review the handbook, then call and ask them. They are very helpful even if you are not enrolled.

TESC and Excelsior both will require higher level math to include trigonometry and/or calculus.

 

As mentioned already, I do believe that Charter Oak is a little more lenient in the math requirement than others.

My 2-year degree required only "Principles of Algebra", which is a lower-level course than College Algebra. I chose my 4-year school specifically because transfer students with 46+ credits could take a math, science, or computer science course (I took Excel).

I thought I was pretty clever in avoiding math, until I ran into statistics in graduate school.

 

I got my BS from Charter Oak and was able to satisfy the math requirement with the 6 credit CLEP for General Math. You probably have already satisfied it.

Good luck.

 

My Regents (now Excelsior) BS in Liberal Arts took the U of Maryland UC course MATH 100, TRANSITIONAL MATH as the required course. MATH 100 was a preresiquite for MATH 101. Now, for a UMUC degree, you need to take MATH 101 and 107.

Like COSC, Excelsior will probably give you credit for the CC class, as long as you dont want a hight tech or science major.

Good Luck - I hated college math as well. It is ironic that my last course for my M Ed is teaching elementary math (BYU)

 

The Bachelor of General Studies at Fort Hayes State University does not require any math.

 

Wow... great responses - THANK YOU!

I'm weighing my options, and had previously ruled out COSC for some reason, and now I can't remember what it was. Might have been someting silly, like the name.

It's at the top of my list again... I hope I can finally DECIDE on something here in the next few days.


Thanks everyone!

 

2 Math Classes

Hi Horsin,

I received my B.S. in Liberal Arts from Excelsior (Regents University) with only 2 math. At the time, I had taken Elementary Stats and Elementary Algebra. Both were undergraduate level courses.

I had taken college algebra online and the exam was open book. When I completed the practice exam at the end of the Chapter, I ensured that I wrote the steps. The real exam given is very similar just different numbers.

You might be suprised. I thought I could never be good in Math but I did pretty well.

Good Luck,
JB

 

Try Baker College's accelerated BBA program. I was able to bypass the math due to work experience.

 

What's in a name?

Actually, the name Charter Oak is very appropriate for a school from Connecticut. It would have even been a great name for a B&M school.

The Charter Oak story goes back to 1687, when King James the II sent a representative to revoke Connecticut's charter because they wre becoming a little to independent. Before the King's representative was able to retrieve it, it was stolen and hidden inside the hollow of an Oak Tree. Only to be retrieved once it became safe.

Check out the back of a Connecticut quarter. That's not a chestnut tree but a representation of the Charter Oak.

Ted

 

I did not know that. Interesting!

Of course, I was raised on television...(ack!) and the word "Charter" when attached to pretty much any institution immediately makes me think of "Charter Hospital", which I think now is called Charter Behavioral and Heath Center or some such thing... basically it's a chain of addiction and counseling centers.

"If you don't get help at Charter, please get help".

That was their slogan - and I still remember the music too. So that's why I might have had a problem with the name...

I like your explanation for the name better.



Erin

 

Oooh, man, I'd like it if Excelsior would take my Math 101 (Intermediate Algebra) from about 15 years ago. I have pretty much given up hope of using it for anything useful.

I'm also hoping they will take a computer science course. The CC that I am taking the course from counts it as either a QS or a NS. With my Environment Science class, I'll be done with the Math/NS portion of Excelsior's criminal justice degree (I hope).