Graduate credits towards Undergr. Degree

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  1. Jesse Birth

    Jesse Birth New Member

    Hi all-
    A friend of mine has 36 credits (Master of Arts) and wishes to apply those credits towards a Bachelor's degree. Is this possible through one of the big 3 (Cosc, Tesc, Excelsior) or any other RA School?
    Thanks

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    JB
     
    Jesse Birth, Jul 23, 2001
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  2. samc79

    samc79 New Member

    How did your friend get 36 graduate credits without completing a bachelor's degree?

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    samc79, Jul 23, 2001
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  3. Rich Douglas

    Rich Douglas Well-Known Member

    It should be. I used graduate-level credit towards an associate's degree!

    Be aware, though, that the credit used towards the bachelor's may not also be acceptable for use in a master's. Master's programs limit severely how much credit they will accept in transfer, and usually exclude credit used towards a degree elsewhere.

    Rich Douglas
     
    Rich Douglas, Jul 23, 2001
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  4. triggersoft

    triggersoft New Member

    ...what if he does have a Bachelor´s degree, and just wants another one...

    ...or maybe he is in a graduate program like Heriot-Watt MBA for example, which doesn´t require a Bachelor´s degree as admission criterium...

    there are various possibilities...

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    okay, to come to the point: i gues it should work (I guess I´ve been reading about using Master-level-credits for Bachelor-level-courses...).

    greets,

    trigger
     
    triggersoft, Jul 23, 2001
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  5. Jesse Birth

    Jesse Birth New Member

     
    Jesse Birth, Jul 23, 2001
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  6. Rich Douglas

    Rich Douglas Well-Known Member

    I had completed my two Regents degrees and was in graduate school. In order to earn the very specialized A.A.S. in Education Administration and Methodology from the Community College of the Air Force, I needed one more class. So I transferred in one of my gradaute school courses that met the need.

    Transferring graduate credit into the undergraduate degree may be a problem if this person already earned a master's using this credit. The limitations on using credits from one degree to earn a second one might apply both ways. Or the undergraduate school may not care at all. In any case, the person should ask all the necessary questions and shop around.

    Rich Douglas
     
    Rich Douglas, Jul 23, 2001
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  7. hworth

    hworth Member

    A problem with this transfer may be that your friend already earned the MA. Many institutions would have no problems transferring free-standing graduate credits into an undergraduate degree. (My institution does it all the time with military folks who have completed courses which ACE accredits as graduate credits.) However, I'm not sure that he will be able to transfer 'used' credits - credits which were part of an earned degree program into the BA.

    Hworth
     
    hworth, Jul 23, 2001
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  8. Jesse Birth

    Jesse Birth New Member

    (My institution does it all the time with military folks who have completed courses which ACE accredits as graduate credits.)
    Hworth
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    Hworth et all-
    thanks.
    Would you share your institution's name, please, so I may counsel my friend to approach it?
     
    Jesse Birth, Jul 24, 2001
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