I been looking at degreeinfo for about a month now, and I'm new to the discussion forums. Our they going to offer personalized consultation for degree planning? I was hoping someone could look over my transcripts and telling me my best course of action? Is their any degree planning serivces out there?
I have about 78 credits from a 4 year RA college and hold a AA Gen Studies. I have 44 credits from a state tech college. My problem is I only have 9 UD credits in Business and 6 UD in Geography. It looks like a lot of RA colleges need a min of 30 UD credits. Will any of the Big 3 award a degree with what I currently have? Thanks, Newbie!
That's a good start. You can apply the completed AA toward a bachelor's degree. COSC offers bachelor's degrees in General Studies with concentrations. Acceptance of those credits will likely depend on the state tech college's accreditation. If it's RA then it's likely many or even most would be accepted. If it's NA then some may be accepted others may not, but it would be helpful if the courses were ACE reviewed or possibly (but only possibly) helpful if they have any additional accreditation by recognized professional organizations. If they are NA and are initially rejected, it seems wise not to accept "no" for an answer, especially if there's any additional accreditation. A few recent posters have claimed some success in having NA credits accepted on the second try by mentioning any additional accreditation, even if those credits were initially rejected. If those credits are only state-approved or not accredited by an accreditor recognized by the U.S. D.O.E. or CHEA then you're out of luck on any direct acceptance. But there's still CLEP tests or portfolio assessment to prove knowledge in those areas. By the numbers alone if would seem that you only need 15 more credits. The problem is looking past the numbers, as Business and Geography are very different concentrations. It also depends on the concentration area of the credits from the state tech college, and again depends on their accreditation. Remember too, acceptance or rejection of previous credits is solely up to the college to which you would apply. The completed AA should transfer in most cases, the extra credits will get a course-by-course review but any credit granted will depend not only on their accreditation but also may depend how long ago they were completed. You don't mention if state "tech" college means the credits are in any area dealing with technology, but if they are then age of the credits will be especially important. Probably not as it stands. But with the completed AA and other credits that would (might) be accepted, you probably wouldn't have too much to make up. Since you seem currently interested in the the "big 3", why not check the web sites for Charter Oak State College, Excelsior, and Thomas Edison State College and read the sections each has on ways to earn credit? Check them out: Excelsior College "Ways to Earn Credit" link: https://www.excelsior.edu/portal/page?_pageid=57,59686&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL Thomas Edison State College "Ways to Earn Credit" link: http://www.tesc.edu/prospective/undergraduate/credit/ Charter Oak State College FAQ link: (limit of 90 total transfer-in credits) www.cosc.edu/Visitors/faq.cfm Good luck! Kit
Thanks for all your suggestions I really appreciate it! My Technical College credit is from a RA school in Wisconsin and is in Management Development. So it sounds like they will likely transfer the credits. Is there any other school beside the Big 3 that I might be forgetting that I should look at too? Also are you saying COSC will only take 90 Credits? Will I have to complete the other 30 Credits online with them or test out of the other 30 credits?
at Excelsior College 120 semester hours are required for a bachelor's degree credit is not granted for physical education activity classes (gym) you must have at least one credit in Information Literacy (searching and understanding the search results of libraries and web pages, how to footnote and do references in papers) there are 3 'types' of bachelor's degrees 1: Bachelors of Science in Liberal Arts with a depth requirement in geography and a depth requirement in history a depth is 12 credits total, 3 upper level 2: Bachelors of Science in Liberal Arts with an area of focus in geography and a depth requirement in history an area of focus is 21 credits total, 6 upper level I believe it will state your area of focus on your transcript, but not your diploma 3: Bachelors of Science in Geography with a depth requirement in history a major in Geography (ot whatever) is 30 credits total, 15 upper level I believe it will state your major on your transcript and on your diploma The combination I've listed, geography and history, are arbitrary. You can pick any two things you like. geography and sociolgy geography and business geography and crimianl justice of course, it probably makes sense to pick things that go together, but you don't have to Excelsior does specify which courses you have to take in a discipline. For example, for a major geography, these 4 lower level courses are required Intoduction to Physical Geography Introduction to Human or Cultural Geography Map Interpretation or Introductory Cartography Introduction to Statistics Then they have requirements/recommendations for the intermediate/upper level courses. I have Excelsior's Liberal Arts catalog on my web site so you can see the requirements. The business school has a whole separete catalog, but basically the same depth, area of focus, major requirements. http://www.james-lankford.com/Liberal_Arts_Catalog_and_Addendum.pdf
Are their any schools that will accept less then 30 UD Credits maybe like 15 or 18? On COSC I am confused about if I only need 18? I called twice and got two different answers. Will TESC accept 15 UD Credits? Our their any other schools that will accept less then 30 UD Credits to grad?
Some concentrations at COSC do require as little as 15 upper division credits. Check out their concentration forms here: http://www.cosc.edu/Forms/cps/index.cfm
Take a look at Empire State College: http://www.esc.edu/ESConline/Across_ESC/academics.nsf/allbysubject/Undergraduate+Degree+Requirements?OpenDocument Many of their courses are 4 credits making the amount of courses required less. I think these folks are a good alternative to the others mentioned if you still need to take credits. They offer similar flexibilites in both degrees and method of credit earning. Kevin
