TESC 2nd Bachelor's degree and FEMA courses

What is TESC's policy on 2nd Bachelor's degrees? Most schools require an additional 30 credits past the Bachelor's in a different area. Could someone who did 35 FEMA EMI courses and converted them to TESC credits in the Bank usee their first Bachelor's degree and 30+ FEMA credits to get a 2nd Bachelors in Emergency Disaster Management?

 

Among the first questions would be whether the FEMA IS courses will meet the requirements for the TESC BSHS with the Emergency Disaster Services Specialization http://www.tesc.edu/prospective/undergraduate/degree/bshus/bshs_emergdisastermgmt.pdf

If so, then the second degree requirement at TESC states:

found at: http://www.tesc.edu/aboutus/faq/degrees.php

 

Practicum

One would still have to do the practicum/internship requirement which according to TESC is 6cr.

TESC

Justin

 

And IIRC, most (nearly all?) of the FEMA courses are considered lower-level credit; if this recollection is correct, you'd have to meet upper-level requirements for the major in emergency disaster management though some other source.

 

<And IIRC, most (nearly all?) of the FEMA courses are considered lower-level credit; if this recollection is correct, you'd have to meet upper-level requirements for the major in emergency disaster management though some other source.>

But I believe many of the FEMA coursaes are considered 200 level by TESC, and TESC considers 200 level courses as upper division.

Pug

 

how about COSC ?

Is this correct that the courses considered TESC 200 are upper level? According to the post at:
http://forums.degreeinfo.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=18705
over 18 courses are 200 or higher. AT COSC one can obtain a 2nd degree in Individualized studies with a minimum of 30 credits in the new concentration , 15 which must be at the upper level. Based on this if you were allowed a "concentration" in Emergency Disaster Mangement " and they accepted your 30 credits and accepted the 18 as upper level you might qualify for a 2nd degree. Am I missing something? It wouldn't ge a major but you'd get a degree with a concentration.
Of course there are other requirements as:
Students who have received a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college or university may matriculate in Charter Oak State College to pursue a second bachelor’s degree, but not an associate degree, with the permission of the Vice President of Academic Affairs. The second degree must be in a different field of study from the first one. Students seeking admission under this program must submit a letter to the Vice President discussing the rationale for pursuing the second degree.

To earn a second baccalaureate degree a student must:

earn a minimum of 30 semester credits subsequent to the award of the initial degree
earn at least 15 of the subsequent credits at the upper level in the new Concentration
meet all distributive requirements
apply no more than 9 credits from an earlier major or concentration toward the new Concentration.
Persons holding a Master of Arts or Master of Science or an earned doctorate must also request approval in writing from the Vice President of Academic Affairs before applying for a bachelor’s degree program.

Given my scenario above do you think it's possible to do this? Would COSC allow EDM as a concentration in the Individualized Studies area? Would these 200 level TESC courses be considered Upper level at COSC?
I'm looking for a way to parlay these FEMA credits into some kind of Bachelor's credential instead of just a loose bunch of credits. A concentration as opposed to major seem fine to me.
The only other programs where I am aware the FEMA EMI courses can count toward a degree with a concentration or major is The Community Collegeof the Air Force (one has to be in the military or 6 years and under since separation -A.A.S in Emergency Mangement), TESC's Associate degree (where an internsip is required )and Frederick C. C (where one must pass other tests to get a degree -not just the FEMA courses- Associate degree). And of course the FEMA EMI courses can count as electives in many other programs.

 

Re: how about COSC ?

I don't know about COSC's policies but there have been several threads on this board about TESC counting 200 level courses as upper division. Now that I think about it, even though TESC counts 200 level classes as upper division they still may have a requirement that a certain number of the 200 level credits are earned at 4-year schools.

Are you sure that TESC will only accept the FEMA credits toward the Associates Degree?

Pug

 

TESC also accepts then towards their Bachelor's degree in EDM
but as Mighty TIKI points out they would still require a 6 credit intership be done. This would be required even under the 2nd Bacheor's degree plan.

"The student must also meet all the requirements specific to the second degree."

So FEMA courses alone,even if one had 40 credits would not allow for a Bachelor's degree without additional work.

 

Sorry to bump this old thread, but has anyone tried this recently? I would love to take my FEMA credits and apply them towards a significant portion of a second bachelors.

Does anyone know the maximum RAW FEMA credits TESC would take towards a 2nd in EDM or other?

 

This may or may not be relevant to the last person's question but I'm going to post anyway.

I recently sent over a comm to TESC to inquire about a second bachelors in Psych. I was advised that I had to take a minimum of 24 credits at TESC in order to qualify. This was classwork, not transfer, and different from the 30 credits previously mentioned in the thread as of 2006.

Thanks,
ITJD

 

Does that mean that 24 of the 30 or more credits earned after the first bachelor's degree was awarded must be earned from TESC in order to get a second bachelor's? I wonder if TECEPs would count towards the 24 credits?

Also, could one even take 24 credits in psychology from TESC? I doubt they offer enough courses in that discipline.

 

OK, here is what I found on http://catalog.tesc.edu/content.php?catoid=2&navoid=127#Award_of_Degrees:

 

Let's say that a student has taken a ton of undergrad business classes, and some of the grades were not spectacular. Could one enroll at TESC in the Liberal Arts program, and use the FEMA classes with the purpose of not using the business core as electives and to get rid of the sub par grades?

Then one could enroll at EC or other, taking those business core classes as a secondary bachelors.

Does that sound like it will work?

 

FEMA to Boost GPA and Increase Chances of 2nd Bachelors

I realized my comment above did not make much sense. Please let me know your thoughts on the below scenario:

I am a non degreed bachelors candidate who is looking to complete one of the big 3 schools. I studied Business Administration at Junior College and had a 2.78 GPA. I love business, but want to finish my degree quickly and finish with a strong GPA. I have a 3.74 GPA in my last 30 units of upper division coursework, and I would like to graduate with any bachelors degree with a high GPA. I've also taken 25 FEMA Units and sent the transcript to TESC.

Here are my questions:
Would I be able to leverage the FEMA units to get rid of some of the earlier C grades and boost my GPA?
If I graduate with a Liberal Arts Degree, can I use my unused business credits towards a second BA in business?