Looking for a way to transfer all my credits

Hello,

A bit of background: I have completed undergraduate courses at two recognized Canadian universities. I have 6 courses left to complete my 4-year bachelors. Unfortunately, I might have to leave the country very soon and won't be able to complete my degree.

Is there an accredited online university (preferably American or Canadian) that would be able to transfer all of my credits and grant me a bachelors degree? Even if the degree is in general studies, I want to have it in hand for the future.

What is the process? How long does it take?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

 

Try the Big Three (Thomas Ediston State College, Excelsior College, and Charter Oak State College.) Not sure what is their rule's about Candian College credits. I assume it is the same as the U.S.

Another popular Canadian is Athabasca University .

 

Try Athabasca University. You might have to complete a number of hours with them but you shouldn't have any problems with transfer and you can complete your studies via DL.

 

Please consider checking with your university. They may let you take online courses to complete the last 6 courses.

 

I agree with what Kevin said below:

Another thing to consider. If you are leaving the country, you should see if you have enough credits to complete the Athabasca U three year BS degree. I know your goal is probably the four year degree, but in a bind, at least you can still list the three year BS degree on a resume for now, at least until you can complete your four year degree.

Abner

 

Athabasca University, as Abner says, offers a 3-year (90 credit hour) Bachelor of General Studies (BGS) or Bachelor of Arts (BA). The BGS allows all credit hours to be earned externally to Athabasca University, while the BA has a 30-credit hour requirement for coursework completed through Athabasca University. You could later pursue a second undergraduate degree, if graduate school is your eventual goal, by completing 30 credit hours (1 year equivalent) towards the second undergraduate degree. The regulations for the conversion of a 3-year to a 4-year undergraduate degree.

 

The best thing that I think you should do is to get in touch with Athabasca University. You could get a Bachelor of General Studies with no residency requirements. You may have enough credits to earn your degree. You need to pay for an evaluation. Also, the Big Three -- Excelsior College, Charter Oak State College, or Thomas Edison State College wouldn't be a bad choice either. I would definately contact all of them and see which degree program would be best for you. The problem is that you could have almost 4 years worth of credits, but what it mainly comes down to is what courses you have taken and how they would fulfill a degree plan.

 

Charter Oak State College www.cosc.edu in Connecticut, Excelsior College www.excelsior.edu in New York, and Thomas Edison State College www.tesc.edu in New Jersey are known as the Big Three because they have the most generous transfer policies of any distance learning schools. There are some who are now talking about the Big Four or even the Big Five. The two new ones are Western Governors University www.wgu.edu in Utah, a relatively new competency-based university formed by a consortium of nineteen Western states, and Ohio University www.ohiou.edu in Athens, Ohio, which offers their Bachelor of Specialized Studies via DL.

Of Canadian universities, Athabasca University www.athabascau.ca in Alberta and its Bachelor of General Studies gets a good write-up here. I also cannot resist saying a good word about Thompson Rivers University www.tru.edu in British Columbia, which appears to be a merger between British Columbia Open University and the University of the Caribou.

 

Or, if he leaves Canada with his three-year bachelor's, we can dig up some old threads on which American universities will take the foreign three-year bachelor's as valid credential for admission to their master's programs.

 

Thank you all for your help.

Is it generally agreed upon that 3-year bachelors degrees are usually not got enough to get into a graduate program?

 

I knew a UK and a SA student, each with a three year bachelor degree, who were admitted to the MSQA program at CSUDH (after talking to the dean). They each had advanced level GCEs (A levels) which are sometimes accepted by USA colleges for lower division credit.

Also many schools state graduate entry requires a bachelor degree or equivalent - so you could supplement your 3-year degree with 30 units of challenge exams (CLEP, DSST, college courses, etc).

 

Think ON-LINE?

 

Even better broheim!

Abner

 

Not enough? More than enough... I completed my Bachelor degree in 24 months = 2 years.

 

Thanks for your answers, and sorry for not replying earlier.

Let me ask you this: if I get my 3-year degree from Athabasca can I, a bit later, go back to my current University and complete the 6 courses I have left to earn a a 4-year degree. I know that University policy vary, but what is the general consensus?

Thanks again!