Need advice on my current situation. AA to BA in Business

Hello. I had previously made a thread asking about the online programs that public state colleges here in Florida offered, and I got some encouraging replies. However, after applying at yet another Florida state college, I have been denied my in-state residency because of stupid state laws and I can't justify paying out of state tuition.

Im 20, lived here for 15 years, had to move away for 2 and half, then came back by myself and I have been completely financially independent for 2+ years. But not according to state laws. I am tired of wasting my time with state colleges who display certain residency rules on their page only to be denied later because of some other rule (which varies from college to college). Basically, I give up and face the fact that I won't be an in-state resident and am ready to plunge into distance learning.

Currently, I have 64 credits and an Associates degree in Business Administration. My first choice was Management Information Systems, but I'll be open to obtaining anything related to Management if it's not available.

I need some suggestions on what to do now. Someone posted in my previous thread that it was possible to attend these colleges like Excelsior to get upper level credits and then transfer, complete the remaining credits and receive the degree. To me, that sounds like a good idea, getting credits and then finishing up at a state college (when hopefully I classify as a resident). However, the problem seems to be that some state colleges will not accept upper level transfer credits, and one certain "School of Business" at a college will not allow anyone with upper level transfer credits even if the rest of the college does. And even then, I'd have to make sure that my classes transfer into that program. I want to make a decision as quickly as possible because I don't want to "miss a semester".

Please don't be too harsh on me, I know some of the things I've said may be wrong but I sincerely just want advice. Thanks...

 

Do you have "64 credits plus an AA" or "64 credits including an AA"?

Excelsior sounds like a good fit for you. Download their busines school catalog to see details of their business degree.
https://www.excelsior.edu/Excelsior_College/Publications_Before_Login
Excelsior will accept upper level units in transfer - in fact you do not have to earn a single course at Excelsior; you could take low cost courses at various schools together with CLEP and DSST to complete your degree.

Excelsior is no longer a state school (it used to be but was spun off to be a not-for-profit college).

 

I think I meant "including". It's my first AA degree which I needed 60 credits to obtain. I didn't know that about Excelsior! (Not needing to take any classes with them). But then what school would be a good option to finish the second half of my classes to get the Bachelor's? I believe I only need major-specific classes right now. I've heard of a couple names such as Clovis, Charter Oak etc.

I'm not sure if it's similar for those in other states, but we can finish an AA degree here composed of mostly general studies classes, and a few beginner major-specific classes. In my case, Microeconomics, Accounting etc..
After we finish the AA degree at a community college we transfer into a BA program at a state college. That was my plan.

 

Excelsior offers two degrees that you might consider:

• The BS in Liberal Arts (what I have even though around 60 units are in engineering) This requires 30 units at the upper division level including 21 in the arts and sciences. What makes this degree very flexible is that you can apply up to 59 units in professional areas such as business, engineering, computers, law, etc)
  See the chart on page 27 of the liberal arts catalog.
  
• The BS in General Business requires 45 units in business including 12 at the upper division level. There are eleven required courses.
  See chart on page 37 of the business catalog.

DSST exams could give you UD credit consisting of 15 units of business and 21 units in other areas (including ethics).

Some sources for low cost business courses are:

Clovis https://kirby.clovis.edu:4446/pls/PROD/bwckschd.p_disp_dyn_sched (lower division only)

LSU http://is.lsu.edu/courselist.asp?cat=Business+Law&nid=102&pg= (business law UD)

And at a highr but reasonable cost

AMU/APU AMU Degree Program: Bachelor of Business Administration ($250 per unit). You could also transfer your AA to AMU/APU and complete their program.

I'm sure other regulars can also offer great credit sources.

 

Thanks again. I think I'm starting to understand this a bit more. I've looked over the charts and the Business Core, Organizational Behavior, and Ethics requirements seem to be the same for all the Majors/Concentrations. These requirements are all in the lower division right and I could potentially take them at Clovis or at another CC if they have it right?

The MIS concentration seems appealing to me, but I don't know if I will change my mind. Either way, I should just be worried about knocking out the required courses first I think?