where to combine my college diplomas and assorted college course into a degree?

i have a horticulture diploma (university of guelph)
and
an agriculture diploma. (university of guelph)
and
25 assorted night school college courses in studio painting, interior decorating, and other random art/design/architecture classes. (george brown)
and
some university history credits.3.0 (5.0 is a full year , u of t)

i want to be done with this and work on my phd,(hort. science)
of which the bulk of the thesis is done already,(3 years later, self funded)
once i get this messy bachelors stuff out of the way, that is...

any help please?
, ???
where can i combine my college diplomas and assorted college courses into a degree?
(bachelors), is this possible?
also keeping in mind that:
the thesis material i will have, will give me choice of schools as i dont have to apply for funding, and the research itself is in very high demand, especially internationally.

 

Good luck.
Your university of Guelph diploma is probably worth 0 credits for evaluation agencies like WES or ECE and your George Brown credits will have to be evaluated by those guys as well, which are very arbitrary and unprofessional not to mention costly. So you have a long way to go to your bachelors degree.

The way I see you being able to use the horticulture diploma could be via portfolio assessment via Learningcounts. But (and I don't mean to discourage you) you have to keep in mind that most horticulture classes will probably fall into the applied professional category, therefore will count as free electives and most college degrees only allow a limited number of those for a degree.

Good luck

 

A couple more ideas.. if the horticulture diploma is an Associates degree then Southwestern College of Kansas or Bevellue University in Nebraska have the policy of waving all general ed requirements for students that come in with an associates degree. If that is the case your horticulture diploma would mean 60 credits.. However I dont know if they will consider an AA from Canada or if they would make you have your credential evaluated by ECE or WES

 

I had college diplomas from the UK and various credits from around a dozen US colleges. I was able to use them towards a BS degree in liberal studies from Excelsior.
Excelsior College | Program Details
The advantage of this degree is that up to 59 semester units can be in professional areas (e.g, education, business, engineering, criminal justice) and I would guess that agriculture falls into this category.

 

The OP's previous coursework is from Guelph, George Brown, and U of T, which implies that the OP is Canadian.

For Canadians, the best bet for consolidating assorted credits towards degree completion is usually Athabasca University in Alberta.

There are similar schools in the US, notably Excelsior College (in New York), Charter Oak State College (in Connecticut), and Thomas Edison State College (in New Jersey). But since Athabasca is a Canadian school, they are is more likely to understand the Canadian university system, will not require foreign degree evaluation for Canadian credits, and will probably charge less to Canadians.

 

Nice idea - unfortunately, I don't think it will work for our poster. I live in Ontario too, just as poster "dewson" does - and Associate Degrees in this province are exceedingly rare. In B.C. they are quite common, but Ontario is backward and has hardly smelled the coffee on these, yet.

The good news is that, AFAIK, Athabasca will often grant "time served" toward a Bachelor's, if you have a 2-year College diploma. Back when I got my first such diploma (1989) there were also a couple of good NY schools right across the border that were offering Canadian college grads with high GPAs two years' credit, plus a 50% break on tuition - but that was for full-time day school only. There are U.S. schools that will allow credit towards a distance Bachelor's - they sometimes advertise in the College Alumni magazines. Davenport University in Michigan is one I remember that has an on-line degree completion program for grads of Ontario's College programs.

I'm not absolutely sure of this, but the two University Diplomas that "dewson" mentions may gain him substantial credit at Athabasca. That school confers "University Diplomas" in a variety of fields and they usually represent 60 credits. The diplomas may be worth a set number of credits at Guelph, where they were was earned -- and I'd not doubt they could be worth more credits at Athabasca than at their school of origin.

Getting credit for Ontario Community College courses in the U.S. is often far from easy. If anybody finds a really good source, then I've got around 75 of them - what can I get?

Johann

 

Additional consideration...

As far as I know, the 3-year BGS program may be completed at Athabasca with no "residency" requirement - i.e. there is no requirement for any courses to be taken at Athabasca. All learning may be from elsewhere. (I think this is still in force.)

That school also has a well-developed PLAR program that may get you some credit for prior learning through work, etc.

Get in touch with them -- see how close you are to your goal.

Johann

 

additional info,
yea, i would like to go to a Canadian university, i have no interest in going to a foreign country without a bachelor first,

i have been in school (post secondary) for almost 7 years,

1yr u of t (fair grades, 70's) u of t history credits
delinquent youth

3 george brown, ( low 90's) art, design, interior decorating, garden design
night classes while working in private sector, art

3 university of guelph ( high 80's) horticulture, agriculture,
while working on thesis

i am mainly focused on art, history, design, and biology

essentially i am a garden artist.

my portfolio is stacked completly, (painting, photographs, drawing, sculpture, arborisculpture, and practical production experience in ownership position of nursery, profitable crop yields etc)

and i also have certificates, in painting, sculpture, and garden design,
ISA certified arborist, (international society of arborists)
and hold an Ontario exterminators license

Is there anyone who actually has experience with this type of thing?
It seems like some people are ignorant that Canada has a first rate education system and is a g7 country...
Likely candidate schools for me when i am done, the bachelors, for the phd are Cambridge and Cornell, as they have working groups on similar projects,
:S, not exactly second rate diploma mills.
i have put tremendous amount of work and money and time into my education, i am talented to the point where my teachers tell me they wish they could design/do art like me, literally, not figuratively.
i have gone to great lengths not to let my schooling interfere with my education, and have developed an extremely low density skill set. money is not an issue, finishing this, so i can move on with my life is.

 

additional info,
yea, i would like to go to a Canadian university, i have little interest in going to a foreign country without a bachelor first,
but am not against it
nor am i againt residency, in fact i would love to have somebody help tie all my qualifications together.

i have been in school (post secondary) for almost 7 years,

1yr u of t (fair grades, 70's) u of t history credits
delinquent youth

3 george brown, ( low 90's) art, design, interior decorating, garden design
night classes while working in private sector, art

3 university of guelph ( high 80's) horticulture, agriculture,
while working on thesis

i am mainly focused on art, history, design, and biology

essentially i am a garden artist.

my portfolio is stacked completly, (painting, photographs, drawing, sculpture, arborisculpture, and practical production experience in ownership position of nursery, profitable crop yields etc)

and i also have certificates, in painting, sculpture, and garden design,
ISA certified arborist, (international society of arborists)
and hold an Ontario exterminators license

Is there anyone who actually has experience with this type of thing?
It seems like some people are ignorant that Canada has a first rate education system and is a g7 country...
Likely candidate schools for me when i am done, the bachelors, for the phd are Cambridge and Cornell, as they have working groups on similar projects,
:S, not exactly second rate diploma mills.
i have put tremendous amount of work and money and time into my education, i am talented to the point where my teachers tell me they wish they could design/do art like me, literally, not figuratively.
i have gone to great lengths not to let my schooling interfere with my education, and have developed an extremely low density skill set. money is not an issue, finishing this, so i can move on with my life is.