Need advise on getting a Bachlors

I have had some credits from UC Davis and would like to finish my degree online somewhere. At this point I just want to get any Bachelors so that I can have a degree to show.

What's the quickest way to accomplish this? I am self-employed and cost should not be an issues, as long as I can finish it faster.

 

The potentially quickest way through could be NorthCentral University. Their classes can be done at your own pace. For each class, you get a list of assignments that must be completed, readings that must be done, papers that must be written, and tests that must be taken; when they are done, you get a grade and move on. Student support is not so good and you are pretty much on your own, but you can earn a fully accredited bachelor's degree as quickly as you can do the work. Here's a link: North Central University

Excelsior College is very good about accepting transfer credits. Depending on how many you have, you might can get through there quite quickly.

 

How many credits do you currently have?

 

I have total completed 73 quarter units from UC Davis.

 

72 quarter credits

 

I don't know why it seems like a few people on this forum think that Excelsior is the only ultra flexible college. This must be based on very old information like bain4weeks.com. They are called the Big 3 for a reason. They are mostly the same, but I wouldn't call Excelsior the most flexible of the 3 unless a person needs to transfer NA credits or maybe some IT certifications. It's not the cheapest either. If you're going to look at Excelsior College, you might as well look at Charter Oak State College and Thomas Edison State College. Thomas Edison will be the most flexible for testing out of courses in most cases; Charter Oak would be the second most flexible. For self-paced courses, I strongly recommend Western Governors University.

 

I completely agree.

 

I can't speak for the Big 3, but I can certainly speak for Western Governors University. I was able to complete 96 CUs in one year and a half in BSc in Information Technology (Networks Design and Management). From there, I was able to go to a AACSB school to get my MBA (NJIT and ONLINE too!). I start my fourth semester this month and I'm still excited. It is that excitement that brings me back here so that I can get ideas for doctorates...(I'm almost there in deciding but not quite.)

I am a very proud alum of WGU. It counts, as far as I'm concerned. I would have LOVED to do any of the Big 3, including TESC since that's in my home state...but WGU was a lot cheaper PLUS it was an RA degree, which is what I wanted.

I echo what others have said, do look into WGU. If you have any questions about it, I'd be glad to answer them.

 

I agree with you in general however the EC BSLS allows up to 59 semester units of professional credits in areas that include engineering, business, criminal justice, education, and computer science. No other big 3 school offer this perk. In my case I had many credits in engineering and business so the EC BSLS made the most sense for me.

 

Any basis to exclude a BS from Charter Oak? Requirements are 120 sh total with a minimum 60 sh in liberal arts, therefore a maximum 60 sh applied professional. A concentration is required consisting of a minimum 36 sh; whether these are professional or liberal arts credits depends on the concentration.

COSC handles its general education requirements in a unique way among the Big Three. There isn't a freestanding general education "block" of credits a students has to take. Rather, gen ed requirements can be met with credits that are also within a concentration. An American Studies concentrator could use a U.S. history course towards their gen ed U.S. history/government requirement and the concentration simultaneously, a U.S. literature course towards gen ed fine arts and the concentration simultaneously, etc. Gen ed requirements can sometimes be met with professional credit; Business Statistics, for instance, can meet the gen ed math requirement. Also, one course or exam with a scope corresponding closely with multiple gen ed requirements can meet multiple gen ed requirements simultaneously.

No doubt! But you probably also could have gone far in, say, a BS in Individualized Studies (Engineering/Business) from Charter Oak.

 

TESC also has the Learner Designed Area of Study for the Bachelor of Science in Applied Science and Technology, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Bachelor of Science, and Bachelor of Arts. TESC considers computer science to be a natural science, so it fits into a liberal studies degree. TESC also accepts many criminal justice courses as social sciences, which would also allow them to fit into a liberal studies program.

If I had a bunch of business and engineering courses I would either get a BSBA at TESC and dump the engineering courses into the 27 free elective credits, build a learner designed area of study as a BS or BSAST, or just get a BSAST in Technical Studies.

 

In my case I had 67.67 semester units in engineering and business areas, and in combination with other areas a total of 145.67 units. At the time (1992) the EC BSLS was the only degree I could obtain without taking additional courses. COSC would have been preferable since I lived in CT at one time. Interesting all these units show up on my transcript. In hindsight I should have deferred some of these courses towards a second BS degree, but my goal was to earn a degree that would get me entry into a masters program.