My wife, God bless her, has seen the light and now actually WANTS to obtain her Bachelor's degree in Psycology. She has never been comfortable in a classroom setting though and will only do it on line. It has to be on line from A to Z. Every single course. I suggested that we start at the community college level on line and then go the Cal State Route. Another extremely appealing choice for us is UNISA. I am wondering if the UNISA route works for her from start to finish. Since I will be applying for their DBL program it would be nice for her if we could both " attend" UNISA but I don't know if this is possible for her under the cisrcumstances. I always went the traditional route and met with counselors for transfer advice etc. but fore her it will be different, we will do all our own research. Where do we start looking? How do we evaluate transfers? Do we have to write all the universities and inquire about their policies or does anyone know of a " turnkey " approach to a Bachelor's on line? We both thank you, Rafael BS Western state University, Fullerton, CA JD " " ( ABA ) MBA Pepperdine, Malibu, CA MS Kansas State University, KS ( 2003 ) DBL ( Hopefully UNISA )
Charter Oak State College I would still suggest looking at Charter Oak State College. The Psychology concentration requires 36 relevant credits, but she can fulfill 18 of them by scoring at the 40th percentile in the Psychology GRE -- which, by the time she's taken the other 6 Psychology courses, should be child's play for her! Of course, if she's really good at exams, she might want to look at colleges that award GRE credit on a sliding scale (up to 30 credits at Excelsior, up to 36 at Empire State). And Excelsior now has the advantage that it's actually called a "major", not a "concentration". But on a sliding scale, scoring at the 40th percentile would net only 6 credits, so it's a much higher hurdle to jump.
I took the Psychology GRE in early 1996, before Regents/Excelsior began using a sliding scale, and did not find it to be exceptionally difficult. In fact, when my mother followed my lead and signed up for a bachelor's from Regents a year or two later, she took and passed the exam with virtually no studying--her lifelong avocational interest in psychology was enough for a pass. So Mark is right on; this is certainly something I'd look into. I would also throw in the possibility of Thomas Edison State College (particularly if your wife has work experience, foreign language competency, or other skills and knowledge that can be easily translated into portfolio credit, and/or if she has test anxiety). Cheers,
