I am pursuing my math degree, and am wondering if anyone here has such a beast from one of the big 3. If you are such a person, how did you complete the higher math requirements for the BA or BS of math to meet Excelsior or TESC requirements for the upper level math?
Greetings, Random tidbits of information: a) There are certainly enough math courses available by distance means for an engineering or computer science degree. They might well be enough math courses available for a math degree, too. b) COSC only offers BSGS degrees, although you can choose a mathematics concentration. I don't know about the other Big 2. c) More significantly, COSC offers a Contract Learning service where by you can earn credit by studying a subject (as one would in an individual college class) under the guidance of a suitable mentor. You don't need to be a COSC student (so long as your home college will accept transfer credit from COSC). Luckily for you, COSC has (had?) a mathematics professor who has been willing to act a mentor for CL students. You might wish to keep this option in mind. d) I believe that both COSC & Excelsior (I don't know about TESC) will award oodles of math credits for passing the Math GRE (which I'm assuming is still available, although I haven't checked). Cordially, Richard Kanarek
I've been looking at the TESC BA in either Math or Marh/Nat Science - if I proceed I will take some classes at my local CC and some at my local state university. TESC sometimes accepts 200 level courses as advanced units. The GRE in math is still available http://www.ets.org/portal/site/ets/menuitem.1488512ecfd5b8849a77b13bc3921509/?vgnextoid=e5a52d3631df4010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD&vgnextchannel=6ef946f1674f4010VgnVCM10000022f95190RCRD There is a practice test that can be downloaded.
The BA (Natural Sciences/Mathematics) degree offered by Thomas Edison State College (TESC) is the most flexible and would certainly allow you the freedom to select those mathematics courses most suitable to your interests. TESC does map some 200-level courses (transferred into the degree) to 300-level and 400-level course (equivalents at TESC). Alternatively, Saint Mary's of the Woods College offers a BA (Mathematics) via distance education.
Okay, thanks to those who have responded and also responded by pm. Let me add some more details. My ultimate goal is to get my masters in math. I would like to teach math in community college. That being said, I need to finish BA or BS in math and go on from there. So: I re-entered local community college in Jan, to take some general ed (Eng I and II, Music Appreci, and Pol Sci) to add to some old units I took 29 years ago. Also I am taking Calc I and II at the same time presently to re-acclimate myself back into math world. When I had my old units evaluated by Excelsior in Jan, they did not like my Calc classes being so old. And the fact was, there was no way for me to do Calc III and beyond without starting the sequence over. Anyway, I will have about 70 units done in Dec. and was wondering the best college to proceed to in order to finish this. I was looking for information from anyone who blazed this trail already that could help. I may send my transcipts to tesc for an evaluation to compare. So any other info from you all will be appreciated.
Chadron State College offers a bachelors degree in math entirely online. http://www.csc.edu/distancelearning/BS_Math.asp
