How can I finish? 170 + credit hours, no Bachelor's degree.

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  1. Randell1234

    Randell1234 Moderator

    Personally, I always set deadlines to help stay motivated.
     
  2. rmm0484

    rmm0484 Member

    What about trying language immersion courses that the foreign service uses to jump start a foreign language? You could putz around with them until you feel somewhat comfortable with the language, and then you take a real for-credit course.

    If you know any locals who speak spanish, ask to practice it with them.

    No es muy dificil, comprende?
     
  3. mbaonline

    mbaonline New Member

    I'm with Truckie...

    Find a way to finish the original degree.

    If you know the level to which you need to develop your Spanish, I think that you can do some things in addition to an online class to insure that you can pass:

    Hire a tutor such as a high school or middle school Spanish teacher, local mom, grad student or even a teenaged bi-lingual speaker for 2-3 months. This would be totally worth the money to you.

    Find an informal face-to-face language group where everyone meets to improve their Spanish.

    Use Rosetta Stone in every spare minute. They have levels that go up to Level 5, so there should be one that fits your current level. This may also help with the learning issues that you (and I) have with languages.

    After you work on the Spanish a bit, find a class or prepare to test out.

    You could also post a separate question on this forum to find an appropriate online/distance language course for you, as this post won’t likely generate as much response as a separate post would. I only looked for about 10 minutes but found one option: Independent Study Spanish courses taught by the Dept. of LS&A for UW Independent Learning University of Wisconsin has both third-year language practice and third-year grammar/comp by correspondence.

    Online language learning is a hard slog, so the face-to-face ideas above may be useful.
    Good luck! You can do this.
     
  4. BlueMason

    BlueMason Audaces fortuna juvat

  5. mbaonline

    mbaonline New Member

    Here's a free study resource: MIT Open Courseware has Spanish I, II, III and IV with online syllabi, assigments, projects, exams and study materials. MIT OpenCourseWare | Foreign Languages and Literatures | 21F.703 Spanish III, Spring 2006 | Home If you are going to self-study, this seems like a good way to know what to cover without doing your own course planning.

    I know you're tired of trying to complete this.

    Have you asked XYU if you can work with a professor at the school to test out while paying and registering for the final class (but without actually attending)?
     
  6. seduflow

    seduflow New Member

    what do you plan on getting as a degree and working as? that is a lot of debt....
     
  7. Randell1234

    Randell1234 Moderator

    How is this relevant to the issue?
     
  8. engadnan

    engadnan Member

    Guys, how it is possible to complete this with one course. I have 132 credits from a recognized Pakistani University. How much would i need and what it would cost ?
     
  9. cookderosa

    cookderosa Resident Chef

    In all seriousness, you only have 3 options as I see it.

    1) Do nothing. You'd be in the majority. Current drop-out rates are up over 60%.

    2) Go elsewhere. The "big 3" are so named because they offer something that all the other regionally accredited colleges do NOT offer, and that's a zero residency. Everyone else wants you to earn X credits with them. Even the big 3 are getting squirrelly with cap stones and corner stones. So, short of the big 3, you have 4000+ schools that want you to take 15-30+ (usually 30) with them. So, at 170 to still be 30 away? If you go anywhere else, I'd suggest Harvard. Their extension has only a 2 year foreign language requirement, and you could use your AP as well as existing credits. I don't know their undergrad residency, but you might be crafty enough to form a degree plan that could be completed with online only remaining courses. I'm an on-again, off-again (currently on) grad student through HES, it's an excellent and INEXPENSIVE program. Harvard University school of continuing education. Tab on the degree program. OH, and FWIW I have 2 TESC degrees, but I think trading in your credits for a TESC degree is a terrible idea.

    3) Figure out how to pass a 3rd year language class and get on with your life. Seriously, all the above posted suggestions are great. Go buy Rosetta Stone Spanish levels 1-5, it'll cost you $500. Get the newer TOTALe program because for a low monthly fee ~$20you get a native speaking tutor and online support that is phenomenal. Spend this summer studying Spanish instead of whatever you do with your free time. Watch only tv in Spanish, read only newspapers in Spanish, etc. Immerse. Fall- enroll and conquer. So what if you're terrible? It's the brick wall that has derailed your dream (and put a huge dent in your bank account). Seriously, after all of this you don't want this degree on your resume? You don't need an A. You need to pass and graduate.
     
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  10. dumpyogre

    dumpyogre New Member


    That bubble will be breaking soon.
     
  11. Balios

    Balios New Member

    What about something like this -- Language Schools: College Academic Credit. If your school approves, an immersion program will be the quickest and most painless way to get through your language requirement.

    Look, you've got a great fallback in that you can always switch to the big three. With your credits, you can probably just give TESC a few thousand dollars, be patient while they evaluate your transcripts and then get your diploma in the mail. Worst case you take a simple class or two, but probably not even that.

    But that's your safety net. That option's not going away. Before you choose one of the big three, you have to completely exhaust your options with your original school. You're one hard class away. And maybe you're right. Maybe you can't make it through. But if you fail, at least you walk away knowing you did your best. And if you don't try, I can almost promise you'll regret it.
     
  12. rebel100

    rebel100 New Member

    You know a lot of schools have intensive mini-mester style courses over the summer. Why not try and find one. Might even be one close to you, but even if you had to travel somewhere and spend a few weeks it would still pale in comparison to starting at another school (big 3 excepted).

    Has to be a way to pull this off. The more I think about it, the more I feel like you need the "name" degree on your resume...heck, you have certainly paid for it!
     
  13. soupbone

    soupbone Active Member

    I cannot imagine a school you successfully completed 170+ hours with not working with you on that remaining course. Whether it be accepting a transfer course or offering tutoring, or any other host of options, they should WANT you graduate with them. You sound like a driven person and one they would be proud to have as an alumni. I would, like many others have suggested, exhaust my options with them before considering any other avenues. Good luck!
     
  14. japhy4529

    japhy4529 House Bassist

    I second this recommendation. I've used the Michel Thomas audio series for Dutch (basic and advanced) and it has been amazingly helpful!
     
  15. japhy4529

    japhy4529 House Bassist

    I tried to delete my previous entry, but it wouldn't work. I'm looking for online Spanish VI courses for you . I'll reply shortly.
     
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  16. japhy4529

    japhy4529 House Bassist

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  17. japhy4529

    japhy4529 House Bassist

    Stupid 10 minute time limit! Argh!!

    Anyway, continuing on with additional options for you...

    Caldwell - College: The External Degree (Distance Learning) Program - You could probably just take one of these distance learning courses to finish up your degree requirement. Check w/ Caldwell and your current school to see if one of these courses might transfer.

    New Mexico State University - NMSU offers a number of online Spanish courses (100 through Graduate level). Just select "main" campus, "SPAN" as the subject and the term (Summer 2012 is still open).
     
  18. ooo

    ooo New Member

    Wow, thank you! Many of these options I had never found/heard of before, japhy! Amazing.

    I'll read over these options and everyone else's comments tonight. I appreciate all of the encouragement and info everyone!


     
  19. ooo

    ooo New Member

    My earlier message hasn't posted yet... but thank you!

    Japhy, that's incredibly helpful. I'll check out those classes.

    I did find that my school will accept a 5/perfect score on an AP exam now. I don't think AP exams are my route-- I'm planning to take their own test, and perhaps NYU proctored exams. I still need to look at potential summer courses. I would love to finish this semester, but that's probably unlikely. Summer is probably more realistic. Cost is key here,.. I'm not able to spend thousands for one class at the moment... so I'm trying to figure out the most likely and cheapest outcome.
     
  20. ooo

    ooo New Member

    My previous post didn't appear, but in the meanwhile, I wanted to say... wow, thanks! These are some great options for me to look at.
     

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