Grad School acceptance of B.S General Studies degree?

Re: Re: Grad School acceptance of B.S General Studies degree?

Bill you are so right, thanks for taking the time to dissect the various graduate level majors and their undergraduate pathways. There is an issue with selectivity in the sciences and whatever program I select, at my advanced age (54) I don't want to be told in a couple years that I still don't meet the entrance requirements....been hearing that all m'life! I learned something new from you here, about the purpose of the Liberal Studies degree.

More and more, the light is starting to shine on the confusion I've had, due to all of you great posters.

I'll say it again, Degreeinfo.com Rocks!

 

Two points:

No graduate school admissions office wants to commit itself BEFORE receiving the application packet and fee. Academic grad programs are generally pretty flexible, they will try to accomodate applicants that offer the promise of success and will "fit" well into the department. So advisory opinions will often be pretty non specific and (frankly) useless.

A general studies degree is completely acceptable to professional programs in law and business and, as I understand it, medical schools as well if the applicant has completed the necessary undergraduate science credits.

 

Yes, at $114/credit hour, Perdue State College is one of (if not THE) cheapest online Bachelor's in Psychology programs available. I do know that they are regionally accredited by the Higher Learning Commission and that they offer accelerated 8 week course formats, however I don't know much else about the school. Someone on the forum (can't remember who) suggested this school due to it's low tuition.

I'm not sure what you were referring to in regards to National University moving to a 12 week course format. I don't think I stated that anywhere previously. Anyway, if I did, I was delirious as that is not the case. AFAIK, National will continue to offer 4 week classes (with the occasional 8 week class thrown in the mix). The majority of the courses are 4 weeks long (undergrad and graduate).

I'm only just beginning my second course with National Univ. (an Upper Division Geography course), however thus far the instruction level of the Professors has been just fine. I will chime in again in regards to this question in a couple of months, after I have a few more courses under my belt.

I'm "psyched" when I stop to think that I'm going to net 36s.u. credits per year at National Univ.! That's the equivalent of two full-time semesters (with a heavy courseload) at a traditional B&M school...

Anyway, good luck and let us know what school you decide to go with!

- Tom

 

Well, I just spent a few hours researching Peru State College (Nebraska) and Nova Southeastern (Ft. Lauderdale, FL), two of the schools recommended to me on this very thread!

I did a search on degreeInfo.com and only found 5 discussions mentioning Peru State - no wonder I hadn't "discovered" it these last few months. It must be a very recent addition to the distance learning scene. But it is a very old school, Nebraska's first teacher's college. The tuition is not a misprint at $114. per credit hour! I just got off the phone with a very nice admissions officer and am just euphoric - this seems to be too good to be true?! They use Blackboard, with which I'm already familiar. 8 week and sometimes 16 week format. Maximum 95 hours transfer credit, must earn 30 upper division at the school, the last 24 credits out of the 30 earned must be at the school (who can beat their prices, anyway?) and they accept CLEP and DANTES for lower division course requirements, generally. What's not to like?

I tried to locate tuition costs for Nova Southeastern University, no luck at all. They have it very well hidden and a search on their site didn't yield any further info. I then spent about 30 minutes on the toll-free number holding for anybody in admissions there. Busy is good, I guess. I am sure somebody here has already mentioned this school's tuition range - and I'll look back to see what I can find.

Whoopee!!