Need Bachelors in 6 Months - Options?

Discussion in 'General Distance Learning Discussions' started by Nodaclu, Apr 18, 2016.

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  1. sanantone

    sanantone Well-Known Member

    Let me clarify myself. The School of Business and Management has age limits for the BSBA degrees, but the age limits only apply to the area of study and Strategic Management. It does not apply to general education and free elective courses. It also does not apply to any of the courses in the business core, except for Strategic Management. As I stated earlier, the OP has almost nothing but general education courses.

    Strategic Management cannot be more than 5 years old. Only 50% of the area of study can be more than 10 years old. In other words, 9 credits in the area of study cannot be more than 10 years old. In total, the age limit only applies to 12 credits in the BSBA, and those are credits the OP doesn't have yet.

    http://www.tesu.edu/current-students/documents/bsba_demo_currency.pdf

    I found Excelsior's business school policy. Their time limit only applies to business courses; they do not apply to the rest of the credits in the business degree.

    http://www.excelsior.edu/admissions/time-limit-on-transfer-credits
     
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  2. bceagles

    bceagles Member

    I apologize if I'm repeating what someone else has already said. My advice in most situations and most likely this situation too, just focus on getting BS LA from Excelsior. It's the most flexible degree program. If you need roughly 60 credits, that's only 20 or so exams. 2 exams per week over 10 weeks isn't unheard of from my experience.

    In 10-12 weeks (3 months) you would be able to satisfy the Undergraduate Degree requirement. Obstacle one overcome.

    Then you immediately enroll in a masters degree program related to the field you want to go into, for example the University of Illinois at Springfield MS in Computer Science.

    At this point your resume will say:

    University of Illinois Springfield, Master of Science in Computer Science (in progress)
    Excelsior College Albany, Bachelor of Science Liberal Arts 2016

    Am I missing anything?
     
  3. rebel100

    rebel100 New Member

    In a way you're right, but I think always saying BSLA Excelsior is a tad short sighted. For starters Excelsior is the most expensive of the Big 3 by a pretty good margin. It also assumes the credit one brings in fits nicely within the BSLS degree plan, there are many instances where this may not be the case. Some folks will have completed courses that better fit into other programs or schools.

    Folks using credit by exam and other alternatives mostly moved away form Excelsior a few years ago when the prices went up.

    All that said, it certainly is a cheaper and quicker option than any traditional program.
     
  4. LearningAddict

    LearningAddict Well-Known Member

    In theory, wouldn't a competency-based program be cheaper and potentially even quicker? I've read of students who finished these programs in 3 or 4 months for just a few thousand dollars. I read one guy who finished a Patten MBA in 3 months for less than $2,000, another that finished a WGU MBA in one term for $3400.
     
  5. sanantone

    sanantone Well-Known Member

    There are people who have finished the equivalent of a 36 credit master's degree in 6 months at WGU. There are some who are trying to finish an MBA in 4 months at Patten. This is much different from completing a 120 credit bachelor's degree in one term having to take exams and write long papers for each course. WGU and Patten aren't as liberal with transfer credits as the Big 3, especially WGU. When I decided to complete a second bachelor's in business administration, I already knew where I stood at TESU. I had around 27 credits left. When I got an evaluation at Patten, if I remember correctly, I had around 60 credits left.

    It all depends on your strengths. I'm much faster at studying for one exam per course (DSST, CLEP, TECEP, etc.) than writing 10-20 page papers while still having to study for final exams (this is how Patten courses work). You also have to wait for them to grade assignments.
     
  6. LearningAddict

    LearningAddict Well-Known Member

    I somehow got his situation mixed up with another poster who had over 90 credits I believe. At 65, it wouldn't be as time-effective with a competency-based program.

    I read a few postings saying that Patten students are able to move ahead to other courses while their papers are being graded, they just can't do the projects or take the exams until the paper(s) in the previous course is graded.
     

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