I am curious. With the credentials I have under my belt, can I transfer all of the credit/experience to TESC and get a BS in accounting without taking a single course there?
It is hard to say, but if you have CPA and experiences. Then I don't see why is not...if worst case you just do the PLA for credits.
Why would you need a BS in accounting, if you already have the CPA? Usually people get an accounting degree first, then the CPA. If you managed to skip the degree part and go directly to the CPA, that's great. But now that you have a state CPA license, doesn't that demonstrate accounting proficiency as well (or better) than a BS degree from TESC could ?
Hi CalDog, Yes, you are right. I don't need a BS degree from TESC. I was just curious as to how many credits one could transfer to TESC. I thought there is rule governing maximum units transferred. For example, I was looking at the DETC DBA programs. Each of these schools only accepts 15% or 9 transferring credits.
It depends. There are two states (Delaware and Vermont) that allow one to take the CPA exam with an associate's only. For a DE or VT CPA with an associate's only to parlay their CPA license into credits toward a bachelor's in accounting would open up a few more possibilities of states wherein they could practice and, of course, the bachelor's would then allow them to go on to the master's in accounting, which would allow them to gain licensure in any of the 50 states.
For a second bachelors degree you only need to transfer 30 or so semester units providing you meet all the requirements for the second degree major. I inderstand that you can't transfer credits that have been used for a previous degree.
Also, keep in mind that transfer credit rules (whether from another school, CLEP, DTTS, etc) are completely different for undergrad and graduate degrees. The regional accreditors have all accepted in principle the idea that undergraduate credits can be awarded for knowledge you already have; that's why CLEP and credit-by-portfolio and so forth are widely allowed by many schools. Some schools, such as TESC and Charter Oak and Excelsior, require no credits at all be earned at their school, and will award an undergrad degree solely based on credits earned elsewhere. At the graduate level, it's completely different. The expectation has traditionally been that all graduate work is new work, therefore, credit for prior learning at the graduate level (masters or doctorate) is pretty rare, at least in part because the regionals have traditionally frowned upon it. As far as I know, the few schools that do allow limited transfer of graduate credit also require more credits for their degrees than schools that do not, so it becomes a wash; one school might require 30 credits of new work, while another might require 36 but allow 6 transfer credits. Credit for prior learning of any sort is, as far as i know, just about unheard of at the doctoral level. DETC is less restrictive in this regard, so it doesn't surprise me that some DETC-accredited schools will allow some credit transfer at the doctoral level. However, one also has to consider the utility of a DETC degree vs. an RA degree. There are a bazillion threads here arguing both the pros and cons and I don't want this to degenerate into another one, but I would advise you to seriously read the threads here and ask a number of prospective employers about their willingness to accept a DETC-accredited degree vs. a regionally accredited one before embarking on any doctoral program.
Some universities in the UK and Japan do award good doctorates on the basis of published work which is essentially prior learning. There have been threads on this topic on degreeinfo.com.
That's not true - it's pretty common for a RA doctoral program (an I'm talking about schools with good reputation here) to accept transfer credit from a Master degree if they are in the same subject and from a good school. That's because the first part of a american PhD usually leads to a MA - but if you already have one you can kinda "skip" that part. You usually need a more academic oriented Master's (like an MA, instead of a MFA or MBA) to do that. But in some cases even the terminal Master degree will do.
