I am curious.....For all those that are getting Liberal Arts or Liberal Studies degrees from the various Big 3, what made you decide to get a general degree instead of a specialized one?

I plan on using my degree (BS in LS from EC) to get into a Grad school. Since i'm 19 with intrestests in everything, I decided to put off making a decision and get a generalized degree. When i do decide what i want to get a Master's in, I will be able to focus on taking the prerequiste courses/GRE and do the best i can. Its just not the same if somewhere in the back of my mind i'm thinking "do i really want to do this?"

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-Daniel

-------Degree Info---------
BS in Liberal Studies from Excelsior
AARTS - 30 ll
CLEP - 51 ll
DSST - 9 ul
ECE - 15 ul
ECE - 6 ll
ACTFL OPI - 3 ll
Total LL: 90 out of 90
Total UL: 24 out of 30 (6 left)
Grand Total: 114 out of 120 (6 left)

-------Next Up!-----------
2 UL ECE


Ani Yehudi!

The speed of obtaining it as my primary reason. Also, I have a lot of work experience, but the lack of a degree was holding me back. I simply needed a Bachelors Degree and my work experience could take care of the lack of a major. May not be right for a new grad without any work experience, or if an experienced person was trying to shift into a brand new direction, but for me it worked. I am finally able to move in the direction I have always wanted to. YEAH!!!!

Thanks for the info!

My main goal is an MBA and I really just wanted to get my undergrad as fast as possible. I was going for a BSBA in Marketing but if I switch to Liberal Studies I will get done much faster. I would only have 12 tests or classes left instead of 15, and much easier ones at that. I think I am going to switch to the liberal studies and just get it done.

I hope to finish my AA in general Studies from TESC next month.

I will probably then try to get my BA in Liberal studies in about a year. I took my 1st college course in 1972.

I have over 30 years experience in a laboratory and 18 chemistry credits from B & M colleges with a 3.5 GPA. But most large companies will not even look at my resume because I don't have a degree. Once I can put BA on the application they will not care what it is in, they will look at my experience.

For the most part though I just want to show my kids, if I can do it at my age they should be able to do it too.

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Linda

EXAMS TAKEN
1/07 TECEP Psycology of Women (Needed/ acheived) 60/74
1/08 DSST Technical Writing 46/64
4/07 TECEP Word Processing Fundamentals 65/75
4/07 CLEP Info Systems & Computor App. 50/64
3/07 DSST History of the Vietnam War 44/66
11/07 DSST Intro to World Religions 48/65
5/08 CLEP Analyzing & Interp. Literature 50/69
5/29/08 CLEP Intro to Psychology 50/65
6/12/08 CLEP Intro to Sociology 50/69
1/27/09 CLEP Social Science & History 50/66
Finally 3 FEMA Done!!
Planned
Intro to Theater TECEP
Organizational Behavior TECEP or DSST
Physics I TECEP or EXCEL
Physics II TECEP oe EXCEL
Physical Geology TECEP or DSST
Calculus CLEP or EXCEL
Foundations of Education DSST
Intro to Education Psycology CLEP
2-3 FEMA credits
Global Environmental Change class
+ 43 B & M CC credits and 3 TESC credits and Finally on 6/30/08 an AA Degree
Eventually a BA in Natural Science/Mathmatics

I have lots of credits(106 actually) and the BSLS being the most flexible degree, I'm hoping most if not all of them will transfer into the degree.

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BS Liberal Arts, Excelsior College