125 Current Credits - Help With Degree Planning

[topdog98]

I am posting this for a friend who has recently experienced a serious family crisis, dropped out of school, and needs to finish his degree quickly and cheaply. I'll try to get him to sign up as a member here. I appreciate the help I received here attaining my degree, and I appreciate any help that you provide to assist him. Here is his info:

Your Location: Tennessee
Your Age: 22
What kind of degree do you want?: Very open to suggestions but maybe something like BS in Technical Studies from TESU or BLS in Project Management at UMPI
Current Regional Accredited Credits: 125 credits total
COURSE/GRADE/CREDIT HOURS
COMMUNITY COLLEGE:
ENST 1350 Industrial Safety A 3.000
ENGL 1010 Expository Writing A 3.000
ENGR 1100 Engineering Fundamentals A 3.000
MECH 1330 (Electro) Pneumatic and Hydraulic Control Circuits A 3.000
MATH 1710 College Algebra A 3.000
COMM 2200 Fundamentals of Communication B 3.000
ENGR 101 Engineering Graphics with CAD I A 3.000
MECH 1340 Digital Fundamentals A 3.000
MECH 1320 Mechanical Components B 3.000
MATH 1720 Plane Trigonometry A 3.000
ENGR 2100 Intro to Engineering Design A 4.000
ENGR 2915 Tech Proj Mgmt & Soft Skills A 4.000
MECH 1295 Internship in Mechatronics I A 2.000
MECH 2320 Motor Control A 3.000
INFS 2200 Intro to Microcomputing A 3.000
PHYS 1030 Concepts of Physics and Lab C 4.000
ECON 2420 Principles of Microeconomics C 3.000
ENGR 2970 Engineering Economy A 4.000
ENGR 2510 Progrmbl Logic Cntrls & Netwks A 4.000
MECH 2295 Internship Mechatronics II A 2.000
MUS 1030 Introduction to Music A 3.000
 
4 YEAR STATE UNIVERSITY
CHEM 1110 UG General Chemistry I B 4.000
ENGL 1020 UG Research and Arg Writing A 3.000
HIST 2010 UG Survey United States History I A 3.000
MATH 1910 UG Calculus I A 4.000
ENGL 2030 UG The Experience of Literature A 3.000
ENGR 2210 UG Intro to Material Sci & Engr B+ 3.000
HIST 2020 UG Survey United States Hist II B+ 3.000
MATH 1920 UG Calculus II D- 4.000
AERO 1010 UG Introduction to Aerospace B 3.000
AERO 1020 UG (EXL) Theory of Flight A 3.000
AERO 2010 UG Aviation Weather A 3.000
AERO 2230 UG Professional Pilot I B 3.000
ET 3610 UG Intro Electricity Electronics B+ 4.000
AERO 1710 UG (EXL) Introduction to Unmanned Aircraft Systems C 3.000
AERO 2720 UG (EXL) Small Unmanned Aircraft Components C 1.000
AERO 3170 UG Aviation Safety B 3.000
AERO 3510 UG (EXL) Instrument Operations in the National Airspace Systems B 3.000
GEOG 2000 UG Intro to Regional Geography B 3.000
VFP 1060 UG Basic Video Production A 3.000  

Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits: none
Any certifications or military experience? none
Budget: the cheapest route possible, but will consider spending more for easy and fast  
Commitments: currently work about 30-35 hours/week and can work on studies part time and on days off
Dedicated time to study: Say 4 hours a night and more on days off
Timeline: As quick as is reasonable - within 6 months to a year
Tuition assistance/reimbursement: none

[rachel83az]

The Technical Studies degree at TESU would only work if you already have at least 15 UL credits in a technical field. The numbering isn't what I'm used to, but I don't think you have more than a handful of UL credits?

UMPI requires a lab science. It looks like you have chemistry with lab? Definitely physics with lab. You'd need a biological science (no lab needed, lab already fulfilled), so you could take Human Biology @ Sophia. If you know a foreign language already, you could take an ACTFL exam, or you could do Spanish I at Sophia when you do biology.

[topdog98]

The Technical Studies degree at TESU would only work if you already have at least 15 UL credits in a technical field. The numbering isn't what I'm used to, but I don't think you have more than a handful of UL credits?

UMPI requires a lab science. It looks like you have chemistry with lab? Definitely physics with lab. You'd need a biological science (no lab needed, lab already fulfilled), so you could take Human Biology @ Sophia. If you know a foreign language already, you could take an ACTFL exam, or you could do Spanish I at Sophia when you do biology.

These are the UL:
ET 3610 UG Intro Electricity Electronics B+ 4.000
AERO 3170 UG Aviation Safety B 3.000
AERO 3510 UG (EXL) Instrument Operations in the National Airspace Systems B 3.000

Human Biology and Spanish I at Sophia for the UMPI route look good. Looking through the (thoroughly confusing) gen eds, I think Ethics from Sophia may also be necessary and Intro to Political Science at Study. I think that would take care of the gen eds. Then, maybe the Project Management Core and remaining upper level courses could be finished through UMPI?

Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

[dfrecore]

TESU's BSTS is a decent option with the credits you have - you can just take 1 UL CompSci courses to meet the UL requirements for the AoS. You have 21cr in a single discipline (AERO-22cr including 6cr UL; ENGR 25cr; ET & ENST 7cr; MECH 16cr). Project Management is required as well, which you can do as an UL from Study.com.

The only other hurdle is either Chem 2 or Physics 2 w/lab - you have Chem 1 and Physics 1 with labs. Physics 2 is available at Study.com, and then you can take the lab at TESU.

You still need the following, which you could do while waiting on the eval:
- Ethics
- Civic Engagement (American Gov or Comparative Politics)
- Oral Comm (depending upon how they brought in your COMM2200 course)
- Stats
- Physics 2 w/Lab
- Cornerstone
- Capstone

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EU's BLS is also a decent option, and may be faster than TESU. All that's needed:
- Ethics (take an UL option from SDC, like BUS 318: Management Ethics)
- 5 UL A&S courses (SocSci, Humanities are best bets): SDC has them, as does Coopersmith
- Cornerstone & Info Lit in 1st 8-week term, Capstone in 2nd 8-week term
**Key - make sure you take everything you need first, before applying

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UMPI's BLS/PM degree is good. You need:
- a Biological Science (Sophia's Human Bio)
- a foreign language (Sophia's Spanish 1)
- Ethics (Sophia)
- Creative Decision Making (UMPI)
- American Gov (UMPI)
- 6 courses from your Minor

I MIGHT consider taking a month of Study.com, to take Business 304: Leading Organizational Change and Political Science 102: American Government, which would free up your time at UMPI to take all of the required UL courses, and making the chance of finishing there in 1 term greater (2 terms would be a given). But for someone only working 30 hours a week, and highly motivated with a ton of credits, I think finishing in a single term would be doable (difficult, but doable).

[topdog98]

TESU's BSTS is a decent option with the credits you have - you can just take 1 UL CompSci courses to meet the UL requirements for the AoS. You have 21cr in a single discipline (AERO-22cr including 6cr UL; ENGR 25cr; ET & ENST 7cr; MECH 16cr). Project Management is required as well, which you can do as an UL from Study.com.

The only other hurdle is either Chem 2 or Physics 2 w/lab - you have Chem 1 and Physics 1 with labs. Physics 2 is available at Study.com, and then you can take the lab at TESU.

You still need the following, which you could do while waiting on the eval:
- Ethics
- Civic Engagement (American Gov or Comparative Politics)
- Oral Comm (depending upon how they brought in your COMM2200 course)
- Stats
- Physics 2 w/Lab
- Cornerstone
- Capstone

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EU's BLS is also a decent option, and may be faster than TESU. All that's needed:
- Ethics (take an UL option from SDC, like BUS 318: Management Ethics)
- 5 UL A&S courses (SocSci, Humanities are best bets): SDC has them, as does Coopersmith
- Cornerstone & Info Lit in 1st 8-week term, Capstone in 2nd 8-week term
**Key - make sure you take everything you need first, before applying

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UMPI's BLS/PM degree is good. You need:
- a Biological Science (Sophia's Human Bio)
- a foreign language (Sophia's Spanish 1)
- Ethics (Sophia)
- Creative Decision Making (UMPI)
- American Gov (UMPI)
- 6 courses from your Minor

I MIGHT consider taking a month of Study.com, to take Business 304: Leading Organizational Change and Political Science 102: American Government, which would free up your time at UMPI to take all of the required UL courses, and making the chance of finishing there in 1 term greater (2 terms would be a given). But for someone only working 30 hours a week, and highly motivated with a ton of credits, I think finishing in a single term would be doable (difficult, but doable).

This is amazing! Thank you SO MUCH for taking the time to do this.