BALS Natural Sciences/Mathematics Clarification

[ACR1200]

@ACR1200, you're correct... degrees have changed, you need 45 credits for the Area of Study.  18 in the concentration, 24 in the liberal studies, you don't have to change your subject matter either, you can have it all in one subject if you wanted.  For example, if you're using Computer Science courses for your 18 credits, you can take extra computer science or CIS courses towards the liberal studies.  You can decide on something else, it really depends on your preferences on subjects you want to get familiar with.

Thank you! 

[dfrecore]

For a BALS at TESU, courses must be in at least 2 Liberal Studies subject areas. Example: 1 Computer Science + 1 Biology and the rest in Math. Or 1 Math and the rest in Computer Science.

See https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Sa...egree_Plan for examples.

Most Psychology courses do not count for the NSM concentration. You need 18 credits that fit under NSM and the remaining 6 credits may be Psychology if that's what you want.

This is not at all the case, and never has been that I can remember (Excelsior used to require 2 subject matters, but I don't think TESU ever did).

For a BALS, 18cr must be in the concentration, but the remaining credits can be in anything in the Liberal Arts.

[rachel83az]

I'm pretty sure that some students have come (back) here for help when TESU told them that they needed at least two subjects in their Lib Studies degrees. But trying to find those posts on this board is... tricky.

[bjcheung77]

The NSM option is a good choice for those who want to take multiple science subject courses in the concentration, you can have Bio, Chem, Comp Sci, Physics or whatever else that floats your boat (that is considered a science course at TESU). It's probably the best option for people who want to mix/match multiple subjects, but really there isn't a need to have that many, a couple or at most three would be great. The hardest part is finding the UL for cheap, only cheap ones so far are the Comp Sci option...

[dfrecore]

I'm pretty sure that some students have come (back) here for help when TESU told them that they needed at least two subjects in their Lib Studies degrees. But trying to find those posts on this board is... tricky.

I've been planning degrees here for over 10 years, and also do it for a living for TESU, and that has just not been the case.

But even if it was, there is almost no way to rack up the 45cr in a single subject anyway, at least not with 18cr of UL thrown in as a requirement.