COSC & TESU : Two Degree Options

[sanantone]

To me, it would have made more sense to go to grad school for the business degree. The MBA does not require a business degree and there are MIS concentrations at the MBA level too. That will preserve your "second degree" BA slot while you're able to get the business degree at the MBA level. Now that we've seen several people complete MBAs within a few months, grad school makes a lot more sense. With that 2nd BA slot freed up, you can potentially get a double major to maximize the usefulness of the slot instead of a broad/general studies program like BA-NSM. Because us 2nd BA degree folks won't have a third shot at TESU, it's best to maximize that slot if you're the weird personal enrichment learning type that wants to take every SL course out there. In California, public universities usually don't allow 2nd BA degrees anymore. It's really last chance saloon.

I considered this, but competency-based programs are only cheap if you work fast. I don't have the time to complete an MBA in 4-6 months. Also, the IT concentrations currently offered in the competency-based MBA programs cover less IT material than a BSBA in CIS or MIS at TESU or Excelsior. As for other MBA programs, I can't afford those. I needed something dirt cheap. When you factor in the capstone you have to take for the BA, it makes the BA/MBA combination even more expensive.

Personal enrichment is not a weird concept, and they're finding that continuous learning can reduce the chances of developing Alzheimer's or dementia. Self-actualization and self-fulfillment are concepts many cannot understand because most will never reach that point in their lives. While Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs has been criticized, it explains what people do and why when they are seeking self-fulfillment.

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs | Simply Psychology

Yeah, you can get a teaching job in some states with just the right credits. You can tutor the subject as well. And it's perfectly fine for personal enrichment. But a specific BA degree would give you more employment options.

It would give you more employment options outside of teaching if that's what you want to do.

[cookderosa]

You don't have to only take 100/200-level courses. You can take 300/400-level courses if you want. You can take microbiology. I did. Botany and zoology are often lower level credits anyway. Some schools will give you the option of taking biology I and II or botany and zoology. It's similar to how one can take separate courses in anatomy and physiology or take A&P I and II.

Not sure why you're using my example to make your point- my example has nothing to do with this.