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Considering TESU - Bachelors ASAP
#1
Big Grin 
Your Location: NY, USA
Your Age: 28
What kind of degree do you want?: Bachelors, preferably in IT/CS. Coming from a CIS associates in progress at my local community college. Looking at the dual TESU CIS & CS bachelors degrees. Ideally getting the two free associates as well.
Current Regional Accredited Credits:
Computer Science & Information Systems
  • Computer Programming: 4 Credit hours
  • Applied Database Concepts: 3 Credit hours
  • Data Communication Concepts: 3 Credit hours
  • Linux Using Python: 3 Credit hours
  • Computer Systems & Applications: 3 Credit hours
English & Humanities
  • Composition I: 3 Credit hours
  • Composition II: 3 Credit hours
  • Introduction to Philosophy: 3 Credit hours
  • Acting I: 3 Credit hours
Social Sciences & History
  • History of the United States I: 3 Credit hours
  • History of United States II: 3 Credit hours
  • American National Experience: 3 Credit hours
  • Macro Economics: 3 Credit hours
  • Social Problems Today's World: 3 Credit hours
Math & Natural Sciences
  • General Chemistry I / Lab: 4 Credit hours
  • Algebra & Trig Precalc: 3 Credit hours
  • College Algebra: 3 Credit hours
Total of 53 RA credits. 

Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits:
Sophia Intro to Nutrition, Intro to Stats, Workplace Communication (planning a lot more). Additionally planning on study.com courses.
Any certifications or military experience?: None relevant.
Budget: No cap. 
Commitments: 40 hour workweek. I can do some schoolwork at work, and have a large amount of PTO.
Dedicated time to study: 40+ hours a week
Timeline: ASAP, preferably within a year.
Tuition assistance/reimbursement: Likely from my employer. I'd prefer to have them reimburse the whole thing, but I don't think they will if I do the fee for accelerating. I think a 16 credit semester may be too much. 

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So, looking to see if my plan makes sense. I've made the spreadsheet below to organize the courses I need to take. Taken from the example on the wiki. I removed the CIS gen ed section as its a copy. I know its counter intuitive to try to speed two bachelors, but the difference between them is negligible and can be taken primarily at Sophia/Study.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1...sp=sharing

Spreadsheet also attached. It's not perfect as a lot of the credits go into multiple spots, but it gives a good overview of what to take where. My understanding is I don't need to take all the courses in each category, so I will prioritize sophia classes, followed by study classes, then elsewhere if needed. Yellow courses I'm seeking clarification on from TESU.

WGU only gave me around 7 courses (including the ACE credits), where TESU I am basically halfway done with the bachelors. I have attached that evaluation as well for the CS degree. 

My current career is Emergency Manager / Response where I participate in a lot of IT projects.

Essentially, I want to take as many classes as possible at Sophia/Study, then take the bare minimum at TESU. Opinions? I appreciate it.


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#2
The plan looks good.  It shouldn't take too long to complete all the credits.
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Degrees: BA Comp Sci; BS Business Admin (CIS); AS Nat Sci & Math — TESU (4.0 GPA)
Certs: Google (IT Support, Digital Marketing, Proj Mgmt); W3Schools PHP
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#3
Appreciate it! I've heard the capstones are time consuming but not terribly difficult, so taking both and the cornerstone wouldn't be too bad right?
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(02-06-2026, 12:03 PM)bustinjon Wrote: Appreciate it! I've heard the capstones are time consuming but not terribly difficult, so taking both and the cornerstone wouldn't be too bad right?

The capstones aren't original research, so writing these papers is pretty easy. Doing both in the same term is doable.
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Degrees: BA Comp Sci; BS Business Admin (CIS); AS Nat Sci & Math — TESU (4.0 GPA)
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