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Degree from Sophia Courses Alone?
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Has anyone seen a scenario where someone has transferred 99% (minus any capstone/cornerstone requirements, etc.) of an Associate's degree into the big 3 or another school?

With the breadth of Sophia's catalog right now, that would be a decent offering if someone could pull that off. There certainly are enough LL credits in their catalog.
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(12-11-2020, 11:39 AM)McManus Wrote: Has anyone seen a scenario where someone has transferred 99% (minus any capstone/cornerstone requirements, etc.) of an Associate's degree into the big 3 or another school?

With the breadth of Sophia's catalog right now, that would be a decent offering if someone could pull that off. There certainly are enough LL credits in their catalog.

You could definitely do this with TESU and a plain AA degree. The only course missing from Sophia is American Government and that can be had from InstantCert. However, the cost of this is going to be prohibitively high, around $5000, due to the cornerstone and the residency waiver. 

The cheapest option would be to get the Pierpont BOG AAS. This does require 12 RA credits but those can be had relatively inexpensively via TEL Learning ($800 total for 4 classes) and/or ASU EA ($1700 total for 4 classes). The requirements and process can be found here: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Pierpont_C%26TC

Charter Oak also requires 12 RA credits for their Associate's degrees. You would then pay around $2200 additional in tuition and fees to get your Associate's degree, bringing the cost up to at least $3k for a COSC AA or AS. Cheaper than TESU but definitely more costly than Pierpont.
In progress:
TESU - BA Computer Science; BSBA CIS; ASNSM Math & CS; ASBA

Completed:
Pierpont - AAS BOG
Sophia (so many), The Institutes (old), Study.com (5 courses)
ASU: Human Origins, Astronomy, Intro Health & Wellness, Western Civilization, Computer Appls & Info Technology, Intro Programming
Strayer: CIS175, CIS111, WRK100, MAT210
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#3
There are a couple of threads about maximizing Sophia courses. Here is the one for TESU: https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...es-at-TESU
Very close to do-able! Just pay the waiver basically for an associates through them.
TESU BSBA Gen Mgmt - In progress
Straighterline - 72 credits
Sophia - 35 credits
Study.com - 21 credits
TEEX - 6 credits
East MS CC, Jackson State CC, Univ of TN at Martin, Olivet Nazarene, TESU - 27 credits
Goal: teaching cert, state of GA
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#4
You're going to pay about the same for an Associates as for a Bachelors from the Big Three because the fees at the end are almost the same. There's really no reason to do it.
Study.com - 177 CR. TESU - 39 CR. Middle Georgia State University - 15 CR. Sonoran Desert Institute - 42 CR. COSC - 6 CR. Excelsior - 6 CR. CLEP - 6 CR. Sophia - 14 CR. TEEX - 2 CR. Shmoop - 18 CR. NFA - 4 CR. The Institutes - 2 CR. FEMA - 20ish


BA in History/English from TESU. 
BA in Communications from TESU. AS in Firearms Technology from SDI.




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#5
For the Big 3, it's either not worth doing (too expensive) or can't be done (RA requirements). TESU has the RW which makes it too expensive (only $1557 less than the BA). EC has the capstone for AA's making it the same price for the BA. COSC is the only one with RA requirements, but even doing that, you could easily take 12cr through TEL (total of $800) and the price is decent.

COSC AA $2517 (includes tuition for cornerstone and fees + $800 for TEL) - xfer in 45cr Alternative/12cr RA (actual price before TEL is $1717)
TESU AA $5097 (includes tuition for cornerstone and fees) - xfer in 57cr, all Alternative
EC AA $5300 (includes tuition for Info Lit, Cornerstone, Capstone, and fees) - xfer in 53cr, all Alternative
EC AA $5850 (includes tuition for Info Lit, Cornerstone, Capstone, 2 additional courses, and fees) - xfer in 47cr, all Alternative
TESU BSBA/HR 2018 - WVNCC BOG AAS 2017 - GGU Cert in Mgmt 2000
EXAMS: TECEP Tech Wrtg, Comp II, LA Math, PR, Computers  DSST Computers, Pers Fin  CLEP Mgmt, Mktg
COURSES: TESU Capstone  Study.com Pers Fin, Microecon, Stats  Ed4Credit Acct 2  PF Fin Mgmt  ALEKS Int & Coll Alg  Sophia Proj Mgmt The Institutes - Ins Ethics  Kaplan PLA
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(12-11-2020, 11:55 AM)rachel83az Wrote:
(12-11-2020, 11:39 AM)McManus Wrote: Has anyone seen a scenario where someone has transferred 99% (minus any capstone/cornerstone requirements, etc.) of an Associate's degree into the big 3 or another school?

With the breadth of Sophia's catalog right now, that would be a decent offering if someone could pull that off. There certainly are enough LL credits in their catalog.

You could definitely do this with TESU and a plain AA degree. The only course missing from Sophia is American Government and that can be had from InstantCert. However, the cost of this is going to be prohibitively high, around $5000, due to the cornerstone and the residency waiver. 

The cheapest option would be to get the Pierpont BOG AAS. This does require 12 RA credits but those can be had relatively inexpensively via TEL Learning ($800 total for 4 classes) and/or ASU EA ($1700 total for 4 classes). The requirements and process can be found here: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Pierpont_C%26TC

Charter Oak also requires 12 RA credits for their Associate's degrees. You would then pay around $2200 additional in tuition and fees to get your Associate's degree, bringing the cost up to at least $3k for a COSC AA or AS. Cheaper than TESU but definitely more costly than Pierpont.
A side question, if COSC won't take SL American Gov, will it take the Instant Cert one instead?
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(12-11-2020, 03:22 PM)Seagull Wrote: A side question, if COSC won't take SL American Gov, will it take the Instant Cert one instead?

Yes. As far as I'm aware, they still take the Instant Cert American Government. They should also take SL? What they do NOT take is SDC Political Science 102 because they now bring that in as POS-100 instead of the required POS-110.
In progress:
TESU - BA Computer Science; BSBA CIS; ASNSM Math & CS; ASBA

Completed:
Pierpont - AAS BOG
Sophia (so many), The Institutes (old), Study.com (5 courses)
ASU: Human Origins, Astronomy, Intro Health & Wellness, Western Civilization, Computer Appls & Info Technology, Intro Programming
Strayer: CIS175, CIS111, WRK100, MAT210
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(12-11-2020, 03:22 PM)Seagull Wrote:
(12-11-2020, 11:55 AM)rachel83az Wrote:
(12-11-2020, 11:39 AM)McManus Wrote: Has anyone seen a scenario where someone has transferred 99% (minus any capstone/cornerstone requirements, etc.) of an Associate's degree into the big 3 or another school?

With the breadth of Sophia's catalog right now, that would be a decent offering if someone could pull that off. There certainly are enough LL credits in their catalog.

You could definitely do this with TESU and a plain AA degree. The only course missing from Sophia is American Government and that can be had from InstantCert. However, the cost of this is going to be prohibitively high, around $5000, due to the cornerstone and the residency waiver. 

The cheapest option would be to get the Pierpont BOG AAS. This does require 12 RA credits but those can be had relatively inexpensively via TEL Learning ($800 total for 4 classes) and/or ASU EA ($1700 total for 4 classes). The requirements and process can be found here: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Pierpont_C%26TC

Charter Oak also requires 12 RA credits for their Associate's degrees. You would then pay around $2200 additional in tuition and fees to get your Associate's degree, bringing the cost up to at least $3k for a COSC AA or AS. Cheaper than TESU but definitely more costly than Pierpont.
A side question, if COSC won't take SL American Gov, will it take the Instant Cert one instead?

COSC does not require American Government at all, that's TESU.
TESU BSBA/HR 2018 - WVNCC BOG AAS 2017 - GGU Cert in Mgmt 2000
EXAMS: TECEP Tech Wrtg, Comp II, LA Math, PR, Computers  DSST Computers, Pers Fin  CLEP Mgmt, Mktg
COURSES: TESU Capstone  Study.com Pers Fin, Microecon, Stats  Ed4Credit Acct 2  PF Fin Mgmt  ALEKS Int & Coll Alg  Sophia Proj Mgmt The Institutes - Ins Ethics  Kaplan PLA
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#9
Oh, duh, yes. I'm so used to the question being asked about TESU that I didn't even notice Seagull asked about COSC. COSC doesn't accept InstantCert.com AT ALL. The list of accepted alt credit providers can be found here: https://www.charteroak.edu/catalog/curre...r_inst.php
In progress:
TESU - BA Computer Science; BSBA CIS; ASNSM Math & CS; ASBA

Completed:
Pierpont - AAS BOG
Sophia (so many), The Institutes (old), Study.com (5 courses)
ASU: Human Origins, Astronomy, Intro Health & Wellness, Western Civilization, Computer Appls & Info Technology, Intro Programming
Strayer: CIS175, CIS111, WRK100, MAT210
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