Even without FEMA, a BA in Liberal Studies at TESC is still cheap!

[sanantone]

I couldn't get the cost for the BA below the $4050 one would spend at University of the People, but I still got it down to around $4130. The BSBA should still be comfortably under $4000. I'll post that plan in a little while. Again, this degree plan can be made cheaper by earning 12 credits on language CLEPs and/or completing several Straighterline courses in one month.

BA in Liberal Studies

General Education Requirements
English Comp I: CLEP Composition General (6 credits) - $100
English Comp II: CLEP Composition General - $0
Mathematics: ALEKS - $20
Electives in Intellectual and Practical Skills: ALEKS - $0
Electives in Intellectual and Practical Skills: Saylor Calculus I - $25
=$145

Human Cultures and the Physical and Natural World (18 credits)
Humanities: Analyzing and Interpreting Literature CLEP (6 credits) - $100
Social Sciences: 6-credit Social Science and History CLEP - $100
Natural Sciences: ALEKS - $0
=$200

9 credits in Humanities, Social Science, Natural Science, or Interdisciplinary
Overage from 6-credit humanities test - $0
Overage from 6-credit social science test - $0
ALEKS - $0

Personal and Social Responsibility
Diversity/Global Literacy: Any acceptable Uexcel - $95
Responsible Ethical Leadership: Any acceptable Uexcel - $95
Other Ethics or Diversity Course: Any acceptable Uexcel - $95
=$285

18 credits in General Education Electives
Saylor Intro to Computer Science I - $25
Saylor Intro to Western Political Thought - $25
6-credit American Literature CLEP - $100
6-credit English Literature - $100
=$250

Liberal Studies Area of Study: 33 credits, 18 UL credits, 6-credit limit on 100-level courses, and credits in at least two broad areas (natural science/mathematics, humanities, and social science)
Saylor Corporate Communication (UL) - $25
TECEP Marketing Communication (UL) - $108
TECEP Abnormal Psychology (UL) - $108
Any UL liberal arts Uexcel - $95
Any UL liberal arts Uexcel- $95
Any liberal arts TECEP 100-level or above - $108
Any liberal arts TECEP 100-level or above - $108
Any liberal arts TECEP 200-level or above - $108
Any liberal arts TECEP 200-level or above - $108
Any liberal arts TECEP 200-level or above - $108
Required liberal arts capstone (UL) - $1428
=$2399

27 Credits in Free Electives
NFA (3 credits) - $0
TEEX (6 credits) - $0
Saylor Business Law and Ethics - $25
Saylor Business Statistics - $25
Saylor Principles of Management - $25
Humanities CLEP (6 credits) - $100
Any unused Uexcel - $95
= 270

Total: $3549
With graduation ($290), application ($75), and technology services fees ($121): $4035
With transcript fees for ACE ($45), DSST ($30), and CLEP ($20): $4130

[publius2k4]

I couldn't get the cost for the BA below the $4050 one would spend at University of the People, but I still got it down to around $4130. The BSBA should still be comfortably under $4000. I'll post that plan in a little while. Again, this degree plan can be made cheaper by earning 12 credits on language CLEPs and/or completing several Straighterline courses in one month.

BA in Liberal Studies

General Education Requirements
English Comp I: CLEP Composition General (6 credits) - $100
English Comp II: CLEP Composition General - $0
Mathematics: ALEKS - $20
Electives in Intellectual and Practical Skills: ALEKS - $0
Electives in Intellectual and Practical Skills: Saylor Calculus I - $25
=$145

Human Cultures and the Physical and Natural World (18 credits)
Humanities: Analyzing and Interpreting Literature CLEP (6 credits) - $100
Social Sciences: 6-credit Social Science and History CLEP - $100
Natural Sciences: ALEKS - $0
=$200

9 credits in Humanities, Social Science, Natural Science, or Interdisciplinary
Overage from 6-credit humanities test - $0
Overage from 6-credit social science test - $0
ALEKS - $0

Personal and Social Responsibility
Diversity/Global Literacy: Any acceptable Uexcel - $95
Responsible Ethical Leadership: Any acceptable Uexcel - $95
Other Ethics or Diversity Course: Any acceptable Uexcel - $95
=$285

18 credits in General Education Electives
Saylor Intro to Computer Science I - $25
Saylor Intro to Western Political Thought - $25
6-credit American Literature CLEP - $100
6-credit English Literature - $100
=$250

Liberal Studies Area of Study: 33 credits, 18 UL credits, 6-credit limit on 100-level courses, and credits in at least two broad areas (natural science/mathematics, humanities, and social science)
Saylor Corporate Communication (UL) - $25
TECEP Marketing Communication (UL) - $108
TECEP Abnormal Psychology (UL) - $108
Any UL liberal arts Uexcel - $95
Any UL liberal arts Uexcel- $95
Any liberal arts TECEP 100-level or above - $108
Any liberal arts TECEP 100-level or above - $108
Any liberal arts TECEP 200-level or above - $108
Any liberal arts TECEP 200-level or above - $108
Any liberal arts TECEP 200-level or above - $108
Required liberal arts capstone (UL) - $1428
=$2399

27 Credits in Free Electives
NFA (3 credits) - $0
TEEX (6 credits) - $0
Saylor Business Law and Ethics - $25
Saylor Business Statistics - $25
Saylor Principles of Management - $25
Humanities CLEP (6 credits) - $100
Any unused Uexcel - $95
= 270

Total: $3549
With graduation ($290), application ($75), and technology services fees ($121): $4035
With transcript fees for ACE ($45), DSST ($30), and CLEP ($20): $4130

$80 more for a regionally accredited degree? Sounds like a winner!

[sanantone]

$80 more for a regionally accredited degree? Sounds like a winner!

I'm defiant. I wonder if TESC sees these threads and gets pissed off. I know they know about this forum because they responded to the thread about their new PLA system.

[Dillonjm]

Excellent thread. I will definitely be looking forward to your BSBA post since that's the path I decided to go down. I just started and completed my first CLEP, Principles of Management. I am studying for the Principles of Marketing now.

[JBtesc]

Can you guys point me to current and detailed info about TEEX?

[cstock]

Hello, I am also going for a bachelor in liberal arts at TESC. Can you post your degree plan? I am having a hard time with my advisor at TESC getting back to me with what DSST and CLEP'S I can take. Thanks

[sanantone]

Can you guys point me to current and detailed info about TEEX?

http://www.degreeforum.net/general-educa...ex-14.html

Hello, I am also going for a bachelor in liberal arts at TESC. Can you post your degree plan? I am having a hard time with my advisor at TESC getting back to me with what DSST and CLEP'S I can take. Thanks

I haven't made a plan for liberal studies, but this should help you. It's hard to tell what all they will accept for some of their new general education requirements (intellectual and practical skills, diversity/global literacy, and responsible ethical leadership), so some of the things I listed are speculative. For the area of study, all you have to do is choose anything that's humanities, social science, mathematics, or natural science. Make sure you don't have more than 6 credits that are at the 100-level; and, make sure you have at least 15 UL credits to go with the capstone for a total of 15. You need at least broad areas of study (e.g. social science and natural science) in the area of study.
Sanantone's General Education Options - Degree Forum Wiki
DANTES
CLEP - College-Level Exam Program

[publius2k4]

I'm defiant. I wonder if TESC sees these threads and gets pissed off. I know they know about this forum because they responded to the thread about their new PLA system.

Defiance is kind of the point....we're renegade learners!

I HOPE TESC gets pissed off....To me, too many leaders in academia seem to hold higher education (or any education) as a privilege, not a right.

[cstock]

Appreciate the info!!

[sanantone]

Subtract $121 because students under the Per Credit Tuition Plan do NOT have to pay the technology service fee!