Going back to school--degree plan advice

[Stitching Belle]

Hello, I'm somewhat new here--I've actually been lurking (and unregistered) for a few years but I've decided to take the plunge and go back to school so I need some help. I'm a housewife, with no plans to pursue a graduate degree. I just want to finish what I started so long ago.

I'm not sure which of the Big 3 would be my best option, so any advice on that subject will be much appreciated. Also--I don't care what the degree is 'in' as long as it's a BA or BS!

I've complied a list of the credits I've already earned at other B&M schools. Anyone care to give me any suggestions about what I'm missing and what tests I should consider taking?

All classes are 3 hours, and there are 4 classes with a D grade, I've indicated which ones they are.

ACC 1213 Principles of Accounting 1
ACC 1223 Principles of Accounting 2

ASTR 101 Descriptive Astronomy 101 (grade: D)
ASTR 102 Descriptive Astronomy 2

CHEM 201 Environmental Chemistry 1
CHEM 202 Environmental Chemistry 2

ECON 2113 Principles of Economics 1
ECON 2123 Principles of Economics 2
ECON 2030 Economic Principles
ECON 2035 Money/Banking/Macro Economics

ENG 101 English Composition 1
ENG 102 English Composition 2
ENG 2232 English Lit 1
ENG 202 English Lit 2
ENG 478 Modern American Poetry
ENGL 204 American Lit since the Civil War

HIST 2055 American History 1
HIST 2057 American History 2

JOUR 101 Mass Communications
JOUR 103 News Reporting
JOUR 201 Editing 1
JOUR 303 Layout & Copy Writing
JOUR 317 News Photography
JOUR 351 Advanced Reporting
JOUR 503 Public Opinion and the Press (grade: D)

MATH 1021 College Algebra

MGT 3159 Management Principles and Policies

MKT 3401 Principles of Marketing
MKT 3427 Buyer/Seller Communication

PSC 101 American National Government (grade: D)
PSC 103 Issues in American Government

SOC 101 Intro to Sociology1
SOC 102 Intro to Sociology 2 (grade: D)
SOC 345 Population Trends & Problems

SP 233 Broadcast Announcing

[CLEP101]

If I'm not mistaken, TESC will take your D's as long as they are not in your area of study or major, but someone can correct me on that. I would look into the two degrees I linked below since you have so much Journalism/Communications credit. These might be the easiest for you to fill up faster. Make yourself an excel spread sheet and plug in your credit according to where they go and it should give you an idea what you will have left to do. Use the credit distribution in the links below to guide you.
Hope this helps,

Thomas Edison State College | BA in Journalism Credit Distribution

Thomas Edison State College | BA in Communications Credit Distribution

[cookderosa]

wow you have over 100 credits! This will be a piece of cake for you! :hurray:

I agree with CLEP101 and also suggest looking at the BA in Humanities at TESC as it might be a tad more flexible- not 100% sure but it looks like you might have 15 upper level humanities already finished, which would make for a simple test-out strategy for the lower levels.

Thomas Edison State College | BA in Humanities Credit Distribution

[Stitching Belle]

Thanks for the advice. I've gone ahead and filled out the application form at TESC (and paid my $75) so now I've got to get my transcripts sent to NJ so that they can be evaluated.

I picked the Humanities degree--it looked like either that or the Liberal Studies degrees will be the most flexible.

Now I'll just wait and see what they tell me...

[cookderosa]

Thanks for the advice. I've gone ahead and filled out the application form at TESC (and paid my $75) so now I've got to get my transcripts sent to NJ so that they can be evaluated.

I picked the Humanities degree--it looked like either that or the Liberal Studies degrees will be the most flexible.

Now I'll just wait and see what they tell me...

post back when you find out! If things get complecated in humanities, you can always email them and tell them "oops, I meant liberal arts" and they'll do a re-eval for free (just once). You can, however, change your major at any time as an enrolled student, but as an applicant they are less likely to do lots of work for you lol.

[Stitching Belle]

I will, Jennifer. And I'm really hoping that maybe all the hours I'll need will be lower level, and I can finish them out with FEMA courses...