I need your help please. Went to Penn Foster

[dino]

Don't hold your breath - it will probably be the full 5 weeks, unfortunately. I swear, they hold your app and transcripts and do your eval the night before the 5-week timeframe is up. Not kidding, the last 2 evals I've had have all been done on the 25th business day exactly. Not a single day sooner, even though I was only transferring over 1 course from a CC the first time (and they received it electronically in 2 days) and the other from ACE (and they received that one in 1 day). There is no way they could have taken more than 5 minutes to evaluate and transfer over the courses. With 4 of the courses, they already had them in their system (ALEKS College Algebra, Insurance Ethics, Sophia's Project Management, and Kaplan PLA course). With the CC course, it was a requirement for my degree, and the exact course (Organizational Theory for the BSBA HR degree). No, they sit on them and wait the full number of days posted on the website, I am positive.

Ok, rant over! Thanks for listening. :-P

hehehe I hear you... What should I do now? That's a long time I can use the time to complete something. Any suggestions? I have attached at start of this thread what I have completed so far with Penn. Wondering if I should do some math, but I have complete math classes as part of my associates degree with PF.

[dino]

Dino,

What is your ultimate goal? Your planning should be based on that, not only some perceived speed or cost savings (although important). Way too many people on here take some fast/easy route to find out later that a grad school or an employer didn't like all the PF, SL classes on their transcripts. It can save you a lot of time and headache if you plan in advance. WGU and Patton are not your only options for graduate. And for that matter, TESU, COSC, Excelsior are not your only options for undergrad.

Hi Prloko,

My goal is to complete Bachelors, but since I have AS in Business Management that's the route I am taking to be able to transfer most of my credits. I have over 11 years of experience in current field and overall 15 years of professional working experience. I also have numerous certification related to my current job. It's really just a checkbox for me to be honest. There isn't anything new I will learn in classes that will give me an edge for my position. I have no issue getting interviews and offers just bachelors gets on the way sometimes (not all the time). Some of my potential employers don't care about GPA just that I have a Bachelors degree.
I didn't know about Patton, seems interesting how they do it and it's self-paced I have a family so flexibility is important.

[Prloko]

Hi Prloko,

My goal is to complete Bachelors, but since I have AS in Business Management that's the route I am taking to be able to transfer most of my credits. I have over 11 years of experience in current field and overall 15 years of professional working experience. I also have numerous certification related to my current job. It's really just a checkbox for me to be honest. There isn't anything new I will learn in classes that will give me an edge for my position. I have no issue getting interviews and offers just bachelors gets on the way sometimes (not all the time). Some of my potential employers don't care about GPA just that I have a Bachelors degree.
I didn't know about Patton, seems interesting how they do it and it's self-paced I have a family so flexibility is important.

And that's perfectly fine. I just notice sometimes, people are quick to advise a cookie-cutter route that is not best for everyone. So I just remind people to make sure they see this from all angles before jumping in. There have been people in the past, including some who were hell bent that they didn't need any other schooling, etc. Some time later, they are on here attempting to get 2nd, 3rd degrees because the first one was missing an important aspect. It is just my position that you should put yourself in a good position to start with.

You seem to have exactly what you need with the current plan, so chug on!

[dino]

Still waiting on TESU transcript eval let's see how long. Wondering if I should sign up for this free course from SL IT Fundamentals.

[jsd]

Still waiting on TESU transcript eval let's see how long.

you still have a while ago. They take the full 25 business days, usually 25 bus. days to tee.

[dino]

Was thinking to maybe try Upper Iowa. Got accepted and got the credits looked at, but my advisor is busy with students who are enrolling into a term now. She just sent list of classes to take. I was thinking to take PF or SL or others to get to 90 and consider finishing there, but unless I enroll I don't think I will get the details I need to take on the next class. Here is what I got:

COMM105
Two Biological/Physical Science courses (one must be upper level)
Cultures (Upper Level) course
BA160 Microeconomic Principles
BA161 Macroeconomic Principles
BA222 Management Information Systems
BA222 Business Ethics or PHIL 202 Contemporary Ethics
BA341 Corporate Financial Management
BA356 Quantitative Decisions in Business
BA 317 International Mgmt
BA 361 Human Resources Mgmt
BA 423 Prod & Op Management
BA 454 Mgmt Cases
BA 460 Strategic Management

One of the following
PSY 338 Motivation
BA 362 Supervision
BA 365 Leadership Theory
BA 367 Cross-cultural Leadership
BA 370 Ent & Small Bus Mgmt
BA 411 Labor Relations & Neg
BA 415 Cross-cultural Negot
BA 421 Managerial Cost Acct
PSY 440 Industrial Psychology
BA 445 Contemp Topics Mgmt
BA/PSY 474 Org Behavior*

I thought I had Org Behavior already =(

I wanted to see list of what I have vs what I need. I see Ethics there which I already have for 2 credits UL from Institutes.

[dino]

Finally got results for TESU. Should I post complete list here or should I just PM if someone can assist?
I have 69 accepted and 51 needed. (doesn't include 2 Ethics credits from Institutes take after transcript was sent so it's really 49 needed)

Some classes need from what they told in email is :

ENC-102: English Composition II
This course will fulfill one of your General Education requirements.

Ethics which I have cover short 1 credit.

Looks like College Algebra as well.

Let me know what to post I will provide here or PM and get the ball rolling to get more classes done.

Thanks so much

[KayV]

How did I miss this thread?
You can request a waiver for the missing Ethics credit, no worries.
Please post your eval.

[dfrecore]

Yes, post the eval so we can help you.

[dino]

Sorry for delayed response, been a bit busy. I will copy paste if it's not understandable / readable I will have to figure out to fix in word or excel and re-post.
I need 49 out of 120. 2 credits for Ethics is not included here.

Thanks so much for your help.

BSBA General Education (60 SH)

Semester Hours Completed: 27.00

Complete all 6 subrequirements:

A: Intellectual Skills (In Progress)

> INTELLECTUAL AND PRACTICAL SKILLS (15)

> Complete 15 semester hours (SH) to include:

> *Written Communication (ENC-101 and ENC-102 w/grade of C or

> better), 6SH

> *Oral Communication, 3SH

> *Quantitative Literacy (College Algebra OR Quantitative

> Business Analysis), 3SH

> *Information Literacy, 3SH

Semester Hours Completed: 4.00

ENC-101 (Completed)

Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESU # Notes

1.. ENC-101... English Composition I.... 3.00 CR ENC-101 *NE

ENC-102 (Not Started)

_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits

Oral Communication (Not Started)

_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits

College Algebra or Quantitative Business Analysis (Not Started)

> (DEGREE REQUIREMENT)

_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits

Information Literacy (In Progress)

Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESU # Notes

1.. FEL-121... Library Orientation...... 1.00 CR FEL-121 *NE

_____________________________________________________________________ 2 credits

B: Civic Learning (In Progress)

> CIVIC AND GLOBAL LEARNING (9)

> Complete 9 semester hours (SH) in Civic and Global Learning

> coursework to include:

> *Diversity, 3SH

> *Ethics, 3SH

> *Civic Engagement, 3SH

Semester Hours Completed: 3.00

Diversity (Completed)

Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESU # Notes

1.. HIS-122... World History II......... 3.00 CR HIS-122 *NE

Ethics (Not Started)

_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits

Civic Engagement (Not Started)

_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits

C: Human Cultures (Completed)

> KNOWLEDGE OF HUMAN CULTURES (9)

> Complete 9 semester hours (SH) in Humanities and/or Social

> Sciences.

Semester Hours Completed: 9.00

Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESU # Notes

1.. MUS-100... Music Appreciation....... 3.00 CR MUS-100 *NE

1.. ART-100... A World of Art........... 3.00 CR ART-100 *NE

2.. TS3201 Voice and Diction........ 3.00 B COM-132 *TE

D: Natural World (Completed)

> UNDERSTANDING THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL WORLD (4)

> Complete 4 semester hours (SH) in the Natural Sciences.

> Mathematics courses cannot be used to satisfy this

> requirement.

Semester Hours Completed: 5.00

Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESU # Notes

1.. CAP-191... Visual BASIC............. 2.00 CR CAP-191 *NE

1.. BIO-208... The Science of Nutrition. 3.00 CR BIO-208 *NE

E: Mathematics (Completed)

> MATHEMATICS (3)

> Complete 3 semester hours (SH) of Principles of Statistics.

> Statistics (DEGREE REQUIREMENT)

Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESU # Notes

1.. STA-201... Principles of Statistics. 3.00 CR STA-201 *NE

F: GE Electives (In Progress)

> GENERAL EDUCATION ELECTIVES (20)

> Complete 20 semester hours (SH).

!! Exception

overage in natural World, 19 SH required

Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESU # Notes

1.. MAT-115... Intermediate Algebra..... 3.00 CR MAT-115 *NE

_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits

_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits

_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits

_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits

_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits

_____________________________________________________________________ 1 credits

================================================================================

Core (36SH)

Semester Hours Completed: 30.00

Complete all 10 subrequirements:

A: Fncl/Mngrl Accountng (Completed)

> Complete one full year of Introductory/Principles of

> Accounting.

> *Introduction to Financial Accounting, 3SH

> *Introduction to Managerial Accounting, 3SH

Semester Hours Completed: 6.00

Group 1 (Completed)

Semester Hours Completed: 6.00

Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESU # Notes

1.. ACC-101... Prin. of Finl Acctg...... 3.00 CR ACC-101 *NE

1.. ACC-102... Prin. of Mgrl Acctg...... 3.00 CR ACC-102 *NE

B: Business Law (Completed)

> Complete 3 semester hours of Business Law.

Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESU # Notes

1.. LAW-201... Business Law............. 3.00 CR LAW-201 *NE

C: Computer Concepts (Completed)

> Complete 3 hours in an introduction to information systems,

> introduction to computers, computer literacy, or an

> introductory computing course with applications such as

> word processing, spreadsheets, and databases.

Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESU # Notes

1.. CIS-102... Intro to Computer Info Sy 3.00 CR CIS-102 *NE

D: Princ of Finance (Completed)

> Complete 3 semester hours of Principles of Finance.

Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESU # Notes

1.. FIN-301... Principles of Finance.... 3.00 CR FIN-301 *NE

E: Prins of Management (Completed)

> Complete 3 semester hours of Principles of Management.

Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESU # Notes

1.. MAN-301... Principles of Management. 3.00 CR MAN-301 *NE

F: Intro to Marketing (Completed)

> Complete 3 semester hours of Introduction to Marketing.

Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESU # Notes

1.. MAR-301... Introduction to Marketing 3.00 CR MAR-301 *NE

G: Bus in Soc/Int'l Mgt (Not Started)

> Complete 3 semester hours of business in society,

> introduction to international business, international

> management or international marketing.

_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits

H: Economics (Completed)

> Complete 6 semester hours (SH) in Economics.

Semester Hours Completed: 6.00

Macroeconomics (Completed)

Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESU # Notes

1.. ECO-111... Macroeconomics........... 3.00 CR ECO-111 *NE

Microeconomics (Completed)

Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESU # Notes

1.. ECO-112... Microeconomics........... 3.00 CR ECO-112 *NE

I: Mngrl Communications (Completed)

> Complete 3 semester hours in Business/Managerial

> Communications.

Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESU # Notes

1.. ENG-216... Bus. Letter & Rep. Writin 3.00 CR ENG-216 *NE

J: Strategic Management (Not Started)

> Complete 3 semester hours in Strategic Management or

> Business Policy.

_______________________________________________________________ 1 course needed

================================================================================

General Mngt (18SH: 12SH must be upper level)

Semester Hours Completed: 6.00

GPA Achieved/Needed: none / 2.000

Complete both subrequirements:

A: GMS Required Areas (In Progress)

> Complete one three semester hour course in three of the

> following four areas: Accounting, Finance, Management,

> Marketing; with a grade of C or better. These courses must

> be above the introductory level.

> At least 12 semester hours within the entire Specialization

> must be at the 300/400 level.

Semester Hours Completed: 6.00

Group 1 (Not Started)

_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits

Group 3 (Completed)

Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESU # Notes

1.. PSY-361... Organizational Behavior.. 3.00 CR PSY-361 *NE

Group 4 (Completed)

Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESU # Notes

1.. MAR-351... Consumer Behavior........ 3.00 CR MAR-351 *NE

B: GMS Elective Area (Not Started)

> Complete 9 more semester hours from any assortment of the

> four areas above; with a grade of C or better.

>

> At least 12 semester hours within the entire Specialization

> must be at the 300/400 level.

Semester Hours Completed: 0.00

Group 1 (Not Started)

_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits

Group 2 (Not Started)

_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits

_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits

================================================================================

Electives (6sh)

> Complete 6 semester hours (SH) of college level coursework

> as Electives.

Semester Hours Completed: 6.00

Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESU # Notes

1.. LAW-202... Business Law II.......... 3.00 CR LAW-202 *NE

1.. BUS-101... Introduction to Business. 3.00 CR BUS-101 *NE

================================================================================

OTHER COURSES:

Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESU # Notes

--- ---------- ------------------------- ------- --- ---------- ---------

1 BUS-161 Business Mathematics 3.00 CR BUS-161 *NE

1 FEL-101 Orientation 1.00 CR FEL-101 *NE

1 ENG-216 Bus. Letter & Rep. Writin 2.00 CR ENG-216 *RI*NE

(Credits in parentheses are anticipated earned)