In desperate need of help with a plan for tesc ba sociology

[lovewins]

Hi everyone! Its been about 6 years since Ive been on this website. Life happened and now Im back to FINALLY finish my Bachelors degree! But Ive forgotten mostly everything about how this all works-the testing out part. I would appreciate it if someone much wiser than I could help me to come up with the perfect plan to finish this degree in the CHEAPEST and FASTEST way! Help me OBI-ONE! I know youre out there!

The details are below

Thanks in advance!!!

Transferring 96 credits from various brick/mortar colleges around the U.S. to TESC and want to pursue 120 credit BA in Sociology
Academic Evaluation on TESC's website is saying i need 37 more credits though :ack:

In desperate need of someone to help me come up with a PLAN to complete this degree in the CHEAPEST and FASTEST way!

Here is my TESC online Academic Evaluation for the BA in SOCIOLOGY:



I) 1: BA General Education (60 SH)
Credits: 50

Complete all 5 subrequirements:
I) A: Intellectual Skills
> 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-Level Math), 3SH
> *Information Literacy, 3SH
Credits: 9
C) ENC-101
ENC-101 English Composition I...... 12/31/10 A 3 *TE
C) ENC-102
ENC-102 English Composition II..... 12/31/93 B 3 *TE
N)[COLOR="#FF0000"] Oral Communication
____________________________________________________ 3 credits needed[/COLOR]
C) Quantitative Literacy
MAT-104 Math Concepts.............. 12/31/93 C+ 3 *TE
N)[COLOR="#FF0000"] Information Literacy
____________________________________________________ 3 credits needed[/COLOR]

I) B: Civic Learning
> CIVIC AND GLOBAL LEARNING (9)
> Complete 9 semester hours (SH) to include:
> *Diversity, 3SH
> *Ethics, 3SH
> *Civic Engagement, 3SH
Credits: 3
C) Diversity
POS-368 International Politics..... 12/31/93 B 3 *TE
N) [COLOR="#FF0000"]Ethics
____________________________________________________ 3 credits needed[/COLOR]
N) [COLOR="#FF0000"]Civic Engagement
____________________________________________________ 3 credits needed[/COLOR]

C) C: Human Cultures
> KNOWLEDGE OF HUMAN CULTURES (12)
> Complete 12 semester hours (SH) in Humanities and/or
> Social Sciences.
Credits: 12
HIS-113 American History I......... 05/01/12 A 3 *TE
HIS-114 American History II........ 12/01/12 C+ 3 *TE
POS-110 American Government........ 05/01/12 A 3 *TE
GOG-100 Introduction to Geography.. 05/01/12 A 3 *TE

C) D: Natural World
> UNDERSTANDING THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL WORLD (4)
> Complete 4 semester hours in the Natural Sciences.
> Mathematics courses cannot be used to satisfy this
> requirement.
BIO-212 Human Anatomy & Physiology 08/31/10 B 4 *TE



C) E: GE Electives
> GENERAL EDUCATION ELECTIVES (20)
> Complete 20 semester hours (SH).
Credits: 22
ECO-112 Microeconomics............. 05/01/12 A 3 *TE
ECO-111 Macroeconomics............. 12/01/11 B+ 3 *TE
JOU-101 Mass Media and Society..... 12/01/11 A 3 *TE
COM-108 Fundamentals of Speech..... 08/01/11 A 3 *TE
PSY-101 Introduction to Psychology. 05/31/94 B 3 *TE
ART-199 Spec. Stud. in Selected Top 12/31/92 C- 3 *TE
SPA-101 Elementary Spanish I....... 12/01/11 B+ 4 *TE
================================================================================

I) 2: Sociology (30SH: 15SH must be upper level)
Credits: 6
GPA Achieved/Needed: 2.650 / 2.000
Complete all 4 subrequirements:
C) A: Intro to Sociology
> Complete one Introduction to Sociology course with a grade
> of C or better.
SOC-101 Introduction to Sociology.. 05/31/10 B+ 3 *TE

N) B: Social Theory
> [COLOR="#FF0000"]Complete one Social Theory course with a grade of C or
> better.
____________________________________________________ 3 credits needed[/COLOR]

N) C: Meth Soc Res or Stat
> [COLOR="#FF0000"]Complete one Methods of Social Science Research or
> Sociological Research Methods course OR one Statistics
> course, with a grade of C or better.
____________________________________________________ 3 credits needed[/COLOR]

I) D: Sociology Electives
> Complete 21 Semester Hours (SH) of Sociology Department
> courses as electives, with a grade of C or better.
>
> **At least 15 of the 30 credits required within the entire
> Area of Study must be at the 300/400 level.**
Credits: 3
N) [COLOR="#FF0000"]Group 1
____________________________________________________ 9 credits needed[/COLOR]
I) Group 2
SOC-210 Marriage and the Family.... 12/31/94 C 3 *TE
____________________________________________________ 9 credits needed
================================================================================
N) 3: Liberal Arts Capstone (3 SH)
> Complete course LIB-495 Liberal Arts Capstone for 3
> semester hours (SH). A grade of C or better is required in
> this course as well as within all courses that make up the
> Area of Study.
LIB-495 Liberal Arts Capstone________________________ 1 course needed
================================================================================
C) 4: Electives (27SH)
> Complete 27 semester hours (SH) of college level coursework
> as Electives.
Credits: 27
PSY-370 Social Psychology I........ 12/01/11 A 3 *TE
NUT-101 Human Nutrition............ 05/31/10 A 3 *TE
COM-300 Intro. to Business Commun.. 12/31/94 B+ 3 *TE
PSY-301 Human Sexuality............ 12/01/12 B 3 *TE
BIO-211 Human Anatomy & Physiology 05/31/10 A 4 *TE
NUR-110 Fundamentals of Nursing I.. 12/31/10 C+ 8 *TE
PEA-199 Spec. Stud. in Selected Top 05/31/10 A 2 *TE
NUR-199 Spec. Stud. in Selected Top 12/31/10 B 1 *TE
================================================================================
OTHER COURSES: Registered Earned
Credits Credits
ENC-101............. 12/31/92 C- 3.00 3.00 *RI *TE
English Composition I
SOC-101............. 12/31/92 D 3.00 3.00 *RI *TE
Introduction to Sociology
EDM-203............. 01/06/12 CR 1.00 1.00 *NE
Exercise Design
EDM-107............. 01/07/12 CR 1.00 1.00 *NE
Principles of Emer Management
EDM-224............. 12/27/12 CR 1.00 1.00 *NE

Emergency Planning
EDM-207............. 12/29/12 CR 1.00 1.00 *NE
Leadership and Influence
EDM-208............. 01/07/13 CR 1.00 1.00 *NE
Decision Making & Problem Solv
EDM-209............. 01/08/13 CR 1.00 1.00 *NE
Effective Communications
EDM-241............. 01/10/13 CR 1.00 1.00 *NE
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[lovewins]

Is there anyone who can help me map out a plan and guide me?

[Lindagerr]

Things have changed so much since I got my degree at TESC now it is even called something different TESU. I would suggest you look on the degree forum wiki, if I remember Sanantone did some new requirements equivalency plans on there. What I do see is you did lots of FEMA credit which TESU no longer takes and you seem to have some recurring credits like intro to Sociology.

[ajs1976]

Oral Comm - Look into DSST and SL. From posts, it looks like DSST may be less work, but SL is easier.

Info Lit - Technical Writing TECEP may be an easy option.

Research Methods / Stats - I'm not that familiar with this requirement. ECE and Study.com have research methods for psych that may work here. ALEKS has Stats, but it can be one of the more difficult ones.

[lovewins]

Things have changed so much since I got my degree at TESC now it is even called something different TESU. I would suggest you look on the degree forum wiki, if I remember Sanantone did some new requirements equivalency plans on there. What I do see is you did lots of FEMA credit which TESU no longer takes and you seem to have some recurring credits like intro to Sociology.

Wow, I didnt realize that they changed it to TESU now or that they no longer take the FEMA credits! Man, I really should have done this 6 years ago. They were SO much easier then and there was no CAPSTONE! Ugh!

[lovewins]

I just noticed, too, that in my Academic Eval, they are saying I need 3 credits of ORAL COMMUNICATIONS. However, I took and got credited for Speech Communcations and they have it listed under GE Electives at the bottom instead. Do you think I can dispute this? I think it would be better to have my Speech Communications class added to the top where it belongs and be free to take whatever GE elective I want, no???

They did the same thing with CIVIL ENGAGEMENT. I could have used my American Government class for that, right? But they put American Govnt class that I took under GE Electives instead?

Seems so odd that they would do that when both of these classes were exact matches for what I needed? I hope I can easily move that around so I can take 2 GE Electives of my choice instead.

Thoughts??

[jsd]

This is your third thread asking the same question, and the plan I made that you've mentioned addresses all of this (except for the general ed stuff, which other users replied to, and have addressed elsewhere on this forum and on the wiki).

I'm sorry and bummed that you don't like my plan, but when it comes to Sociology electives, you're pretty much stuck to what I've found. It's exhaustive, as far as testout options go.

If it doesn't work for you, you'll have to go a more traditional route, or change your area of study.

The good news is that the general ed options are all very easily resolved.

JSD's BA in Sociology (after July 1st, 2015) - Degree Forum Wiki - Wikia

[lovewins]

This is your third thread asking the same question, and the plan I made that you've mentioned addresses all of this (except for the general ed stuff, which other users replied to, and have addressed elsewhere on this forum and on the wiki).

I'm sorry and bummed that you don't like my plan, but when it comes to Sociology electives, you're pretty much stuck to what I've found. It's exhaustive, as far as testout options go.

If it doesn't work for you, you'll have to go a more traditional route, or change your area of study.

The good news is that the general ed options are all very easily resolved.

JSD's BA in Sociology (after July 1st, 2015) - Degree Forum Wiki - Wikia

It sounds like youre taking this personal. Dont. As for the Electives, most of them are Jewish related classes and I just thought that there might possibly be more options since I have no interest in those so I posed the question in another thread, no big deal! lol

As for my other questions posed, it seems that my Academic Eval swapped out 2 very specific classes that I took that satisfied ORAL COMMUNICATION AND CIVIL ENGAGMENT and moved them to GE Electives, which confused me so I thought some posters might have an insight or suggestion about that.

I see that youre a very seasoned poster JSD, so youll have to skip and scroll if the multiple threads of us novices annoys you, sorry.

[jsd]

I'm not taking it personal, I'm giving you options (for the third time). I love helping new folks, which is why I make the plans and reply. New people don't annoy me, people ignoring advice and asking the same thing annoys me. Sorry our answers don't suit you, but they are the answers. The general ed issues are already addressed.

As far as electives, I agree that Jewish studies are probably not the ideal route. But only 3 of the 12 options provided are from TorCC's jewish studies. Pick other options where applicable, use TorCC only if you absolutely have to.

If you can't make that work, you can look at more traditional options. This isn't me "taking it personally," it's me being helpful and you being ungrateful.

[lovewins]

I'm not taking it personal, I'm giving you options (for the third time). I love helping new folks, which is why I make the plans and reply. New people don't annoy me, people ignoring advice and asking the same thing annoys me. Sorry our answers don't suit you, but they are the answers. The general ed issues are already addressed.

As far as electives, I agree that Jewish studies are probably not the ideal route. But only 3 of the 12 options provided are from TorCC's jewish studies. Pick other options where applicable, use TorCC only if you absolutely have to.

If you can't make that work, you can look at more traditional options. This isn't me "taking it personally," it's me being helpful and you being ungrateful.

First of all, I dont appreciate the way youre speaking to me, even if you are 'helping'. Youre being very rude. Ive only been on this forum for not even 24 hours after a 6 year hiatus and have lots to figure out so youll have to forgive my 'repetitive questions'. If you'd like to help-fantastic, please be kind and respectful. Otherwise skip and scroll. I'll survive. Peace be with you, JSD!