My credits, my plan

[WilmingtonTester]

I'm waiting to be evaluated for a TESC BA Social Sciences. I think they're going to have a hard time with my transcripts. My only semester units are tech classes from my local community college and CLEPs/DSSTs. I have trimester business credits from Johnson & Wales U that I'd like to roll into a BSBA after I've gotten this one done. There's some ugly duplication I won't get credit for; when I tried to complete my degree at CalStateLA they refused to transfer all but one of my courses.

The last I could find was that TESC considered trimesters to be the same as semesters, but the current catalog doesn't have this policy spelt out. My JWU classes very suspiciously come out to three semester units using TESC's formula for quarter credits (all the 4.5s). Below I've converted the quarter credits and left the tri's intact. Has anyone tested their Trimester policy more recently?

English Comp (need 6)
1h20 Honors English Comp (4.5)
1h21 Honors Advanced Comp & Communication (4.5)

Humanities (need 12)
1h01 Honors intro to lit genres (4.5)
250 Media Culture and Identity (2.66)
405 DSST World Religions (3) (done)
101/102/201/202 CLEP Spanish (12) (done)

Social Science (need 12)
150 Govt + American Society (2.66)
155 Critical Analysis of Political communications (2.66)
111 CLEP Macroecon (3) (done)
112 CLEP Microecon (3) (done)
+A little overhang from area of study

Math & Science (need 12)
102/103 CLEP College Math (6) (done)
1010 Microcomputer Applications (4.5)
100 Business computer systems (2.66)
283 Intro to Application programming (2.66)
155 Animal Biology (2.66)
74 Intro to A+ Comp Repair (4)
35 Intro to Linux+ (3)
81 Fiber Optics (1)
81 Fabrication Techniques (1)

GE Electives (need 18)
Overhang from above, probably mostly Spanish

Social Sciences (need 33)
101 CLEP Western Civ 1 (3) (done)
102 CLEP Western Civ 2 (3) (done)
250 Cultural Anthro (2.66)
202 US Civilization (2.66)
332 DSST Money and Banking (3) (done)
386 DSST Rise and Fall of the Soviets (3) (done)
2020 (361?) Organizational Behavior (4.5)
230 CLEP Edu Psych (3) (done)
309 DSST Middle East (3) (upcoming)
351 DSST Vietnam War (3) (upcoming)
305 DSST Substance Abuse (3) (upcoming)
262 (331?) DSST Intro to Counseling (3) (upcoming)

Electives (need 27)
1001 Principles of Marketing (4.5)
1001 Intro to Global Business (4.5)
1001 Principles of Management (4.5)
2001 Legal Environment of Business 1 (4.5)
101 Intro to higher ed for bus majors (1.33)
200 Principles of Accting 1 (2.66)
205 Legal & Reg Environment of Business (2.66)
(+Any leftover overhang)

I'm just a bit worried about relying on a generous tally. I could take French and some FEMAs in a pinch to round out my electives, and may do that anyway just for kicks, but there's so many moving parts to my B&M classes that I'm worried if I try to get pro-active on the questionable stuff I'll end up taking the wrong exams (example: If my CIS and Tech classes don't count as science I'll be a course short there but probably wont need any more free electives).

[WilmingtonTester]

Here's how they evaluated my credits. Unfortunately what I found out today was that CalStateLA never forwarded my transcript :mad: so I'll have to re-order and wait for that to be checked out. None of my Area of Study credits have posted yet so I've left that section cut.

A: English Composition (Completed)
> Complete one full year of English Composition with a grade
> of C or better.
Semester Hours Completed: 6.00
GPA Achieved/Needed: 3.500 / 2.000
Group 1 (Completed)
Semester Hours Completed: 6.00
Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESC # Notes
1.. EN1H20 Honors English Compositio 3.00 B ENC-101 *TE
1.. EN1H21 Honors Adv Comp & Communi 3.00 A ENC-102 *TE

B: Humanities (Completed)
> Complete 12 semester hours of Humanities, including at
> least two subject areas.
Semester Hours Completed: 12.00
Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESC # Notes
2.. SPA-102... Elementary Spanish II.... 3.00 CR SPA-102 *NE
2.. SPA-101... Elementary Spanish I..... 3.00 CR SPA-101 *NE
2.. SPA-202... Intermediate Spanish II.. 3.00 CR SPA-202 *NE
1.. EN1H01 Honors Intro Literary Gen 3.00 C ENG-330 *TE

C: Social Sciences (In Progress)
> Complete 12 semester hours in the Social Sciences,
> including at least two subject areas.
Semester Hours Completed: 9.00 Required: 12 Remaining: 3
Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESC # Notes
2.. HIS-102... Western Civilization II.. 3.00 CR HIS-102 *NE
2.. HIS-101... Western Civilization I... 3.00 CR HIS-101 *NE
1.. MG2020 Organizational Behavior.. 3.00 B MAN-311 *TE
_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits

D: Mathematics (Completed)
> Complete a 3 semester hour college-level Mathematics
> course.
Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESC # Notes
2.. MAT-103... General Math II.......... 3.00 CR MAT-103 *NE

E: Natural Sciences (In Progress)
> Complete 9 semester hours in the Natural Sciences,
> including at least two subject areas.
Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESC # Notes
2.. MAT-102... General Math I........... 3.00 CR MAT-102 *NE
_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits
_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits
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BA General Education Electives (18 SH)
> Complete 18 semester hours from any of the following
> General Education subjects: Humanities, Social Sciences,
> Natural Sciences or Mathematics.
Semester Hours Completed: 6.00 Required: 18 Remaining: 12
Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESC # Notes
2.. SPA-201... Intermediate Spanish I... 3.00 CR SPA-201 *NE
2.. REL-405... Intro. to World Religions 3.00 CR REL-405 *NE
_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits
_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits
_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits
_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits

Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESC # Notes
================================================================================
BA Free Electives (27 SH)
> Complete 27 semester hours of Free Electives.
Semester Hours Completed: 24.00 Required: 27 Remaining: 3
Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESC # Notes
1.. LW2001 The Legal Envir of Busine 3.00 A LAW-201 *TE
1.. MK1001 Principles of Marketing.. 3.00 A MAR-301 *TE
1.. TS1010 Microcomputer Application 3.00 A CAP-101 *TE
1.. MG1001 Princ of Management...... 3.00 B MAN-301 *TE
1.. IB1001 Intro to Global Business. 3.00 C+ BUS-101 *TE
3.. COTECH035 Introduction to Linu..... 3.00 C CAP-273 *CC *TE
3.. COTECH074 A+ Cert Prep Intro C..... 4.00 A CAP-199 *CC *TE
3.. ENGTEK081 Fab Techniques........... 1.00 C MFT-199 *CC *TE
3.. COTECH081 Intro Fiber Optics....... 1.00 D CAP-199 *CC *TE

My new plan is to complete the 4 upper level Social Science DSSTs I have left, then Intro Psych, Intro Soc and Human Growth CLEPS, along with Chemistry and Natural Sciences. That should cover my bases in case TESC doesn't count my last CIS classes as science (seems doubtful now) or transfers something in at a lower level.

It looks like I'll also automatically qualify for an AA once everything transfers in. I'm also only 11 credits short of an AAS in Applied Computer Studies. Is requesting my AA going to put me at a credit disadvantage if I want the AAS later? How would either Associates effect my plans to get a BSBA later? Ideally, I would try to get an AA with my BA now and the AAS with the BSBA with as little fuss as possible.

Here's my Area of Study evaluation for the AAS. Is it even possible to test out of the remaining credits needed? If not then just getting the AA seems like a no-brainer:

I) 2: Career Track: Applied Computer Studies
GPA Achieved/Needed: 3.182 / 2.000
> Allow additional credit for subjects from COP or occupation
> related courses.
Credits: 10 Required: 21 Remaining: 11
CAP-101 Microcomputer Software Appl 12/31/02 A 3 *TE
CAP-273 UNIX/LINUX................. 12/31/10 C 3 *TE
CAP-199 Spec. Stud. in Selected Top 12/31/10 A 4 *TE
CAP-199 Spec. Stud. in Selected Top 12/31/10 D < 1> *G *GPA *TE
___________________________________________________ 11 credits needed