Looking for logistics courses for a BS in Business from Excelsior

[dfrecore]

Thanks for the feedback! Will check out AMU.

TESU is not an option because of the 25 age minimum. If I understand correctly, Charter Oak’s fees, incl. the 2 required courses, come out at $2,946 versus $2,390 for Excelsior. That is incl. 3 UEXCEL courses & the capstone which would save me the enrollment fee.

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I don't think that UExcel exams count towards residency at EC, in which case you wouldn't save on anything.

APU has the actual degree he wants, rather than a business degree.  If he could bring in 30cr from a CC, and then 60cr of non-trad (like CLEP, DSST, study.com, etc.), he could take the final 30cr there, and they'd all be in Logistics which would probably be cool.  It might be a little more than EC (or TESU or COSC) but not a ton more, and this is a VERY in demand degree.  It could take him far.

[cookderosa]

I see from one of your prior threads you got a associates from TESU. Why not continue with a bachelors from there, if the year hasn't passed yet you can still get a bachelor and associates on the same residency cycle.

I got my ASBA from TESU last year. My younger brother is mapping out a degree plan for a BS in logistics. The closest TESU comes to a logistics degree is a BS in Business Administration with a concentration in Operations Management. We weren’t sure if Operations Management was interchangeable with Logistics Management. So he is leaning towards Excelsior’s BS in Business with a concentration in Logistics Management.

When my sons were considering logistics degrees (they did the online cert I sent you) the plan was for them to attend Franklin University. They are a Straighterline partner school, so my sons did all their gen eds that lined up with Franklin's Logistics degree. The quick version is that you can transfer in almost 90 credits if you can do Straighterline + find some inexpensive logistics courses, then take you upper level logistics courses with them. With the SL partnership, you get a tuition discount too, I think it's still 10% off. It's not the $7000 degrees people around here go for, but if you want a degree IN logistics, it's a very flexible option and around $15k.
Planning forward, you could for sure complete the MIT program - that would have been my strongest recommendation for my kids as well. It requires 1 semester on campus ($$$$$$$) but it's the top program in the country, and if you're young, that gives you time to get a nice ROI.

[dfrecore]

I see from one of your prior threads you got a associates from TESU. Why not continue with a bachelors from there, if the year hasn't passed yet you can still get a bachelor and associates on the same residency cycle.

I got my ASBA from TESU last year. My younger brother is mapping out a degree plan for a BS in logistics. The closest TESU comes to a logistics degree is a BS in Business Administration with a concentration in Operations Management. We weren’t sure if Operations Management was interchangeable with Logistics Management. So he is leaning towards Excelsior’s BS in Business with a concentration in Logistics Management.

When my sons were considering logistics degrees (they did the online cert I sent you) the plan was for them to attend Franklin University.  They are a Straighterline partner school, so my sons did all their gen eds that lined up with Franklin's Logistics degree.  The quick version is that you can transfer in almost 90 credits if you can do Straighterline + find some inexpensive logistics courses, then take you upper level logistics courses with them.  With the SL partnership, you get a tuition discount too, I think it's still 10% off.   It's not the $7000 degrees people around here go for, but if you want a degree  IN logistics, it's a very flexible option and around $15k.  
Planning forward, you could for sure complete the MIT program - that would have been my strongest recommendation for my kids as well.  It requires 1 semester on campus ($$$$$$$) but it's the top program in the country, and if you're young, that gives you time to get a nice ROI.

The nice thing about APU's degree is that it's not a business degree with a 15cr logistics concentration like EC.  Even Franklin, who calls it a Logistics Management degree, only has 20cr in Logistics, and 28cr in the business core.  At APU, it's a BA in Transportation and Logistics and you are taking 45cr in logistics (30cr + a 15cr concentration), rather than only 15cr-20cr.

[jumpstart]

Thanks for the feedback! Will check out AMU.

TESU is not an option because of the 25 age minimum. If I understand correctly, Charter Oak’s fees, incl. the 2 required courses, come out at $2,946 versus $2,390 for Excelsior. That is incl. 3 UEXCEL courses & the capstone which would save me the enrollment fee.

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I don't think that UExcel exams count towards residency at EC, in which case you wouldn't save on anything.

APU has the actual degree he wants, rather than a business degree.  If he could bring in 30cr from a CC, and then 60cr of non-trad (like CLEP, DSST, study.com, etc.), he could take the final 30cr there, and they'd all be in Logistics which would probably be cool.  It might be a little more than EC (or TESU or COSC) but not a ton more, and this is a VERY in demand degree.  It could take him far.

This is very helpful - I checked out APU. Thanks for the info!

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I see from one of your prior threads you got a associates from TESU. Why not continue with a bachelors from there, if the year hasn't passed yet you can still get a bachelor and associates on the same residency cycle.

I got my ASBA from TESU last year. My younger brother is mapping out a degree plan for a BS in logistics. The closest TESU comes to a logistics degree is a BS in Business Administration with a concentration in Operations Management. We weren’t sure if Operations Management was interchangeable with Logistics Management. So he is leaning towards Excelsior’s BS in Business with a concentration in Logistics Management.

When my sons were considering logistics degrees (they did the online cert I sent you) the plan was for them to attend Franklin University.  They are a Straighterline partner school, so my sons did all their gen eds that lined up with Franklin's Logistics degree.  The quick version is that you can transfer in almost 90 credits if you can do Straighterline + find some inexpensive logistics courses, then take you upper level logistics courses with them.  With the SL partnership, you get a tuition discount too, I think it's still 10% off.   It's not the $7000 degrees people around here go for, but if you want a degree  IN logistics, it's a very flexible option and around $15k.  
Planning forward, you could for sure complete the MIT program - that would have been my strongest recommendation for my kids as well.  It requires 1 semester on campus ($$$$$$$) but it's the top program in the country, and if you're young, that gives you time to get a nice ROI.

Good to know about Franklin's logistics degree. It's nice to benefit from other people's research!