Need a degree in 1 year. A bit confused on how to proceed.

[D93063]

Will Excelsior credits transfer to Thomas Edison?

[Westerner]

Will Excelsior credits transfer to Thomas Edison?

The Excelsior exams do. I see no reason why the classes wouldn't.

[sanantone]

Will Excelsior credits transfer to Thomas Edison?

Excelsior exams and Excelsior courses will transfer. However, if Excelsior grants credit for something that doesn't come from Excelsior e.g. workforce training, those credits will not directly transfer to TESC. TESC will evaluate the training or certification to see if it wants to grant credit; the school won't take credit recommendations directly from another school. If you have military training that is ACE evaluated, then any of the Big 3 will most likely grant some kind of credit.

[JohnnyHeck]

As a sidebar to this subject: TESC implies on Pg. 20 of their catalog that other schools might possibly accept their evaluation of training that the target school may not have studied: “Students who wish to create a transcript of their training that has been evaluated for college credit for use at another college, should submit a Nondegree Services Application for Credit Banking….. “ I have a specific inquiry into both EC and COSC as to whether they would honor any of the TESC evaluation for a Registered Repiratory Therapist. Both EC and COSC will only grant about 15 credits of free electives while TESC's qualifies this training, license, and experience for up to 42 credits. I have not heard anything back from EC or COSC in the 2 weeks since I sent off my emails to specific admissions officers who had asked me to make the case.

[publius2k4]

I've been searching on the internet and I think I have it narrowed down to Thomas Edison or WGU. I noticed that most degree holders use services like Straighterline, ALEKS, CLEP, etc. Then I've read something about signing up for ACE to transfer credits.

I work from home and have a fair amount of spare time to spend on the degree. It sounds like the Straighterline courses transfer directly into Thomas Edison and WGU. What I'm not sure about is, do I take a bunch of Straighterline courses before enrolling? Are there other ways to get credits concurrent with Straighterline? Is a year doable?

Any info to help me understand how this works would be greatly appreciated.

I'd recommend that if you go to WGU, you take as many CBE's as you could first before applying. Once you begin studies at WGU, you are locked-in to the degree path you selected, and cannot transfer in any additional credits.

[D93063]

I'd recommend that if you go to WGU, you take as many CBE's as you could first before applying. Once you begin studies at WGU, you are locked-in to the degree path you selected, and cannot transfer in any additional credits.

Is this also the case with Thomas Edison?

I'm still a bit confused how the process works. If I register with TESC, but don;t take any courses, and instead just start submitting items for course credit, will my registration stay active?

Does anyone have a sample plan for someone that is starting with zero credits?

[sanantone]

Is this also the case with Thomas Edison?

I'm still a bit confused how the process works. If I register with TESC, but don;t take any courses, and instead just start submitting items for course credit, will my registration stay active?

Does anyone have a sample plan for someone that is starting with zero credits?

TESC is not this way. I don't think most schools are this way. Once you solidify your degree plan at WGU, you can't change it. That means you can't all of a sudden decide that you want to test out of history instead of completing it through a WGU module. On the first page, I posted a test out plan for the BSBA and gave you links that show you what you can use to test out of the general education requirements.

[centurionpizza]

What changes have been made to this plan as of July 1? I see the BSBA GM plan, but not the General Education... Can you guys post a link to that?

Great info, thanks all

[KayV]

It's not as obvious that something changed in the BSBA requirements, but the General Ed section (the first 60 credits) is rearranged into different categories now. For example, instead of 12 hours of Humanities, now it says 15 hours in Intellectual and Practical Skills. Since the BSBA already had a bunch of specific classes you had to take in the General Ed requirements, it's hard to notice the difference. The current BSBA link is the total set of hours you need.

BSBA in General Management Degree Program

[centurionpizza]

It's not as obvious that something changed in the BSBA requirements, but the General Ed section (the first 60 credits) is rearranged into different categories now. For example, instead of 12 hours of Humanities, now it says 15 hours in Intellectual and Practical Skills. Since the BSBA already had a bunch of specific classes you had to take in the General Ed requirements, it's hard to notice the difference. The current BSBA link is the total set of hours you need.

BSBA in General Management Degree Program

Don't want thread jack, but is a baba in finance like the GM, in which you can test out of it?

Thanks for the reply