Need help gen ed classes

[Nellz490]

Hello,

I need to satisfy the Gen Ed electives requirement. Is there a source I can use to see if I can take the courses other then TESU? If so what courses and where? I am planning to use InstaCert, is this a good option? Can someone please help!!. I dont want waste more money and I have 16 credits under the Gen Ed. And I want be finished before the summer ends. Please help!!!

[bjcheung77]

Hello,

I need to satisfy the Gen Ed electives requirement. Is there a source I can use to see if I can take the courses other then TESU? If so what courses and where? I am planning to use InstaCert, is this a good option? Can someone please help!!. I dont want waste more money and I have 16 credits under the Gen Ed. And I want be finished before the summer ends. Please help!!!

I am still confused on what you're trying to do, after reading that twice. First off, is that 16 credits you have completed in total, or 16 credits needed to finish off the gen edu? Second, when you mentioned TESU, are you completing an associates or a bachelors?

In order for anyone to help, we need to know your transcript info, or at least the course names you completed and where they came from (which school). Last but not least, have you read my guide or looked up the equivalency, or even the degree requirements? If so, map out that degree, and place any required courses in a spreadsheet.

[dfrecore]

Yes, you have to say what degree you are getting, and which courses you already have. Then, you can take a combination of CLEP, DSST, Saylor, ALEKS, SL, etc. to take anything you need to take.

[Nellz490]

Hello,

Im sorry for my previous post. I am currently enrolled in BSAST in Information Technology, I have not compeleted any course through CLEP orDSST, Saylor. I did complete my maths on ALEKS. I have 16 more credits to complete under the gen ed. Please see below.

Thanks,



Semester Hours Completed: 2.00 Required: 18 Remaining: 16
Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESU # Notes
2.. CMP-199... Special Topics Comp Sci T 1.00 CR CMP-199 *NE
2.. CAP-273... UNIX/LINUX............... 1.00 CR CAP-273 *NE
_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits
_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits
_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits
_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits
_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits
_____________________________________________________________________ 1 credits

[bjcheung77]

Hello,

Im sorry for my previous post. I am currently enrolled in BSAST in Information Technology, I have not compeleted any course through CLEP orDSST, Saylor. I did complete my maths on ALEKS. I have 16 more credits to complete under the gen ed. Please see below.

Thanks,



Semester Hours Completed: 2.00 Required: 18 Remaining: 16
Src Course # Title S.H. Grd TESU # Notes
2.. CMP-199... Special Topics Comp Sci T 1.00 CR CMP-199 *NE
2.. CAP-273... UNIX/LINUX............... 1.00 CR CAP-273 *NE
_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits
_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits
_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits
_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits
_____________________________________________________________________ 3 credits
_____________________________________________________________________ 1 credits

:hurray: yay, we have a bit of the puzzle, but strangely, why are you NOT listing the rest? The reason I ask is, you most likely have some courses taken for the majority of your General Education Requirements. Without the rest of the info, well, we'll be blindly recommending you the same courses over again, it'll duplicate and you'll be coming back asking the same question over and over... Save yourself and others time. What was your evaluation, send it without your personal info.

[bjcheung77]

Furthermore, IC is not a course provider, it's a medium for study, an extra resource to use that assists you in several courses that you may want to CLEP, DSST or do a TECEP for. I would recommend it if you are taking any of the three listed, and if IC has the info for those courses. A monthly membership should give you access to all courses.

[bjcheung77]

Last but not least, I'm going to be frank with you (Honest, as that's not my name).
I've looked at your previous posts and history; so, in order to help, we need answers.
http://www.degreeforum.net/general-educa...-asap.html
http://www.degreeforum.net/excelsior-tho...inish.html

You can assist us by answering these questions. The info after that, I will be very blunt, firm/stern.
1) How far are you from a testing location for CLEP/DSST?
2) Are you more into learning and testing online or would you like to head over to a testing center instead?
3) Is cost a factor for you? Are you working or getting financial aid for your studies?
4) Have you decided on your degree as the BSAST IT or would you rather go for a BSBA CIS?
5) My main concern is the time you may have to do your work/study, do you have family commitments (kids)?
6) Are you working full time or part/time, how many hours can you put in a day to do your studies?

You've been at this for 6 months and I applaud you for getting those credits completed and seeking assistance/help for the remainder.
However, i'm not sure if you're having trouble getting answers or not taking direction as this is the third time you're asking the same thing.
For the previous posts, there were some recommendations on what you can take for your courses, some FREE with hyperlinks, did you do them?
I ask as within the thread, it ends off with you asking where to take the courses (when the hyperlinks already there); if done we can skip it.

If not completed, it's in my guide already which I will point you to - http://www.degreeforum.net/general-educa...llege.html.
Speaking of guide, you would want to view the wikia as well, The Basic Approach - Degree Forum Wiki - Wikia
If you are still deciding on which degree to take, the BSAST IT or BSBA CIS - The general education requirements are the same.

You can download the spreadsheet I have included for the BSBA CIS and use that as your reference if you like.
The main difference is the capstone required for BSAST IT and the amount of courses in the AOS is different.
Take a moment of your time to read through the guide, wikia, and review BSAST IT and BSBA CIS TESU webpages.
I will update this post with a sample BSAST IT template once I have the time (doing a PF exam and webinar today).

[bjcheung77]

Wow, I did a quick check for BSAST IT and the cost is astounding! About twice the cost of the BSBA CIS degree.
If that's the case, for myself, I was thinking was doing a BSBA at TESU and a BSIT at WGU for the same price!
I think someone (dfrecore) may have created a BSBA CIS degree and compared it to BSIT WGU degree on a spreadsheet.

Anyways, I'll have to dig that up for you and so you can decide what your options are and how to proceed...
If you read my Beginners Guide, I recommend BSIT WGU or BSIT at Excelsior over TESU as they accept more IT Certs.
When they accept more IT Certs, the cost of the degree goes down, I would say to $2950/term for 2 terms, it's $4900.
So, a BSBA for ~$5300 and a BSIT for ~$4900, and the benefit is the extra certifications for job/career purposes.

Here's the spreadsheet, the courses, the most expensive ones are the AOS and required TESU course, degree total at ~$9950.
If those courses are not available at CSU Global which I am highly suspecting, take them at APUS or another alternative.
This just a draft, but I'm still trying to contemplate the difference in price and reasons to justify a BSAST IT over a BSBA CIS...

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[dfrecore]

Although the spreadsheet doesn't exactly cover everything (almost everything marked CSU is not available through CSU-Global at all), this is definitely not a degree you want to get at TESU if you don't already have a bunch of the courses through another means. 5 of the AOS courses (Computer Architecture, Data Structures, Operating Systems, Database Management, and Software Engineering) are not available through testing out, which means if you don't have them already, they are going to be very expensive to take. Then, you have to take the Capstone (Current Trends & Applications) for another $1500. Plus the $2000 residency waiver, and you are looking at $12-$15k for this degree.

If I were you, I would seriously consider the WGU-BSIT (as bjcheung advised). You can also test out of a lot of the Gen Ed courses there - although you have to be careful and test out BEFORE you enroll there. If you try to test out after enrolling, you're out of luck. So, I would look at testing out as cheaply as possible there, and then enroll and finish your degree (the IT portion). It will be MUCH cheaper to do this. They accept many of the same credits as the Big 3 do - CLEP, DSST, SL, Saylor - anything ACE-Approved. They also accept certifications if you have any. And you come out of the degree with certifications as well.

[davewill]

If you actually took all those courses you wouldn't need the residency waiver.