Study.com and TESU GM transfer equivalencies.

[dfrecore]

Also, you could save some money by using the free and/or cheap classes for your electives. You're spending $140 for those 6 credits but it could cost you $0. The Cornerstone is needed but someone posted that they were able to get it waived when they sent in at least 104? credits to TESU on their transcript. I think we are all waiting for more confirmation of that. I took the Cornerstone because I didn't want to study for a TECEP and wanted to lock in my enrollment year.

Another idea, which you may or may not like. You seem to be interested in Psychology judging by your course selections. It wouldn't cost you too much to get the BSBA first by using other courses like History or something else as your electives, and then working towards a BA Psychology afterwards. JSD would be able to help you more with this, but I think it's possible to get all but maybe 6 or 9 of the Psych credits needed for that BA through Study.com now. Of course you would need to do the Capstone which will cost $1500, but you wouldn't need to do the residency waiver again so that would save you $2000. Some people have said that the waiver gives you one year without paying again while others have said it's lifetime. Either way, I think it's safe to say you'd have one year after paying the original $2000 to complete the BA Psych after finishing the BSBA and it would probably cost a little over $2000 total for that degree. Just a thought. Like I said, other people can help you more with this idea and give you better facts and figures.

My only advice on this is that if you did decide to do the Psych degree after the BSBA, then you would be better off not taking the Psych courses for your BSBA, and save them for the Psych degree. You need 24 new credits in the AOS for a Psych degree, and these courses would fit there well (some are even UL at TESU).

[frostedfire]

Those courses are missing because they're new, they will be evaluated and given equivalencies by TESU at some point (probably soon).

For your plan, there are a couple of issues:

1) A&I Lit CLEP is actually Info Lit, TESU will put 3cr there and 3cr in the section you have it in, leaving 3cr needed in that section. Not that it matters much, but it just means that you have some flexibility in what you can take (doesn't have to be World Religions or Tech Writing).

2) Principles cannot be in the AOS, you'll have to move it to Free Electives, and replace it with something else. You can use Strategic HRM if you want, as there will be some overlap with HRM.

3) Project Management is not a MAR course, it's a MAN course. Doesn't matter on this plan, but didn't want someone else to see it and make that mistake.

4) Lifespan Dev Psych (PSY 107 through Study.com) is a duplicate of Human Growth & Dev (even though they don't have the same course numbers), so delete that from your plan.

You should also add a column or something, because you're mixing up the course equivalencies. TESU course equivalencies are the important thing that should be in the far left column, the course number at Study.com or another source is not important for purposes of looking at the degree plan. Just in case someone else were to look at this, they might be confused.

THANK YOU dfrecore for your input and advice! I had no idea about PSY 107 and PSY 103 duplicating and A&I info.

I was wondering about the study.com courses for Religion (REL-277 at TESU and REL-101 at study.com).

According to the TESU General Education Requirements:Thomas Edison State University | General Education - 2016 or After

The Religion course that transfers to meet the requirements is REL-405. The course numbers don't match.

I based this on another users' degree plan, so I'm wondering if it doesn't matter?

[davewill]

... I took the Cornerstone because I didn't want to study for a TECEP and wanted to lock in my enrollment year. ...

Would you'd be so kind as to post a review of the course? I don't think anyone who's taken it has posted about the experience.

[ndelco]

Would you'd be so kind as to post a review of the course? I don't think anyone who's taken it has posted about the experience.

Haha, sure. Short answer - a complete waste of time. I'll make a post though so people can search it with more info.

EDIT: I made the review post.

[icy]

THANK YOU dfrecore for your input and advice! I had no idea about PSY 107 and PSY 103 duplicating and A&I info.

I was wondering about the study.com courses for Religion (REL-277 at TESU and REL-101 at study.com).

According to the TESU General Education Requirements:Thomas Edison State University | General Education - 2016 or After

The Religion course that transfers to meet the requirements is REL-405. The course numbers don't match.

I based this on another users' degree plan, so I'm wondering if it doesn't matter?

Any study.com members know about this one?

[dfrecore]

Any study.com members know about this one?

The TESU course is REL-405, and is an UL course. The Study.com course is REL-277 and is a LL course, but still meets the requirement.

When TESU shows the list of courses, they only include their own courses. But other courses/exams may be brought in from other schools or course providers that will still meet the requirements.

[wandac]

I've made a sample GM BA plan using study.com based on all the great resources and plans from the users on this forum.

Can you please critique it?

Also a I noticed a couple missing courses after looking over the equivalency guide here: Thomas Edison State University

-Microeconomics
-Oral Communications

And besides the Strategic Management Capstone, isn't the Cornerstone also required for the GM BA?

I'm still a newbie at this myself, but here are my two questions:
What is the 1-hour cornerstone under the Gen Ed Electives? I didn't think there was a cornerstone for BSBA GM, just the Strategic Management capstone.
I don't think Principles of Supervision will count towards the degree. Per TESU: "Note 2: Consumer Finance (Personal Finance) and Principles of Supervision cannot be included in the major area of study because of the fundamental nature of these subjects"

[wandac]

two that initially stand out is that principle of supervision cannot be used for business AOS and would be pushed into an elective.

Wait a sec.... so Principles of Supervision can fit under the Business Free Electives? If so, I like that option. Again, I'm just a newbie and trying to figure this out. Didn't mean to hijack the thread.

[ndelco]

Wait a sec.... so Principles of Supervision can fit under the Business Free Electives? If so, I like that option. Again, I'm just a newbie and trying to figure this out. Didn't mean to hijack the thread.

From what I understand, Principles of Supervision could be a free elective but it doesn't really make a lot of sense to pay for the class unless you just want to take it, of course. There are free options to fulfill the 6 credits in the free electives of the GM degree. That degree is really tight on the free elective section and you can use the money you'd spend on Supervision on another course that is required.

And the Cornerstone is new this year and a complete waste of time and money. It goes in the General Ed elective section as 1 credit. It will fulfill the 1 extra credit needed if you use the 2 credit free Ethics course. If you transfer in 104 credits, TESU will waive it.

[dfrecore]

Wait a sec.... so Principles of Supervision can fit under the Business Free Electives? If so, I like that option. Again, I'm just a newbie and trying to figure this out. Didn't mean to hijack the thread.

There are no Business Free Electives, just "Free Electives". It can be a little confusing the way they lay out the degree plan.

I personally wouldn't pay for that, I might take Saylor's Intro to Business for $25 if I needed a Free Elective.