Was pursuing my BSBA in CIS but decided to knock out ASBA first.

[Vin]

I'll check with the Bursar. It was only an academic advisor who confirmed.

My employer isn't forcing me. I would only want to do it if there is no additional fee.

Thanks!

[dfrecore]

I'll check with the Bursar. It was only an academic advisor who confirmed.

My employer isn't forcing me. I would only want to do it if there is no additional fee.

Thanks!

I just personally would not want to pay the fee for an AA, it makes the AA more expensive than the other Big 3 schools, and is just not worth it in my opinion. It will not advance your career.

Also, if somehow life gets in the way, and you don't finish your BSBA at TESU, then you've paid the money for a somewhat useless degree, hoping that it was going to apply to your future degree. Unless you were very close to getting your BSBA, I just wouldn't spend the money.

[bjcheung77]

I confirmed with TESU you will only have to pay the residency waiver fee once. That being said is their any reason not to do this?

I would do the Associates en route to the Bachelors, since there is no additional cost, you can pay 1 residency waiver/grad fee if you get both at the same time.

[dfrecore]

I would do the Associates en route to the Bachelors, since there is no additional cost, you can pay 1 residency waiver/grad fee if you get both at the same time.

What's the point of getting an ASBA and BSBA from the same school, at the same time? Useless.

[Aurelius]

What's the point of getting an ASBA and BSBA from the same school, at the same time? Useless.

I got two super cool degree folders, so there's that.

[bjcheung77]

I confirmed with TESU you will only have to pay the residency waiver fee once. That being said is their any reason not to do this?

I'll check with the Bursar. It was only an academic advisor who confirmed.

My employer isn't forcing me. I would only want to do it if there is no additional fee.

Thanks!

I would do the Associates en route to the Bachelors, since there is no additional cost, you can pay 1 residency waiver/grad fee if you get both at the same time.

Further to what you and I mentioned, if there's no additional cost, I don't see a downside to doing it at all...
Some people like to get additional parchments for FREE! As some like to have that extra "paper" to show off.
The utility of it isn't much, it's on equal terms with the AA/AS or even the now popular BOG AAS terminal degree.

If it's "FREE", I wouldn't mind getting one either, some people pay big bucks for that extra sheet of useless paper.
I know people who like to take baby steps to getting their degree and they like to have that associates (including me).
Or others use it as a personal goal or pace setter, if you are going to be finishing the BSBA at the same time, perfect!

As long as you are getting your BSBA at the same time as the ASBA, it's not going to cost an extra grad/residency fee.
That being said, I would say this is the best option for you as the BOG AAS is out of reach for individuals using only ACE/NCCRS.
Moreover, it'll actually be a few bucks cheaper than the BOG AAS, you don't have to send your transcripts out TWICE.

[Vin]

The way I see it I need 36 credits to complete an ASBA. It would take an additional 36 credits to get a BSBA. If there's no additional cost then getting the ASBA should give me a sense of accomplishment. I would think it would also look better to prospective employers.

[dfrecore]

The way I see it I need 36 credits to complete an ASBA. It would take an additional 36 credits to get a BSBA. If there's no additional cost then getting the ASBA should give me a sense of accomplishment. I would think it would also look better to prospective employers.

I wouldn't count on prospective employers being impressed by it. I worked in HR for years, and we NEVER looked at an AA as anything useful. We either wanted someone with a BA/BS, or a certain amount of experience. An AA didn't cut it.

This obviously does not apply to jobs where an AA/AS/AAS is required like a nurse or fireman or something like that. But I wasn't in those fields, I was in business.

[Vin]

I understand what you are saying and we could probably debate this till no end but at the end of the day which looks better, the person with no degree or the person with an ASBA?

[diminutive]

We either wanted someone with a BA/BS, or a certain amount of experience. An AA didn't cut it.

I got an AA because government jobs (I was looking at) all seemed to want a BA with X number of years or an AA with X+2 years. No option for HS Diploma with X+4.