Help Me Plan Out My Bachelors for Criminal Justice at TESU

[dfrecore]

Also, the Ethics in America DSST is not that bad, IMO (it was my highest DSST score). You could opt for this instead of the 2 CR class and dealing with the exemption request.
Drew

For the record, you don't have to make a request, they give you a waiver automatically.

Regarding writing papers; even if you chose a SL or Saylor course (or any other course) instead of an exam, none of those require writing papers (except for English Comp). Everything is exam-based. At SL and Sophia, you get a cumulative grade, based on several exams, a midterm, etc. For JumpCourse, study.com, etc., you take the course, and quizzes, but only the final exam counts for your score. At SL, you can actually go look at the grading criteria and see how many exams you have to take for each course. For instance, American Government has 4 exams, a midterm and a final. Microeconomics on the other hand, has 24 exams, a midterm, and a final.

[DBRENNAN118]

For the record, you don't have to make a request, they give you a waiver automatically.

Regarding writing papers; even if you chose a SL or Saylor course (or any other course) instead of an exam, none of those require writing papers (except for English Comp). Everything is exam-based. At SL and Sophia, you get a cumulative grade, based on several exams, a midterm, etc. For JumpCourse, study.com, etc., you take the course, and quizzes, but only the final exam counts for your score. At SL, you can actually go look at the grading criteria and see how many exams you have to take for each course. For instance, American Government has 4 exams, a midterm and a final. Microeconomics on the other hand, has 24 exams, a midterm, and a final.

My SL Business Comm class had 3 written assignments.

[siege101]

This is an updated degree plan I've made since I can't edit my first post anymore. I changed around some credits, subtracted & added courses and I've also added what I think are the equivalent courses at TESU. I'm still not sure about quite a few of the Criminal Justice courses because very few people have completed the new degree requirements.


General Education Requirements - 60 Credits

Written Communication - 6 Credits - CLEP College Composition with Essay (ENC-101 & ENC-102)

Oral Communication - 3 Credits - DSST Principles of Public Speaking (COM-209)

Quantitative Literacy - 3 Credits - TECEP Applied Liberal Arts Mathematics (MAT-105)

Information Literacy - 3 Credits - DSST Introduction to World Religions (REL-405)

Diversity - 3 Credits - UExcel World Conflicts Since 1900 (HIS-340 or HIS-399)

Ethics - 3 Credits - The Institutes Ethics and the CPCU Code of Professional Conduct (PHI-379) - 2 Credits Only

Civic Engagement - 3 Credits - CLEP American Government (POS-110)

Knowledge of Human Cultures - 12 Credits -

• DSST Human/Cultural Geography - 3 Credits (GOG-120)
  
• CLEP History of the United States I - 3 Credits (HIS-113)
  
• CLEP History of the United States II - 3 Credits (HIS-114)
  
• CLEP Western Civilization I - 3 Credits (HIS-101)

Understanding the Physical and Natural World - 4-7 Credits -

• DSST Astronomy - 3 Credits (AST-101)
  
• DSST Introduction to Computing - 3 Credits (COS-101)
  
• 6 Credits Total

General Education Electives - 17-20 Credits -

• DSST The Civil War and Reconstruction - 3 Credits (HIS-252)
  
• DSST A History of the Vietnam War - 3 Credits (HIS-351)
  
• DSST Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union - 3 Credits (HIS-386)
  
• CLEP Western Civilization II - 3 Credits (HIS-102)
  
• CLEP Social Sciences and History - 6 Credits (SOS-101 & SOS-102)
  
• CLEP Introductory Sociology - 3 Credits (SOC-101)
  
• 21 Credits Total

Criminal Justice - 60 Credits

Introduction to Criminal Justice - 3 Credits - DSST Criminal Justice (AOJ-102)

American Juvenile Justice System - 3 Credits - CSU Global CBE Juvenile Justice (AOJ-362) - I think this will work

Introduction to Corrections - 3 Credits - CSU Global CBE Fundamentals of Penology (AOJ-111) - I think this will work

Criminology - 3 Credits - Propero Criminology (SOC-291)

Criminological Theory - 3 Credits - CSU Global CBE Victimology (SOC-339 or PSY-364 or AOJ-381) - I think this will work

Courts and Criminal Procedure - 3 Credits - Propero Criminal Procedure (AOJ-221) - I think this will work

Public Policy and Criminal Justice - 3 Credits - Penn Foster Community Corrections (AOJ-484) - I think this will work

Introduction to Law Enforcement - 3 Credits - DSST Introduction to Law Enforcement (AOJ-101)

Research Methods in the Social Sciences - 3 Credits - CSU Global CBE Research Methods for the Criminal Justice Professional (AOJ-313 or SOS-492) - I think this will work

Technical Writing - 3 Credits - DSST Technical Writing (ENG-201)

Statistics - 3 Credits - DSST Principles of Statistics (STA-201)

Ethics in the Justice System - 3 Credits - Penn Foster Ethics in Criminal Justice (AOJ-284) - I think this will work

Liberal Arts Capstone - 3 Credits - TESU Course (LIB-495)

Criminal Justice Elective - 3 Credits - UExcel Juvenile Deliquency (SOC-320)


Electives - 18 Credits -

• TEEX Cybersecurity for Everyone - 2 Credits (CAP-295)
  
• TEEX Cybersecurity for Business Professionals - 2 Credits (CIS-244)
  
• TEEX Cybersecurity for IT Professionals - 2 Credits (CAP-385)
  
• CLEP Humanities - 6 Credits (HUM-101 & HUM-102)
  
• Kaplan Prior Learning Assessment - 3 Credits (PLA-100 & PLA-200)
  
• National Fire Academy Self-Study Course for Community Educators - 1 Credit (FIS-391)
  
• National Fire Academy Fire Service Supervision: Self-Study - 1 Credit (HRM-331)
  
• National Fire Academy Calculations for Water-Based Fire Protection Systems Plan Review - 1 Credit (FIS-241)

[dfrecore]

If I were you, I would take all of the GE and Free Electives, and then start working your way through the CJ courses that you know for sure will work (Intro to CJ, Intro to Law Enforcement, etc.). Then, when you're ready, you can transfer everything in, and get pre-approved on the courses you're not sure of.

I'm guessing most of the ones on there will work. Let us know how it goes as you get closer, I want to know what all those CJ courses transfer in as (or even if they won't work).

Good luck!

[siege101]

If I were you, I would take all of the GE and Free Electives, and then start working your way through the CJ courses that you know for sure will work (Intro to CJ, Intro to Law Enforcement, etc.). Then, when you're ready, you can transfer everything in, and get pre-approved on the courses you're not sure of.

I'm guessing most of the ones on there will work. Let us know how it goes as you get closer, I want to know what all those CJ courses transfer in as (or even if they won't work).

Good luck!

Thanks. That's exactly what I was thinking as well. Do everything we know will transfer in, then enroll and find out if those other CJ courses work. Hopefully they do.

[mdel210201]

I am going to attempt the Criminal Justice Degree at COSC. Hoping I do not need to take that many actual classes. lol