want a regional B.A. degree

[wannafinish]

I have the following:

An A.A. degree from a community college.
12 hours at a university

45 hours of in person courses
78 hours of AP/CLEP/DSST

24 hours in history including 9 upper level hours
18 hours in literature, 3 of those upper level
9 hours of psychology
30 upper level hours total

As you can see, I have 123 hours but no bachelor's degree. I test well but don't like writing lengthy research papers, so TESU is a no go for me. I presume the capstone at Charter Oak would be similar to LIB-495. I thought about a no capstone BSBA, but I would need maybe 30 more hours.

Patten and that private school in New Hampshire looked interesting but they both require 30 hours. Although I want to check the checkbox on a job application, I think nationally accredited is the wrong way to go. I might want to go to graduate school some day.

[sanantone]

Look at it this way, if you attend almost any school other than the Big 3, you will be writing a lot of papers. The capstone courses at the Big 3 might require about 30 pages (I'm just guessing), but you'll have to write one or more 5-20 page papers per course in most other online programs. It's going to add up to a lot more than 30 pages.

[jsd]

liberal arts capstone is a minimum of 25 pages. There you go, 5 pages saved already ;P

[rebel100]

My COSC capstone only ran about 20 pages....I earned an A.

I think it was great prep for the MBA where I would actually come to understand what a "lot" of writing actually was.

[Peter123456789]

It looks like you have a whole lot of paper writing experience from your past coursework. Think, just one more paper...

[wannafinish]

It's not clear to me exactly what the expectations for a capstone are. With master's degrees, it is possible to find theses posted online and figure out what the expectations are with a little time and effort. Excelsior, COSC, TESU all have capstones, but perhaps they are different with one school more flexible than the other two.

I was looking at a psychology degree plan at a major university. They have more than one capstone course. One is writing a paper, which sounds like a capstone at the Big Three. Another one is doing student teaching - that's reserved for those going into grade school teaching. The final capstone option is working at a social services agency for free. I would find something like that interesting. It would be good to get practical experience.

[johnjaxs]

Just a note the BSBA does have a capstone (Strategic Management). Which is testable with a TECEP. The TECEP does involve 3 essays, however they do not necessary have to be as well thought out of as a traditional essay. As the people grading them understand you did not have a day or two to come up and write out an essay. Regardless most college classes will require papers.

[johnjaxs]

It's not clear to me exactly what the expectations for a capstone are. With master's degrees, it is possible to find theses posted online and figure out what the expectations are with a little time and effort. Excelsior, COSC, TESU all have capstones, but perhaps they are different with one school more flexible than the other two.

I was looking at a psychology degree plan at a major university. They have more than one capstone course. One is writing a paper, which sounds like a capstone at the Big Three. Another one is doing student teaching - that's reserved for those going into grade school teaching. The final capstone option is working at a social services agency for free. I would find something like that interesting. It would be good to get practical experience.

Also more then likely those new 30hrs you will have to make up for, will have a class that requires at least a paper or two. Look at it this way one class (which requires papers) or 30hrs worth of classes (which will most likely require more papers in the end).

[dfrecore]

I would not let ONE capstone course stop me from finishing my degree.

[rebel100]

If you choose Charter Oak there is also the cornerstone which involves a good bit of writing as well