(06-26-2018, 10:22 PM)bjcheung77 Wrote: That's a solid plan of attacking the credits in my books.  I would follow it to a T - for the UL AOS/Concentration, do that last as you haven't entered the majority of classes you need for it... and things can change in the next little while.  There isn't anything you should worry about, just find your time management "system" and work on those courses the best you can.

Anyways, for Study.com you can actually "pause" the account.  I would register and complete the August 2018 Capstone and work at most two Study.com courses during that time.  If it seems too much work, then I suggest to "pause Study.com" until your capstone is done.  Heck, I would even recommend paying for the residency waiver too, as from looking at your plan, it can be completed within a year.

Please review this thread: https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-Degree-Plan-Help-COSC-vs-TESU?pid=263571#pid263571

(06-27-2018, 03:43 PM)dfrecore Wrote: I don't know that I would personally pay for the capstone or the RW now if I didn't have at LEAST 90 (and probably closer to 112) credits completed.  Seriously, anything could come up, keeping you from taking the remaining courses that you need in the timeframe, and you could lose the $1800 you paid for the RW.  And if you haven't already taken a bunch of courses in your major, I wouldn't take the capstone yet.  For sure with the Business capstone, it would have made it much harder if I hadn't already taken so many business courses, although I'm not at all certain that the BALS capstone works in the same way.

Anyway, I have stopped telling people about the June 30th deadline at this point unless they are REALLY close to graduating, and can really benefit from it.  If the fees go up, you can deal with it.  But it would just suck to pay the $1800, and then have life happen, and not take all of the courses you need before your year is up, and then have to pay $2500 (or whatever it will cost then).  You won't have saved a dime, and instead paid for something twice that you didn't need to.  Ouch.

(06-27-2018, 04:17 PM)davewill Wrote:

(06-27-2018, 03:43 PM)dfrecore Wrote: I don't know that I would personally pay for the capstone or the RW now if I didn't have at LEAST 90 (and probably closer to 112) credits completed.  Seriously, anything could come up, keeping you from taking the remaining courses that you need in the timeframe, and you could lose the $1800 you paid for the RW.  And if you haven't already taken a bunch of courses in your major, I wouldn't take the capstone yet.  For sure with the Business capstone, it would have made it much harder if I hadn't already taken so many business courses, although I'm not at all certain that the BALS capstone works in the same way.

Anyway, I have stopped telling people about the June 30th deadline at this point unless they are REALLY close to graduating, and can really benefit from it.  If the fees go up, you can deal with it.  But it would just suck to pay the $1800, and then have life happen, and not take all of the courses you need before your year is up, and then have to pay $2500 (or whatever it will cost then).  You won't have saved a dime, and instead paid for something twice that you didn't need to.  Ouch.

I quite agree that most people should let the discounts go at this point. However, the LS Capstone doesn't depend on your AOS work, although some folks might prefer to choose a topic related to their AOS. As long as your writing and research skills are up to the task of a 25 page research paper, you can do fine. I would say don't do the LS Capstone unless you have a minimum of all the required English and most of the GenEds, or significant other writing practice. If you can wait until close to the end, as the school wants you to, then you should do so.

(06-28-2018, 11:35 AM)davewill Wrote: I recommend the regular online course. The difference between OL course and guided study is that the OL course has blog posts to do that represent 23% of your grade. I considered them easy points.