(08-19-2018, 09:41 PM)Mab81 Wrote: Hi everyone, I am investigating some options of courses I could take for the BALS at TESU if I went that route, instead of trying to transfer to my local college.

I am interested in this option: " Students complete a total of 30 credits of Liberal Studies courses that include at least 15 credits at the 300/400 level and no more than 6 credits at the 100 level."

I am not sure what constitutes a liberal studies course. I think Social Science and Humanities both do, but what about things like Foreign Language or History? Or Art History at Sophia? Looking at the categories from this link on Study.com, I am trying to determine which categories I would be able to choose from. 
https://study.com/directory/school/Thomas_Edison_State_University.html#transferTab

I am also interested in Sophia or Ed4Credit. But I am just not sure what type of courses are considered correct for the BALS AOS at TESU. 

I have seen a couple degree plans but I don't want to have to choose the exact courses someone else chose, i would like to be able to determine what courses are eligible. If anyone can help me to help myself, i would appreciate it.

(08-21-2018, 12:02 AM)ekbenzo Wrote: Oh wow,so digital marketing from study.com won't work for UL for the BA in liberal arts?

(08-23-2018, 02:33 PM)jjsafari Wrote: I used DSST to fulfill my UL requirements and I thought they were easy to study for and pass

(08-22-2018, 09:34 PM)Mab81 Wrote: So what I seem to be hearing is that basically anything can be AOS in the BALS degree?

I looked at Study.com to see what courses they say are UL at TESU. These are the ones I am thinking of choosing from. Are there any that you think would NOT be eligible for AOS UL in the BALS? (that's a lot of acronyms). The study.com name is on the left and the TESU name is on the right.

Study.com name TESU name
English 305: Advanced Technical Writing ENG-306 : Intermediate Technical Writing
History 306: The American Civil War Era HIS-450 : The American Civil War Era
History 308: Causes and Effects of the Vietnam War HIS-351 : A History of Vietnam War
History 311: The Holocaust & World War II HIS-354 : The Holocaust I
Psychology 301: Industrial/Organizational Psychology PSY-401 : Industrial/Organizational Psychology
Psychology 310: Psychology of Personality PSY-352 : Psychology of Personality
Psychology 312: History and Systems of Psychology PSY-400 : History and Systems of Psychology
Criminal Justice 305: The Juvenile Justice System AOJ-364 : Juvenile Justice Process
Education 103: Classroom Management EDU-319 : Classroom Management Techniques (free elective)
Sociology 305: Sociology of Work SOC-362 : Sociology of Work

(08-23-2018, 12:10 AM)dfrecore Wrote: EDU specifically says "free elective" which means it's not a BALS course. So don't take that one.

You can also take:
CJ 305: The Juvenile Justice System (AOJ-364)
COMPSCI 302: Systems Analysis & Design (CIS-320)
COMPSCI 303: Database Management (CIS-311)
BUS 303: Management Info Systems (CIS-301)
BUS 324: Managerial Communication
BUS 323: Organizational Theory (PSY-360)
BUS 318: Management Ethics (PHI-400)
BUS 313: Organizational Communication (COM-391)
BUS 305: Leadership Communication
BUS 307: Leadership and Organizational Behavior

People on this forum have said that the Comm courses I listed came in as BALS AOS courses, but none took all 3 - which means that they might be considered duplicates.

Whatever you decide, I would always talk to TESU first and make sure they will accept a course in the AOS before taking them.