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HELP! StraighterLine Business Communications Downgraded - Lewis.Yim - 09-12-2018
Hi. Just looking to see if anyone emailed TESU in regards to StraighterLine Business Communications BEFORE they downgraded it from COM-300 to COM-202. If you have an email showing that it should come in as TESU COM-300, can you copy/paste the email contents (without your personal details)?
See below: This is the email I sent TESU Academic Advising.
Hi Academic Advising,
Please investigate my course transfer from StraighterLine Business Communication coming into TESU as COM-202.
The course was completed in May of 2017. The transfer should have come in as a COM-300 course instead.
I understand that in January 2018, TESU re-evaluated course transfers and that has changed to COM-202.
I completed the course prior to the re-evaluation but may have missed it on my transcript when I sent them to you.
Please see if you can change or correct that evaluation to "grant" me that UL credit, or accept this request as an appeal.
I am hoping to use that Business Communications COM-300 as one of my UL requirements for the BA Liberal Studies.
Thank you for your time.
This is the response I got from an advisor.
Thank you for your email.
For the StraighterLine Business Communication, I do not see anywhere in my records where the course would transfer in as upper level. Do you have an email stating it would?
As a member of the Office of Academic Advising, I look forward to working closely with you in order to ensure your continued success. Should you need additional support, inquiries may be sent via email to [email protected] (please note your degree program in the subject line). In addition to this service, I encourage you to schedule an advising appointment. During these personalized meetings, you will receive comprehensive counseling which will enrich your academic experience.
Sincerely,
My spreadsheet shows that I am complete with the BALS no concentration - I am 1 UL course short if that course doesn't come into my BALS as a UL course. Does anyone have some information or any suggestions to get this fixed properly? Is there an equivalency chart on TESU side or StraighterLine side I can reference back to? Got a link?
Please help to look for any reference or "proof"! Thank you for your assistance DegreeForum gurus! Thank you!
PS: I am going for NSM concentration, this course is for the general no concentration BALS if I decide to "fall back" into a generic concentration degree. I have completed the BALS, but working on the NSM concentration. It is not necessary to get UL for it, but just in case I do go back to a non-concentration BALS, I will need it then. See signature for details.
RE: HELP! StraighterLine Business Communications Downgraded - straighterline.com - 09-12-2018
Hi, Just saw your post -- and wanted to make sure that you had the link to the course equivalency guide between StraighterLine and Thomas Edison State University: https://www.straighterline.com/colleges/thomas-edison-state-university/course-equivalency/
I hope this resource helps! - SL
RE: HELP! StraighterLine Business Communications Downgraded - allvia - 09-12-2018
As far as the TESU BSBA degree goes it does not matter that it has been downgraded to LL COM-202 vs UL COM-300 because the course is a requirement in the CORE, not in the AOS. However, if the plan was to use it as an UL COM course for the BALS it matters.
RE: HELP! StraighterLine Business Communications Downgraded - peacel - 09-12-2018
Here's part of an email I received from TESU StuSupport on May 24, 2018.
For the record, I ended up not being able to take it. Planning on taking an UL com CBE from CSU-Global soon.
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Dear [text removed],
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As of right now- you still need one more Upper Level Communications course to fulfill the Upper Level Area of Study requirements.
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I also checked and Straigherline offers Business Communication (SL0014) and this transfers in as TESU course COM-300 (Business Communication.) If you take this Straigherline course- it will transfer in as an Upper Level, however, the current End date is 06/30/18, which means you would have to take this course by 06/30/18 to transfer it in, otherwise if taken after 06/31/18- you would need to ask if the End date in this Straighterline course has been extended.
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Sincerely,
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