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TESU GenEds - best mix of cheap and good quality? - Kartvelian - 02-18-2019

I've been following this forum religiously for a few months, and after applying to TESU for a BA in Psychology last December, I'm trying to figure out my General Education requirements. I feel way out of my depth here.

With Sophia having such a great deal right now on their courses, I'd like to maximize the opportunity because I really like the Sophia platform. I've mapped out the Sophia courses that look most appealing to me, and tried to slot them in.

Am I doing this right? I've already taken the free Sophia courses (in green) am taking the two HES Poetry courses (in orange), and will be using Modern States' refunds to make the CLEPs free.

I'm not sure if I've done the Civic & Global Learning and Knowledge of Human Cultures sections correctly - will these courses transfer to TESU? Will Approaches to Studying Religions satisfy the Diversity requirement? Is Ancient Greek Philosophers okay for Human Cultures?

Any advice for me?

RE: TESU GenEds - best mix of cheap and good quality? - mysonx3 - 02-18-2019

Can confirm from direct experience that Ancient Greek Philosophers works for Human Cultures.

RE: TESU GenEds - best mix of cheap and good quality? - hsfamfun - 02-19-2019

I have no experience with making TESU degree plans, but I helped both of my son's with their degree plans at their respective colleges. I would think that the HES Poetry classes would count in the General Education electives and not need to go in Free Electives. I also think they would work for Humanities.

RE: TESU GenEds - best mix of cheap and good quality? - davewill - 02-19-2019

You seem to have 20 Free elective units instead of 21, you could replace that student success course with a 2 (or 3) credit course, or use the poetry courses in GenEds as suggested above and fill in with 9 Free Elective credits.

RE: TESU GenEds - best mix of cheap and good quality? - Kartvelian - 02-19-2019

(02-18-2019, 10:42 PM)mysonx3 Wrote: Can confirm from direct experience that Ancient Greek Philosophers works for Human Cultures.
Wonderful - at $149, the price can't be beat!

(02-19-2019, 09:45 AM)hsfamfun Wrote: I have no experience with making TESU degree plans, but I helped both of my son's with their degree plans at their respective colleges. I would think that the HES Poetry classes would count in the General Education electives and not need to go in Free Electives. I also think they would work for Humanities.
Not sure why I didn't think of this, but you're right, it should apply under GenEd Electives.
(02-19-2019, 12:08 PM)davewill Wrote: You seem to have 20 Free elective units instead of 21, you could replace that student success course with a 2 (or 3) credit course, or use the poetry courses in GenEds as suggested above and fill in with 9 Free Elective credits.
I am finding the HES Poetry courses quite fulfilling and am tempted to take the next one coming up in the Summer term as well. Maybe I could place the third Poetry course into Free Electives and move the three 1-credit Sophia courses into Free Electives.

It's frustrating that GenEd Electives has a flexible range of 17-20 credits, but Free Electives is a strict 21 credits.

RE: TESU GenEds - best mix of cheap and good quality? - mysonx3 - 02-19-2019

(02-19-2019, 12:10 PM)Kartvelian Wrote:
(02-18-2019, 10:42 PM)mysonx3 Wrote: Can confirm from direct experience that Ancient Greek Philosophers works for Human Cultures.
Wonderful - at $149, the price can't be beat!
I believe if you sign up through phoenix.sophia.org, you can still use the PHOENIXHALF code to get it for $75 (I think I saw someone post about that code still working, but could be wrong).

Quote:It's frustrating that GenEd Electives has a flexible range of 17-20 credits, but Free Electives is a strict 21 credits.

The GenEd Electives fluctuates based on the number of credits you have in the Understanding the Physical and Natural World category. If you have the minimum of 4, you will need 20 credits of GenEd electives. If you have 7, you will need only 17. It needs to add up to 24 (unless you have an overage/shortage elsewhere that changes that number).

RE: TESU GenEds - best mix of cheap and good quality? - davewill - 02-19-2019

(02-19-2019, 07:12 PM)mysonx3 Wrote: ...
The GenEd Electives fluctuates based on the number of credits you have in the Understanding the Physical and Natural World category. If you have the minimum of 4, you will need 20 credits of GenEd electives. If you have 7, you will need only 17. It needs to add up to 24 (unless you have an overage/shortage elsewhere that changes that number).

Exactly. In the end, what really controls is needing 60 credits total in the GenEd section. Any overage or shortage can push the number of electives up or down.

RE: TESU GenEds - best mix of cheap and good quality? - dfrecore - 02-19-2019

(02-19-2019, 07:45 PM)davewill Wrote:
(02-19-2019, 07:12 PM)mysonx3 Wrote: ...
The GenEd Electives fluctuates based on the number of credits you have in the Understanding the Physical and Natural World category. If you have the minimum of 4, you will need 20 credits of GenEd electives. If you have 7, you will need only 17. It needs to add up to 24 (unless you have an overage/shortage elsewhere that changes that number).

Exactly. In the end, what really controls is needing 60 credits total in the GenEd section.  Any overage or shortage can push the number of electives up or down.

This can happen in Free Electives too.  If you end up with more than 60cr in Gen Ed, they will have you take 1 or 2cr less in FE.  If you end up with extra credits in your Major/AOS, they will make the number of FE go down as well.

RE: TESU GenEds - best mix of cheap and good quality? - Kartvelian - 02-19-2019

(02-19-2019, 07:12 PM)mysonx3 Wrote:
(02-19-2019, 12:10 PM)Kartvelian Wrote:
(02-18-2019, 10:42 PM)mysonx3 Wrote: Can confirm from direct experience that Ancient Greek Philosophers works for Human Cultures.
Wonderful - at $149, the price can't be beat!
I believe if you sign up through phoenix.sophia.org, you can still use the PHOENIXHALF code to get it for $75 (I think I saw someone post about that code still working, but could be wrong).

Quote:It's frustrating that GenEd Electives has a flexible range of 17-20 credits, but Free Electives is a strict 21 credits.

The GenEd Electives fluctuates based on the number of credits you have in the Understanding the Physical and Natural World category. If you have the minimum of 4, you will need 20 credits of GenEd electives. If you have 7, you will need only 17. It needs to add up to 24 (unless you have an overage/shortage elsewhere that changes that number).

Superb - thank you! This makes sense, and now I understand where the '17-20' comes from for GenEd Electives.

All that's left is to figure out whether Sophia's 'Approaches to Studying Religions' qualifies for the Diversity requirement. Based on the General Education Courses list on the TESU website, it SEEMS like it would (they have other options such as 'World Religions' as fulfilling the requirement), but I'm not sure.