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Light at the End of the Tunnel!!! - eminor7 - 05-11-2023
I have received an email saying that I am cleared for graduation for my BA in Music from TESU! Thank you very much @rachel83az, @ss20ts, @topdog98, @carrythenothing, and all the DF members for your help and support! This would not be possible without all of you and the wealth of information here. I remember starting with Sophia's free courses during lockdown, and here I am today. Getting an online music degree was not easy especially trying to find online UL music courses, but it is not entirely impossible.
Out of the 15 UL, 12 credits were music courses and the other 3 was a Humanities or History course (I think it was the Food Trucks, Ice Cream History, or Garment Industry course from Coopersmith, can't remember). That way was much faster and cheaper than if I were to hunt for another UL music course.
The Jewish Music course from Coopersmith did count towards the UL AOS for only 3 credits, not 6 credits as stated on Coopersmith's website. But Coopersmith's Music Education, although UL, did not count since it is a Early Childhood Education course. I wanted to take Music Therapy as well from Coopersmith, but I was told that it transfers as a LL at TESU so I did not take that course.
Just wondering, could we possibly create a wiki page for a BA Music plan? I hope that my information will help someone else searching for music courses to complete. I am also happy to answer any questions if anybody is interested in completing a music degree this way.
Again I really appreciate all the help! Next I will start my masters in music at a brick and mortar school in the fall.
RE: Light at the End of the Tunnel!!! - rachel83az - 05-11-2023
Congratulations!
If this is a degree that others could duplicate relatively easily, we can certainly create a wiki page for it. I think you're the first person we know of who was able to complete a TESU music degree.
RE: Light at the End of the Tunnel!!! - dfrecore - 05-11-2023
(05-11-2023, 03:42 AM)rachel83az Wrote: Congratulations!
If this is a degree that others could duplicate relatively easily, we can certainly create a wiki page for it. I think you're the first person we know of who was able to complete a TESU music degree.
I've helped 2 people get this degree in the past - but one had already gone to an expensive school for the degree, and were able to bring in a bunch of UL music courses, and the other had gone to a CC and had the required courses, and was able to PLA the rest of their UL (this was when you had to have all of your AoS in the major, and other humanities didn't count).
RE: Light at the End of the Tunnel!!! - bjcheung77 - 05-11-2023
Awesome, great work eminor7! You can always copy/paste what courses you took and where you took them for the major into this thread and someone can update the WIKI.
RE: Light at the End of the Tunnel!!! - eminor7 - 05-12-2023
(05-11-2023, 09:45 PM)bjcheung77 Wrote: Awesome, great work eminor7! You can always copy/paste what courses you took and where you took them for the major into this thread and someone can update the WIKI.Thank you BJ!
https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/TESU_BA_Music#TESU_BA_Music
https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Sample_TESU_Add-on_Associates_Degree_Plans#AA_with_Emphasis_in_Music
I have made the wiki page and updated the music portion of the TESU AA page to include more LL credits. I am open to modifications and editing as I do not know how to format the page and I am not sure if I am missing any information. Thank you all very much! @ss20ts and @topdog98 both of you took time and searched all over for UL courses and I can't thank both of you and everybody else who have answered my questions enough.
@Nivondu and @strawberrygreen also completed music degrees from TESU, and I was inspired by them and a few other members (musictester and fallingwaters?) to complete the TESU BA Music. Thank you to both of you as well!
RE: Light at the End of the Tunnel!!! - SweetSecret - 05-12-2023
Congratulations! ?? We don't see many music graduates, so that is really nice to see, and always happy to see DF members continuing onto masters programs. Best of luck!