Great catch on the AACSB accreditation!
I wanted to add that I've also been looking into the lack of financial aid...it appears that the program is part of a trial program (along with 4 other schools) for competency based learning programs. The competency delivery has provisional accreditation from the regional authority and the trial program is through the DoE if I recall. In sum, it sounded like they thought they would be able to offer financial aid for the programs later this year.
I've wondered for a few days how WGU gets away with financial aid and the competency model, the only differentiation I can come up with is the letter grades or some sort of waiver.
I haven't been able to confirm anything new yet, but plan to work on it next week. Right now my gut feeling is that a tweaked Associates, is a good option for the CBE crowd. The most difficult part of the NAU degree for most people will likely be the language requirement. I'm interested if a score of 68 is possible given Spanishhour and some serious studying. If it is, then this could be really economical. I have a feeling that the language requirement, more than anything else, will likely throw people off the NAU track.
Predicted COSC A.S. Degree -
CLEP English Comp w/Essay (60)
DSST Principles of Public Speaking (?)
Charter Oak Cornerstone
DSST Business Ethics & Society (400)
CLEP US History 1 (50)
CLEP Humanities (50)
DSST Intro to World Religions (400)
CLEP Analyzing & Interpreting Literature (50)
CLEP Psychology (50)
CLEP Pre-Calculus (50) (Assuming it will meet NAU's requirements, if not then ALEKS College Algebra)
CLEP Chemistry (50)
CLEP Natural Sciences (50)
CLEP Spanish (68)
CLEP Sociology (50)
You're actually over (ie CLEP Sociology or such) by 3 credits. This will allow you to meet your NAU requirements for everything except for the following areas (not sure on math) -
Cultural Understanding (6 units)
Major (54 units)
Total Cost - If you finish in 1 semester at NAU, about $4,850, plus any study costs for the CLEP/DSST tests. Another semester puts it up to $7,350. This is quite a steal. You'll also have 63 units/credits worth of grades - this is extraordinary for the CBE community. The hardest part seems to be the language requirement.
PS - With semester tuition of $2,500, it may be possible to ignore an Associates path and complete in 3 semesters for $7,605 in costs if you separate out the language requirement into a CLEP. Possibly 2 semesters as that would be 51 units/semester. This would give you 102 credits worth of grades.
I wanted to add that I've also been looking into the lack of financial aid...it appears that the program is part of a trial program (along with 4 other schools) for competency based learning programs. The competency delivery has provisional accreditation from the regional authority and the trial program is through the DoE if I recall. In sum, it sounded like they thought they would be able to offer financial aid for the programs later this year.
I've wondered for a few days how WGU gets away with financial aid and the competency model, the only differentiation I can come up with is the letter grades or some sort of waiver.
I haven't been able to confirm anything new yet, but plan to work on it next week. Right now my gut feeling is that a tweaked Associates, is a good option for the CBE crowd. The most difficult part of the NAU degree for most people will likely be the language requirement. I'm interested if a score of 68 is possible given Spanishhour and some serious studying. If it is, then this could be really economical. I have a feeling that the language requirement, more than anything else, will likely throw people off the NAU track.
Predicted COSC A.S. Degree -
CLEP English Comp w/Essay (60)
DSST Principles of Public Speaking (?)
Charter Oak Cornerstone
DSST Business Ethics & Society (400)
CLEP US History 1 (50)
CLEP Humanities (50)
DSST Intro to World Religions (400)
CLEP Analyzing & Interpreting Literature (50)
CLEP Psychology (50)
CLEP Pre-Calculus (50) (Assuming it will meet NAU's requirements, if not then ALEKS College Algebra)
CLEP Chemistry (50)
CLEP Natural Sciences (50)
CLEP Spanish (68)
CLEP Sociology (50)
You're actually over (ie CLEP Sociology or such) by 3 credits. This will allow you to meet your NAU requirements for everything except for the following areas (not sure on math) -
Cultural Understanding (6 units)
Major (54 units)
Total Cost - If you finish in 1 semester at NAU, about $4,850, plus any study costs for the CLEP/DSST tests. Another semester puts it up to $7,350. This is quite a steal. You'll also have 63 units/credits worth of grades - this is extraordinary for the CBE community. The hardest part seems to be the language requirement.
PS - With semester tuition of $2,500, it may be possible to ignore an Associates path and complete in 3 semesters for $7,605 in costs if you separate out the language requirement into a CLEP. Possibly 2 semesters as that would be 51 units/semester. This would give you 102 credits worth of grades.
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