Least Expensive Degree?

[Daithi]

TESC is really cheap if he takes the TECEPs to meet the residency requirements and enrolls under the per credit plan.

Below is a BSBA in General Management degree plan that uses TECEP, StraighterLine, ALEKS, Saylor, FEMA, and one Penn Foster course. This means the entire degree can be done online as soon as TESC moves their TECEPs online, which is supposed to happen sometime this month.

BSBA in General Management

I. General Education Requirements -- 60
A. Intellectual and Practical Skills -- 15
SLINE ENG 101 English Composition I -- (3)
SLINE ENG 102 English Composition II -- (3)
SLINE COM-300 Business Communications -- (3)
ALEKS MAT-121 College Algebra -- (3)
TECEP COM-210 Public Relations Thought and Practice -- (3)

B. Human Cultures and the Physical and Natural World -- 18
SLINE ECO-105 Macroeconomics -- (3)
SLINE ECO-106 Microeconomics -- (3)
ALEKS STA-201 Statistics -- (3)
TECEP POS-101 Introduction to Political Science -- (3)
TECEP BIO-208 The Science of Nutrition -- (3)
TECEP JOU-110 Introduction to News Reporting -- (3)

C. Personal and Social Responsibility -- 9
SAYLOR BUS-205 Business Law & Ethics -- (3)
TECEP SOC-210 Marriage and the Family -- (3)
SLINE SOC-101 Introduction to Sociology -- (3)

D. General Education Electives -- 18
ALEKS MAT-115 Intermediate Algebra -- (3)
ALEKS MAT-129 Precalculus -- (3)
SLINE HIS-101 Western Civilization I -- (3)
SLINE HIS-102 Western Civilization II -- (3)
SLINE HIS-113 American History I -- (3)
SLINE HIS-114 American History II -- (3)

II. Professional Business Requirements -- 54
A. Business Core -- 27
PENNF FIN-301 Principles of Finance -- (3) i.e. Financial Management
SLINE LAW-201 Introductory Business Law -- (3)
SLINE BUS-302 Business Ethics -- (3)
TECEP BUS-421 Strategic Management -- (3)
SAYLOR COS-101 Information Systems and Computer Applications -- (3)
SAYLOR MAR-301 Introduction to Marketing -- (3)
SLINE ACC-101 Accounting I -- (3)
SLINE ACC-102 Accounting II -- (3)
SLINE MAN-301 Principles of Management -- (3)

B. Area of Study: BSBA in General Management -- 18
SLINE ACC-201 Financial Accounting -- (3)
SLINE BUS-315 Organizational Behavior -- (3)
TECEP FIN-331 Financial Institutions and Markets -- (3)
TECEP FIN-321 Security Analysis and Portfolio Management -- (3)
TECEP MAR-323 Advertising -- (3)
TECEP MAR-322 Sales Management -- (3)

C. Business Electives -- 9
SLINE BUS-101 Introduction to Business -- (3)
TECEP MAR-321 Marketing Communications -- (3)
TECEP BUS-311 Business in Society -- (3)

III. Free Electives -- 6
FEMA Courses -- (6)

Total 120

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Cost Breakdown

18 StraighterLine Courses @ $100 each = $1,800 (assumes 2 courses a month)
12 TECEP Exams @ $108 each = $1,296
4 ALEKS Courses @ $20 each = $40 (assumes 2 course a month)
3 Saylor Courses @ $25 each = $75
1 Penn Foster Course @ $240
6 FEMA Exams @ $0
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Total: $3,451