Which School to Choose for a Dual Baccalaureate Degree, COSC or TESC?

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Wow, Thank You once again! This blog is an invaluable source of information, much prompter and more efficient than the actual schools. I have made my mind up and will be attending TESC. I am submitting the application right now and will hopefully make contact with an advisor tomorrow. I am excited about this and very appreciative to those who have helped me gather the missing pieces. If only I knew about this years ago,lol! I will go with the enrolled options plan, TESC's website is somewhat confusing in outlining the differences and advantages. Does TESC offer a military tuition rate outside of the military degree completion plan? I would use it but I don't need nor want to complete 24 hours of residency since I am practically finished right now.

Is there any advantage to picking up another Associates degree while completing my dual BA? Is there additional cost?

Definitely! Sometimes I wished I'd discovered this forums earlier. :p

I'd let the military/tuition experts answer that question...

In terms of job application, it might add a "badge" to your transcript. Whether there's an additional cost depends on the credits you already have and the kind of associate's degree you wish to take. For an ASBA, you'd need another 12-15 credits.

A. Intellectual and Practical Skills 12
English Composition I & II - College Composition
College Algebra/Quantitative Business Analysis - ALEKS College Algebra $20 or Saylor's Beginning Algebra $25 (Perhaps Business Mathematics meets this requirement?)
Electives in Intellectual and Practical Skills - Technical Writing

B. Human Cultures and the Physical and Natural World 6
Macroeconomics (ECO-111) or Microeconomics (ECO-112) - Straighterline $49 plus enrollment
Humanities, Social Sciences or Natural Sciences elective - Natural Sciences

C. Personal and Social Responsibility 9 COMPLETED
Ethics Course - Business Ethics and Society
Diversity Course - Introduction to World Religions
Ethics or Diversity Elective - Ethics in America (Essay)

D. General Education Electives 3 COMPLETED
History of the US I

II. Management Core 18
A. Principles of Financial Accounting - Straighterline $49 plus enrollment
B. Principles of Managerial Accounting - Straighterline $49 plus enrollment
C. Business Law - Saylor Business Law and Ethics $25
D. Principles of Management - CLEP
E. Principles of Marketing - CLEP
F. Introduction to Computers/CIS - CLEP Information Systems & Computer Applications

III. Business Electives 6 COMPLETED
Human Resource Management
Organizational Behavior

IV. Free Electives 6 COMPLETED
Western Civilization I
Western Civilization II

Total 60

Just suggestions... some of them may be replaced with CLEP/DSST/TECEP/UExcel.

ALEKS College Algebra $20 (complete within one month)
Saylor Business Law and Ethics $25
Straighterline Macroeconomics/Microeconomics $49
StraighterlinePrinciples of Financial Accounting $49
StraighterlinePrinciples of Managerial Accounting $49
Straighterline one month enrollment fee - $99 (study required books before enrolling, then complete all quizzes and tests within 1 month)

SUB-TOTAL: $291
Apply code TESCS50 to get $50 off your first Straighterline course.
Apply SUM2014 to get $20 off your next Straighterline purchase (use during this summer).

TOTAL: $221 for 15 credits (price varies depending on what course/test you take and when you take it)\

The falling after the graduation date of my first degree hurts me a lot since I have done so many CLEP/DSST exams already. I am planning on getting my BSN in the next two years too. My community college courses consist of mainly the prerequisite for the BSN, A&P I & II, General Bio, Micro Bio, Intro Chem, General Chem, Stats, Nutrition, Medical Terminology, EMT-B and at least 35 hours of Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement courses.

Yeah, you would have to earn another 24 credits... but if you could find a way to utilize the TEEX, NFA, and Kaplan PLA credits, that'd give you 12 free credits.
TESC has a special BSN pathway for those who are taking it as a second degree. You could check that out.