Best options for someone with a bunch of art credits and no degree?

[txnicole]

That school is using a mix of hundreds and thousands to indicate level. I checked GWU (google searched the course numbers) and some are renamed but she could just explain that the 300s, 400s, 3000s and 4000s are all upper levels (or were at the time).

If you're doing a TESU Liberal Studies ( BA in Liberal Studies Degree at Thomas Edison State University ), and IF they accept everything the way it is categorized, then the way I see it looks like this:

CAS477, CPH422, CPH4220, CPR3250, and CPH3000 give her 15 upper level credits in art. She has 54.5 left over.

Use another 15 credits in art to wrap up the 30 credits in the concentration.

Use 27 more of the art credits to fill up the electives section.

Leaving 12.5 credits in lower level art courses, you can put 12 in knowledge of human cultures from the general ed requirements. The other half credit will end up in general ed electives.

The english lit I and II and American history I and II will probably end up in general ed electives because the other art courses would have filled up knowledge of human cultures. So another 12 hours to general ed, bringing the total in general ed to 12.5 credit hours (out of a possible 17 to 20 total).

College comp I and II fill the written communication obviously.

So, if TESU accepted everything in that way, it looks to me like she needs very little...

3 Speech
3 Math
3 Info Literacy
3 Diversity
3 Ethics
3 Civic Engagement
6 Science
1 Cornerstone
3 Capstone

Which would bring it to 115.5 and then she'd need a few filler credits to get to 120.


I can just as easily see her being able to do the BA in General Studies with an Applied Arts / Studio Arts concentration from COSC.
https://www.charteroak.edu/catalog/curre...d_arts.cfm

There the same 15 credits of upper level courses would make up the concentration requirements for upper level credits, plus she would need 18 more art credits in the major. Using up 33 of her art credits there and sending the other 36.5 to general electives.

Then on to the core curriculum of general ed requirements...

Written Communication (6 credits) would be filled by her college comp I and II.

Information Literacy (1-3 credits) is filled by the cornerstone so you can ignore this.

U.S. History/Government (3 credits) is filled by American History I

Non-U.S. History or Culture (3 credits) is filled by one of her art history courses in the major

Literature and Fine Arts (3 credits) is filled by her art courses in the major

Her American History II, and English Literature I and II go to general electives because there isn't a spot specifically for them.

So that's using all 87.5 credits, leaving her with the need to fill a few general ed requirements and 15 upper level credits.

Ethical Decision-Making (3 credits) could be filled with either the Business Ethics & Society DSST or the Business in Society TECEP which are both upper level.

Global Understanding AND Social/Behavioral Sciences could BOTH be filled at the same time by either UExcels 3 credit exams on 'World Conflicts since 1900' OR 'World Population.'

Capstone (3 credits) - only from COSC but is upper level

So that's 9 more upper level credits, and the remaining 6 credits upper levels can be in any subject at all (really easy to pick 2 upper level credit sources when you don't have to worry about subject matter). See the chart for what counts are upper level here ( https://www.charteroak.edu/catalog/curre...ograms.cfm )

Mathematics (3 credits) - need college algebra or higher which is always lower level

Natural Sciences (7-8 credits) - again, lower level, and requires 1 lab credit

Cornerstone (3 credits) - only from COSC and lower level

Assuming she does 7 credits in science, this brings the grand total so far to... 118.5 and she can finish things out with freebie courses like TEEX, FEMA, etc..

This is a sort of quick and dirty assessment of her situation. I think Charter Oak would end up being cheaper and easier since her courses fill the requirements for general ed a bit better there, but not by a massive amount. The biggest difference would probably be in terms of what her degree would be called, one would be liberal arts and one would be general studies with a studio arts concentration. Well, that and whether or not you guys want to graduate from the same school or not.