Over 250 quarter units and NO DEGREE

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Thanks! I applied to TESU last night and as my name suggestions, I have my fingers crossed.  I ordered all transcripts and many of the UCs send them electronically which I hope will speed things up a bit.

Did you apply anywhere else?  You should wait for an evaluation and then post it here so we can review it.  Suggestions below.
BTW, you mentioned POST training, did you get certificates or anything from them? You can PLA some credit if you have work/life experience as well for a BACJ degree.

TESU will require at least 18 UL credits and from what I see, none of your courses is upper level.  I highly suggest the BALS at this point to use all of your credits and finish it off with Shmoop for a month at $88. If your courses can transfer in properly, your general education/electives should have been met.  

Basically, you just need UL 5 courses from Shmoop and the capstone to finish off your BALS English Lit Concentration degree.  I think you should also complete the Associates in CJ since you're almost there, and/or an Associates in NSM Biology, you may require just another Biology course.

In regards to the POST courses, I have completed the following:
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (40 hours) 
Crime Prevention through Environmental Design Advanced (24 hours) - Earned National Certification through the National Institute of Crime Prevention

I have also completed Crime Prevention Basics (40 hours)
https://post.ca.gov/Default.aspx

There are a few others that I will confirm with our training coordinator on Monday.

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Assuming the 4 courses from UC Riverside Extension and UC Irvine Extension are valid (meaning college credit), you have 14 units UL right there (but I'm not certain if they're semester-units or quarter-units).  I also know that the UC system schools don't always number UL and LL courses the same as other schools (100/200 for LL, and 300/400 for UL).  So there's no way for us here to be able to determine what TESU will give for those courses.  With 196 quarter units at UCSB alone, I'm almost positive tons of those will be UL credits.  They wouldn't let you just rack up a bunch of LL credit like that.

You should definitely look at the BALS without a concentration if it makes a difference (BALS with concentration may add too many credits to your plan).  If you just need ANY degree, why would you make it more difficult to get one if you didn't have to?

I can do a plan for you later, but it's really hard to tell what's going on.  So, I think that you should wait for an eval to come through, and look at the BALS and see if you think you have everything you need in the Gen Eds.  Like, did you take English Comp I & II?  Do you have an ethics course?  How about Am Govt?  Math?  Fill in the spreadsheet with what you've done, and look at where you think you might be.  Then, take anything you need, transfer it to TESU, and get going.

Also, register for February's capstone course while you're waiting.  No matter what you end up with - BALS with or without a concentration - you'll need that capstone.

That spreadsheet is great. I am working on it now!! I definitely do not need to make anything harder or more costly than it has to be. Sounds horrible, but I am looking for the easiest way to reach my goal. I fully intend to continue learning and complete the California DOJ Certificate Program so I'm not particularly lazy, but the job opening is what is pushing my timeframe. All I can do is shoot for it and hope for the best!