BS in Psychology - Cheap and Fast (and dirty)

[MNomadic]

Thanks to merlin, myson, and jsd for the prompt and informative replies. I admit that I don’t actually know the difference between a BS and BA, and just got the title idea using information I’d pieced together from other topics. I’m glib on all higher education related topics.

1. @jsd I saw your lesson plan on the Wiki mirror and though helpful, I wasn’t (as of yet) able to make much sense of it. I also read that your plan didn’t include general education and saw a link to another plan that covered that. Still I’m a bit confused but haven’t had the time to sit with the plans.

2. As a general question, is less than a year a reasonable timeframe of completion for someone who works full time? I’m a great test taker and am talented with scholarly pursuits, though I gave it up after high school. I’m 26 now.

3. If I sought further education and an eventual career as a teacher or therapist or similar, is a TESU BA going to maintain it’s value, or will I end up in a position where I lose credits by transferring into a state school/b&m?

Thanks again all. I appreciate the tenacity and self sufficiency that something like this would require, I just would prefer to ask questions directly to cut through the chaff.

1) once you take a look at some of the gen Ed plans, I recommend you look into Clep and modernstates first. You mentioned you are a good test taker and cleps are free(at this time) through modern states. There are other free and cheap resources available to help prepare for CLEPs. Another great place to start would be the free ace approved ethics course through the institutes since it is fast, free and an easy way to satisfy the tesu ethics requirement.

2) less than a year is in the realm of possibility but you really won't know until you start knocking out credits. Depending on how much time you can devote and how fast you can complete them.

3) I honestly don't know. You may be able to jump straight into a master's program after your BA or not. It would really depend on what the requirements for the programs you're interested in are. Without knowing specifics on your end goal or desired program, we won't know.