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BALS is your way to go, in that case. TESU only requires two courses through them: a Capstone, and a Cornerstone. The latter is currently a 1-credit class that can be finished in well under a day, but on July 1 it will be switched to a full 3-credit course (which will cost approx. $800 more), so you will want to hurry and get that one done. Everything else can be tested out of.

My recommendation is to apply to TESU ASAP and send transcripts from your previous school to get them evaluated and see where you stand. While waiting for them to do the evaluation, if you can get a list of courses you took and post them, some people here can give an (extremely) educated guess as to how they will count towards a BALS. We can also look and see if you're close to being able to do a different major instead.

If you're looking for a test to work towards in the meantime, I recommend the Analyzing and Interpreting Literature CLEP. It's free if you do the Modern States prep class, it's one of the easier ones, it's six credits and can fit in several spots in the BALS