TESU Capstone question (BSBA)

[Merlin]

Hi all, i need some clarification and unfortunately i am not getting it from the advisor at TESU. My normal adviser is really great, but she is no longer replying to my emails, some other advisor is.

According to the TESU website (  https://www2.tesu.edu/course.php?CourseC...S-421&sem=  ) in order to take the capstone,
" It is advisable to have knowledge in a course equivalent to FIN-301 Principles of Finance, MAN-301 Principles of Management, MAR-301 Principles of Marketing, ACC-101 Principles of Financial Accounting, ACC-102 Principles of Managerial Accounting, ECO-111 Microeconomics and ECO-112 Macroeconomics with a grade of C or better to succeed in this course. "

When I spoke to the advisor by email, she told me you have to have 100 credits applied towards your degree, have finished English 1 and 2, all the Core business requirements and "most of" your area of study in order to take the capstone. I asked her to specify what she meant by 'most of'. She said I would have to be 'one or two courses away' from completing my degree in order to have the 'hold' taken off my account and be allowed to register for the capstone.

However, what she said doesn't make a lot of sense to me. The whole degree is 120 credits, and she says you need to have 100 credits applied. That leaves 20 credits, which is around 6/7 classes, give or take. Are they trying to say that basically you should start out with your hardest classes first (area of study and core business) and THEN take the capstone, and take the gen eds last? that's the only thing i can think of. I am doing the CIS concentration of the BSBA, so none of my AOS courses even relate to the capstone. It won't help me to take my computer courses and THEN take the capstone. I would actually prefer to take it while all my business courses are fresh in my mind. Not 6 months down the road.

The expectation is that the capstone course will be your last class at TESU. In fact, once you register for it they send you an email to remind you to apply for graduation. So, they want you to have taken all your core business classes, all your AOS courses, and most, if not all, of your GenEds before you register for and take the Capstone.

I expect that most BSBA students complete their GenEds first, then their business core, and then their area of study (or perhaps AoS first and then business core). Assuming so, they will be ready to complete the capstone by that time. In fact, that is exactly what I did. GenEds then business core, then AoS, then capstone.

I'm pretty sure that the point of the new rules is to make sure people don't sign up for the capstone and then drop out or fail it because they were not prepared. The case studies and the final project you do in the capstone will leverage your knowledge in a number of different business areas, so you really should be finished with all those before starting the capstone. While this was a recommendation previously, its a requirement now.