undecided between TESU and COSC

[dfrecore]

The main issue with COSC is that you have to choose a concentration (or 2 or 3), so there's no getting around that. TESU does not require a concentration.

Next, you need 30cr of UL at COSC, only 18cr of UL at TESU.

Finally, you need 24cr of RA for COSC, none for TESU.

What's happening with your credits now is, you have everything you need for TESU except a math course, and your 18cr of UL, which are easy to get (mostly through Study.com). At COSC, you're going to need a lab science, a math, a lit/fine art, and in addition you need 27cr of UL, and 24cr of RA. You are so far on the road of TESU that it would be annoying and expensive to get the credits you need for COSC. It's going to be hard to find UL RA credits for cheap, meaning you're going to need to take your UL credits through something like Study.com AND RA credits through something like TEL, and then you'll have a TON of credits, many of which you don't need. Honestly, switching schools/majors is one of the reasons I see people never finish their degree.

In my opinion, I would do the following:
- apply at TESU, send in all of your current credits
- sign up for Study.com
- sign up for the cornerstone and capstone
- take a math course,
- take 5 UL BALS courses (courses like Communciations, History, Psych)
- send in all of your remaining credits to TESU
apply for June graduation (you won't make it for March graduation as the December capstone doesn't end until Feb 21, and they probably won't let you start it without having all of your UL credits already in)

Your biggest hurdle is going to be paying for it, but honestly, that would be your hurdle with COSC. It would just be spread out a bit.

TESU - remaining costs
3 months of Study.com for 6 courses (math + 5 UL) $600
Application fee $50
Cornerstone & Capstone $3114
Graduation fee $298
Residency Waiver $3,192
TOTAL $7,254

COSC - remaining costs
5 months of Study.com for 1 math + 9 UL courses $1,000
8 3cr courses + Bio or Chem lab course $1,667
Application fee $50
Cornerstone & Capstone $2514
Graduation fee $225
Student Services Fee (x2 terms) $590
Technology Fee (x2 terms) $150
TOTAL $6,121

If you could take UL courses through a school like CSU-Pueblo IS, then you could kill 2 birds with 1 stone by getting UL courses - but that would mean paying $615/course x 9 courses would be $5535. And that would take a while, they're actual courses, although self-paced. But pricy. I honestly don't see how you could do anything else to help either speed things along, or make it cheaper - everything seems to be more expensive AND slower.