Need help getting another friend started

[bjcheung77]

The degree I am referring to is the 3 year RA Bachelors of General Studies at Athabasca University in Canada, it is a 90 college credit offering that can be completed by transfer credit (entirely through 100% transfer) at the cost of $200 application/evaluation fee. The degree requirements can be met through community college 1st/2nd year courses, you do not need to get courses through a 4 year college/university.

Their course number will be confusing for many as the majority of their intro courses start at the 200 level as 100 is preparatory. For those who have a couple of developmental/remedial courses, they will allow up to 6 credits at the 100 level (which is developmental, prep, remedial), 200 is first year, 300 is 2nd year, 400 is 3rd year. You can use a mix of credits from the diploma & from your 2 years at university to "finish" this degree.

Last but not least, if your friend wants to "get a 4 year degree" you can just ladder this into say a Big 3 or competency based degree provider such as Walden, UMPI or whatever and finish the final year at that school of choice in a concentration or major of your choice as well. This would be the stepping stone to a Masters, you can go for a competency based masters degree as the final frontier!