TESU Aviation Degree Plan

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Sadly my work schedule prevents me from taking ANY class that has a regular set schedule.  My job has a day and nights rotation so regardless of when a class is scheduled at some point I will not be able to attend.  At least that's what I saw when I looked at my local CC... but that was pre-pandemic.  Hence my love of self-paced classes.  TESU has told me that their classes are "self-paced" with assignments due on a weekly basis.  That format works.

Sounds like between the cornerstone and capstone I have to do at least 6 credits at TESU correct?  Is the idea to knockout the remaining 24 RA credits at another school because it would be cheaper?  Please pardon the naivete, that's why I'm here asking.

Yes, you do 30cr total, 6cr of which are at TESU - meaning the other 24cr must come from somewhere (your choice).  Options: TECEP or UExcel exams, ONU or TEL for self-paced courses.  If you're a good test taker, I'd do TECEP's and UExcel's.

Since you're bringing in your entire major of 45cr, and have 36cr of CLEP already, you have to think strategically to get those RA credits in.  If you continue doing CLEP exams, you're going to run out of space to put them, because they'll just have to get replaced by RA credit.  But here are some options:

CLEP
College Algebra
Precalculus
Computer Info Sys
Anything else you want that will work as Free Electives (you have space for 12cr of those)

DSST
Public Speaking
Any Ethics course (Ethics in Technology, Ethics in America)
Statistics
Computing and Information Technology
Anything else you want that will work as Free Electives (you have space for 12cr of those)

Here's my suggestion for RA:
Physics I & II (RA school)
Public Speaking (TECEP)
College Algebra (TECEP)
Principles of Statistics (TECEP)
Computer Concepts & Applications (TECEP)
PHYx120: Weather & Climate (UExcel)
1 additional TECEP or UExcel Exam (I'd choose MATx100: Contemporary Mathematics UExcel or Applied Liberal Arts Mathematics TECEP)
That puts you at 26cr RA, and then the cornerstone and capstone put you at 32cr.

Then you need Ethics (DSST), Precalc, and 12cr of Free Electives that can be non-duplicating CLEP or DSST Exams.

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With Covid, many schools have more robust offerings for online (especially CA since they haven't done in--person classes for a very long time now in some schools).  So I would check again. Look for a school with free tuition, there are lots of them. https://cvc.edu/

Some other options for online Physics courses:
Logan University ($275/cr) - not sure if they offer an online version or not
AMU/APU - $285/cr
Doane University ($329/cr) - Physics 107 & 108 are algebra-based, don't do 201/202 which are calculus-based
UNE Online ($340/cr, self-paced)