TESU Evaluation of Outside Credits Term Limit

[schristian10]

The TESU advisors, unfortunately, often don't know what they are talking about. Either that or they do a very poor job of explaining how things work.

It is possible that they are planning on introducing such a limit in the future but I do not think so. A new term starts at TESU every single month, though, so you'd still be able to transfer in 200+ credits over the span of a year.

TESU currently:

• Has NO monthly/yearly enrollment fees - beyond paying for the medical terminology TECEP (and that's not required, it's simply the cheapest way) once a year to remain an active enrolled student
  
• Allows up to 90 alternate credits (Sophia, Study.com, Davar, etc.) per degree
  
• Allows a further 24 credits from RA sources
  
• Does NOT charge additional fees (either per credit or per class) for transferring in credits from outside sources
  
• REQUIRES SOS-110 + the capstone (LIB-495 for a BA or BUS-421 for a BSBA) to get a Bachelor's degree
  

• If you do not take at least 16 credits with TESU itself, pay about $3k for a residency waiver.
  

If you take 1 year to get a degree and you only take the bare minimum classes at TESU, your approximate costs for an "average" degree would be:

• Tuition: $519 x 6 credits = $3114
  
• Application fee: $50
  
• Medical Terminology TECEP (to become fully enrolled): $50
  
• Residency waiver fee: $3192
  
• Graduation fee: $298
  

Total: $6704

Additional costs include:

• 24 RA credits @ approx $50/credit (TEL/ONU/TECEP): $1200
  
• Sophia, 3 months (approx 70-80 credits): $237
  
• Study.com, 24 credits - 8 courses (some degrees require more, some degrees require less): $800
  

Additional costs total: $2237

Total cost for an "average" TESU degree: approximately $9k. But this will vary heavily depending on personal circumstances and the degree(s) being sought.

As SOS-110 is required for the BSBA degree, is that considered the cornerstone course? If not, is SOS-110, as well as the cornerstone and capstone the only three required classes for the BSBA?