TESU Theater Arts/BSBA Entrepreneurship vs UMPI's Accounting or Hist/PoliSci

[rachel83az]

Okay, so, first thing's first: in the US, BA vs. BS very rarely matters. Generally speaking, a degree is a BA when the general education (non major) credits are mostly humanities. It's BS when the general education credits contain more math/science. Most of the time, it has absolutely nothing to do with the classes taken in the major.

UMPI has good standing in countries like Germany where they're stricter on what constitutes a degree. In Germany, TESU is on a "we must see the exact degree first" grounds. Most degrees from TESU would probably be fine in most countries. All UMPI degrees should also be fine, though I would hesitate to suggest a BLS (or BALS) to someone who might use their degree outside of the US. Those are "weird" degrees that other countries may not know how to deal with.

For TESU, if you want to do a double degree of most kinds, it's possible. However, if you don't already have enough credit in the right areas, getting a Theater Studies degree is going to be impossible. So, your first step would be to get those credits evaluated. Yes, both UMPI and TESU take WES. If you have 3rd/4th year theater credits, however, it might be worth using a different evaluation service. WES can be... questionable and may not count them as UL equivalent, even if they should be.

I would say to get your credits evaluated further so we know exactly what you have and where you might stand for both TESU and UMPI.