Electronics Engineering degree plan advice

[sarahmac]

You have 9 TESU credits right now. Make sure you get 6 more before you graduate with your Associate degree(s). Your degrees all have capstones, so that can be at least 3 of the needed TESU credits. If you don't have at least 15 TESU credits, you'd have to pay the residency waiver fee and that'd just be a waste of money.

I'm active-duty military, I only need 12 credits for residency for the associates, and 24 credits for Bachelors. The capstone gives me the last 3 credits I need by itself.

I highly recommend against the bachelor in liberal arts route if you have any aspirations toward officership. At least for the USAF/USSF, your mileage may vary with other branches. That's something you'd need to check.

For USAF/USSF, the AFOCD matrix dictates which CIP codes are acceptable for which AFSC. Turns out, TESU expanded super fast by throwing a whole load of programs under general studies CIP codes that often bear little relation to the degree title (BA Math, for example, has a generic interdisciplinary biological studies CIP, not a Math CIP). Makes them functionally pretty useless for USAF and USSF officer accessions. 

For example, the BA Comp Sci does have a Comp Sci CIP code (11.XX series), but the BA Liberal Arts with a concentration in Comp Sci does not.

TESU also have no idea what to do when two AOS' are combined in one degree (e.g. BA Comp Sci and Math). So you could start off with an 11.XX series CIP that's Tier 1 for many AFSC's, but by combining two AOS' you could end with a CIP that only qualifies you under Tier 3 or 4 in the "any degree" category.

Your engineering degree route should be just fine, but do confirm the CIP with an advisor if comissioning is something you're thinking about, or at least don't want to accidentally rule out.