TESU SOS-110 Update

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This is what TESU told me via email.

"Any student who applies for admission after January 1, 2019, is required to complete SOS-110, Living in the Information Age. Since you applied on January 25, 2019, you are bound to the catalog requirements in place at the time of the application.

In your case, you must take SOS-110 as it is required by your catalog.
Patricia C. Certo, MBA
Senior Academic Program Advisor
Thomas Edison State University"

Their website clearly states it differently. 
https://www2.tesu.edu/course.php?CourseCode=TES-100&sem=

So, based on this email response I am required to take this because my catalog requires it AND I applied after January 1st? Or I am required to take it because the catalog requires it for that reason alone? Based on this response if someone applied in December 2018 would they get an exemption even if it is on their catalog? I can picture this same person saying basically "if it is on your catalog you have to take it". So why mention the date January 1st, 2019.

This boils down to a couple of possibilities: 

1) TESU is not good at updating their own website as conditions and requirements change. This poor messaging and communication of requirements can leave students disappointed and confused. If the requirements are so cut and dry then why not update your customer facing website properly? The lost productivity in having to answer student emails would have more than paid for the 1 minute it would have taken to update the plain text HTML on their site.

2) TESU lacks integrity. They know their website says one thing and they are saying another. Advising has decided to just start enforcing this now and moved the time line forward. It feels not only like a money grab but for new students like me of TESU it creates feeling of distrust or at the very least a sense of disorganization. I can't trust what your website says so now I must double and triple check everything going forward.

3) All of the above.    


This throws a monkey wrench in my plans. I know it is not a difficult class but it is still more time consuming and expensive than TES-100. This frikin sucks. Thanks TESU.