Two Bachelors at TESU

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I already paid the residency waiver and submitted my graduation application for June.... I'm not worried about the 24 additional credits. After I finish the bus 421 capstone I will go full throttle on the remaining classes and probably finish it before September. Once I finished my BSBA I'll be so relaxed..

Ok heres the thing if you graduate in June with the bsba and then do the computer science degree after here is what will happen.

1. You will have to have 24 new credits earned after the BSBA conferral which means you can't earn the 24 credits until after June

2. The 24 credits must be in the AOS so you will to have to retake courses you already did to get 24.

3. You will have to take the liberal arts capstone which would be $1000.

4. You would have to pay the residency wavier fee again which would be another 2500 and also the grad fee again.

Once you factor in the cost of the 24 credits you are looking at $4,000 for the BA computer science. It might not be worth. Too bad you can't do them concurrently would be way cheaper and less headache. If you do find a way to do them concurrently I'd do a few more credits at TESU to avoid the waiver fee. It would be cheaper since you already at 9 (cornerstone, 2 capstones). Wait nevermind since you already paid the waiver this wouldn't work. Idk if the second degree is a good idea. If you think $4000 (or more) and re doing classes you already did is worth then I guess go ahead.

Going to have to pay to take the liberal arts capstone regardless.  So you would be taking 2 separate capstones to get both the BSBA and the BACS.

One thing is I don't think it's possible to get the BSBA CIS and the BACS because only 9 credits can overlap in the  AOS.  Maybe even less in the BSBA since it's so small.  For computer science or CIS, there are no extra courses available for UL once you hit the required amount.

After I complete my current capstone Bus-421, I will try to complete the remaining BACS classes via SDC fairly fast. I'm sure I can get them in 2 months. The problem is the lib arts capstone, I don't think I can jump into another capstone right way. Bus 421 is going well, but I have not taken the midterm and that worries me. The study cases are not too bad due to all the available resources. The final project might be a challenge, but I have a prepared plan of action. I'm worried about the 4 essays in the midterm, I wish they allow a page of notes or open book...

If I postpone my graduation till Sept, I might be able to take the lib arts capstone in May and graduate with a BSBA and BACS.

Some of you mentioned that some of UL CIS classes I already completed will not be allowed to be used in the BACS. Here is an idea. What if I drop the CIS and just stick with the GM and used all my completed CIS UL for the BACS? is this a dumb idea, since I already completed the entire CIS AOS? Which one will carry more weight. By the way, I'm a SATCOM Network Tech.

Don't drop the CIS if you have already completed the credits for the CIS & GM BSBA; dropping the CIS doesn't help your BACS if you do not graduate with both the BSBA and the BACS at the same time.  If you graduate with only the BSBA you will still need the 24 NEW credits in order to get the BACS. Again those 24 credits must be completed AFTER the BSBA is conferred, meaning if TESU says you graduate 6/15/20 then all 24 new credits much be completed after 6/15/20; which is not the same things as finishing the "new" credits after finishing the credits needed for the BSBA. I know you want at least one bachelor done ASAP, but if you're truly only looking at a few months delay you would be much better wait to graduate with both in Sept vs one in June then a second in Sept.   And I do believe once you use your residency waiver towards a bachelor (vs an associate then a bachelor within a year), you are required to pay it again - regardless of time passed (another reason it is best to get both at the same time).

Now if you do graduate with both at the same time and you come up short for the BASC; meaning you run into the issue were you cannot use the same credits due to overlap of 9 credit restrictions - then it would make sense you graduate with a BSBA-GM and use the CIS for the CS credits (if applicable) to also graduate with a BACS as well. I don't know what CIS credits you have already earned; but I know not all credits that fit for CIS work for CS (and vice versa) - so crossover may not even be an issue for you.