Hello! I am finishing an associate's degree in Environmental Technology and want to get a related Bachelor's degree ASAP. I'm interested in Environmental Science, Environmental Management, or something similar. So far, I've only found Columbia Southern and SNHU. Are there any other pathways out there?  Any suggestions on which path might be best for me?  

Thank you!

Your Location: 
Florida

Your Age: 
22

What kind of degree do you want?: 
B.S. - Environmental Science or Management/Earth Science/Geology/or similar

Current Regional Accredited Credits: 70 total credits; 3.4 GPA (all grades are B and up)
ENC 1101 English 3
HUM 2020 Topics in Humanities 3
ECO 2013 Economics 3
POS 2041 American Federal Government 3
BSC 1005 Life in its Biological Environment 3
IDS 1107 Strat Pursuit Knowledge 3
ESC 1000 Earth and Space Science 3
EVR 1264 Intro to Industrial Hygiene 3
EVR 1264L Intro Industrial Hygiene Lab 1
ENC 2010 Technical Report Writing 3
EVR 1030 Environmental Compliance 3
SYG 2000 Intro to Sociology 3
STA 2023 Elementary Statistics 3
EVR 2630 Hazardous Materials Risk Analysis 3
EVS 2026C Chemistry & Biology of Natural Waters 3
EVR 1190 Environmental Sampling Procedures 3
EVR 2041 GIS Applications in Natural Resource Management 3
EVR 1640 Hazardous Materials 3
EVR 1001 Introduction to Environmental Science 3
EVR 2943 Environmental Internship 3 (with Student Conservation Association)
CHM 1025C Introduction to General Chemistry 4
EVR 2613 Hazardous Materials Emergency Response II 3  
EVR 2613L Hazardous Materials Emergency Response Lab 1
GYL 1010C Physical Geology & Laboratory 4

Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits:
College Algebra CLEP - 68
AM Lit CLEP - 54
I am willing to take SOPHIA to help speed things up

Any certifications or military experience?:
Will have HAZWOPER 40 and Disaster Recovery Certified Specialist certification by December 2024

Budget: 
Prefer not to spend more than $300 per credit

Commitments: 
Working PT

Dedicated time to study:
Several hours per day/on weekends

Timeline:
ASAP - goal is State or Federal government job


Tuition assistance/reimbursement:
None

I am enrolled at Thomas Edison in the Computer Science program (with 90 credits). I have an opportunity to pursue a degree in Nursing from a different school using a government program. The problem is, to pursue this opportunity I can not finish the TESU degree first. The government program will only pay for a first bachelors.

I can not find much direction on this. I found an article on tesu.edu called Inactive Students to Apply for Graduation, but it is too vague to be helpful. I've read here that TESU students get locked into a degree plan and that their degree plan might change if they leave and come back.

Note that the degree from the other school will take me a minimum of two years and as much as four. Given this, my questions are:

1. Is there any way to pause my student status, keeping my current degree plan?

2. If not, how often does TESU change the Computer Science degree plan? Is there somewhere I can see historic changes?

Any other advice or guidance is welcome.

Morning,
I transferred in all my courses from Sophia and studydotcom for computer science degree and information systems to take both at the time, but an advisor was telling me that the two degrees are almost the identical and no one is taking both at the same time because they are overlapping each other with only 3 courses are allowed. These two degrees can be full fill with the study.com courses. Basically, I will get a degree from study.com with the official name of TESU. there is zero school out there with the degrees in computer science and information systems that the students didn’t require to take any of the computer science courses with the school and still can graduates . that only at TESU.

I completed the AS Technology degree from Excelsior in 2020 and am now contemplating getting the Bachelor of Professional Studies in Technology Management. 

This is the unofficial review: 
  Bachelor of Professional Studies in Technology Management2.pdf (Size: 36.73 KB / Downloads: 16)

This is my overall plan: 
  Plan BPS in Technology Management.pdf (Size: 112.96 KB / Downloads: 15)

I'm seeking feedback from anyone who's earned UL credits from Excelsior using the listed courses and any general feedback.

I submitted my transcripts on September 4 and was able to pay for graduation 15 minutes ago. Don't get discouraged - they're still working on stuff behind the scenes and pushing students through to get their degrees. 

I will mention that be very aware of your Sophia credits transferring in - I had one class not show up and it turns out I was in the class when they released an update which made my Credly badge all wonky and Pierpont (understandably) did not notify me nor count the class. If that happens, just call Sophia and they will fix it - mine took all of 30 seconds to update. Catherine in the Registrar's office is incredibly prompt and helpful if you need to confirm. 

On a personal note -- I have to thank this forum from the bottom of my heart. I dropped out of highschool due to an abusive childhood 20 years ago and while I got my GED, I felt less than all of my peers my entire adulthood (even though I'm very successful in my career) because I did not have any sort of degree. I took some college classes here, some there, but never was able to follow through on getting my degrees completed. I saw mentions of this forum on Reddit somewhere when the updates about the residency requirements came out, and I spent a 3 day weekend pushing through my remaining 3 classes. I have gained so much confidence in myself and my ability to follow through on something academically which I thought I had lost.

hello I was denied admission to umpi YourPace program . im not exactly sure but  it seems that its because my most previously attended schools transcript has 4 classes with W and one possible F. they are recommending I take 2 classes as a non degree student. however I was wondering if taking ASU 25$ class could pssibly satisfy this

Binghamton University (SUNY) has an online PhD in System Science.

It requires 30 credits, but only 24 of these need to be from the university. At a tuition of $620.45 per credit hour (including fees) for out of state students, this totals just below $15k for the entire degree. In state students get an even better deal at $471/credit hour plus some fees.

They have many different research areas such as computer modeling, health systems, information systems, machine leaning, statistics, sustainability, and even transdisciplinary research which allows for many different areas if research.

Binghampton is a top school in the US (US News at 73 overall, 34 for public schools)

Might be a good option not just for people STEM, but other computational “soft” sciences like social science, economics, etc.

https://www.binghamton.edu/ssie/graduate...ience.html

As a student in their DBA program, I was given the opportunity by Greate Learning to present a free course in project management.
Please, write me PM and I will send you the link.
There is only one free place for one person. So ask me for a link to the program if only you are really interested in studying at Greate Learning.

Yeah, I am thinking of it... for the last few years now actually... Here's an interesting read, the oldest Med School graduate (not in the US, but elsewhere).  It's weird why he went to the PI to get a medical degree, I guess it's like some people going to the Caribbean for theirs...

Link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/this-7...r-AA1qbkvM

Sophia has now added ID Verification to its final milestones:

Jumio Verification
You may be prompted to provide an ID for verification through Jumio. Jumio verification is used to confirm a student's identity by verifying their government-issued ID and comparing it to a subsequent selfie.