Charter Oak State College

Overview
Charter Oak State College (also called COSC) is a public state school in Connecticut and is one of the "Big 3" schools that offer generous credit transfer policies. Charter Oak grants degrees at the associate and bachelor levels only. Unlike the other two schools (Thomas Edison State College and Excelsior College) Charter Oak only grants general Arts or Sciences degrees (e.g. a general Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree). However, Charter Oak offers a significant list of concentrations that can be pursued within a given BA or BS degree plan.

Excerpt from Wikipedia article on COSC:


 * Charter Oak State College is a public liberal arts college in New Britain, Connecticut and is named for Connecticut's famous Charter Oak. The college is located across Paul Manafort Drive from Central Connecticut State University. The college was founded in 1973 by the Connecticut Legislature to provide an alternative way for working students to earn associate and baccalaureate degrees.

Degree Structure
Charter Oak has a slightly different degree structure than Excelsior and TESC. This results in more flexibility in many cases. The following info on COSC degrees is provided by DegreeForum.net user burbuja0512:

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 * ''An associates degree at COSC = General Ed requirements + Cornerstone + any additional remaining credits.

A bachelors degree at COSC = General Ed requirements + Cornerstone + Concentration Plan of Study (other schools would call this a major) +any additional remaining credits. + Capstone.

Now for more detail...ALL COSC degrees (AA,AS/BA,BS) require that their general ed requirements be fulfilled. The general ed requirements can be found here: General Education Requirements. The tricky part is that this link just gives you a description of the general ed requirement and a letter code. Here is a key to how the letter codes can be interpreted from a testing perspective, or which test will give me credit for what, otherwise known as the "Master list".

SO, once you have the Master List in hand, you can view your general ed requirements and match each to a test that best suits you. You can see that for most requirements, you have quite a few options.

Resources

 * Charter Oak official website
 * Wikipedia article on Charter Oak
 * DegreeForum.net sub-forum specializing in Big 3 discussions, including Charter Oak
 * The ultimate Charter Oak question and answer thread (DegreeForum.net)