Sample TESU BACS and BSBA CIS Double Degree Plan (rachel83az version)

Information
This degree plan is similar to the degree plan created by LevelUP. I (rachel83az) have attempted to clean it up and clarify to make it easier for pre-enrollment TESU students to understand.

This degree plan will need refinement as more students complete the process. It is a work in progress.

RA credits
All TESU degrees are required to have at least 24 RA credits or RA-equivalent foreign credits plus 6 more RA credits from the TESU capstone & cornerstone. If you do not like the given suggestions, feel free to check out the General Education requirements roadmap for other classes/substitutions.

TESU credits
It is recommended, though not strictly required, that students complete a 16-credit flat-rate term at TESU in order to avoid the residency waiver fee. This plan assumes that students will follow this plan. The classes to be taken during this term are:


 * SOS-110 Critical Information Literacy (cornerstone)
 * LIB-495 Liberal Arts Capstone for BACS
 * BUS-421 Business Administration Capstone for BSBA CIS
 * CIS-107-EP Computer Concepts and Applications
 * CIS-351 Software Engineering
 * PLA-100 Introduction to Prior Learning Assessment (1-credit class to round out the 16 credits)

If students decide to pay the residency waiver, they may or may not need additional RA or RA-equivalent credits. See below.

Finnish University credits
This plan makes extensive use of credits from XAMK and Metropolia. This is a cheap and relatively inexpensive way to get RA-equivalent credit. The main drawback of this method is that it is difficult to tell ahead of time exactly how many credits a student will obtain for each class. Finnish university credits have previously been evaluated as being worth anywhere from 0.5 to 5 credits for every ECTS. As a result, it is best to plan on the low side (needing to take 30 or more ECTS) and hope for a better evaluation.

By following this plan, students should obtain more than 15 ECTS from Metropolia and/or XAMK.

Most of the Metropolia courses are covered under the "Degree Programme of Information Technology" for 579€. The course "JavaScript Algorithms and Data Structures" is not available for separate purchase.

General Education Requirements
45 credits required for all Bachelor's degrees.

Part A. Intellectual & Practical Skills
15 credits. RA credit total: 3

Part B. Civic & Global Leadership
9 credits. RA credit total: 0

Part C. Knowledge of Human Cultures
15 credits: 3 each of Social Sciences, Humanities, and History. 6 credits of choice of Social Science/Humanities/History RA credit total: 3

Part D. Scientific Knowledge
6 credits. RA credit total: 6

Note: students may opt to take 2 TEL Learning courses or 2 ASU courses. Labs are NOT required.

BSBA Core (Professional Business Requirements)
42 credits. At least 3 credits must be UL.

RA credit total: 3+

Note: If taking the Metropolia course, students are recommended to complete it (and other Metropolia courses) before starting Sophia in order to confirm credits and placement.

CIS Area of Study
18 credits. 12 must be UL.

Only 3 classes (9 credits total) are allowed to overlap in the AOS between the two degrees. By following this plan, this is not a concern.

RA credit total: 1.5-9

Note: Students can take Computer Science 115: Programming in Java from Study.com instead of from Metropolia. That would bring the RA credit total for this section to 0.

CIS Free Electives
15 credits. Can be literally any class.

RA credit total: 15+

BACS AOS
42 credits. At least 15 (not counting capstone) must be upper level. 18 UL total.

Part G. AOS Electives.

18 credits. 12 credits already taken for the BSBA CIS. (9 in BSBA CIS AOS, 3 as electives). 6 credits remain.

Already taken classes are:


 * Computer Science 302: Systems Analysis & Design (UL)
 * Business 303: Management Information Systems (UL)
 * Computer Science 303: Database Management (UL)
 * Software Engineering (UL)

RA credit total:

Note: SQL and Relational Databases may overlap with Study.com's Computer Science 303 (CIS-311 Database Management). Students may wish to take Python Programming or Introduction to Scala. Or students may wish to wait and simply take a different LL CS elective, if needed, from Study.com. LL CS elective suggestions are listed on this page.

Part H. Additional AOS Electives.

6 credits.

Can be natural science, math, and/or computer science. This is part of the AOS and cannot have any overlapping courses with the BSBA CIS. Because of this, CSM Learn and Introduction to Statistics probably will not work here.

BACS Capstone
LIB-495 taken as elective for BSBA CIS.

BACS Electives
30 credits.

This should be filled in already with courses from BSBA CIS. If somehow missing credits, take any non-overlapping courses from Sophia, Study.com, Saylor Academy, or OnlineDegree.com. Students may also take additional courses from Metropolia to ensure sufficient credits. Metropolia has 9 courses that cost nothing, only pay for evaluation.