I've never framed or hung any of my degrees on the wall. I'm thinking I might switch things up and give it a shot. Drawback: diplomas aren't usually that interesting to look at. 

Does anyone have some "degree wall" inspiration to share with me to make displaying them more fun/festive/aesthetic?

Edit: I should mention that my degrees are various sizes, from 8.5 x 11 to 11 x 17, and maybe one a little bigger?

South College’s MS in Accounting and MS in Instructional Design and Technology will now be offered by competency-based education. The MS in Accounting is accredited by the IACBE.

Hi everybody,

I just got an email from TESU that they're gonna launch a new program called "Accelerated Courses" starting in July, 2026.

In general, they take some of their "Guided Study" courses, and put them into a 4-week format. Those courses appear under a new section called "Accelerated Courses."

I interpret it as such that TESU intends to provide an alternative for students who already have subject matter knowledge due to previous work experience or for students who simply had to deal with some of the material covered in those courses in the past. Hence, students can speed through those classes significantly, meaning that you can finish in 4 weeks instead of the regular 12 weeks. That's a big time saver here.

In my view, it looks like TESU intends to compete against other online schools that offer similar programs, such as WGU's competency-based programs or UMPI's 8-week terms. However, what TESU intends to do is to provide a sort of hybrid option: on the one hand, this 4-week format is kind of competency-based because students should already have previous knowledge to be able to speed through those accelerated courses; on the other hand, they are shorter than most of their competitor's courses (mostly 8-week format vs. TESU's now 4-week format alternative).

However, you cannot finish all undergrad programs completely this way; the ones you can finish completely are: 

However, several of our most popular degrees can be completed entirely through these accelerated courses, including:

• B.A. in Liberal Studies (General, Computer Science, or Humanities)
  
• B.S. in General Management
  
• A.A. in General Studies
  
• A.S. in Business Management or Computer Science
  
• AAS in Construction and Facility Support 
  

Has anyone successfully transferred alt credits that replace any of these 7 TESU courses? Cal II and Phy II w lab community college could do but any other sources?

APS-4000 Occupational Safety & Health 
APS-4020 Applied Quality Management 
APS-4900 Engineering Tech Assessment/Career Planning 
CTR-2120 Programmable Logic Controllers 
ELT-3080 Industrial Electronics 
MAT-2320 Calculus II 
PHY-1160 Physics II with Lab

Thank you!

This program isn't too crazy, math-heavy. 


https://www.umgc.edu/online-degrees/bach...ligence-ai

It's been a bit since I've last checked some of Coursera's offerings, but it appears that they have recently added the following:



SAP Technology Consultant Professional Certificate (4 Credits Total)

• Business Process Integration (3 UL Credits)
  
• Management Information Systems (1 UL Credit)
  

• Enterprise Systems / ERP Management (3 UL Credits)
  

• Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (1 LL Credit)
  

• Selling Fundamentals (1 LL Credit)
  

Winthrop University, a public university in Rock Hill, South Carolina, is launching the second current competency-based education degree program to hold AACSB accreditation, pending state approval.

The Winthrop Elevate CBE platform is set to offer the Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with the choice of a General Business concentration or an Accounting and Financial Management concentration. The BSBA will be granted by Winthrop’s AACSB-accredited College of Business and Technology.

Winthrop Elevate already offers the Bachelor of Professional Studies (BPS) in concentrations including Organizational Leadership or Organizational Operations, but the BPS is outside of the College of Business and Technology and thus outside of AACSB accreditation.

BSBA applicants must “Be at least 23 years old with some college experience and work experience, or be an experienced member of the military.”

Some of the following comes from an FAQ section written for the BPS program, which will hopefully also apply to the BSBA program:

Regionally accredited credit, foreign credit with an accepted external evaluation, CLEP, ACE National Guide recommended alternative credit including from “organizations like Sophia Learning and StraghterLine,” and military credit via Joint Services Transcript, are accepted. Students can receive up to 15 credits from Prior Learning Assessment portfolios corresponding with courses offered at Winthrop, with fees to be determined. At least 30 credits in the degree must be earned from Winthrop.

Courses uncompleted at the end of one subscription period can receive a grade of “in progress” and be completed in the next subscription period. The number of credits in such courses will contribute to the credit load you pay for in the next term.

In the BPS, courses are graded, and each 3-credit course is divided into six modules which can be completed in any order.

Each subscription period is 14 weeks. Currently, for a $1750 part-time subscription, a student may take no more than 11 credits. For a $3600 full-time subscription, they may take 12 or more credits. Students can only switch subscription types in between periods and only once per year.

Federal financial aid and veteran’s benefits are not currently available but arrangements to offer them are in progress. The South Carolina senior citizen tuition benefit is not available for Winthrop Elevate.

Winthrop University was founded in 1886 as a normal school. Its location in Rock Hill, South Carolina is part of the Charlotte, North Carolina census metropolitan area. Winthrop currently has about 5500 students, and US News ranks it #20 in the category Regional Universities South.

This prior DF thread about Winthrop Elevate’s BPS provides some context.

The incumbent CBE program with AACSB accreditation is the BSBA from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside via Wisconsin Flex. UW-Parkside doesn’t get much attention here at DF largely because it doesn’t accept ACE alternative credit. A few universities with an AACSB-accredited business school offer programs by CBE that are related to business but outside the business school, so those programs themselves are not AACSB-accredited.

Any distance-learning Bachelor 's-to-Doctoral programs without a master's degree (direct entry)? Any field except nursing?

Hi guys! I finished my masters in management earlier this year and am currently exploring 100% online DBA options.

I talked to the advisor from Capital College regarding their DBA offer with Westcliff, and this was the cost breakdown if you enter with the Qualifi Level 8 Diploma:

$50 Application
$200 Enrollment
6x $25 = $150 registration fee assuming a 2 year timeframe (3 semesters per year)
6x $125 = $750 tech fee (for 2 years, 3 semesters per year)
30x $200 = $6000 tuition fees

So approx. $7150 for the DBA top-up if you enter with the Level 8 Diploma and only need 30 more credits.

The Level 8 Diploma costs about $1500 (1100 GBP at Trinity Open Learning, which is an official Qualifi learning center), so in total this entire DBA from an ACBSP accredited, regionally accredited institution with several on-site programs and campuses in the US, will be somewhere around $8650 if you manage to complete the dissertation stage within 2 years.

Am I missing something here or is this an amazing offer? I feel ready to start this pathway and am curious to hear your thoughts.

Greetings everyone,

Just out of curiosity, has anyone completed an MBA via HAU or Walden? Has anyone been to both universities? What are the courses like? Seriously considering these 2 next (and yes, I've been to WGU, not a fan of their service).