Degree Completion Program
Bachelors Degree
Degree Program Requirements
| Required Semester Hours | 120 |
| Semester hours that may be earned by Prior Learning Portfolio Assessment, in the degree major, or by appropriate credit transfers. | 42 |
| Mandatory courses in Psychology and Philosophy, or by appropriate credit transfer. | 8 |
| Symposium Course in the area of the degree major, or credit transfer in the degree major. | 10 |
| Semester hours of general education courses and/or elective courses by; (1) transfer credits, and/or (2) competency examinations,and/or (3) completed course work offered through the degree completion program at Breyer State University-Alabama. | 30 |
| Research Writing Course, or transfer of appropriate credits in writing/communications. | 6 |
| Bachelors Project Proposal Course | 6 |
| Bachelors Degree Independent Study and Research Project | 18 |
Prerequisites
Applicants for the Bachelors Degree Completion program must have a high school diploma or equivalent and four (4) years of experiences in the area of the degree major; or past college credit awards and three (3) years experiences in the degree major.
Additional Information on Degree Program Requirements
Students must achieve a total minimum of 120 semester hours of credits to be qualified for graduation.
Credit Transfers: Up to 75% of the total degree requirements may be met by appropriate credit transfer assessment and approval. The requirements for the Bachelor's Project Proposal Course and the Independent Study and Research Project may not be met by credit transfer. All requests for credit transfers are reviewed by an Academic Administrative Committee. Transfer credits will be considered for acceptance from higher education institutes which are accredited by an accreditor approved by the US Department of Education, or are state licensed or approved to confer degrees. Students who have taken courses outside the USA, will have transfer credits considered if the higher education institution(s) have accreditation or approval by a country's Ministry of Education. Breyer State University-Alabama reserves the right to require applicants to have a degree evaluation of course and program equivalents for courses taken outside of the USA, by a credentialed degree evaluator. Copies of transcripts are acceptable for initial assessment. Once enrolled, official copies of transcripts must be forwarded to the university.
Prior Learning Assessment: Semester hours awarded through the Prior Learning Portfolio Assessment Project require students to complete a guided Portfolio Project providing definement, validations, and skills/knowledge validations, verifications of experiences and career/job accomplishments and correlations to scholarly course content completions. Students are provided full, comprehensive guidelines for creating their portfolios, along with one-to-one faculty mentoring. There is a limit of a total of 42 semester credits allowed by portfolio assessment.
All awarded credits by portfolio assessment are upon review and approval by a faculty mentor who is degreed and experienced in the area of the student's degree major.
Competency based examinations are accepted from pre-approved providers, such as CLEP/PEP testing. Students may elect to achieve credits in the area of the degree major and/or for general education courses and/or elective courses via these examinations. Full information on these examinations are provided to students upon enrollment.
General Education/Elective Courses: Students must achieve 30 semester hours of general education and/or electives credits. This includes courses in a wide of subject areas. Students may meet this requirement through: 1) transfer credits, 2) challenge/competency examinations, or 3) by taking courses online offered to our degree completion students. These online courses are guided independent study courses with faculty mentoring and there are no additional tuition fees for these courses. Access full information.
Requirements: Students may meet up to seventy-five percent of all degree requirements by; transfer credits, prior learning assessment portfolio, and competency-based examinations. Students who meet this must complete a minimum of twenty-five percent of degree requirements through course work at Breyer State University. Transfer credits are not accepted for the project proposal course and the bachelors degree project course. A minimum of 25% of degree requirements must be completed at Breyer State University-Alabama, in order to graduate from the program.
All courses in the degree program are facilitated via online classrooms. There are no travel requirements.
Tuition: Tuition fees do not include required textbooks or other materials. students will be required to purchase textbooks for needed courses. We offer no interest payment plans for our students and full details are provided on our tuition page.
Administrative Advisor: Upon enrollment, students are provided an administrative advisor who works with the student throughout the degree program, providing advisement and facilitating communication with assigned faculty mentors for completion of required course work.
Faculty Mentors: All students are assigned a qualified faculty mentor who is degreed and experienced in the area of the student's degree major. Faculty mentors will review the student's completed prior learning assessment portfolios and determine approval or denial for the award of academic credits; and faculty mentors work with the students who are required to complete course work in the area of the major; faculty mentors are also the instructors for the symposium course, the proposal course and the bachelors degree project course, and other required courses in the program.
Degree Majors and Mentors: In instances where a student would like to enter the degree program in a specific major that we do not have a contracted faculty mentor for; students may elect to seek out a qualified faculty mentor for their program. Students may present their selected faculty mentor to the administration who will work with the mentor and assess their qualifications related to the student's degree major. If the mentor is appropriately qualified, the mentor may be contracted by the University to be the student's faculty mentor for their degree program. Potential mentors are screened according to university standards and guidelines before being considered for work with the student.
Assessment: Prior to enrollment, students must have a full degree assessment completed. Applicants work with an assigned administrative advisor during the assessment process. Full details and required information and submissions are provided after an application is made for the degree completion program. The completed assessment details exact requirements for degree completion, as well as options for earning credits by additional course work or competency-based examinations.
Time-Frames: This degree program allows the flexibility for self-paced work and completion. Students are provided a period of five years to complete their degree program. Extensions may be approved for appropriate reasons.
» Apply Now For A Preliminary Assessment
The Preliminary Assessment is offered to all interested persons who meet the program entry requirements. There are no fees or obligations involved in having a preliminary assessment completed. All applications are assigned to an administrative advisor who works with the applicant to complete the degree assessment process. Only student's who have had an assessment completed may enroll in the degree completion program.