<p>i recently decided to go back to school to get a second bachelor's degree. I live in texas. I found a school that has several satellite campuses in the state. They are brick and mortar but they do the majority of their classes online. The classes are cheap and small(around 500). My concern is that when I first transferred in they put me in as a post bac student and said i just needed to take 30 hours with the majority being in my major field. They put me in as a spanish major/history minor but my undergrad was history. I took the history class, but I bombed it really bad. I started to question whether I really needed to take the history classes. I ended up changing from a spanish major to an english one. I asked the dept head if i could just take 30 hours in english. She said it should not be a problem, but she would double check.</p>
<p>A few days later, she let me know that it could be done. When I finally got my degree plan though, it had just 9 english classes and a few electives at the bottom and the general requirements which were not filled out. I had to call again to ask about the 10 english classes(30 hours) and the general electives and why they were not filled out. the secretary(who does the degree plans) said that they have a specific set of english classes which must be taken with the major(7 classes) and that they put in with electives put after. Since I am taking two electives in the fall, it comes out to 9 and I would still need to take one more which would make 10. The problem was the dept. head said I could take ANY english classes so I had to call her again to verify that which she did and the did tell me that she spoke to her assistant about it. She also told me that the general education requirements were not filled out because I had already satisfied them at another institution. </p>
<p>My question is, since there has been so much back and forth, could they make me take those general ed classes again? With all this going on, I like the classes but I feel like they will tell me after taking my 30 hours that I have to take something else and I don't want that to happen.</p>
<p>Why sre you trying to get a second degree? </p>
<p>Did the school, when accepting you, give you any requirements in writing? Do they apply if you change majors?</p>
<p>If you don’t have something in writing, signed by your advisor or your dean, then ask for one. If you can’t get it, then look for another school. Every college has an English department/major.</p>
<p>I haven’t, it has just been by phone. She told me that she could send me something, though I do feel bad asking for it as I have called up there a bunch of times already. That is why I was coming here to ask if it was possible to do this, I could go back to my old school, and get an online degree( the degree HAS to be online), but if I do that, I will have to take 14 classes instead of just 10 and I get the feeling that I will not be able to afford it. On top of that, if I miss a class for whatever reason, it will not come back around until next year.</p>
<p>So is it possible that I can be made to take my general education courses over again? The only thing that I do have in writing from her is the degree plan.</p>
<p>Yes, it is possible. E-mail the registrar, cc’g the dean, and get their response IN WRITING.</p>
<p>Until you have something in writing, from someone who has the authority to make the determination of what satisfies the requirements for a second BA, you have nothing.</p>
<p>I think that will be a good idea, she said something about sending me a letter, but I think that even with a letter, I would feel just to nervous and insecure with all the back and forth going on. How can they make me take the classes for the core curriculum when I already completed them and did them under another degree? The only thing that the department head has told me was that she wanted to help me and that the reason she didn’t put my grades into the general education requirements is because she said I had already taken them and that they were waived.</p>
<p>You need to visit your new department in person, and sit down with the chair while she sorts through everything for you. Then ask her to sign whatever document it is that indicates that your gen eds are covered, and that you need to take X, Y, and Z in order to complete your degree.</p>
<p>It is quite likely that once you were accepted at this place and your transfer credits were used for the gen eds those gen eds were satisfied for any degree program, not just the one you had first enrolled in.</p>
<p>You need this in writing. Nothing counts except what has been or will be put in writing for you. I hope this is not a for profit college and if it is it is Triple important to have a ‘contract’ that settles such issues in writing. Do not feel bad for asking, especially when it is offered. You need peace of mind and not to be told 2 different stories from 2 different people. And what if the department head changes in the meantime?</p>