I have a AS degree and really want to get my BS. However with a growing family needing groceries going to a university is out of the question. Do most state boards accept the online bs degrees?
AS from Morrilton or Monticello?
Heather Richardson at the Arkansas Board can answer your question.
Heather.Richardson@arkansas.gov
DDSM:beer::beer::beer:
I have a AS from Monticello. I have everything required to take my exam in October for Arkansas. Was curious on Louisiana excepting a online BS. And I would just like to have a BS
Most definitely take the tests and get licensed somewhere. Once you obtain a BS, online or even not on line but also not ABET approved, any state board has a harder time of saying you are not qualified since you have already passed both tests and are a practicing surveyor.
There are some states that are anal and state only an ABET BS degree and some require a degree with a minimum of survey credits to boot, but they are in the minority.
From what I read of the LA Law they want 4 years experience and a BS degree to take the professional exam. If 4 years after the fundamentals exam counts then 4 years after the PLS counts also. If I were to obtain a BS before the 4 years after being licensed in another state I would apply using all my experience and see what they say.
Good luck with your family.
Paul in PA
Another great thread. Good luck JBN. I hope to be in that same room in October.
Good Luck to both of you...and to all others taking the exams...
DDSM AR PLS #1056 (1985)
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The numbers leaving our profession, are larger than the numbers joining.
Of those leaving, some can do 500 surveys a yr.
Of those coming in, they do 50 a yr.
A bottleneck is coming.
Being well prepared, and organised, will be a big deal.
JBN ARK, post: 374524, member: 11757 wrote: I have a AS from Monticello. I have everything required to take my exam in October for Arkansas. Was curious on Louisiana excepting a online BS. And I would just like to have a BS
A degree is a degree it does not say online degree. In LA you need a bs degree and 30 hours of surveyor related courses.
This is anecdotal but, I know a lot of discussion has gone on in academia about, "How/ why do we offer online degrees that are differentiated from our standard degree?"
In other words, the business of college recognizes that online students are a large market share that will be needed to ensure continued growth and profitability. So, they have identified, and are concerned, that any differentiation from a standard degree will lower the "draw" (market value) for (of) their "online" degree. In the business mind, they can't afford that.
So, I know, some larger universities no longer issue a degree with any indication that it wasn't done in a traditional manner. That is left to the transcript but, even then, the graduate only needs to point to the actual "sheepskin" and note that it is EXACTLY the same as a degree issued to an on-campus student.
*** Between that client dropping in and getting back to my message, I see that cordgrass already mentioned the same thing.
Ultimately, check with whatever institution you are thinking about and get confirmation that you are awarded the exact same degree as a "traditional" student.
