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.
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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.