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by John B Maxted

It is a brave new world out there for those who have a college degree. Yes, when you have an advanced degree in a profession that is in need of employees, you will discover your degree will open a multitude of doors for you. However, you need to complete you degree in order to take the greatest advantage of these opportunities.

With this in mind, you need to know that the more time it takes you to complete on your degree, the more chance there is that great opportunities will get away from you. This is the reason many choose the quickest way to get a bachelor’s degree. It is important here though, to point out 5 useful steps to ensure you earn your bachelor’s degree as quickly as possible.

Step Number 1: To Receive Credit, Pass the Advanced Placement Tests

Every bachelor degree calls for certain base course requirements. Many people know this fact, but many do not understand that sometimes you can test out on these courses. This means taking the test for the certain course, and then if you score in the right range, you actually can be excused from doing the course, and still get the credit as if you had. This has allowed many to do away with even full semesters from their program to get a bachelor’s degree.

Step Number 2: Take your Bachelor’s Degree Program Online

Enrolling courses online can also help you speed up your bachelors degree program. Namely, online course provide an opportunity to take courses at your own convenience. This is perfect not only for those who work full-time, but those who wish to load up on their credits in order to acquire the quickest bachelor degree. Yes, it can be a lot of work to add online classes to your schedule; but, the end result could be a degree achieved a year or more earlier.

Step Number 3: Find a Flexible Program

Avoid any school that has programs that are not flexible. Many universities have great programs setup but the way they schedule classes does not work for people trying to get a bachelor’s degree quickly. Sometimes the core courses are only held during the daytime, which means you have to work all other classes around them. Most of time, you wind up having to put off something you want to take until another semester. This slows down your efforts of attaining your bachelor’s degree the quickest way.

Step 4 - Study 12 Months Per Year

Work on your courses all year long. This means take courses in the summer too not just fall, winter and/or spring. This will give you a full 4 semesters instead of just 2 or 3 semesters like some do. This will definitely speed up your trek to getting your bachelor’s degree.

Step Number 5: Utilize the Accelerated Programs

Search out those universities that have an accelerated program. These are specially designed to allow the student to move through to graduation much faster than standard programs. For people looking to get their bachelor’s degree quicker, this offers the advantage of not having to figure out how to fast track. All the planning is done for you, along with the counseling to help with achieving your goal.

Is it easy to acquire the fastest bachelors degree? No, it is not easy, but it can be done with the right effort and the right course of action. Following the above detailed steps can definitely help you in this regard.

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8 Comments to “Quickest Bachelors Degrees - 5 Key Steps For Earning the Quickest Bachelor’s Degree!”

  1. on 18 Apr 2009 at 12:24 pmMyOpenArchive

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  4. on 22 Apr 2009 at 1:56 pmcgktghk

    Given the information that you have provided there are a few options. first and foremost you will need to complete some form of undergraduate work in the area of finance. My university does allow for work experience but it must be in the world of finance in order to pass undergrad course work.

    One undergrad option is to take a BA program that is related to your field of experience, this will be helpful as you can then try to test out of classes; you go to class get the syllabus and then asked if you can test out of the class (in most cases this is taking the midterm and final, you pass you get the credit). this will allow you to knock most if not all of your classes for your major, for electives you will then be able to take finance courses that will allow you to get into a MBA program.

    another undergrad option would be to take online classes, as the posted above mentioned you can do something like PHX university, or you can contact your local colleges and universities, at my university they offer full degrees online with financial aide and all other full time student perks. find a course that is to your liking then add finance courses to your electives.

    The first option might be the quickest way as you will be able to test out of classes rather then having to take all the classes to obtain the degree, thus shortening your degree time. and using online course for your finance classes will allow you to work in your free time.

    once you have your undergrad work completed you may need to take the GRE to apply to a university for their MBA Program. from there the MBA program can take between 18months to 3 years to complete.

    one thing that really should be noted is that it is going to be most helpful if you were to select a university that you want to take your MBA at, this will allow you to know what requirements they have for their program. it may also be possible for you to do a direct apply to the MBA program if you can test to the equal of a undergrad student studying finance. the university of your choice would be able to provide all information on testing into the MBA program or ways of fast t racking there using your experience from work.

    if you need more information or help please provide information on which school it is that you wish to attend for the program, and like any college selection process it is best to have 2-3 schools rather then dead setting on one.

    ~Joey V.~

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  6. on 01 May 2009 at 11:32 pmAnders blogger in marketing

    There were a number of encyclicals by Popes in the “Latin”/Western/”White”/European/”Roman” Church since the 1500s condemning slavery and also equal treatment for all human beings. They can be found online generally and specifically at fisheaters.com:
    Pope Eugene IV: 1431-1447
    Sicut Dudum on slavery

    Pope Paul III: 1534-1549
    Sublimus Dei on slavery

    Pope Gregory XVI: 1831-1846
    Mirari Vos traditionalism, false “renewal”
    In Supremo Apostolatus on slavery

    Pope Leo XIII: 1878-1903
    Humanum Genus Freemasonry
    In Plurimis on slavery
    Libertas on liberty
    Sapientiae Christianae citizenship
    Catholicae Ecclesiae on slavery
    Rerum Novarum on Capital and Labor

    The Portuguese were always the worst at obeying the Catholic Church on Slavery.

    To earlier comment: There were many Catholic priests in the Civil Rights movement (and some in the abolitionist movement in the US and some that were supporters of the North)–one marcher (his blind eye and maybe criminal actions in sexual abuse notwithstanding was Cardinal Law of Boston who marched for Civil RIghts.

    In terms of “Slavery”-that was a racial thing and also not insofar as most people were in bad conditions and slave like with “indentured servitude”.
    There were attempts at peaceful conversion in the New World (the first and greatest sin of Europeans and members of the Church in the New World was the genocide of the natives and not Slavery or not just Slavery or not just African/Black Slavery) like Vasco de Quiroga and the Jesuit Reducciones (the movie the Mission) just Google Inca in the original Sarabite for an essay by Arturo. Yes, there is much racism that is nuanced and deep in Brazil and Mexico despite intermarriage of races. But compare that to Protestantism (some Dutch-African, Dutch-Indonesian exceptions) but you do not see Anglo or Dutch Mestizo populations–there is just pure racism and separation like in the United States.

    Remember, Bartolome de las Casas won the debate and King Charles made new laws and sent people like Vasco de Quiroga–de las Casas made the Church officially recognize the humanity of all people and specifically the “Indians” and the spiritual equality (as no society is equal in power and wealth. There was a debate but it ended quickly. The downside (perhaps uninentionally and he regretted it later) to Bartolome de las Casas protecting the “Indians” is he imported Black slaves from Africa because Indians were dying.

    Racism is a sin. Racism is evil. Some racial separation is natural (birds of feather flock together) and there are cultural issues. It is a result of original sin and our flawed and fallen nature. If children of the Catholic Church sin it is not or not necessarily because of something inherent in teaching or culture.

    Opus Dei insisted on a mixed race High School in Kenya unheard of at the time.
    St. Katherine Drexel who built famous traditionally Black colleges and other institutions was threatened by the KKK and other racists.
    Jean Baptiste DuSable was the first settler in Chicago and a Black-French African Catholic.
    Yes, of course there was a lot of racism, and backs of Churches, and worse–but there are also nuns who ran excellent schools for Black kids in the south who became lawyers and doctors. There are large Black French African communities in Louisiana that have a lot of pride, culture and autonomy in their race and religion.
    Yes, there is also color consciousness and a caste system based on color that is not consistent with human dignity and the equality of the soul. The soul is color blind–it is the body that has a race and physical characterestics that usually accompany a culture–so race and culture are important because we beleive that Jesus is True God and True Man but that God-Man transcends race (neither Greek nor Jew, Male nor Female, Slave nor Greek) and the Church was clear on condemning slavery since the 1500s and the Spanish Crown was very progressive on human rights. Protestantism (the Scottish National Church took almost Nazi like positions in the 20s) were much more racist and eugenists. The Catholic Church in the last 100 years has made a number of schools, hospitals etc for non Catholic Black (American descendants of slaves) people.

    It should also be noted that African Blacks selling other African Blacks into slavery was part of the problem and maybe the origin. The Muslims were also part of the slave trade (and still to this day) so it is not a mere Christian/white/Imperial issue. Arabs and Muslims (at least practically as the last sermon of the prophet Mohammad PBH teaches universal brotherhood) but Arabs and Muslims did plenty of slave trading as did other cultures.

    I just want to say that there are some factual errors in some of the statements above and we should put this into context.

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    Give Excelsior College a try. I'm a 2008 graduate and have been very impressed by the experience. They offer monthly payment plans and other financial aid.

    Find out more from their website and I would strongly encourage you to contact them directly to get more detailed advice. They are very helpful and not at all pushy.

    If you want to know what it was like studying at Excelsior, email me. I'm happy to answer all questions you might have.

    Hope this helps.

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