CUNY SPS Business Degree Plan

Business Degree Plan

Here is a BS Business Degree plan for CUNY School of Professional Studies (CUNY SPS) as of approximately June of 2023. Please make sure that the suggestions are still valid before beginning to follow this plan.

The alternative credit courses were handpicked using experience from previous students as to what courses will be the easiest and quickest courses to take. In places with multiple courses listed, the first course is assumed to be the fastest/easiest course to take.

Why get a degree from this college?

• If you want a degree with decent brand name and high U.S. News ranking
• If you are local to the east coast
• To take advantage of large amount of credits given to certifications
• If you already have a large amount of transfer credit to start with

What's the process for getting a degree?

1. Do RA credit (24 credits required)
2. Do ALT credits (check for limits on max alt credit transfer)
3. Do certifications
4. Enroll and finish remaining credits (Must do at least 15 credits at CUNY SPS)

How the course providers are selected

CLEP is free through Modern States and is the easiest by far of the exams to pass. However if you fail a CLEP, you have to wait 90 days to retake a test. DSST are not hard to pass either though cost around $100 and retakes are 90 days as well. Saylor exams are cheap at $5 exams but are extremely hard to pass though you get 3 tries to pass them.

Mostly CLEP options are listed in the degree plan unless a DSST was likely easier to pass. Saylor options are only listed if there is no other option.

Source of Credit

This degree plan was made using this source to map out all the alternative credits.

Alt credit equivalents

General Education Requirements

ID	Course	Credits	Course Provider	Course Name	CUNY SPS Credit
ENG 101	College Writing I	3	CLEP	English Composition	3
ENG 102	College Writing II	3
	Math in Contemp Soc or Intro to Stats	3	DSST or CLEP	Math for Liberal Arts or College Mathematics or College Algebra or Principles of Statistics or Precalculus or Calculus Note: Math for Liberal Arts is probably the easiest though College Mathematics shouldn't be too hard to pass.	3
	Life and Physical Sciences	3	DSST or CLEP	Environmental Science or Astronomy or Biology or Chemistry Note: Biology and Chemistry are both hard CLEPS.	3
	World Cultures and Global Issues	3	DSST or CLEP	History of the Vietnam War or Introduction to World Religions or History of the Soviet Union or Spanish Language Level 1 Note: Unless you have at least 1 year of academic experience in a foreign language, it's not recommended you attempt a CLEP as the spoken words would be impossible to understand without a lot of experience.	3
	U.S. Experience in Its Diversity	3	CLEP	American Government or History of the United States I or II	3
	Creative Expression	3	CLEP	Analyzing and Interpreting Literature or Humanities	3
	Individual and Society	3	CLEP	Introductory Sociology or Microeconomics	3
	Scientific World	3	CLEP	Introductory Psychology	3
	Any Area	3	CLEP	Pick something	3
	College Option	3	DSST	Technical Writing	3
	College Option	3
	Totals	36			30

Major Requirements

ID	Courses	Credits	Course Provider	Course Name	CUNY SPS Credit
BUS 200	Business Mathematics	3	DSST	Business Mathematics	3
BUS 305	Accounting Fundamentals	3	CLEP	Financial Accounting	3
BUS 310	Foundations of Business Statistics	3	Saylor	Business Statistics	3
BUS 315	Principles of Marketing	3	CLEP	Principles of Marketing	3
BUS 320	Principles of Management	3	CLEP	Principles of Management	3
BUS 325	Principles of Management Information Systems	3	CLEP	Information Systems	3
BUS 330	Business Law I	3	CLEP	Introductory Business Law	3
BUS 333	Corporation Finance	3
BUS 335	Operations Management	3	Saylor	Operations Management	3
BUS 410	Research Methods for Business	3
CIS 101	Computer Fundamentals and Applications	3
ECO 201	Microeconomics	3	CLEP	Principles of Microeconomics	3
ECO 202	Macroeconomics	3	CLEP	Principles of Macroeconomics	3
BUS 470	Strategic Management	3
	Total	42			30

Major Requirements - Electives

ID	Courses	Credits	Course Provider	Course Name	CUNY SPS Credit
BUS 200		3	DSST	Introduction to Business	3
BUS 321		3	DSST	Human Resource Management	3
		3	DSST	Money and Banking	3
		3	DSST	Principles of Finance	3
PROM 210		3	Coursera	Google Project Management Note: This cert is worth 9 credits so 6 credits will go into your electives	3
BUS 209		3	Saylor	Organizational Behavior Note: or find another easier Saylor course	3
	Total	18			18

Free Electives

ID	Course	Credits	Course Provider	Course Name	CUNY SPS Credit
			Coursera	Google Project Management	6
			Coursera	Google IT Support Note: Or Pick whatever you want	12
	Pick whatever you want	24		Pick whatever you want or Google Digital Marketing is suggested	6
	Totals	24			24

Total Transfer Credit

ID	Course	Credits	Course Provider	Course Name	CUNY SPS Credit (Max 105 transfer)
	General Education Requirements	36			30
	Major Requirements	42			30
	Major Requirements - Electives	18			18
	Free Electives	24			24
	Total	120			102

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