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Good afternoon,
I’m looking for information about Charter Oak College in Connecticut.
Our daughter is finishing a year in Sharfman (Bnot Torah) seminary in Jerusalem. She became baalat tshuvah at age 15. Although she didn’t grow up in completely observant home, we are very involved with orthodox community and fully support out daughter decision.
Our daughter have very good year of growth in Sharfman and she is very happy with her teachers. She would considers to stay for another year. As part of their Shanah Beit program Sharfman offers to start working on BA degree in Liberal Art thru Maor Seminary that is working with Charter Oak College in Connecticut. Girls will be taking classes in the seminary and receive credits for Charter Oak College. If they will serious they can receive a BA in Liberal Art in 2 years and start working on their Master program.
My daughter have not completely decided what degree she should like to earn, but she would like to go toward Business field.
Does anyone have an experience with Charter Oak College (CT) or info about the program? What Master program will owner the BA from it?
It is possible to find a job with degree in Liberal Arts or additional training is required?
Thank you for your info.Charter Oak is a Connecticut State College and fully accredited. They not only offer BA degrees, but BS and Masters programs. It sounds like your daughter is being steered to Liberal Arts by the seminary. This leads to few jobs. Take a good look at the catalogue on line and see if your daughter can take core courses that can then be applied to the requirements of a BS degree (such as Business Administration) when she returns home.
A degree from Charter Oak will be accepted when applying to graduate school. BUT…some brick and mortar schools have a bias against on-line degrees.
Also, be aware of cost when taking on-line classes.
I am familiar with in-state fees. My youngest niece got a BS in Criminal Justice from Charter Oak. CO charges about $900 a course. CT community colleges charge $600. Niece took some on-line classes from the community colleges and had the credits accepted by CO, saved a lot of money that wayI don’t know anything about Charter Oak, but I can explain in general how these things work.
Many seminaries/yeshivas offer classes that can be used to earn college credit, if the student is simultaneously enrolled in a college such as Charter Oak. These credits can then be transferred to other colleges, and used as blanket credits, or even in some cases, can fulfill certain required core courses. It helps a student finish their degrees quicker, they can enter college as sophomores or even juniors, depending on whether they also got credit during HS, such as APs. Once they are transferred, it is the second college that counts in terms of whether the degree is recognized. If they get the whole degree from the first college, then it depends on the college and the masters program. You will need to check whether and by whom the college is accredited. If it is a regionally accredited school, it should be acceptable, unless a program has very high standards and you need, say, an Ivy league degree and 4.0 avg to get in. If she has a particular masters program in mind, she can check whether they will accept a degree from Charter Oak and what prerequisites she may need.
In general, having a BA does little to get one a job, and most professional fields will require a Masters, either before employment, or in parallel. Exceptions include computers (where a practical, dedicated training course is probably more valuable than a BA in theoretical computers) and accounting (where you have to take the CPA afterwards) or actuary sciences (where there are advanced courses and tests to take while employed). Because of this, and because college environment is not so compatible with a frum lifestyle, many frum young people will try to take the quickest route possible to earn their BA, often through their seminaries or yeshivos, and then concentrate on the Masters or graduate program.
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