During the month of August, Straighterline is offering a $349 promotion for us. I wanted to prepare a REAL degree plan to show you how to use the promotion to plan a degree. This degree plan shows you exactly how to use Straighterline and LUOA to finish the AA in Psychology-Christian Counseling degree at Liberty University during high school.
Degree Plan: Psychology (A.A.) – Christian Counseling – Online
Liberty University
(Note: you can find degree requirements for every Liberty University degree on their website to build your own degree plans just like I’ve done below. All the information I used to build this plan was obtained from public lists published by Liberty University, Liberty University Online Academy, and Straighterline’s partnership pages.)
Link to Straighterline website to get the promotion (sent to you privately via email)
🎯 Total Degree Requirements: 60 Credit Hours
🔵 SECTION 1: General Education / Foundational Skills (36–39 Credits)
| Category | Course | Outsource via StraighterLine? | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Communication & Info Literacy | ENGL 101: Composition & Rhetoric | ✅ Yes – English Comp I | Matched |
| Communications Elective | ✅ Yes – Intro to Communication | Matched | |
| Information Literacy Elective | ✅ Yes – Student Success | Transfers as UNIV 1XX | |
| Technological/Quantitative Reasoning | UNIV 104 | ❌ No | Must take at Liberty |
| Math Elective (MATH 114 or higher) | ✅ Yes – College Algebra | Matched | |
| Critical Thinking | RLGN 104: Biblical Worldview | ❌ No | Must take at Liberty |
| Critical Thinking Elective | ❌ No | No SL equivalent | |
| Civic & Global Engagement | Cultural Studies Elective | ✅ Maybe – Intro to Sociology or Nutrition | Depends on Liberty’s discretion |
| Social & Scientific Inquiry | Natural Science Elective | ✅ Yes – Intro to Biology + Lab | Matched |
| Social Science Elective | ✅ Yes – Intro to Psychology | Matched | |
| Christianity & Contexts | BIBL 104: Old & New Testament | ❌ No | Must take at Liberty |
| THEO 104: Intro to Theology | ❌ No | Must take at Liberty |
✅ Outsourcable General Education Credits: ~22–25 credits
🟢 SECTION 2: Major Requirements (24 Credits)
| Course | Outsource via StraighterLine? | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| BIOL 102: Principles of Human Biology | ✅ Yes – Intro to Biology | Equivalent transfer matched to BIOL 101 |
| CCOU 201: Intro to Christian Counseling | ❌ No | Must take at Liberty |
| CCOU 202: Issues of Christian Counseling | ❌ No | Must take at Liberty |
| PSYC 101: General Psychology | ✅ Yes | Matched |
| PSYC 210: Developmental Psychology | ✅ Yes – Life Span Development | Matched |
| PSYC 255: Intro to Research | ❌ No | No SL equivalent |
| PSYC 341: Personality | ❌ No | No SL equivalent |
| Psychology Elective (e.g. PSYC 221/231/235) | ❌ No | Must take at Liberty |
✅ Outsourcable Major Credits: 9 credits (BIOL 102, PSYC 101, PSYC 210)
📊 FINAL ANALYSIS: Outsourcing via StraighterLine
| Component | Total Credits | Credits Outsourcable via StraighterLine |
|---|---|---|
| General Education/Foundation | 36–39 | 22–25 credits |
| Major Requirements | 24 | 9 credits |
| TOTAL DEGREE | 60 credits | ~31–34 credits (over 50% of degree) |
📝 Summary:
You can outsource more than half of the AA in Psychology – Christian Counseling degree (up to 34 out of 60 credits) through StraighterLine’s $349 4-month bundle via HS4CC, maximizing cost savings and flexibility.
To continue your program, you will need to have your student take the rest of their courses directly with Liberty University. In this case, since Liberty allows you to take advantage of REDUCED TUITION by going through LUOA for dual enrollment, you can finish 7 of the remaining 8 courses this way!
🎯 Required Liberty Courses – Can They Be Taken via LUOA?
| Course (from Liberty AA Psychology Degree) | Available via LUOA Dual Enrollment? | LUOA Course Code |
|---|---|---|
| RLGN 104 – Christian Life & Biblical Worldview | ✅ Yes | BIB 3107 |
| THEO 104 – Intro to Theology Survey | ✅ Yes | BIB 3104 |
| PSYC 255 – Introduction to Research | ✅ Yes | ASC 3255 |
| PSYC 341 – Psychology of Personality | ✅ Yes | ASC 3341 |
| CCOU 201 – Introduction to Christian Counseling | ✅ Yes | COU 3201 |
| CCOU 202 – Issues of Christian Counseling | ✅ Yes | COU 3202 |
| Christian Counseling Elective (e.g., CCOU 301, 304, 305) | ❌ Not listed in LUOA chart | — |
| Psychology Elective (e.g., PSYC 221, 231, 235) | ✅ Yes – All 3 available | ASC 3221, ASC 3231, ASC 3235 |
✅ Summary: LUOA Dual Enrollment Coverage
Out of the 8 core Liberty-only courses for the AA in Psychology – Christian Counseling:
- 7 of them are available via LUOA.
- Only the Christian Counseling elective is not available through LUOA (e.g., CCOU 301, 304, 305 are missing from the chart). *parents have successfully asked and receive an exception to enroll in courses beyond the regular list.
- Dual enrollment courses through LUOA are approximately $550 each, compared to approximately $1,200 each after high school.
📊 Cost Comparison: Liberty AA in Psychology – Christian Counseling
Option 1: Hybrid Plan (StraighterLine + LUOA Dual Enrollment)
- ✅ StraighterLine (covers ~11 courses): $349 (4-month subscription bundle)
- ✅ LUOA Dual Enrollment (8 courses @ $550 each): 8 × $550 = $4,400
- 🔢 Total Hybrid Cost: $349 + $4,400 = $4,749
Option 2: Take All Courses Directly at Liberty
- ❌ 20 courses × $1,200 each = $24,000
💡 Savings
By using the SL + LUOA hybrid model, a student could save $19,251 (over 80% off) on the cost of earning the associate degree.
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