BA Degree Planning Assistance

[argaughan]

Hello all,
 
I’ve been lurking here for several years and finally have the time and resources to work on completing my degree. Would love your input on the best path forward. From reading everything here, I’m thinking that UMPI is likely my best option here. I have an AAS BOG in Info Systems from Pierpont. Looking to get my bachelor’s now. I work in Business Operations and would like a degree in any helpful discipline: Business Administration, Information Systems, Project Management, etc. I have experience in all these fields and think that they would all be equally helpful on my resume. I think whichever would be the smoothest path forward would be best. I appreciate any advice or suggestions you may have. Thank you!

Your Location: California, United States. 
Your Age: 30s
What kind of degree do you want?: Bachelor’s in Business Admin, Info Systems, Project Management, etc
Current Regional Accredited Credits: 

Class // Institution // Class ID // Credit // Grade
Biological Anthro Lab // Community College // ANTHR1L // 1 // B
Comp & Crit Thinking // Community College // ENGL2 // 3 // B
Contemp Social Problems // Community College // SOC2 // 3 // B
Elem Meteorology // Community College // METEO1 // 3 // B
Elementary Spanish // Community College // SPAN2 // 4 // A
Fresh Composition & Lit // Community College // ENGL1B // 3 // C
Gen Psychology // Community College // PSYCH1 // 3 // C
Group Discussion // Community College // COMM2 // 3 // A
History of Mexico // Community College // HIST16C // 3 // C
Intermediate Algebra // Community College // MATH152 // 5 // B
Intermediate Spanish // Community College // SPAN4 // 4 // B
Intro Anthro Physical // Community College // ANTHR1 // 3 // B
Intro Critical Thinking // Community College // PHILO49 // 3 // B
Intro to Art // Community College // AH10 // 3 // A
Intro to Government // Community College // PS1 // 3 // B
Personal Health // Community College // HS10 // 3 // A
Publishing Writing College // Community College // JOURN50 // 3 // A
Soccer // Community College // PE43 // 0.5 // CR
Spanish Language Lab // Community College // SPAN50L // 1 // CR
Special Studies // Community College // PE80S // 3 // A
Survey Renaissance-Pres // Community College // AH20B // 3 // A
U.S. Since 1865 // Community College // HIST17B // 3 // C
Comparative Politics // Saint Mary's College of California // POL001 // 3.5 // C
Composition // Saint Mary's College of California // ENGL004 // 3.5 // C+
Conversation Comp // Saint Mary's College of California // SPAN010 // 3.5 // A
Elementary Conversation // Saint Mary's College of California // SPAN006 // 1 // C

Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits: 

Class // Institution // Class ID // Credit // Grade
Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate // Coursera // GOOG-0004 (v.1) // 12 // Pass
Google IT Support Certificate // Coursera // GOOG-0001 (v.1) // 12 // Pass
Google Project Management Certificate // Coursera // GOOG-0003 (v.1) // 9 // Pass
Accounting I // StraighterLine // OOSL-0009 (v.2) // 3 // Pass
Accounting II // StraighterLine // OOSL-0010 (v.3) // 3 // Pass
Business Ethics // StraighterLine // OOSL-0041 (v.2) // 3 // Pass
Business Law // StraighterLine // OOSL-0048 (v.2) // 3 // Pass
Business Statistics // StraighterLine // OOSL-0011 (v.3) // 3 // Pass
Financial Accounting // StraighterLine // OOSL-0045 (v.3) // 3 // Pass
Information Technology Fundamentals // StraighterLine // OOSL-0090 (v.2) // 3 // Pass
Introduction to Business // StraighterLine // OOSL-0001 (v.2) // 3 // Pass
Macroeconomics // StraighterLine // OOSL-0007 (v.2) // 3 // Pass
Managerial Accounting // StraighterLine // OOSL-0033 (v.3) // 3 // Pass
Microeconomics // StraighterLine // OOSL-0008 (v.3) // 3 // Pass
Organizational Behavior // StraighterLine // OOSL-0042 (v.2) // 3 // Pass
Principles of Management // StraighterLine // OOSL-0051 (v.2) // 3 // Pass
Business 102: Principles of Marketing // Study.com // SDCM-0007 (v.3) // 3 // Pass
Business 120: International Business // Study.com // SDCM-0115 (v.1) // 3 // Pass
Finance 101: Principles of Finance // Study.com // SDCM-0079 (v.2) // 3 // Pass

Any certifications or military experience? 
 
Nova Chief of Staff Certification, New Mexico State University
Certified Quality Event Planner, Management & Strategy Institute
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Certification, Six Sigma Global Institute
Project Management, Six Sigma Global Institute
Professional Administrative Certification of Excellence, American Society of Administrative Professionals
Medical Billing Insurance Certificate, Cabrillo Community College
 
Budget: N/A
Commitments: Able to commit several hours per day
Timeline: As soon as possible
Tuition Assistance/Reimbursement: None

[bjcheung77]

@argaughan, Welcome to the board, that's a good intro post with the template... However, your addendum is too short and simple, there are no real info for me or readers to 'gauge' how easy or fast you can get things done with that provided. It's good to have a bit more details than "ASAP" and no specific hours a day, with the limited info, you may be best off going for the degree you're looking at, UMPI BABA PM & IS concentration, it will hit all the spots you're looking at... It will all depend on how easy and well you go through the required classes from Sophia.org, Study.com, and UMPI for the residency credits...

[argaughan]

@argaughan, Welcome to the board, that's a good intro post with the template... However, your addendum is too short and simple, there are no real info for me or readers to 'gauge' how easy or fast you can get things done with that provided.  It's good to have a bit more details than "ASAP" and no specific hours a day, with the limited info, you may be best off going for the degree you're looking at, UMPI BABA PM & IS concentration, it will hit all the spots you're looking at... It will all depend on how easy and well you go through the required classes from Sophia.org, Study.com, and UMPI for the residency credits...

Thank you for your response. I indicated that I'm able to commit several hours/day, is there something more specific you are looking for in terms of additional details?

[bjcheung77]

Basically, again, for the time being, you should continue with UMPI BABA PM & IS... For me, I'd like to gauge the timeframe you have dedicated to your studies, there are no concrete numbers with the word "several". Here's an example, you put 3 hours weekdays (15), 2 hours each night for the weekends (4), in total that's 19 hours/week.

That differs drastically to one who indicates they have 4 hours each weekday (20) and 10/each day for weekends (20). That's 19 vs 40 hours, you will get through competency based degree options with the second answer, if you gave an answer closer to 19-20 hours, I would recommend also investigating not only UMPI, but TESU and maybe other options as well...