Can I earn credit from Google certificate towards my BABA degree with UMPI yourpace ?

[Gijaodola]

Hi everyone, 

I will appreciate more information on this. 

Few weeks back I successfully completed the Google certificate in project management course through coursera. I want to know if i can earn credit for that certificate towards my degree program with UMPI Yourpace program in BABA in project management. Please your kind  respond will be highly appreciated.

[rachel83az]

You can submit it for credit, yes. For a PM degree, you may not actually want to, but if it's on a Credly transcript already and you still need to send that transcript to UMPI then you may have no choice but to take the credit.

[ashkir]

For the PM path I highly recommend taking the classes at UMPI versus transferring them in. Simply because the classes build on each other, and teaches you the programs you use later.

[Gijaodola]

For the PM path I highly recommend taking the classes at UMPI versus transferring them in. Simply because the classes build on each other, and teaches you the programs you use later.

Okay thank you. I appreciate your honest advice. How do you rate the BABA in project management as a degree.difficult or easy to learn. And what are the courses one have to be prepared for in terms of difficulty and easy learning. I will appreciate your input as well. And how long do you think the program can take for one who starts with 0 credits transfer.

Thank you.

[rachel83az]

Based on what other students have said, I'd guess that Project Management is probably medium difficulty. There are degrees that are easier/can be completed more quickly (Management & Leadership) and others that are more difficult/time-consuming (Accounting).

Starting from 0 and completing as much as possible at Sophia.org before starting at UMPI allows most students to graduate in probably 8-10 months or less. The same caveat applies to Sophia as to the Coursera certificate: don't complete Sophia's Project Management class if you want a PM degree at UMPI.

[bjcheung77]

@Gijaodola, Welcome to the board... Answers are subjective and vary as many different variables are at play.  It's great you're asking questions, essentially your pace vs mine for example are vastly different as your commitments, time available for study, etc aren't identical to mine.  What I suggest you do, is provide us more details by filling out the template and also the last post addendum here: https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Forum-D...ing-Advice

People will be swayed by different answers in many directions, it's up to you to decide which advice hits you with the answer you're looking for.  Many would skip the Google Certs and just complete the UMPI courses.  I, on the other hand, need extra learning to cover and fill in gaps for many subjects, and take courses that overlap that information, as I have a hard time learning/retaining information properly.  

Again, depending on your commitments, energy, money, time, you decide to take the Google Certs and ask to NOT include them in your evaluations OR tell UMPI you'll like to take the courses there for the 30 residency requirements (if you know the subject well from the Google Certs, it becomes easy and you can finish the courses faster).  I like to work on 3 things, Certs, Degree, Experience and get a 'mix/match' of the three.