Canadian with college credits from 20 yrs needs help with plan

[bmac66]

Greetings all. I'm a 50 year old Canadian that just got my transcripts from old college/uni need some advice. 20 plus years as a licensed Mortgage broker wanting to go back and get best over all value Ba and Masters degree. Would you suggest I submit the transcript to all of the big 3 or is there one specific that might be the best fit based on the courses below? I will include the grade and would like to know if you think that a D grade would be acceptable. This is my first post and I would like to thank you all in advance for your patience and advice. Hopefully I can post my journey for others to follow.


subject/ course /grade/credit/ title 

BUS/110P/C/3/Business in Canada
CBS/105I/C/3/Computer Applications Workshop
COM/110Q/D/3/Written Communications For
ECO/150P/D/3/ Principles of Micro Economics
MRK/130P/B+/3/Basic Marketing I
ACC/110P/C+/3/Principles of Accounting 
BUS/215I/B+/3/Organizational Behaviour I
BUS/250Q/C/3/Personnel Administration I
CBS/205I/D/3/Basic Business Systems
ECO/250P/D/3/Principles of Micro Economics
BUS/315I/A/3/Organizational Behaviour II
BUS/350Q/C+/3/Personnel Administration II
BUS/360Q/A/3/Union - Management Relations
BUS/390I/C+/3/Business Law
COM/120Q/B+/3/Oral Communications for
BUS/405I/D/3/Operations Management
BUS/435I/B+/3/Enterprise Development
BUS/450Q/B/3/Business Simulation
BUS/460Q/C+/3/Collective Bargaining
PSY/100P/B+/3/Basic Psychological Processes

20 Courses 3 credits each total 60 potential credits.

[bjcheung77]

Where in Canada are you from? For these courses taken, were they at a community college or a university? For the best bang for the buck, COSC BSLS would be my choice for a cheap/easy/fast BA. You can then go for a MSOL at Brandman University as that is a competency based degree, RA & non profit.

What you should do now is to take some Sophia.org courses quickly, invest in a second monitor and go through the ones that do not duplicate your current credits and apply to your degree - skip the College Readiness, 3 Foundation courses, and the two 1 credit ones for now, also skip the FREE credits on the Wiki.

This should net you over 90 credits, you can finish the rest of your credits through Study.com for the Upper Level requirements. Apply to COSC only, get your transcripts evaluated while you're working on the Sophia.org courses, you can do the FREE courses on the wiki after Sophia courses are done.

Update this thread with your progress after you have completed these courses and either myself or another member can guide you through...

[bmac66]

Thank you for the quick reply. All above courses are from Kwantlen Polytechnic University with campuses all over BC. I am from Vancouver. I will unpack the above recommendations tomorrow and follow up with questions and plan. I understand the clock is ticking with the Sophia courses.Thanks again for the very specific action plan.

[bjcheung77]

Even if you miss the Sophia.org courses, you're in good shape as you have a CLEP test center in the heart of downtown Vancouver, BC.   You can take ModernStates courses and get vouchers for the in person exams at Ashton Testing Services.  You just need to pay the exam fee and get that reimbursed afterwards (will take a month or two but that means it's still FREE).  For other Canadians reading this thread, Toronto area in Ontario has 3 exam centers, see below!

Ashton Testing Services
   1190 Melville Street #410, Vancouver, British Columbia V6E3W1
Fortray Networks Canada
   10 Milner Business Court 3rd Floor, Scarborough, Ontario M1B 3C6
ITechSkills Academy Organization
   6981 Millcreek Drive - 2nd Floor - Unit 30 Mississauga, Ontario L5N 6B8
Talpiot College 
   410 Lawrence Avenue West Administrator, Toronto, Ontario M5M 1C2

[ss20ts]

Are the testing centers open? Just curious. Would be great for Canadians if they were open since they're not in much of the US and that's been a problem for some folks.

[bjcheung77]

Yup, that's the reason why I recommended CLEP, the centers I mentioned above are open for testing.
They have COVID19 procedures in place, such as hand washing/mask and cleaning after each exam.

[bmac66]

Yup, that's the reason why I recommended CLEP, the centers I mentioned above are open for testing.  
They have COVID19 procedures in place, such as hand washing/mask and cleaning after each exam.

Just completed Introduction to psychology on sophia. Took 8 hours. Hey BJ thanks for the coaching. Figured i would get as many done by the end of the month. Not sure what the Modern States CLEP courses are (novice), but I will do some deep diving tonite to try to get up to speed.

[ctcarl]

Not sure what the Modern States CLEP courses are (novice), but I will do some deep diving tonite to try to get up to speed.

Modern States is a program that provides high-quality, self-paced online classes completely free, and even offers vouchers for the corresponding CLEP exams at no cost.

It's an excellent opportunity for you since, as BJ has pointed out upthread, you're lucky enough to have CLEP testing centers near you that are still open for business.

[bmac66]

Not sure what the Modern States CLEP courses are (novice), but I will do some deep diving tonite to try to get up to speed.

Modern States is a program that provides high-quality, self-paced online classes completely free, and even obtain vouchers to take the corresponding CLEP exams at no cost.

Got it. Thanks for the heads up. Just started with the Sophia courses that are not competing with my old transcript. Going to keep busy taking the courses until the end of July. Then will take a look at the overall plan and available resources to move towards the COSC that BJ Cheung had suggested.

[dfrecore]

I'd probably get a business degree, since it will be more useful in your line of work.

I'd look at the Big 3, especially TESU as they take D's in everything except English Comp and the Area of Study. They will also take up to 9cr of "old" coursework in the AOS, and so it looks like you have 9cr of UL business courses that will be accepted. This would make your degree there VERY easy to complete.

I can make a degree plan for TESU, but you need to put the full name of this course: COM/110Q/D/3/Written Communications For