Degree Planning UMPI

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Before you get excited about challenge exams, you ned to make sure UMPI accepts them. UMPI has their own challenge exams as part of the prior learning assessment.

https://www.umpi.edu/academics/prior-lea...nge-exams/

As for the gen eds....

http://catalog.umpi.edu/content.php?catoid=3&navoid=118

UMPI has additional reqs besides 30 credits taken in residency. You will need a specific number of UL credits in your major/concentration. You must also take a minimum number of credits in your major at UMPI.

Have you spent some time reviewing their website? All of this is spelled out on it.

YourPace students still have the same requirements as students on campus. Most of those options for the GEC do not apply to us. Great to say you're fluent in French and Russian when you don't seem to be able to review the basics of transferring to a college without a great deal of help. I'm not saying don't try to go to UMPI. I'm saying you need to slow your roll and actually investigate their website over and over which I can tel you haven't done because you don't know anything about the GEC. You also haven't spoken with anyone about YourPace. An enrollment counselor would have walked you through all of this.

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One more issue....Strayer is on the quarter system so their courses will not transfer anywhere as 3 or 4 credits. I see a lot of people end up with 2.67 credits in a course and that's not enough. Quarters are a pain in the arse to transfer because of that reason. If you plan on transferring quarter credits anywhere, you need to know this up front. 3 credits of biology is 3 semester credits not 3 quarter credits. Why any school is on the quarter credit system I don't know....oh well there's the money aspect...$400x120=$48,000 and $400X180=$72,000. That's why.

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One more thing about UMPI.....every course is not offered every term. They are offered every semester however.

Yes, I know that they have 30 sh requirement. And I was going to take 13 courses and all in the AOS. We will see how it goes 

We don't call it an AOS. It's a concentration or a minor depending on the degree. I would plan on taking more than 13 courses at UMPI because of how they accept transfer credits and where courses fit into the degree program. You're going to need to fill out the GEC and then the additional gen ed reqs. The residency requirements aren't just 30 credits at UMPI. How long do you plan on being at UMPI?

Sorry for a stupid question, but what is GEC?

 I'm not a native English speaker, so I thought AOS and concentration would mean the same. Before making the plan, I looked up their concentration requirements, and there were like 15 courses, so I decided to take all of them except two. A for the GER and GE, I think I'll need to talk to the academic advisor.

GEC = General education curriculum

Every school has a different name for things. AOS is the term used at TESU. UMPI has concentrations and minors. Some degrees have concentrations and others have minors.

Are you in the US now? I ask because the whole application process is different for international students. Do you have a TOEFL score?

You should fill out for the form online requesting more information about the YourPace program and the History/Poli Sci degree. An enrollment counselor will call you. You won't be able to speak to an academic advisor until you've applied, been accepted, and enroll in the program. Once you're enrolled, you will have an academic advisor and an academic success coach. They have very different roles as you proceed through your degree. You can also call UMPI YourPace at 844-811-7391.