Help Please - UMPI Degree Plan

[Linz]

Your Location: California, United States.
Your Age: 43
What kind of degree do you want?: I’m leaning towards a BLS with an Educational Studies minor at UMPI. If there is something else I can do faster, I’m open to it. I’m also open to a second minor if it’s only a 2-3 more classes.
Current Regional Accredited Credits: none
Budget: I'd like to go the cheapest route possible, but will consider spending more for easy and fast.  
Commitments: Just a full time job
Dedicated time to study: I can study as much as is needed during the night or weekends as long as my schedule is free. I estimate at least 3 hours every week night and on the weekends, maybe 6 hours, total would be roughly 15+12=27 hours or slightly more.
Timeline: Finishing the courses required for the degree as fast as possible would be ideal.  I would like to finish within 6 months.
Tuition assistance/reimbursement: Student loans would be fine. If not and it’s under $5k, I’ll put it on a credit card.

Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits:

Sophia credits: 91
Human Biology, 3, A
Human Biology Lab, 1, B
Environmental Science, 3, B
Introduction to Nutrition, 3, B
Introduction to Chemistry, 3, B
Anatomy and physiology , 3, A
Microbiology, 3, B
Workplace Communication, 3, B
Visual Communications, 3, B
Business Law, 3, C
Developing Effective Teams, 1, B 
The Essentials of Managing Conflict, 1, B
Project Management, 3, B
Introduction to Business, 3, B 
Conflict Resolution, 3, A 
Introduction to Information Technology, 3, A
Ancient Greek Philosophers, 3, B
Introduction to Ethics, 3, B
US History I, 3, B
U.S. Government, 3, A 
Introduction to Sociology, 3, B 
Art History I, 3, B
Art History 2, 3, B
Introduction to College Mathematics, 3, B
Macroeconomics, 3, B 
Financial Accounting, 3, A 
Microeconomics, 3, B 
College Algebra, 3, B 
Introduction to Statistics, 3, B
Precalculus, 3, C
Calculus, 4, C
Spanish 1, 3, C

Is there anything I’m missing or that doesn’t count. Any classes I should still take at Sophia?

Thank you!

[bjcheung77]

Welcome to the board, that's a great set of Sophia.org classes you've completed already! Apply, transfer all your credits, and review the WIKI plans here to decide if you want to add a second minor in something you're interested in: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Category:UMPI

[Linz]

Welcome to the board, that's a great set of Sophia.org classes you've completed already!  Apply, transfer all your credits, and review the WIKI plans here to decide if you want to add a second minor in something you're interested in: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Category:UMPI

From what I can tell, a 2nd minor is more classes then I'll want to take. Can you confirm that this would be enough at UMPI to finish just the BLS w/ Educational Studies minor?

EDU 152 intro to education
EDU 153 foundations in education
EDU 210 intro to pedagogy
EDU 302 teaching & learning in a professional based systems
EDU 305 designing and maintaining effective learning enviornments
EDU 357 childrens literature
EDU 378 creativity in the classroom

English1
English 2
History of infections disease

[bjcheung77]

Those are the 10 minimum you need, but I can see you don't have enough Upper Level, that's when I tell people to do a second minor, or the classes that can work towards the MAOL. It's personal preference, I think there was a change recently and they don't really look at that as long as you have enough upper level within the entire degree.

[Linz]

Those are the 10 minimum you need, but I can see you don't have enough Upper Level, that's when I tell people to do a second minor, or the classes that can work towards the MAOL.  It's personal preference, I think there was a change recently and they don't really look at that as long as you have enough upper level within the entire degree.

Am I right in thinking I need 5 more UL classes?

If I took:
Sophia:  Business communications
             Business Ethics
and

Study.com: Change Management
                 Leadership
                 Human Resource Management
                 Operations Management

Would that fill the UL requirements and give the minor in Management? 

Or if I just pick 5 random UL classes would that complete the requirement for just the BLS with Education minor?

Thank you again

[Linz]

Your Location: California, United States.
Your Age: 43
What kind of degree do you want? I’m going for BLS with a double minor in Educational Studies and Management at UMPI. 
Current Regional Accredited Credits: none
Budget: I'd like to go the cheapest route possible, but will consider spending more for easy and fast.  
Commitments: Just a full time job
Dedicated time to study: I can study as much as is needed during the night or weekends as long as my schedule is free. I estimate at least 3 hours every week night and on the weekends, maybe 6 hours, total would be roughly 15+12=27 hours or slightly more.
Timeline: Finishing the courses required for the degree as fast as possible would be ideal.  I would like to finish within 6 months.
Tuition assistance/reimbursement: Student loans would be fine. If not and it’s under $5k, I’ll put it on a credit card.

Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits:

Sophia credits:
Human Biology, 3, A
Human Biology Lab, 1, B
Environmental Science, 3, B
Introduction to Nutrition, 3, B
Introduction to Chemistry, 3, B
Anatomy and physiology , 3, A
Microbiology, 3, B
Workplace Communication, 3, B
Visual Communications, 3, B
Business Law, 3, B
Developing Effective Teams, 1, B 
The Essentials of Managing Conflict, 1, B
Project Management, 3, B
Introduction to Business, 3, B 
Conflict Resolution, 3, A 
Introduction to Information Technology, 3, A
Ancient Greek Philosophers, 3, B
Introduction to Ethics, 3, B
US History I, 3, B
U.S. Government, 3, A 
Introduction to Sociology, 3, B 
Art History I, 3, B
Art History 2, 3, B
Introduction to College Mathematics, 3, B
Macroeconomics, 3, B 
Financial Accounting, 3, A 
Microeconomics, 3, B 
College Algebra, 3, B 
Introduction to Statistics, 3, B
Precalculus, 3, C
Calculus, 4, C
Spanish 1, 3, C
Business communications, 3, A
Business Ethics, 3, B


Am I correct in doing these four classes at Study.com and the other 10 at UMPI will fulfill all my requirments?

Study.com
Change Management
Leadership
Human Resource Management
Operations Management


UMPI
English 1
English 2
Introduction to education
Foundations of education
Introduction to pedagogy
Teaching and Learning in a professional based system
Designing and maintaining effective learning enviornments
Childrens literature
Creativity in the classroom
History of Infectous Disease

[bjcheung77]

Apply, transfer your credits over, wait for evaluation and see what they have as remaining credits...
It's a waiting game right now until you apply and send them everything they need for evaluation...

[indigoshuffle]

Are you getting a degree for job reasons? A "check the box" as ppl call it?

If so, just submit what you have to UMPI. Looks like you're good to go. Anticipate taking 2 terms to complete; still a great value and within your budget and time. You can't go wrong if you follow the wiki; no matter what, you'll have to complete 10 classes. It's just that UMPI is a hassle when it comes to actually getting started, so expect a wait.
They have a "pre-law" minor that looks interesting too.