Help with degree path please and thank you

[maddieb]

Hi, I’ve been searching the forums for a couple of weeks and I’m not sure there is any way for me to chart a degree course because I have no idea how all of my dental assisting credits will be used, or if the AAS would satisfy gen ed anywhere.
I’m most interested in a BLS and I am trying for the 1. Quickest and 2. Easiest in that order of priority.
Thank you for any help anyone can provide
Your Location: Florida
Your Age: 28
What kind of degree do you want?: BLS or elementary ed
Current Regional Accredited Credits:
Pierpont Board of Governors AAS 2022
2014: Polk State College
ENC 1101 College Comp 1 3.00cr
ENC 1102 College Comp 2 3.00cr
HUM 1020 Intro Humanities 3.00cr
PSY 1012 General Psych 3.00cr
 
Pasco Hernando State College 2017 -2018 – Dental Assisting Certificate
DEA 0135 Infection Control 1.00cr       B
DEA 0740 Intro to dental assisting 3.00cr        B
DEA 0741  Anatomy and Physiology for Dental Assistants 1.5cr           B
DEA 0743 Preventive Dentistry for Dental Assistants 1.5cr      B
DEA 0758 Preclinical Procedures for Dental Assistants 2.00cr           B
DEA 0758L Preclinical Procedures for Dental Assistants Laboratory 1.00cr P
DEA 0137 Oral, Head and Neck Anatomy 1.5cr A
DEA 0137L Oral, Head and Neck Anatomy for Dental Assistants Laboratory 1.00  P
DEA 0744 Dental Materials for Dental Assistants 1.00cr          B
DEA 0744L Dental Materials for Dental Assistants Laboratory 1.5cr  P
DEA 0746 Management of Dental Office Emergencies 1.00cr            A
DEA 0751 Clinical Procedures for Dental Assistants 2.00cr     B
DEA 0751L Clinical Procedures for Dental Assistants Laboratory 3.00          P
DEA 0755 Dental Radiography for Dental Assistants 1.00cr    B
DEA 0755L Dental Radiography for Dental Assistants Laboratory 1.5cr        P
DEA 0747 Dental Office Management for Dental Assistants 1.00cr    A
DEA 0753L Clinical Externship for Dental Assisting 14.5cr      P
DEA 0757 Expanded Functions for Dental Assistants .5cr       A
DEA 0757L Expanded Functions for Dental Assistants Laboratory 1.5cr       P


Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits:
Sophia Learning 2022
SOPH-0006 Art History 1 3.00cr
SOPH-0016 Environmental Science 3.00cr
SOPH-0002 Human Biology 3.00cr
SOPH-0055 Into to college math 3.00cr
SOPH-0023 Introduction to Information Technology 3.00cr
SOPH-0009 Visual Communications 3.00cr
 
Any certifications or military experience?:
Dental Assisting Certification
Budget: as low as possible BUT willing to pay more for ease and speed
Commitments: currently job hunting
Dedicated time to study: I have tons of time
Timeline: as quick as possible
Tuition assistance/reimbursement: none
 
Additional Information: Im looking for a career change; recently out of a job and using this time to work on my bachelor’s degree. I have an interest in elementary education. In my state any bachelor’s degree comes with a route to teaching so I don’t necessarily want to limit my degree to education. Honestly, I just want to try to obtain the quickest (and easiest) bachelor's degree that I can. 
 
Fast and easy are my top priorities. I’m ok at testing but do hate proctored exams (as most do); so other kinds of assessments might be better.

[bjcheung77]

Welcome to the board, great intro post to get the ball rolling. What's a BSL that you're referring to? BS in Learning, Leadership or do you mean a BLS (Liberal Studies)? You have an AAS, in what from Pierpont, Business or IT? Actually, it doesn't really matter, you can always add credits to the AAS. Your very first option should be the UMPI BAS with a minor of your choice, Educational Studies minor. Here are the other options for the BAS, for people with the AAS link: https://www.umpi.edu/yourpace/academic_p...d-science/

[maddieb]

Welcome to the board, great intro post to get the ball rolling.  What's a BSL that you're referring to? BS in Learning, Leadership or do you mean a BLS (Liberal Studies)?  You have an AAS, in what from Pierpont, Business or IT?  Actually, it doesn't really matter, you can always add credits to the AAS.  Your very first option should be the UMPI BAS with a minor of your choice, Educational Studies minor.  Here are the other options for the BAS, for people with the AAS link: https://www.umpi.edu/yourpace/academic_p...d-science/

Thank you. My apologies, I meant BLS and have edited that. My AAS from Pierpont is just their Board of Governors AAS; there was no specialty that I recall. I will check out the BAS option you attached. Would I apply to the Your Pace program right away? or do i complete more Sophia courses first? thank you again

[bjcheung77]

For starters, it doesn't matter, UMPI application deadline for Summer 1 is 04/13/26. If you still have a valid Sophia.org subscription, then I would continue gathering enough transfer credits to hit the 90+, even though max they accept is 90 towards the degree. You'll then just do the 30 remaining residency credits at UMPI to complete the degree requirements for the BAS.

Basically, BAS and BLS is very similar in requirements, but the BAS is a bit more flexible with requirements, thus, technically, cheaper easier, faster to complete. If you don't have Sophia.org, you may want to renew or try Study.com to max those 90+ credits for general education and electives, the major/minor plus remaining credits (30 or so) should be done at UMPI.