Need a Bachelor's degree for promotion.

[cj91]

Hello everyone

I currently work at a prison in Florida and want to become a Probation Officer. One of the requirements is a
Bachelor's degree. I attended community college after High school back in 1989 and then went into the Marines. After I got out I moved to Florida and went to a community college here. I then attended AIU but did not finish.

I am looking at applying to TESC or UMPI for a degree in Business or Criminal Justice. I don't know if the credits from AIU would transfer. If they do maybe the BA in Computer Science from TESU

Your Location: Florida 

Your Age: 50+
What kind of degree do you want?: 

Current Regional Accredited Credits:

Bronx Community College

CMS 11 Fund Communication       3              A

Hist 10 The Modern World             3              B
Math 30 Pre Calc                           4              C
Eng 11 Written Comp 1                 3              C
Hlt 91 Issues in Health                  2              B
Itl 11 Beginning Italian 1               4              A
Math 31 An Geom & Calc1          4              C
Itl 12 Beginning Italian 2              4              A
Math 32 An Geom & Calc2          5              B
PSY 11 Psychology                     3              B
Spn 24 Cervantes                       3              C


Broward Community College

ACG2001   PRINC ACCT I                                  A   03.0  

ECO2013   ECO2013   PRIN ECO I                   B   03.0
GEB1011   GEB2011   INTRO BUS                   A   03.0
ACG2011   ACG2011   PRIN ACCT II                C   03.0   
BUL2241   BUL2241   BUS LAW I                     A   03.0
ACG2071   ACG2071   MANGERL ACCT          A   03.0   

BUL2242   BUL2242   BUS LAW II                     B   03.0  
CGS1000   CGS1000   INTRO TO COMP          A   03.0  
ECO2023   ECO2023   PRIN ECO II                  A   03.0   




American InterContinental University

TB 330 Enterprise Model and Team  Dynamics                   2.00   A    8.00

 ITN 335 Computer Repair & Maintenance                          6.00   A   24.00
ITP 336 Introduction to Web Development                          6.00    A   24.00
ITN356 Network Architecture                                               6.00   A   24.00

ITB 370 Project Management                                               4.00  B   12.00

ITP 376 Intro. to Visual Basic Programming                         6.00   A   24.00
ITD 448 Introduction to Databases Using MS Access          8.00   B   24.00




ITP 446 Visual Basic Programming                                            8.00   C   16.00
ITN 376 Computer Operating Systems                                     10.00   B   30.00
ITN 446 TCP/IP Networking                                                       4.00    B  12.00

ITN 455 Enterprise Networks                                                     4.00    B  12.00
ITB 410 Financial Management for the IT Professional             4.00    A   16.00
ITP 466 "ActiveX, DHTML, and ASP"                                         4.00    A  16.00
ITD 497 Oracle Database Design and Administration                12.00  A   48.00
ITB 450B Strategic Mgmt. for the IT Professional II                     4.00  A   16.00



Any certifications or military experience?

Served in USMC 91-95
Currently Certified Florida Corrections Officer

[rachel83az]

AIU is a Regionally Accredited institution, so those credits should transfer just fine. How old are they? I believe TESU has a limit of ~8 years for the Comp Sci Area of Study and at least half of your AoS classes need to be newer than that. Which would mean that you might be able to use SOME of them for Comp Sci, others would go into electives.

Does 400-level signify upper-level credits there or are those LL credits?

You cannot easily get a TESU degree in Criminal Justice. You can easily get a degree in Computer Science and/or BSBA Computer Information Systems, even if half your AIU credits won't count.

A Criminal Justice degree at UMPI is possible, but there is an internship-type requirement. Your current work in a prison should count, but I'm not sure. You'd have to discuss that with UMPI staff. Fortunately, a BABA from UMPI is fairly straightforward.

Would you prefer writing or exams? UMPI is supposed to be entirely papers & projects from now on. TESU has some writing, but the required transfer courses will also need exams.

Did you get an Associate's degree from any of your schools? If not, a free Pierpont degree could be an interesting way to use your existing credits while working on your Bachelor's degree. For instance, you could get a Pierpont BOG AAS with an Area of Emphasis in Information Systems while you work on a UMPI CJ or Business degree. Or an AoE in Business while you work on a TESU Comp Sci degree.

[cj91]

All of my classes are from a long time ago

Bronx CC 89-91
Broward CC 96-98
AIU 00-02

All of the AIU are Upper Level. I tried to reapply a few years ago but they wanted me to take updated classes.

[rachel83az]

TESU would want some updated classes for a Comp Sci degree, but you could at least use part of your AIU credits there. The credits will be more or less useless at UMPI for a CJ or BABA.

UMPI will likely be a bit faster and cheaper, even though CJ appears to be one of their slower degrees. You could theoretically get a BABA in 4-6 months from now. I estimate 6-10 for CJ.

TESU will be able to utilize more of your existing credits, and you could get BOTH a Computer Science degree and a BSBA CIS for not much more effort than just the single degree. But they're not as fast as UMPI. The final term alone at TESU takes 3-4 months.

So which do you want more? Criminal Justice or Computer Science? Would you prefer to write, or would you prefer to take exams?

[cj91]

The truth is if I want to get a Bachelors as quick as possible and if I can get it at UMPI I would possibly do that.

Also I saw that I can apply for Pell Grant and maybe VA benefits. 

I would then try and get the Computer Science degree later.

Based an all my classes do you think I should apply now or maybe take any Study.com or Sophia courses first.

[rachel83az]

I would go ahead and fill out more of your gen eds with Sophia before applying to UMPI. I suggest the following:

US Government
Introduction to Ethics (Ancient Greek Philosophers may be helpful for passing this course)
Art History I
Human Biology + lab AND Environmental Science - Or take Intro to Chemistry + Lab and your Health class might count, depending on how it transfers in. You do NOT want to take UMPI's science.
Intro to Sociology

I believe you have the rest of the GEC (gen eds) covered. You've also already got more than enough for your electives.

[origamishuttle]

The truth is if I want to get a Bachelors as quick as possible and if I can get it at UMPI I would possibly do that.

Multiple people have recently reported finishing their BABA at UMPI by completing 10-20 courses in a single 8-week session. The BLS degree should be even easier to complete in a single session. If you need "any" bachelor's, UMPI will likely be fastest and lowest cost.

Also I saw that I can apply for Pell Grant and maybe VA benefits. 

I would then try and get the Computer Science degree later.

The Pell Grant will only apply to your first bachelor's degree, so choose it carefully. The typical cost for the BACS degree at TESU is ~$8,000, so Pell could potentially reduce that significantly, especially if you complete a flat-rate 15-credit term.

Based an all my classes do you think I should apply now or maybe take any Study.com or Sophia courses first.

I would apply right away to UMPI and TESU to see how everything transfers.

[rachel83az]

The Pell Grant will only apply to your first bachelor's degree, so choose it carefully. The typical cost for the BACS degree at TESU is ~$8,000, so Pell could potentially reduce that significantly, especially if you complete a flat-rate 15-credit term.

This is a great point!

Also, it might be difficult/impossible to come back for a Comp Sci degree later. TESU requires a certain number of NEW credits in the Area of Study once you have a degree. You already have a lot of credit toward a Comp Sci degree that would, essentially, all get wasted if you came back later for Comp Sci.

[allvia]

Since you stated that you're 50+ it seems you need more of a 'check the box' bachelor.  To make the most of your existing credits you might want to consider UMPI's BLS with Management minor.  It would likely be the quickest and lowest cost for you.

[LevelUP]

When you're transferring in credits, TESU can be just as fast as UMPI.

I would do the BSBA CIS and at least grab the free Associate in Computer Science.  Looks like you already have all the courses needed for AS CS.
https://www.tesu.edu/business/undergradu...on-systems

https://www.tesu.edu/heavin/asnsm/computer-science

If you can start TESU by Nov, you would graduate in March 2024
https://www.tesu.edu/current-students/gr...nformation