On the cusp on applying to UMPI

[CFPhopeful]

Your Location: Illinois, United States

Your Age: 23, 24 in a couple months.


What kind of degree do you want?: finance/economics/accounting/business

Current Regional Accredited Credits: 
BUS 230 Principles of Finance

EGL 101 Composition I

MKT 131 Principles of Marketing

PSY 101 Introduction To Psychology 

(12 credit hours total)

Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits: none, but willing to take as many

Budget: No budget 

Commitments: no current commitments 

Dedicated time to study: I can study as much as is needed

Timeline: Finishing the courses required for the degree as fast as possible would be ideal. 

Tuition assistance/reimbursement: none.

I want to finish my undergraduate as fast as possible. Not to toot my own horn, more-so to give insight, but I’m a pretty “smart” student and dropped out of a top 20 school, I have a pretty good understanding of business, numbers, etc. 

The only “exceptions” for degree that I have is that I want it to be in the field of business/finance/accounting. I am a very driven and motivated individual and I’ll be spending as much time as I can completing this. I just want to check off the degree and have it from an accredited university.

Also I should take Sophia/Study/etc credits prior to applying, right? It would mean a lot if I can get somewhat of a timeframe from how long it might take me. I will do as much sophia/study/etc credits and as fast I can. I will also do my UMPI/other uni courses as fast I can, but I assume theres some “hold up” with grading and other things. So I’m curious as to how fast I may be able to finish. 

[jg_nuy]

UMPI could be a good match. Sophia can be used to fill most of the gen ed. The Wiki has several business and accounting plans:

General Education
https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/UM...ts_Roadmap

BA Accounting https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/UM...egree_Plan
BA Business Administration (BABA) Management & Leadership https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/UM...egree_Plan
BABA Project Management https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/UM...egree_Plan
More degree plans below:
https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Category:UMPI

If you later want to do the Master of Organizational Leadership, you could take the following UMPI classes in undergrad to replace 3 graduate classes in your MAOL, making the degree timeline shorter for your MAOL as well (9 classes instead of 12 for the MAOL):

OLS 550 Team Leadership and Collaboration is subbed by BUS 335 Organizational Behavior
OLS 610 Leadership and Business Operations is subbed by BUS 440 Business Analytics
OLS 620 Strategic Communications is subbed by BUS 469 Strategic Professional Communication

[CFPhopeful]

UMPI could be a good match. Sophia can be used to fill most of the gen ed. The Wiki has several business and accounting plans:

General Education
https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/UM...ts_Roadmap

BA Accounting https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/UM...egree_Plan
BA Business Administration (BABA) Management & Leadership https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/UM...egree_Plan
BABA Project Management https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/UM...egree_Plan
More degree plans below:
https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Category:UMPI

If you later want to do the Master of Organizational Leadership, you could take the following UMPI classes in undergrad to replace 3 graduate classes in your MAOL, making the degree timeline shorter for your MAOL as well (9 classes instead of 12 for the MAOL):

OLS 550 Team Leadership and Collaboration is subbed by BUS 335 Organizational Behavior
OLS 610 Leadership and Business Operations is subbed by BUS 440 Business Analytics
OLS 620 Strategic Communications is subbed by BUS 469 Strategic Professional Communication

Thanks! I will take a look at the wiki, but do you happen to know the fastest degree plan, do some plans take in more alternative credits? or are they all the same?

Also I plan on going to grad school elsewhere, but that might change thanks for the information regarding MAOL.

[jg_nuy]

UMPI takes up to 90 transfer credits, as you need to do a minimum of 30 credits (10 classes) with them. You have 12 RA credits, so that leaves another 78 available to transfer in.

They are competency-based (CBE) with writing emphasis for assignments, so they will generally be quicker and cheaper than most other options. It's an 8 week term for $1500, so even if it takes 3-4 sessions to complete, you are looking at around 24-32 weeks for $4.5K to $6K, which is great. If you are quicker than average, 2 sessions for $3K

TESU is another possibility as they would accept your RA + up to 90 credits from ACE/NCCRS sources, but their courses are 12-weeks long (2 minimum courses required) - you can check them out on the Wiki too.

Feels like UMPI would be a more efficient option.

[ss20ts]

UMPI takes up to 90 transfer credits, as you need to do a minimum of 30 credits (10 classes) with them. You have 12 RA credits, so that leaves another 78 available to transfer in.

Actually, UMPI will accept an infinite number of credits. I transferred in over 190 credits. Only 90 will be applied to a degree. All credits aren't usable so many people have to take additional credits to meet the degree requirements.

[jg_nuy]

UMPI takes up to 90 transfer credits, as you need to do a minimum of 30 credits (10 classes) with them. You have 12 RA credits, so that leaves another 78 available to transfer in.

Actually, UMPI will accept an infinite number of credits. I transferred in over 190 credits. Only 90 will be applied to a degree. All credits aren't usable so many people have to take additional credits to meet the degree requirements.

Good clarification, thank you. Up to 90 transfer credits apply to the degree.

[bjcheung77]

That's right, take as many Sophia.org classes as you can towards the degree, up to 90 credits... You need to update us with an evaluation so we know what remaining classes you have left. We can then inform of you your remaining credits and their options, you may also want to review your previous threads such as this one here: https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...get-my-CFP