No previous college and wanting a Marketing degree

[bjcheung77]

Between Sofia courses, ASU and the Google IT Support cert, I have 55 credits currently. I checked back on the BOG plan page, and apparently I neglected to prioritize 3 other courses I need: Sociology, Intro to IT, Visual Communications. I'm going to try to knock these out by the end of next week. Should I go ahead and apply to Pierpont before I'm finished with those?

You should apply, finish remainder of the credits, send them off to them as it does take time. When you have completed everything, it's a waiting game, so to avoid downtime, continue with your Sophia or other credits you would want to take towards your Bachelors.

[upgrayedd]

I thought I was looking at December, but just found out today Pierpont was able to include me in the August graduation.

[rachel83az]

Congrats, college grad!

[bjcheung77]

I thought I was looking at December, but just found out today Pierpont was able to include me in the August graduation.

Fantastic, now you're set to get more Sophia.org or other courses completed while you decide on your Bachelors. I still suggest the UMPI BAS if not the BLS with a minor or two of your choice, such as MIS or something.

[upgrayedd]

Fantastic, now you're set to get more Sophia.org or other courses completed while you decide on your Bachelors.  I still suggest the UMPI BAS if not the BLS with a minor or two of your choice, such as MIS or something.

I wasn't aware you could have two minors. Could you explain further? Thanks

[bjcheung77]

There are discrepancies with each degree you go with at UMPI, there is really no "set" requirement except for 30 credit residency. This is because of the degree requirements and the upper level credits you transfer in differ from each degree you select. UMPI has several Yourpace BA, BABA, BAS, and BLS options... Here are two other examples.

BAS: The student must take at least 30 credits of his/her BAS coursework at UMPI, 12 of which must be in a selected minor and 18 of which must be upper level courses (300-400). These 18 upper level credits taken at UMPI may be taken as part of the GEC, the minor, or as elective credit.  Requirement: 40 "technical credits" are needed to gain entrance into this degree, as an example, a few Coursera, Google, IBM, or ACE options if they are deemed acceptable as IS/IT technical courses.

BLS: There are four components to the degree:
➤ The student must meet the University’s General Education requirements worth 40 credits.
➤ The student must select a minor from offerings in the current UMPI catalog.
➤ A minimum of 24 credits of the electives for the BLS degree must be in the 300-400 level courses.
➤ A minimum of 30 credits of the BLS coursework must be done at UMPI.

For a BAS or BLS minor, each one may already have 6 UL credits of the 18 credits in the minor, there aren't enough UL to cover the 18 in the BAS or 24 in the BLS. Thus, instead of randomly taking credits towards that requirement, you can add a minor or two and in turn, add the UL credits needed.  Here's a sample triple minor spreadsheet link: https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...#pid365771

[upgrayedd]

Has anyone confirmed how many credits UMPI awards for the Google IT Professional Certificate?

[carrythenothing]

Has anyone confirmed how many credits UMPI awards for the Google IT Professional Certificate?

3 credits for a computer science elective (COS 1XX)