(05-06-2021, 10:43 PM)bjcheung77 Wrote: Hey! You're the perfect candidate for the UMPI Yourpace BLS with Education Minor and Walden Tempo Learning Masters in Early Childhood Education combo.  Both are competency based and you can get these relatively cheap/easy/fast since you have been taking courses in this field already and have some experience in this field...  Basically, I highly recommend laddering from one to the other!

But first, get your general education/electives done with Sophia.org and Study.com as these are accepted at COSC & UMPI.  If you want to do things faster, take the easiest and required courses at UMPI, transfer all the lengthy/harder courses in if possible.  Invest in a second monitor for multi-tasking purposes, it's so much easier to search for info and getting things done effectively & efficiently...

(05-06-2021, 09:34 PM)dfrecore Wrote: You can easily get the BSLS at COSC - you just need an Ethics and Social Science course to check off all of the GE requirements.  Then you need to choose 2-3 concentrations; I usually recommend Psych and Business, because both have a good number of options through Study.com.  Then you finish the rest off with the easiest possible courses.  My suggestion:

The UMPI BLS may be faster depending on how quickly you can get through courses.

Sophia
Intro to Psych
Human Biology
Intro to Soc
Intro to Ethics
Ancient Greek Philosophers (take prior to Ethics)
The Essentials of Managing Conflict (1cr) OR Developing Effective Teams (1cr)
Intro to IT

Then enroll at UMPI
- foreign language
- hands-on art
- Minor (6-7 courses)
- Free Electives (1-2 courses depending on your minor)

1 term is $1400 / 2 terms is $2800.  I think if you do UMPI in 2 terms, you'll get it cheaper since you don't need Study.com.
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Your main difference I think is that with COSC, you are better able to control costs; you won't know how quickly you'll be able to get through a term at UMPI until you start.

(05-07-2021, 04:44 PM)park0902 Wrote: I want to focus on ESL teaching for teenagers in Vietnam because I'm bilingual. I've worked at a Montessori school for a long but I don't think that kind of teaching is for me so I want to go back to school for a slight career change. I also plan to get my Master of Ed in Administration or ESL/ELL teaching. Do you guys have any competency-based or cheap programs for this degree? Thank you so so much for all the recommendations. UMPI sounds great. I can also speak and write Vietnamese fluently since my parents took me to Vietnamese language school when I was in middle school. Is there any way I can get the language requirement through testing? Or there are only a few popular options such as Spanish, French, German, etc. I will try to apply for financial aids so I don't know which one is the best if I get the funds.
@dfrecore Your UMPI plan looks awesome. Thank you. Does UMPI require 30 UL credits like the other school? Is your recommendation including the must-take 30 unit requirements?

(05-07-2021, 05:01 PM)rachel83az Wrote: You can do Spanish through InstantCert. If you're fluent in something like Vietnamese, though, you might be able to meet the language requirement with an ACTFL exam. https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/ACTFL_(American_Council_on_the_Teaching_of_Foreign_Languages) But I'm not 100% sure that UMPI would accept that because they don't teach Vietnamese. I would think so, because it's still a foreign language, but I don't know for certain.

(05-07-2021, 04:44 PM)park0902 Wrote: I want to focus on ESL teaching for teenagers in Vietnam because I'm bilingual. I've worked at a Montessori school for a long time but I don't think that group age and methodology is for me so I want to go back to University for a slight career change. I also plan to get my Master of Ed in Administration or ESL/ELL teaching. Do you guys have any competency-based or cheap programs for this degree? Thank you so so much for all the recommendations. UMPI sounds great. I can also speak and write Vietnamese fluently since my parents took me to Vietnamese language school when I was in middle school. Is there any way I can get the language requirement through testing? Or there are only a few popular options such as Spanish, French, German, etc.