(06-01-2022, 01:03 AM)bjcheung77 Wrote: Welcome to the board!  Interesting, you've provided some basic info but it may be better to have a bigger/clearer picture.  Some may want to know where you're currently located or which country you're from, and may suggest to you a language exam as it may grant you extra credits to use for your free electives. Please update your post with the info here in the template and the addendum on the last post.  If you can provide a course number, grade, and college name you took these courses, that would help. Link: https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-New-to-DegreeForum-How-this-Area-works

(06-01-2022, 05:56 AM)rachel83az Wrote: For foreign languages, ACTFL is only looking for approximately A2 level for the student to be considered "Upper Intermediate". (In contrast, most language learners and foreign institutions consider B2 level to be Upper Intermediate.) If you can hold a conversation of any kind in any language that is not English, you should be able to obtain at least 3 foreign language credits - and possibly even more than that. From what I can tell, ACTFL's expectations for getting at least some credits are generally quite low, though you might not get "proficient" if your language skills are as rusty as you say.

Some relatively cheap IT-type credits can be obtained through Coursera. https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Coursera Many of these can be completed in a month or less, despite what the page on Coursera says, granting up to 12 credits for under $50.

If you're okay with writing essays, a BLS in Management Information Systems from UMPI could be a good option: https://online.umpi.edu/degrees/undergraduate/bachelor-of-liberal-studies/management-information-systems-minor/ However, it's not a purely IT/STEM degree.

TESU is probably the cheapest tech/STEM degree for foreigners, but even that is a bit iffy right now. There are rumors of changes at TESU starting next month that could make is difficult to obtain a Comp Sci degree as cheaply as one can obtain it now. Also at TESU, you could technically do a BALS with a concentration in Natural Sciences and Mathematics, but I don't know if that's a degree that interests you. You could at least potentially add more sci/tech electives than you could at UMPI, but TESU costs more than UMPI does.

(06-01-2022, 07:28 AM)dfrecore Wrote: If cost is your biggest factor, then UMPI is your best bet.  You have almost the entire GE portion done already.

For the forgeign language, consider ACTFL's German Reading or Listening exam for $50 - those are the easiest options; if you speak it, you can take the OPIc for $100 and shoot for more credits, and they'll fill your electives area.

For American Gov, use ICC for $35.

For Ethics, use Sophia for a month, and squeeze in another couple of courses if you can.

Grab some cheap IT credits (Sophia has some, so does Saylor) and then enroll and you're ready to rock.

(06-01-2022, 07:20 AM)CrayCat Wrote: Thanks for the reply, are Coursera courses transferrable to any RA school? 

UMPI is an option I'm considering for sure but I'll have to look into how they work a little more as I'm not sure I understand the process and fee structure o.0 
TESU is unfortunately out of my range financially even if I only had to do the capstone and cornerstone there :

(06-01-2022, 07:37 AM)CrayCat Wrote: Thank you for the suggestions, will look into those options.
How does UMPI work exactly though? The writing essays part has me worried I don't have a good track record with writing decent ones and don't have a lot of free time to devote to it either. How long is the review process for each? Is it possible to do the full 30 credits required by UMPI in one session? Are all their online degrees the same price?