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Help I need a degree plan - LifelongLearner36 - 09-27-2024
I need a bachelors to check the box and I think a Liberal Studies degree would be the best fit for me but I am getting overwhelmed with all the class choices. I was looking at doing a concentration of the social sciences as that interests me. I want to do it all online. I'd like to stick with Sophia and Study.com but open to CLEP I just don't want to make it too complicated. So a simple degree plan for this would be ideal and I'd be willing to do something different if it keeps it simple. I looked at the BSBA for TESU and it looks doable because all the classes are spelled out but I'd rather just get a Liberal Studies as it seems more interesting. Thanks for any help
Your Location: Indiana
Your Age: 36
What kind of degree do you want?: Bachelors in Liberal Studies
Current Regional Accredited Credits: Some spanish, college algebra, intro to circuits
Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits: None
Any certifications or military experience?: No
Commitments: I have a fulltime job and kids.
Budget: Ideally less than 10k, but flexible.
Dedicated time to study: 2 hours per day
Timeline: One year or so
Tuition assistance/reimbursement: No
RE: Help I need a degree plan - jg_nuy - 09-27-2024
The BA in History and Political Science may be a good option for you:
https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/UMPI_BA_History_Degree_Plan
You can maximize Sophia for the general education, take a couple of classes on Study dot com and do the upper level classes at UMPI.
Alternatively there are also several BLS options at UMPI that could allow you to blend minors in management or business with history:
https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Category:UMPI
RE: Help I need a degree plan - Duneranger - 09-27-2024
(09-27-2024, 09:47 AM)jg_nuy Wrote: The BA in History and Political Science may be a good option for you:
https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/UMPI_BA_History_Degree_Plan
You can maximize Sophia for the general education, take a couple of classes on Study dot com and do the upper level classes at UMPI.
Alternatively there are also several BLS options at UMPI that could allow you to blend minors in management or business with history:
https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Category:UMPI
I did the History and Poli Sci degree at UMPI.
The history classes were few and the POS classes were super short and lacking. But if one wants an easy and cheap degree 10x easier than a standard college, this is it.
Still don't understand why they don't have a separate history degree but its probably due to lack of profs/classes
RE: Help I need a degree plan - LifelongLearner36 - 09-27-2024
Thanks for the info. So would the remainder of the credits taken at UMPI be upper level history credits? Also DuneRanger did you use this degree plan? Super interested.
RE: Help I need a degree plan - bjcheung77 - 09-27-2024
TESU also has a BALS, it's much more flexible than the BSBA as it's not a business degree. With 14 hours a week to get things done, it doesn't seem like enough time for competency based degrees. It may take you 3 sessions to get the UMPI degree, that would mean about the same cost, ease, speed as the TESU option. My recommendation is to complete the Sophia.org and Study.com classes that can go towards them both, TESU allows 30 credit for electives but UMPI BLS allows 60 electives that can be anything...
RE: Help I need a degree plan - jg_nuy - 09-27-2024
This post has the catalog for YourPace courses from last summer - there are usually a few additions and substractions each year, but it gives you a good idea of the classes that can be taken:
https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-UMPI-YourPace-Catalog-Summer-2023
RE: Help I need a degree plan - Duneranger - 09-27-2024
(09-27-2024, 10:38 AM)Duneranger Wrote:(09-27-2024, 09:47 AM)jg_nuy Wrote: The BA in History and Political Science may be a good option for you:
https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/UMPI_BA_History_Degree_Plan
You can maximize Sophia for the general education, take a couple of classes on Study dot com and do the upper level classes at UMPI.
Alternatively there are also several BLS options at UMPI that could allow you to blend minors in management or business with history:
https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Category:UMPI
I did the History and Poli Sci degree at UMPI.
The history classes were few and the POS classes were super short and lacking. But if one wants an easy and cheap degree 10x easier than a standard college, this is it.
Still don't understand why they don't have a separate history degree but its probably due to lack of profs/classes
I had a BA/BS already, you dont really need a degree plan for the history/POS classes unless you want to knock a few out at Sophia or SDC. There arent a lot of course options at UMPI
RE: Help I need a degree plan - LifelongLearner36 - 09-27-2024
Thank you all this has been so helpful. I'm going to start with Sophia. Im going to do more research with my job if it makes that big a difference to get a bls in business/management or just getting a BA in history. I don't think its a huge difference for my line of work so I'm leaning towards whichever path is more interesting to me personally
RE: Help I need a degree plan - Duneranger - 09-27-2024
(09-27-2024, 06:29 PM)LifelongLearner36 Wrote: Thank you all this has been so helpful. I'm going to start with Sophia. Im going to do more research with my job if it makes that big a difference to get a bls in business/management or just getting a BA in history. I don't think its a huge difference for my line of work so I'm leaning towards whichever path is more interesting to me personallyGenerally, a specific degree is going to be better than a generic BLS.. People go for the BLS because it's objectively the easiest option.