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Degree Plan Advice - BA in Psych UMPI Yourpace - leelee031989 - 12-29-2024
Hi everyone. I have attached my full plan for my BA in Psych at UMPI via YourPace.
Thank you in advance for any help. Here is some info about me.
Your Location: NC
Your Age: 35
Current Regional Accredited Credits: 49 (local CC - RCC & SNHU). The RCC credits are probably 10 years old but will be used for electives and one Gen Ed, I'm assuming they will be accepted. They were accepted at SNHU but that was also in 2017 so the RCC credits were not as old at the time.
Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits: None but signing up for Sophia today, starting courses tomorrow.
Any certifications or military experience?: Nothing relevant
Commitments: Remote job, but workload is currently very light
Dedicated time to study: at least 40 hours per week (also work fast, no real struggles with academics)
I will complete 40 credits at Sophia/study.com & 33 at UMPI (12 classes, one is an orientation for Gen Ed, so really 11).
My questions:
1. Is 11 courses at UMPI realistic to complete in one 8 week term? If not, two?
2. Is it typical that all of my RCC & SNHU credits that aren't used for Gen Ed & Psych, would be eligible to be used as elective credits as I have them allocated in my spreadsheet?
3. Should I wait until I finish all of my Sophia/study.com course to apply for UMPI? I plan to take 2 weeks at the max to do the 14 Sophia/Study course so that if I need to wait to apply to UMPI until after I finish them, I can apply by 1/15/24 for the March 10th start date (this will have me applying 2 weeks before the deadline). This is an area of concern because I have read that it takes a while to get everything done as the staff at UMPI are still adjusting to the influx of YourPace students.
4. General advice/feedback on my plan please. Any major holes or issues I am not seeing? I did sub in some of the psych classes that may be a bit more difficult/time consuming bc my plan is to immediately start a Masters in CMHC or Clinical Psych program once I get my BA, so my thinking is that it is beneficial to take some of the more advanced classes. Any thoughts on that? If it won't make much difference, I will opt in for the easier course load.
A note - I don't have my RCC transcript yet. IT is requested but it's a small school in a rural area. I went by the transferred credit list from my SNHU transcript, assuming that the ones SNHU transferred in, UMPI would also.
I appreciate anyone that is willing to take a look and help me out, thank you!
RE: Degree Plan Advice - BA in Psych UMPI Yourpace - jg_nuy - 12-29-2024
You seem to have listed your RCC classes with their SNHU designation, so you might want to check them on the transfer equivalencies page for UMPI, as they may come in as gen-ed - anything else would come in as elective most likely: https://tdx.maine.edu/TDClient/2624/Portal/Portal/Desktop/Desktop?Q=kUEgiJeyxHDwiUqLKP46DHYYNYK5yCXJjtTS1NE7117I2EO8l5iOhw__
You have a lot of time available to study, but some of the classes in Psych can get pretty involved, so I'd suggest planning for 2-3 sessions, rather than just 1.
According to the plan on the Wiki, you should be able to take the Sophia Stats class for the Psych core as well as 3A/3B and Sophia Visual Communication for 2D (unless you have already taken the Study dot com class listed): https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/UMPI_BA_Psychology_Degree_Plan
RE: Degree Plan Advice - BA in Psych UMPI Yourpace - bjcheung77 - 12-29-2024
@leelee031989, Welcome to the board, +1 I agree with taking your time to complete all your transfer credits before you start your 1-2 sessions at UMPI. Don't rush, go at a comfy pace. Furthermore, most of the time I recommend posters to provide a link to their Google or One drive to a viewable (not editable) file instead of attaching their degree spreadsheet.
My iPad mini is in need of upgrading and out of battery (not charging properly), my windows devices don't have an office suite compatible software to read the excel spreadsheet. And I don't feel like downloading and uploading to my Google/One drive just to view your file (safety from viruses, even though I have Malwarebytes and Windows Security).
Last but not least, you selectively left out some info, such as your budget, tuition assistance or reimbursement, study habits, etc. Even though you're shooting for 1 session, we don't know how well to gauge your previous studies. Going at a pace of 14 in two weeks on Sophia.org or Study.com would be very similar to completing the 11 in 1 session.