Degree plan based on a desired career?

[Bachelorsat25]

Hi everyone!
For starters please just ignore the user name, I never got a bachelors 

As the tread title says, I have no idea what degree I want to go for, but I do know fields I'd like to work in. 

I currently am late 20's and work in retail. I am interested in gaining a career in either Public Health and Safety or Insurance (preferably no sales). If anyone could steer me in the right/best direction I'd greatly appreciate it!

Here are the credits I currently have:

Sophia:
English Composition I (ENG1001 - 2018)
Microeconomics (ECON1002 - 2016)
Introduction to Sociology (SOC1001 - 2016)
Human Biology (HUMBIO1001 - 2016)
Macroeconomics (ECON1001)
Introduction to Psychology (PSY1001)

CSMLearn:
Course Number: CSML-0001

Penn Foster: 
Art Appreciation (HUM 102)
Introduction to Business (BUS101)
Information Literacy (ILS 103) worth 1 credit
Principals of Management (BUS 110)
Human Resources Management (HRM 201)
Training Concepts (HRM 355)
Financial Accounting (ACC 111)
Math for Business and Finance (MAT 106)
Managerial Accounting (ACC 112)
Music Appreciation (HUM 104)

STUDY.COM
Organizational Behavior (BUS 107)
Labor Relations (BUS 105)

Patten
Computer Information Systems 


Courses I'm working on:

Penn Foster
Compensation Management
Business and Technical Writing
Employee Benefits
Intermediate Algebra
Legal Environment of Business

STUDY.COM
English Composition II
Speech
College Algebra
Business Statistics

[ROYISAGIRL]

Hi everyone!
For starters please just ignore the user name, I never got a bachelors 

As the tread title says, I have no idea what degree I want to go for, but I do know fields I'd like to work in. 

I currently am late 20's and work in retail. I am interested in gaining a career in either Public Health and Safety or Insurance (preferably no sales). If anyone could steer me in the right/best direction I'd greatly appreciate it!

Here are the credits I currently have:

Sophia:
English Composition I (ENG1001 - 2018)
Microeconomics (ECON1002 - 2016)
Introduction to Sociology (SOC1001 - 2016)
Human Biology (HUMBIO1001 - 2016)
Macroeconomics (ECON1001)
Introduction to Psychology (PSY1001)

CSMLearn:
Course Number: CSML-0001

Penn Foster: 
Art Appreciation (HUM 102)
Introduction to Business (BUS101)
Information Literacy (ILS 103) worth 1 credit
Principals of Management (BUS 110)
Human Resources Management (HRM 201)
Training Concepts (HRM 355)
Financial Accounting (ACC 111)
Math for Business and Finance (MAT 106)
Managerial Accounting (ACC 112)
Music Appreciation (HUM 104)

STUDY.COM
Organizational Behavior (BUS 107)
Labor Relations (BUS 105)

Patten
Computer Information Systems 


Courses I'm working on:

Penn Foster
Compensation Management
Business and Technical Writing
Employee Benefits
Intermediate Algebra
Legal Environment of Business

STUDY.COM
English Composition II
Speech
College Algebra
Business Statistics

I answered the question nevermind.

[rachel83az]

Perhaps a degree in Management & Leadership or else Project Management? With your eclectic collection of credits, the only one that will take "all" of them (or at least most of them) would be a Liberal Studies degree but that might not be the right fit for you, career-wise.

[bjcheung77]

Interesting, you have ACE and Nationally Accredited credits from Penn Foster. From the looks of things, you have already reached residency status at Penn Foster. My suggestion is to complete whatever courses you have paid for and STOP. You need to decide on the degree/school you want to finalize your plan with. My recommendation is rarely a Nationally Accredited degree, but in this case, my suggestion is two fold. Get an associates/bachelors from Penn Foster and ladder up to a Masters.

Option 1: Complete an AS & BS Business Management at Penn Foster by finishing your current courses and transferring the remainder into the degree with courses at Sophia.org/Study.com
Option 2: Apply to UMPI, get an AALS & BLS, they do NOT accept NA credits but will evaluate them on a case by case basis as PLA credit, you can try and see how many of those come through.

Option 3: Walden University has a BS Public Health using their Tempo Learning Platform, for undergrad this is an option for taking the bulk if not ALL your credits. (3 concentrations, General, Healthcare Management, Health Promotion & Wellness). $2250/3 months all you can cram!
Option 4: Chose any Bachelors and finish it, ladder that up to a Walden Masters in Health Administration, this also is using the Tempo Learning platform - essentially, the faster you finish, the cheaper it is, $2700/3 months all you can cram!

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Update: I just looked at Penn Foster's website for their current pricing, are you paying $117/credit now, that's $351 per course!? You need to email advising or your advisor asking for a discount. Individual courses are $389 (they were cheaper when I took it years ago, as I asked to be added to a degree plan and was paying only $69 or $79/credit). You should be able to get a discount of $79/credit for your current courses if you don't have it already.

[Bachelorsat25]

Well I'm currently finishing up an AS in Human Resources at PF but I'm not really interested in pursing Human Resources any further. Thankfully, the credits I have received from PF so far are ACE accredited all with the exception of one which I didn't list so all the courses listed are ACE credited. I'm also not too interested in continuing at PF mainly because I had to leave my last job and will soon be working part time so paying out of pocket will be rough. The final semester at PF is free anyway and my current semester is paid off so I want to wrap it up and transfer the credits elsewhere if possible.


Thanks for the recommendation on Walden, I'll definitely get started looking into that!

[dfrecore]

It looks like you are working on TESU's BSBA/HR degree - several courses are UL in that kind of degree. However you do things, I'd say a business degree is your best bet, since that's what you look to be working towards. But honestly, I would stop taking wild shots in the dark and aim at something - choosing a degree before you pay for more courses is your best bet (for instance, PF's Compensation Mgmt used to be UL, but now it's LL, so it's not very useful since you can't use it in the AoS at TESU because you've already used 2 LL courses there and all that remains is UL requirements).

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For the TESU BSBA/HR, you need the following (outside of what you're already in the process of doing):
Ethics
Civic Engagement
A Science/CompSci course
Regular stats (they don't take Business Stats)
2 GE Electives
Business Comm
Marketing
Finance
International Business
Org Theory
1 add'l UL course that will work in HR (study.com has several)
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If you want to look at UMPI's BABA, that might a good option as well. Your HR courses might go to electives though.

[Bachelorsat25]

Interesting, you have ACE and Nationally Accredited credits from Penn Foster. From the looks of things, you have already reached residency status at Penn Foster. My suggestion is to complete whatever courses you have paid for and STOP. You need to decide on the degree/school you want to finalize your plan with. My recommendation is rarely a Nationally Accredited degree, but in this case, my suggestion is two fold. Get an associates/bachelors from Penn Foster and ladder up to a Masters.

Option 1: Complete an AS & BS Business Management at Penn Foster by finishing your current courses and transferring the remainder into the degree with courses at Sophia.org/Study.com
Option 2: Apply to UMPI, get an AALS & BLS, they do NOT accept NA credits but will evaluate them on a case by case basis as PLA credit, you can try and see how many of those come through.

Option 3: Walden University has a BS Public Health using their Tempo Learning Platform, for undergrad this is an option for taking the bulk if not ALL your credits. (3 concentrations, General, Healthcare Management, Health Promotion & Wellness). $2250/3 months all you can cram!
Option 4: Chose any Bachelors and finish it, ladder that up to a Walden Masters in Health Administration, this also is using the Tempo Learning platform - essentially, the faster you finish, the cheaper it is, $2700/3 months all you can cram!

---

Update: I just looked at Penn Foster's website for their current pricing, are you paying $117/credit now, that's $351 per course!? You need to email advising or your advisor asking for a discount. Individual courses are $389 (they were cheaper when I took it years ago, as I asked to be added to a degree plan and was paying only $69 or $79/credit). You should be able to get a discount of $79/credit for your current courses if you don't have it already.

Sorry my last response was for you. Also for the update: I did receive it at 79 per credit and they often offered discounts between 10-30% off tuition. For example, my current semester cost a little over $500 I transferred in 3 courses so it was pretty much only roughly $550 for Compensation MGMT, Bus. Tech. Writing, and Employee Benefits . And since I paid for 30 credits through them already my final semester is at no cost.

[bjcheung77]

@Bachelorsat25, I understand that Business/HR and Penn Foster as a school is not what you're looking at for the moment. If you haven't started the last "FREE" term at Penn Foster yet, you should email your advisor/advising and ask to get an evaluation of your BS Business Management. If my guess is correct, you just need to do 2 required courses from them (1 term to complete Strategic Management & Business Capstone) and finish by completing some Sophia.org & Study.com courses for transfer.

Why? If you're going to any of the Big 3 or a CBE such as UMPI/Walden, you may still need courses to transfer in the max of up to 90 credits. Excelsior would be another option as they have a BSLA which will also use the max of your credits, you're just wanting to get that Bachelors degree completed. Having a PF BS GM would be a better option than just having the PF AS HR as an additional credential. Many people have a NA Associates/Bachelors and ladder that to a RA Masters.

Essentially - You can get that PF BS GM without any extra cost if you transfer all your courses you take at whichever final institution you attend is..., so for example, you're going for a BLS at UMPI, take whatever you need and transfer those into the PF BS GM and you get both by the time you're done. If you're going for the Walden BS Public Health instead, the same steps will result in a PF BS GM without extra work. I think this is a viable option, getting the PF BS GM in addition to another BLS or BS and ladder to a RA Masters.

Anyways, my thought is, you've paid for the PF AS, if your final term is free, you've got the PF BS completed - at no extra charge by completing courses you can't transfer in with that term, you just transfer in courses you complete at your final destination and transfer them back in, by looking at the PF degree course load, they have many electives that can be anything, I think you've got all the requirements met already.

[Bachelorsat25]

@Bachelorsat25, I understand that Business/HR and Penn Foster as a school is not what you're looking at for the moment. If you haven't started the last "FREE" term at Penn Foster yet, you should email your advisor/advising and ask to get an evaluation of your BS Business Management.  If my guess is correct, you just need to do 2 required courses from them (1 term to complete Strategic Management & Business Capstone) and finish by completing some Sophia.org & Study.com courses for transfer.

Why? If you're going to any of the Big 3 or a CBE such as UMPI/Walden, you may still need courses to transfer in the max of up to 90 credits.  Excelsior would be another option as they have a BSLA which will also use the max of your credits, you're just wanting to get that Bachelors degree completed.  Having a PF BS GM would be a better option than just having the PF AS HR as an additional credential.  Many people have a NA Associates/Bachelors and ladder that to a RA Masters.  

Essentially - You can get that PF BS GM without any extra cost if you transfer all your courses you take at whichever final institution you attend is..., so for example, you're going for a BLS at UMPI, take whatever you need and transfer those into the PF BS GM and you get both by the time you're done.  If you're going for the Walden BS Public Health instead, the same steps will result in a PF BS GM without extra work.  I think this is a viable option, getting the PF BS GM in addition to another BLS or BS and ladder to a RA Masters.

Anyways, my thought is, you've paid for the PF AS, if your final term is free, you've got the PF BS completed - at no extra charge by completing courses you can't transfer in with that term, you just transfer in courses you complete at your final destination and transfer them back in, by looking at the PF degree course load, they have many electives that can be anything, I think you've got all the requirements met already.

Thank you! Will look into this