Colleges Using Study.com Format?

[bjcheung77]

Just for your info, I don't think any college/university will take Study.com courses towards their Masters program. So, I'm a bit confused what the final goal is here. If you're looking to incorporate these newly added ACE/NCCRS credits into a transcript to "show" potential schools you've done the work, then the Excelsior/TESU credit banks will do, as I mentioned, I wouldn't go that route as it's expensive, but you can apply for a second degree as a workaround, and skip it, just get the transcripts with all the courses you have and treat that as a credit bank for much cheaper.

This is just a guess from what I am reading, as the information isn't sufficient to provide you a better analysis of possible providers or schools that may grant these credits. Anyways, like Rachel83Az mentioned, and dfrecore reminded you, the best option may in fact be taking the UNA courses. It's just that the page doesn't indicate if these are truly self paced, it seems more semester based. If cash isn't a problem, and those courses offered by the program is sufficient, then go for it... If you can provide us more info on exactly what is required, it maybe easier for us to help you further.

Having said that, without knowing more info on your previous BA, your current budget, commitments, work experience, time management, etc. I would do things differently than what was mentioned. Depending on what you need and when you need the courses completed, for the undergrad level, I would recommend taking BA Accounting or BABA Accounting courses at UMPI. For graduate level courses, I would advise MSC Accounting courses at WGU, both are competency based and if you're looking to get CPA, there are information on the WGU page for each state.

UMPI Programs and Tuition: https://online.umpi.edu/programs/
WGU Accounting and Tuition: https://www.wgu.edu/online-business-degr...ation.html

[dfrecore]

Just for your info, I don't think any college/university will take Study.com courses towards their Masters program.  So, I'm a bit confused what the final goal is here.  If you're looking to incorporate these newly added ACE/NCCRS credits into a transcript to "show" potential schools you've done the work, then the Excelsior/TESU credit banks will do, as I mentioned, I wouldn't go that route as it's expensive, but you can apply for a second degree as a workaround, and skip it, just get the transcripts with all the courses you have and treat that as a credit bank for much cheaper.

This is just a guess from what I am reading, as the information isn't sufficient to provide you a better analysis of possible providers or schools that may grant these credits.  Anyways, like Rachel83Az mentioned, and dfrecore reminded you, the best option may in fact be taking the UNA courses.  It's just that the page doesn't indicate if these are truly self paced, it seems more semester based.  If cash isn't a problem, and those courses offered by the program is sufficient, then go for it... If you can provide us more info on exactly what is required, it maybe easier for us to help you further.

Having said that, without knowing more info on your previous BA, your current budget, commitments, work experience, time management, etc.  I would do things differently than what was mentioned.  Depending on what you need and when you need the courses completed, for the undergrad level, I would recommend taking BA Accounting or BABA Accounting courses at UMPI.  For graduate level courses, I would advise MSC Accounting courses at WGU, both are competency based and if you're looking to get CPA, there are information on the WGU page for each state.

UMPI Programs and Tuition: https://online.umpi.edu/programs/
WGU Accounting and Tuition: https://www.wgu.edu/online-business-degr...ation.html

I'm going to guess that UMPI and WGU don't allow you to take whichever courses you want, meaning you're going to be taking courses in the order they want - but that's just a guess.

The good thing about UNA is that they are self-paced (there's a video on there that explains how it works).  I would just call them and ask what the format is for the program, and see if you can get a sample of the courses.  Nothing to lose.

I'm going to guess that UMPI MAY let you just take 3 courses that you want during the first (and only) term, and then you'd just have those 3 courses on a transcript.  But I don't think they're video-based lessons.

[ss20ts]

I'm going to guess that UMPI and WGU don't allow you to take whichever courses you want, meaning you're going to be taking courses in the order they want - but that's just a guess.

The good thing about UNA is that they are self-paced (there's a video on there that explains how it works).  I would just call them and ask what the format is for the program, and see if you can get a sample of the courses.  Nothing to lose.

I'm going to guess that UMPI MAY let you just take 3 courses that you want during the first (and only) term, and then you'd just have those 3 courses on a transcript.  But I don't think they're video-based lessons.

Yeah you don't really get much say in the courses you take at UMPI. You follow the degree plan. The classes are definitely not video based. The classes are all text. With an occasionally link to a website article or a video. These are not what you're tested on and not the main focus of the material though. They're like just extra info. 

WGU definitely doesn't let you take whatever courses you want. They follow a specific path as well.

[origamishuttle]

The required courses are fixed for each WGU degree (no electives), but the order is set by the student and the program mentor working together. If you're not happy with the order of courses, and your PM won't change it, then you can request a new PM, who would hopefully be more accommodating.

[jsd]

WGU definitely doesn't let you take whatever courses you want. They follow a specific path as well.

This really depends on your mentor and what your relationship with them is like.

My mentor knew I was easy work for him, and after a few weeks just trusted me to do what I wanted, and I was able to set my own order and pull courses in as I wanted, and he would rubber stamp it.

But this isn't true for everyone, and especially if you're just starting out. It's not a good option to just get a few specific courses in.

[dfrecore]

WGU definitely doesn't let you take whatever courses you want. They follow a specific path as well.

This really depends on your mentor and what your relationship with them is like.

My mentor knew I was easy work for him, and after a few weeks just trusted me to do what I wanted, and I was able to set my own order and pull courses in as I wanted, and he would rubber stamp it.

But this isn't true for everyone, and especially if you're just starting out. It's not a good option to just get a few specific courses in.

It's also a lot to spend for just a few courses; you're much better off at UMPI.

[ss20ts]

WGU definitely doesn't let you take whatever courses you want. They follow a specific path as well.

This really depends on your mentor and what your relationship with them is like.

My mentor knew I was easy work for him, and after a few weeks just trusted me to do what I wanted, and I was able to set my own order and pull courses in as I wanted, and he would rubber stamp it.

But this isn't true for everyone, and especially if you're just starting out. It's not a good option to just get a few specific courses in.

Recently they have really buckled down on this. I don't know what changed, but people are complaining way more on social media. I know in the grad program I was specifically told what classes I was taking in what order. I wasn't going to have a choice.

[LevelUP]

WGU definitely doesn't let you take whatever courses you want. They follow a specific path as well.

We recently had a student go to WGU just to take Computer Architecture and Software Engineering for the TESU Computer Science degree.  This student was on the Pell Grant so the tuition was basically free.

The mentor will let you pick and choose what you want to take however some courses may have prerequisites.

I don't know if they would let you take Discrete Math II, Software II, or Data Structures II before taking the first one.

[ss20ts]

WGU definitely doesn't let you take whatever courses you want. They follow a specific path as well.

We recently had a student go to WGU just to take Computer Architecture and Software Engineering for the TESU Computer Science degree.  This student was on the Pell Grant so the tuition was basically free.

The mentor will let you pick and choose what you want to take however some courses may have prerequisites.

I don't know if they would let you take Discrete Math II, Software II, or Data Structures II before taking the first one.

They got lucky! There are a lot of mentors at WGU who don't allow you to take whatever you want. Like I said previously WGU has really been cracking down on following the degree plan recently.

[LevelUP]

They got lucky! There are a lot of mentors at WGU who don't allow you to take whatever you want. Like I said previously WGU has really been cracking down on following the degree plan recently.

They didn't get lucky. Instead, they exercised their right to pick and choose what classes they wanted. If they didn't have that right, they wouldn't have been able to select their courses.

And you don't have to put with a mentor you don't like. You can change the mentor.