Degree Plan - Sophia/Straightliner/Instantcert/Study.com

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HI, Just looking for feedback. I'm enrolled for two possible degrees. Bachelors in English Professional Communication/Journalism or also looking at BLS Educaiton studies. I am starting with my general ed credits through Sophia or Straighline or Study.com. I've already reached out to Jessica and she recommended Straightline or Study.com, but I see so many people use Sophia for many of these classes. Here is a list of which classes Jessica recommends I take elsewhere, can anyone give me some feedback on which platform would be best to complete these particular classes the easiest/fastest? The courses I'm looking at taking are Biology with lab, Intro to Environmental Studies, Spanish, Intro to Ethics or Intro to Philosophy, US History or World Civilizations, American Government, Intro to Sociology. Any insight would be appreciated :

Study.com: 
Biology 101L Biology with Lab

InstantCert:
American Government
Spanish 1

Sophia:
Environmental Studies
Introduction to Ethics
US History 1
Introduction to Sociology

Will you have 40 or more credits in GEC classes?