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If you want an UMPI degree don't waste your time or money on the PLAs. They also don't count in the 30 credit residency requirement. I looked into them and was told the YourPace classes are faster. You only have 1 paper to write in the YourPace classes. The PLAs require multiple papers and documentation from managers. Also most people on here are only taking classes at UMPI for 1 (8 weeks) or 2 sessions (16 weeks) which is $1400 or $2800 plus the cost of the Sophia/Study.com/InstantCert courses.

ACE credits aren't really PLAs. They're transfer credit.

UMPI explicitly refers to ACE, CLEP, DANTES, Portfolio, et al, "collectively as Prior Learning Assessment (PLA)." I'm not even considering Portfolio Assessment, which is what I think you think I meant. Ain't got time for that. Only considering ACE + existing RA creds + 30 residency creds. If I can transfer in, for example, nearly all the requirements for a BBA, and then take the 30 SH residency in the missing pieces plus additional concentrations or minors that actually interest me, that would be perfectly aligned with my professional and personal academic goals.

Props to you by the way, ss20ts. Through your posts I learned that it's now possible to return for an additional degree after BAS/BLS conferral, so I may pursue one of those first for the "quick credentials" then come back later or move on to a graduate program.