UMPI History Degree- Need Sophia clarity

[MamaSparkles]

To fulfill a college degree, you always need college credit.  High school credit does not count (that's normally what someone might need to get INTO a school through the admissions process, like schools that require that you take 2 years of a foreign language to apply; but if a DEGREE requires something, it's college credit).

When you say that you "lack internal motivation" to complete courses, I question whether you will be able to get through a UMPI degree.  A CBE program is ALL about internal motivation, since there aren't many deadlines to keep you moving.  I would say that if you can't complete the 90 or so credits you need via alt-credit in a fairly short amount of time (6-9 months), then you might want to think about another program (TESU has a History degree for instance).  Just something to think about.

Thanks for the clarity. I know that you always need college credit to get a college degree, I guess I was confused because where I live in Florida if you have taken 2 years of a language in high school you were exempt from having to take it in college. So that's what I meant by asking if they would "count". 

What I meant by I lack the internal motivation is that with Study.com and for the most part Sophia there is a lot of freedom to do the classes when I want. I can just pause my membership for a few months and come back to it if I don't feel like doing it and it's only $100 per month. Not to say $100 dollars isn't a lot of money, but $100 and $1400 is a big difference and I won't waste $1400, so I'm externally motivated to get the work done. 

I'll look into TESU's History degree and see what the requirements are for that. Thanks for the recommendation!