Pierpont Associates (AAS) and UMPI Bachelor's degree Excel template

[EducationSeeker]

I am a visual person so I need to create an Excel template for a Pierpont BOG Associates degree plan even if nobody else has done this although I find this hard to believe considering how detailed instructions are on Degree Forum. Hopefully, this will be a good exercise for a template for something else when/if my son gets the Pierpont AAS degree.

Other than creating more working figuring out transferring to UMPI or another university, if my son's end goal is a Bachelor's degree, what is the utility of getting an Associates along the way unless it makes it easier to transfer into UMPI? I keep coming back to this question. I have attached the first attempt at a degree plan and attached it. If he does Business area of specialty for the Pierpont AAS BOG program, it looks like he would need 24 credit hours?

Please let me know what additional credits he could use for electives or what he would already have credit for?

Thanks,

Education Seeker

Most people create their own template because they already have a bunch of courses from somewhere. They also set up the template so that they understand it. Lots of people don't keep them once they graduate. When I attended UMPI I didn't have a template that would have made any sense to anyone else. What works for Pierpont doesn't necessarily mean it works for UMPI so if UMPI is the actual goal, I'd focus on UMPI. An associate degree has no bearing on transfer to UMPI. It doesn't waive anyone from the GEC or any course at all.

@ss20ts

Thank you for the insight and advice. I think that while the Pierpont BOG AAS degree is a nice credential, for my son's purpose, the end goal is a Bachelor's degree ideally in something Business related. With that said, I think adding the Pierpont BOG just makes it more confusing. 

I have already downloaded Ashkir's UMPI degree plan and also developed an Excel plan from scratch utilizing some of the other members advice. We have scheduled a session for my son tomorrow at 3 PM to at least speak with a UMPI representative as he has more questions regarding the program and wondering what classes will be transferred. I don't think he will apply until he is near or as close to the 90 credit hour mark as possible. He is looking at the UMPI Your Pace BBI with a concentration/area of specialty in Management and Leadership as it appears somewhat easier to get based on feedback on the forum.

From what we can see, it looks like UMPI would be the cheapest option to obtain a Bachelor's degree. Not counting the "D" grade in History, he will have about 25 transferrable RA credits. he will need an additional 65 credits or so (roughly about 11 or 12 three credit hour courses) to maximize the amount of classes that UMPI would accept.

Thanks,

Education Seeker