A bachelors plan for my son

[rachel83az]

That may be perfect.  He will need to brush up on writing.  Any suggestions on keeping this skill warm as he plows through SDC?

Some SDC courses do require papers. Same with Sophia. https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/So...lency_List shows how many Touchstones (usually papers) a given course has. Compare with https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/UM...quivalents to make sure he gets his GEC (gen ed) requirements filled. 

Depending on which history courses he's taken already (I'm assuming US/American History 1 & 2?), he may want to take the weirdly named U.S. History: Learn from the Past, Prepare for the Future. That's a LL history elective at UMPI, but it has 3 papers and can help prepare him for more writing at UMPI.

If he just wants a BALS, Sophia Spanish I will do. If he would be more interested in a History degree (which is what I'd recommend), Spanish 101 & 102 from Study.com. 

Biology 101L from Study.com is currently the easiest & cheapest way to meet the lab science requirement. 

As motivation, he may also want to get the FREE Pierpont degree: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Pierpont_C%26TC He will pick up the requirements for this on the way to UMPI, so no extra complexity beyond enrollment at Pierpont. 

Pierpont requires:

• 3 credits in English/Communications (completed)
  
• 3 credits in social sciences (completed w/ history classes)
  
• 6 credits in math/science (College Algebra & Environmental Science from Sophia recommended)
  
• 3 credits in computer literacy (Introduction to Information Technology from Sophia)
  
• 60 total credits. (after completing the 3 above classes, 27-30 additional credits required)
  

Depending on how fast he works, given how much free time he has, he should meet the credit requirements for the Pierpont degree in 1-2 months, with all requirements for UMPI another month or two later.