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UMPI BA in History & Political Science with Minors Spreadsheet
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Hivemind, I've attached a spreadsheet for a second Bachelor's through UMPI's BA in History & Political Science program, beginning May 8. I already applied to UMPI last month, completed the orientation on Brightspace, and if the new glut of course equivalencies from Tulane University recently added in the UMPI database is any guide, some my transcripts have been arriving. I have not received any official audit from Jessica yet, and she hasn't replied to my last email over a week ago since she's also likely waiting for that audit.

She did provide the History major requirements in a .docx file a couple weeks back. I've used this to create a spreadsheet that may or may not be totally misguided, since it suggests I could incidentally earn up to 4 minors with the major by taking only 10 UMPI courses. That's not really a goal at all, but I'd appreciate sage advice either way. Highlights include:
  • Green font = course is already completed and transfers in.
  • Light green = course is already completed, but transcript not yet received.
  • Purple font = course can also fill a minor requirement.
  • A2 = History major requirements at UMPI, indicating currently completed + intended coursework. Jessica mentioned my previous coursework "can apply toward your UMPI degree but you'll still need to meet our residency requirements," and more specifically, "of the 30 courses you have to take at UMPI 12 of those credits must be in the major and of those twelve 9 of them have to be at the 300/400 level." Since I'd take 18 HTY CHs at UMPI in total with 12 UL, I should meet all major requirements by taking 6 UMPI courses.
  • A20 = Excessive HTY electives. Includes 6 courses from a junior year abroad that transferred to UMPI as a single bulk unit of 20 (!) credit hours. I don't expect to apply any of these to anything at UMPI, but it's unfortunate to lose out on distinguishing between so many UL SOC/POS/HTY/language courses that could fit in some potential minors.
  • A32 = Irrelevant electives. Credly transcript was sent in late March. 
  • A47 = Course equivalencies at UMPI from my first Bachelor's at TU. Major was Anthropology, Minors in History, Brazilian Studies, and maybe Ecology & Evolutionary Biology (don't remember, and the transcript stops listing at 2 minors). The 3 UL HTY courses could help in the major distribution requirements. I noticed that 29 CHs of language courses mostly came in as random electives; as long as they still help meet the foreign language requirements for the History major and Intl. Studies minor, all good. 
  • A80 = Course equivalencies at UMPI from my semester spent at Sewanee University while Tulane was underwater due to Hurricane Katrina. All four appear as Pass on Tulane transcript, but Sewanee transcript has been delivered to UMPI. Primarily only care about the LL History elective, although it's irrelevant to everything except some minors.
  • A87 = Course equivalencies at UMPI from AP credits. All appear as Pass on Tulane transcript, but AP transcript has been ordered from College Board. Primarily only care about AP Government and AP U.S. History, although I already have the Sophia U.S. History courses anyway. Willing to retake U.S. Government at UMPI for the unrivaled thrills, but it feels kind of silly. I've seen conflicting reports in the database for how AP English transferred in the past, but it's also irrelevant. 
I've also delivered my Walden transcript (MS in Early Childhood Studies: Management, Administration, & Leadership). It doesn't matter.

My biggest question concerns whether my HTY coursework plan seems feasible. However, my other big question concerns minors.

I noticed that I may incidentally qualify for up to 4 minors, but I have no idea how UMPI allows courses to apply to both the major and [multiple] minors. Currently, every course but one only appears in the major and a single minor, so there isn't any tripling-up. I am totally unsure if UMPI and my coursework would allow me to earn some or all of the minors, but the minor requirements are laid out in A97 International Studies, A109 Social Studies, A120 Pre-Law, and A131 Business Administration. I don't care much about any of the minors compared to just getting the degree done, but in decreasing order of willingness to earn them, I'd rank them Pre-Law at #1, followed by Intl. Studies (earned automatically anyway?), Social Studies (also on cruise control?), and Business Admin as a distant #4. I especially don't care about Business Administration since it's already part of my MS, and demands such a wide diversion of Sophia coursework. Fully have time for it, though.

Over on the K column, there's a summary of my plan at UMPI, SDC, and Sophia before and beyond the April 19 deadline for application materials:
  • K1 = Courses I intend to take at UMPI. Since only 6 are needed for HTY, the other 4 can focus on filling up minor requirements?
  • K15 = Courses I am taking/will take at SDC. I can easily finish 5 SDC exams in total before April 19 and send in the first SDC transcript on Credly, then send up to another 5 in the next billing cycle that begins for me on April 28. I will also have all the quizzes and practice tests complete at 100% for all listed SDC courses before my billing cycle ends, just to quickly be able to take those exams and send in that second transcript. However, that may not be necessary, since I still need to leave 10 courses at UMPI. 
  • K26 = Courses I could take at Sophia before April 19, primarily for the Business Admin minor, which is totally unimportant to me but gives me something else to do if everything else is on track. Only Business Law is relevant for a Pre-Law minor, but I could also just take Criminal Law at UMPI as one of the 10 courses. I'm willing to avoid all but Business Law (or even avoid it too) because the Business Admin minor is just a side diversion.
I'm just doing this degree for fun, and could finish in 1 session, 2 sessions, or hell, never. I've already organized a bibliography of potentially relevant sources for future HTY assignments. If I have to drop minors and replace random stuff like Business Math in favor of more HTY/POS courses at UMPI, that's also A-OK. Will pay out-of-pocket.

So basically, the History major is the primary focus, with a Pre-Law minor (if anything) as a secondary goal. Other minors wouldn't hurt, but they're incidental at best. If anyone can help point out any misunderstandings and glaring flaws, I'd appreciate it. Thanks for your help!


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BS Anthropology (Minors: History, Brazilian Studies) | Tulane (3.90, summa cum laude)
BA History & Political Science (Minors: Pre-Law, Intl. Studies, Social Studies, Criminal Justice, & Business Admin) | UMPI 
MS Early Childhood Studies: Administration, Management, & Leadership | Walden (3.90)
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