UMPI BLS with Minor in MIS Degree Planning Advice

[dfrecore]

If someone is a good test-taker and wants to give a Saylor exam a shot, I say to go for it. Worst that happens is UMPI says no. It's only $5. But I'm guessing the reason these courses aren't in the transfer database is because nobody has tried to transfer them yet. In that case, the OP can find out if these work, and we'll have more info.

I looked at the GEC, and this is what's accepted for the different areas:
2D. CREATIVITY: SDC's HUM 201: Critical Thinking & Analysis works here, so why wouldn't Saylor's PHIL102: Introduction to Critical Thinking and Logic? It's worth a shot.
5A. DIVERSE WORLD VIEWS: GEO 100: World Geography and SOC 100: Intro to Sociology are both accepted, so why wouldn't Sophia's Sociology or World Regional Geography work? Again, worth $5 to try
5E. CIVIC KNOWLEDGE: POS 211: Intro to Political Thought is accepted, so it's worth trying Western Political Thought at Saylor

All I'm saying is that the reason we know what's in the transfer database is because people have done it already - if you tell people never to try a Saylor course, then we'll never get it in the transfer database because you can't do it until you try. If someone wants to give it a shot, they're actually doing us all a favor by spending a whopping $5 to do this.

BTW - the reason we know about everything that transfers to TESU and EU is because way back before there were partnerships, people started taking courses and sending them in, and reporting back here. Without people trying, we'd be at a standstill. It's the people who decide to be guinea pigs around here that are the heroes in getting us info. I have a spreadsheet that is thousands of lines long of what will transfer to TESU and how, culled from years of people reporting on this forum. We are better off encouraging those who want to try a new course. (and of course, we give them the info that we've given about what we KNOW will work, and that they're taking a chance by doing this).

Please people, give things a shot. Sophia may not always be around, or may not keep their current pricing model (they used to be $329 per course!). If anything happens, and we haven't tried other options, we are back to square one for many things. The more course/exam providers we have info on, the better off we all are.