Degree planning advice

[dfrecore]

Hi rachel,

ACTFL is on my todo list. It's a no brainer for german and I am going to finish it next week. Sound like Management could work out in 1 term, maybe 2 and PM is definitely more difficult. Ihave proven to not finish study in young years. that's why I am here so I now tend to think: Just finish something acceptable first and if needed add the MAOL or something else on top later.

For the ACTFL, take a cheaper option, since you don't need more credits: the OPIc is obviously going to be easy if you're fluent, but it's $108, while the LPT (listening) is only $51.

Since you currently have Study.com, I would take:
BUS 303: Management Information Systems (core) - because you're obviously good at computers, so this will prob be an easy one for you
BUS 304: Leading Organizational Change (UL)
BUS 312: Advanced Operations Management (UL)

All 3 of these courses will work in both the Management and Project Management concentration. Then you can decide which one you want to do.  If I was working in IT, I'd do PM, but it's totally up to you.

The more courses you take at SDC, the fewer you need at UMPI, so give that some thought.  If you REALLY want to finish in 1 term at UMPI, you probably can't do it with needing 16 courses (including the art course, both English comp courses, a bunch in the core, and a bunch in the concentration).


The business core has 2 additional courses you can do through SDC:
ACC 301: Applied Managerial Accounting
BUS 303: Management Information Systems

The Management concentration has 8 courses, 6 of which can be done at SDC:

BUS 304: Leading Organizational Change
BUS 312: Advanced Operations Management
BUS 209: Mentoring & Leadership Development in the Workplace
BUS 306: Strategic Human Resources Management
BUS 309: Digital Marketing & Advertising
BUS 307: Leadership & Organizational Behavior

The Project Management concentration has 8 courses, 2 of which can be done at SDC.
BUS 304: Leading Organizational Change
BUS 312: Advanced Operations Management

So, I think for your purposes, you take as many SDC courses as you can, balancing the cost of another month+courses to another term at UMPI.  There is a time in which it doesn't make sense to do more SDC courses, but you kind of have to play with things to figure it out.