Alright well, quick update a couple months later.
Just waiting on admissions, but pretty sure this is about to go down for August. I was able to complete a substantial amount of credit via sophia, and then picked up a couple from study.com and 2 more from Saylor to help satisfy some of the core requirements (well over 100 potential transfers at this point, so expecting the full 90). I intentionally left bus 440, 469 and 335 to do at UMPI 'just in case' i decide to do the MAOL after and fast-track it a bit, but should be able to do just 10 + yourpace intro course to satisfy the BABA.
I'm not sure if there's a "best way" to share the equivalencies though, and curious for any input. I figured just via Credly would be best (annnnnnd easiest), but i also noted there are a couple of courses that seem to have a different alignment if you check the equivalencies via ACE/Credly in their system vs. direct credit (i.e. Sophia directly vs. SOPH from Credly might actually show an alignment to a different course or program).
Wondering if anyone has thoughts here. The example that immediately comes to mind is Saylor's Principles of Marketing -- in one system it shows equivalency to 220: Managerial Accounting, in another it aligns with Bus 330: Marketing Management (which seems like the more likely equivalent).
Either way, will update here as i go through it - but ready to tackle this thing.
***Side note - reached out to Walden for perspective on the I/O masters and potential future quest into the PhD. They talked a fair bit about a direct-entry from BA to PhD (w/3.0 GPA), which seems insane... but wondering if anyone has done that at all / how long it took / how hard it was without the masters in hand, etc.
Just waiting on admissions, but pretty sure this is about to go down for August. I was able to complete a substantial amount of credit via sophia, and then picked up a couple from study.com and 2 more from Saylor to help satisfy some of the core requirements (well over 100 potential transfers at this point, so expecting the full 90). I intentionally left bus 440, 469 and 335 to do at UMPI 'just in case' i decide to do the MAOL after and fast-track it a bit, but should be able to do just 10 + yourpace intro course to satisfy the BABA.
I'm not sure if there's a "best way" to share the equivalencies though, and curious for any input. I figured just via Credly would be best (annnnnnd easiest), but i also noted there are a couple of courses that seem to have a different alignment if you check the equivalencies via ACE/Credly in their system vs. direct credit (i.e. Sophia directly vs. SOPH from Credly might actually show an alignment to a different course or program).
Wondering if anyone has thoughts here. The example that immediately comes to mind is Saylor's Principles of Marketing -- in one system it shows equivalency to 220: Managerial Accounting, in another it aligns with Bus 330: Marketing Management (which seems like the more likely equivalent).
Either way, will update here as i go through it - but ready to tackle this thing.
***Side note - reached out to Walden for perspective on the I/O masters and potential future quest into the PhD. They talked a fair bit about a direct-entry from BA to PhD (w/3.0 GPA), which seems insane... but wondering if anyone has done that at all / how long it took / how hard it was without the masters in hand, etc.
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