Requiring a bachelors to keep my job! Back to school at 53!

[rachel83az]

Thank you BJcheung77 and archel83az soooo much for the quick advice.  I have so many questions!! As a newbie, I hope they make sense.

* How is Pierpont" free?" Is it because I am transferring everything in and not paying for classes through them?

Yes, there is no application fee. Pierpont doesn't charge a graduation fee. The only cost of Pierpont is transcripts and any additional class(es) you might need. For someone continuing on to a Bachelor's degree, this is a negligible cost. For someone with a significant amount of prior credit, as you have, the additional classes are usually a few tens of dollars at most.

* As far as I can tell, I still need these classes to complete the BOG AS, is that correct?
          OFAD 1150 - Computer Concepts and Applications 3 hr(s).
          SCI 1101 - General Science 4 hr(s).
* Can I do those through Sophia and transfer them in too?

For Pierpont, you need 6 credits in math and/or science. I only see 3 credits, so you'd want to do Algebra and/or Environmental Science (both would be needed for UMPI) from Sophia. UMPI will also want Human Biology + Human Biology Lab. The Human Biology courses will probably take longer, so I'd just go with Algebra or Environmental Science to start.
Computer Concepts & Applications = Introduction to IT at Sophia. This one is also a pretty quick and easy class. You can probably be done with both Environmental Science and Intro to IT in a week or less. (Use the coupon code in this thread to get 25% off your first month: https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...#pid400419 )

* Do you know where the "area of emphasis" is located on Pierpont site? I've looked all over to figure out where that is, what I need and how much that would cost. I'd love to add marketing to it.

They don't list it on their site. However, from having dozens of students work with Nancy Parks at Pierpont about this, we know that this is a reasonably accurate list of Areas of Emphasis: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Pi...f_Emphasis

* The marketing course I'm currently taking is through Jobprepped and is just a certificate from them, no credits, but it has job experience with it so that's why I selected it since I'm transitioning to a new field with no experience.

That's too bad! But it does mean you should have enough knowledge to speed run the Google Digital Marketing Certificate on Coursera. This certificate is FREE through The American Dream Academy (link on the Coursera page on the wiki). That'd give you 9 credits and you'd need 6 more for an Area of Emphasis. Saylor Academy's Principles of Marketing is a $5 exam you could try. And/or maybe take a Study.com Marketing class or two.