Assistance Requested to Craft Solid Path: UMPI/Charter Oak State College

[ARG]

With UMPI the science and lab need to come from the same place, so you would need the Human Biology and Human Biology Lab from Sophia. You list reads as if you only have the Lab (1) credit. Since you're pretty much starting from scratch the BABA will likely offer a better ROI for you over the BLS if you're looking for a business focused degree. The BLS offers the most electives (using more of what you already have). However, without knowing what master program you're interested in it is hard to say one would be better than the other - there are plenty master programs (at various schools) that either would be equal. What type of master degree are you interested in? Do you have a school in mind for your master? For example WGU and HAU both offer affordable MBAs that either the BABA or BLS work for equally.

With no existing UL Charter Oak is likely out for you (most people) - their current rules and limits on who they accept credits from is very limiting.

Thank you for the reply. I can take the comparable one at Sophia. I didn't because I was initially going to go to WGU and they accepted this. I had too many credits to let go by the wayside, and they were only accepting 44 of them into the Elementary Ed program, so I'm refocusing on what I have, how to move faster towards a BA and then I'll likely do the masters at WGU for elementary ed with licensure. When I called Charter Oak they didn't sound worried about lack of UL, but I may be finding this was just bad advice on their part here real soon.

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@ARG, Welcome to the board, congrats on getting the Pierpont BOG AAS, what was the emphasis in?  Cool, that's a very good first introduction post with some helpful info, but it's missing most of the required details in the addendum and template located here: https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...Area-works

At first glance, you've done 30+ StraighterLine (I did the same thing, slightly different courses, how long did it take you for these ACE credits?). You don't have much in regards to upper level credit, you'll need to have at least some for transfer to COSC, UMPI, you should also add Excelsior and TESU to the list since you need the Upper Level credits.

There's not much to tell as you have no evaluation from any of those institutions, I would apply to Excelsior/UMPI since they're free and also apply to TESU too, they require the least amount of upper level credits and you can do a double degree for the same cost if you have the energy and time to get it done...

Thank you for the reply. Thank you, Nancy Parks has been wonderful to work with. It was a great program, I'm so glad they offer it! I'm still waiting for her to tell me what the emphasis is in but I'm hoping it will be business and marketing. I actually did those on Sophia Learning, that's the (SL) and Straighterline is the (S). I think just the business law and one or two other are possibly UL? Maybe my real estate licensure too. I was considering TESU, I applied, but the've been very unorganized and won't take parchment or credly for my Sophia, they are sending me through rabbit holes and I have several emails that don't make sense from them. I haven't applied to Excelsior. I really like the staff at UMPI so far, they've been very helpful.

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If you don't have at least 24 UL credits already, Charter Oak is probably out. UMPI is going to be the fastest/easiest at this point, IMO. Probably the cheapest, too, because getting sufficient UL credit is not easy.

Thank you for the honesty. When you say getting UL credit is not easy, are you referencing they are difficult at UMPI? Do you have suggestions on some that are considered shorter classes that you enjoyed? I've read that the Political Science classes at UMPI are recommended for accelerators?