Need a plan to get an Associates fast and cheap

[smartiepants35]

@smartiepants35, Welcome to the board, you've completed the addendum and template, seems like you're just starting the journey and need that extra ego boost!  I suggest you work towards the WGU degree mentioned by Rachel83AZ as that was what I was going to recommend you as well...

Having said that, since you're going to be taking as many transfer credits as possible, I would throw those credits into the Pierpont BOG AAS as well.  You'll end up with a freebie BOG AAS with an emphasis of your choice and you get those credits transferred to the WGU program, see below.  

Create a spreadsheet of the requirements and the courses that can be transferred in (a max of 90 credits) using the main providers we recommend (create a link to your google/one drive and make it viewable, not editable, link us to it and we can advise or comment), such as Sophia.org first and then Study.com, here's the WGU Partners Link: https://partners.wgu.edu/home

Hi and Thank you! Yeah I think I'll need help with the spreadsheet so I'll definitely link it for help along the way. So would I need to set up a spreadsheet for Pierpont and WGU?

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Your first stop should be https://partners.wgu.edu/home as bjcheung77 mentioned.

Starting with Sophia, you can fill out most of the gen eds for this degree: https://partners.wgu.edu/transfer-pathwa...=BSHIM7111 I'm not completely sure why Sophia's US Government doesn't fill the politics & US Constitution requirement, but it is what it is. That gives 31 credits/competency units.

Study.com can fill in that Politics & US Constitution requirement plus Organizational Leadership, Medical Terminology, and Pathophysiology. https://partners.wgu.edu/transfer-pathwa...=BSHIM4426 Total is now at 43 CUs.

Straighterline adds Pharmacology: https://partners.wgu.edu/transfer-pathwa...=BSHIM1855 (could also do Medical Terminology here, but it may be cheaper at SDC)

WGU Academy: nothing useful.

Ditto Saylor Academy.

But, if my understanding of WGU is correct (and it may be wrong), it's possible that a Pierpont BOG AAS with an Area of Emphasis in Information Systems will also satisfy "Introduction to IT Healthcare Systems". https://partners.wgu.edu/general-transfe...or-dynamic

That brings your total CUs to 46 or 49 out of 122. It doesn't appear possible to get to the maximum limit of 90 with this degree.

I would definitely not bother to try to get a CAHIIM accredited AAS to boost those numbers. It'll almost certainly cost you more time/money than the extra term or two it might take to satisfy the missing courses at WGU.

I wonder if my coding certifications could count as credit for the medical coding portion of the degree. I'll reach out and see. if there's anything else you guys can think of, please let me know. 

Thank you both for your help!