Racking up Sophia Credits - What's Next?

[jg_nuy]

First, I just want to say that you all have inspired me!   I signed up for Sophia.org last month and have been loving it!  A degree is starting to feel like it is in reach! 

Now I need to get serious and nail down a plan. Based on my research in this thread, I think I want to max out Sophia courses and then apply at UMPI.   Can you help me figure out which Sophia courses I need to take next (if I take 10 more - I should be at 90 credits)?   Any UMPI advice or if there is a better option that UMPI for me? 

Thank you in advance for your help!

Your Location: Phoenix, Az
Your Age: 43
What kind of degree do you want?: Open to ideas - I'm thinking about general business ... also interested in education.  
Current Regional Accredited Credits:  I recently obtained the Amazon Cloud Practitioner certification.   I also have some PM/PO Agile Safe 4.0 certs but they are expired.

Glendale Community College Total Credits: 4 (2002)
College Algebra, 4 - B

Northern Arizona University Total Credits: 14 (2018)
CIT 121, Foundations of Computer Information Technology,3 - B
Engl 106 Reading Eval & Composing Writing,4 - B
PHSI 102L Everyday Physical Science,4 - B
Stat 272 Applied business Statistics, 3 - B

Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits: 36 (+6 in progress)
Sophia Credits: 36 (+6 in progress)
Ancient Greek Philosophers, 3, 96% 
Art History I, 3, 87%
Developing Effective Teams, 3, 99%
Human Biology, 3, 97%
Human Biology Lab, 3 92%
Intro to Business, 3 93%
Intro to Ethics 3 92%
Intro to Nutrition, 3 94%
Project Management, 3 83%
Essentials of Managing, 3, 89%
US Government, 3 87%
Visual Communication 3, 94%
+Spanish 1 - in progress - 83% completed
+Principles of Finance in progress - 70% completed

Budget:  I'd like to go the cheapest route possible, but will consider spending more for easy and fast.  Willing to spend up to $5k
Commitments: Full time job in project management, teenagers, husband, dog.
Dedicated time to study: can spend 1-2 hrs weekdays and 5-8 hrs weekend.
Timeline: Would really like to finish this year but could go longer if less expensive
Tuition assistance/reimbursement: My company MIGHT reimburse a business degree.  Lots of red tape - I think I have a 50/50 shot for reimbursement.

Congrats on the great progress with Sophia.

UMPI
UMPI does seem like the wise choice for both speed and affordability - you could do the BABA with a concentration in project management or management and leadership. You can likely be done in 2-3 sessions of 8 weeks each ($3k to $4.5k). 

Working with credits from Sophia/Study dot com and possibly adding something like the Google PM certificate on Coursera, you could even add a minor if you wish. UMPI has a 90-credit limit into the degree plan, but no overall max of transfer credits. You need to take a minimum of 10 classes at UMPI and you want to maximize your transfer credits - typically board members recommend concentrating on one provider at a time.

All links for UMPI: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Category:UMPI
General Education Requirements: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/UM...quirements
BABA PM: hhttps://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/UMPI_BABA_Project_Management_Degree_Plan
BABA Management and Leadership: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/UM...egree_Plan
Coursera: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Coursera

If you are successful in getting tuition reimbursement, you could also look at getting the Masters of Organizational Leadership at UMPI, the MBA or MSML at WGU or the HAU MBA for $3K.

UMPI MAOL
You could consider doing 3 classes in Business Administration towards the MAOL at UMPI. 

Undergrad classes that can be taken to speed the UMPI MAOL from 12 classes to 9 classes:

• OLS 550 Team Leadership and Collaboration is subbed by BUS 335 Organizational Behavior
  
• OLS 610 Leadership and Business Operations is subbed by BUS 440 Business Analytics
  
• OLS 620 Strategic Communications is subbed by BUS 469 Strategic Professional Communication
  

Additional Links
WGU: https://www.wgu.edu/resources/degree-com...-msml.html
HAU MBA: https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...-3K-RA-MBA