UoP Health Science--anything similar out there?

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Thanks! I should have been clearer, when I said competency-based, I meant more the self-paced style like WGU. I have looked at Excelsior and TESU but transferability of courses seems limited for that particular major (a few years back someone on this board did a health-science-type degree and finding matching courses was quite involved). I applied for UW-Milwaukee a while back, which is more like the WGU style, but was not happy with the low amount of courses they wanted to transfer, which would have been made it hard to complete in one or two terms. I should have mentioned that!

That said, the UMPI looks like it might be right up my alley. I didn't realize that they had that offering coming up. I have read so many good things about UMPI and the responsiveness of its professors and support staff on this forum, so I'm figuring it might just be perfect even with the health administration title. Close enough, especially since this is more for my own gratification/hobby than for salary purposes.

For Walden, I've seen people post about problems with getting courses unlocked, which drags out the process so that they have to pay for more terms than they want to. But perhaps that is for newer degrees and not ones that have been around for a while, like the ones you mentioned.

Honestly thought WGU required one of those professions, so I need to take another look at it.

Thanks so much!

There is not date for UMPI to add this program to their YourPace offerings. Thus far, it's just a rumor. THere's been rumors about CS coming to YourPace since 2020 and on campus didn't even have a CS program at that point. They're already admitting students to the fall terms and it's not listed so please don't wait on it becoming available at UMPI as it may or may not happen. 

Walden isn't available in every state. I live in one of those states. They won't discuss anything about their programs with me.

I've waited for years and am not in a hurry. I am working on other classes right now, so I would just check in when I'm done with that.

Walden is available in my state. So is WGU, but I'm a little freaked out by the fact that the people who do the grading are different from the course tutors/teachers. Maybe I shouldn't treat that as such an obstacle, though.