Hello everyone.  

I hope I provide enough info here and thank you in advance for any help.  here goes.

I am interested in an accounting degree from UMPI the BA or the BABA are what I am leaning toward.  

I took a bunch of Sophia courses a couple of years ago, which i will list below.  I am trying to match them up using the Wiki for the degrees here.
and also see what else i can take at sophia becuase i really like the ease and speed of their courses.  they just work for me i guess.

I did make a phone call to the school on my second question and as I was expecting, they could not really answer without applying first so I wanted
to see if any of the experts here could offer a "best guess"  about credit for other experience 

I have passed all 3 IRS Enrolled Agent exams. also known as the SEE exams.  (think cpa exams but for IRS license)  and i am both quickbooks pro advisor certified
along with Xero (quickbooks competitor) certified.  I have also done a few of the Intuit accountant courses (badges type stuff) 

The Fed Tax 1 and 2 would seem to be easily covered by the IRS exams in my mind but not sure about the schools opinion on it.  If I can represent people just as 
a CPA or an Attorney could - I would like to think its equal to undergrad tax classes.   

anyway.  the sophias i have taken I will list and if anyone can help make sure I am on the right path of what others to take that can be applied at UMPI i would appreciate it

Sophia Courses  - except the Foundation of Stats class Sophia lists them all as 3 credits but I believe UMPI counts Micro and Macro Eco as 1 course (3 credits) 
                            
English Comp 1
Environmental Science
Art History 1
Visual Communications
Introductions to Ethics
Ancient Greek Philosophers
Approaches to Studying Religions
Human Biology  - no lab
College Algebra
Foundations of Statistics    2 credits
College Readiness
Financial Accounting
Introduction to Business
Introduction to Information Technology
Introduction to Psychology
Macroeconomics
Microeconomics
Project Management
US History 1
US History 2

Again, thanks for any replies

Do we need more moderators on here? Seems like Brian is the only one on here regularly these days. There used to be several moderators and I haven't seen some of them in ages. The spammers lately have been out of control.

Hello. Do we have any people that went to the CWU for their FlexIt program in MS IT Managment? I didn't see any posts about this and it seems to be an interesting choice (Maybe I didn't look well enough). It's 3700$ per 3 month term with unlimited classes that you can do (CBE) or 2700$ per term if you study "part-time", meaning you can take up to 8 credits ok classes per term. 
Maybe we have anybody that went through it and can share some thoughts.   

Hi, I believe not just me but a lot of people surely want Masters but there are financial issues.

So I recommend few options for who has no money or time.

KOREA NATIONAL OPEN UNIVERSITY
This University accredited by South Korean government.
Korean government decided to offer accredited education for Korean people who are working or who have financial challenges.
Basically, KNOU offers Masters degree accredited by Korean government, for only $950 per semester.
East Asia, like China, Japan, Korea

we pay tuition per semester not per credit.
So you will get Masters degree in 2-3 years, you can watch lectures through KNOU broadcasting and app. So total of $5,000 for MBA from Korean Univ.

NO TUITION POLICY GRAD SCHOOL IN KOREA.
There is a institute called Graduate School of Korean Studies, GSKS
This institute run by Korean government
They offer a lot of degrees related to Korean stuffs, like language or culture or religion.
If you are national or citizen of other countries, you will get 100% full scholarship and they even offer dorms near Gangnam.


INDIA
There are 5 Universities offer Masters degree less than $1,000 a year.

IGNOU (Indira Gandhi National Open University)
There are 100% online Masters programs and they all accredited by Indian Government and run by Indian Gov.
like Masters Art in Peace Studies, Masters Art in English, $400 a semester and with $1600 you can get legit masters degree.

Manav Rachna University, Manipal Online, Guru Nanak Dev University
They offer you Masters Degree, one time payment less than $3,000, You will get nationally accredited Masters and also, 
The Degree award for you is nothing different from On-Campus degree.

Personally, Manipal Online, You can get MBA from MAHE and MAHE is one of the most prestigious University in the World.
If you only need a degree and you don't care about the rank stuffs, Get Manipal MA in English.
$233 per semester and you will get Masters degree from Sikkim Manipal University.

MUSLIM
Check Aligarh Muslim University.
They offer education for Muslim and the degree from AMU is quite valuable. of course fee is less than $500 per semester.


Thanks.
If you need any information about Asian graduate schools, send me a message.

Hello Everyone! I figured I would share a write-up I made a few months ago and posted on Reddit about my MBA experience. All info is brief and I do not want to go into specifics about each assignment as I do not want to give anyone an unfair advantage. This is mainly just what to expect and a brief overview of the program.

Education/Background
First, I want to give a brief background of my education history and experience. I recently graduated with a B.A. with a double major in English and history. I have zero prior business knowledge and only took 2 business classes during my undergrad. I want to stress this as I have seen where some people are afraid to start the program without prior business knowledge. I had no problems finishing in one term with little prior knowledge. Some Classes were definitely way harder for me than other classes, but while working full time I had no issues finishing.
Prior to starting your first class
First, you need a webcam. You do not need the official WGU webcam. Honestly, it is overpriced and low quality. Go on Amazon and find one with a decent resolution. Next, you need a good computer. Good is relative, but get one that is not going to freeze up on you all the time and that will allow you to multitask. One important note. DO NOT BUY A CHROMEBOOK! They will not work. I see this asked all the time on Facebook, so I am going to stress it here. Finally, you need the BA II Plus calculator. There is no exception. This calculator is required. I got mine for $8 on eBay.
Accelerating 
You will also meet with your mentor prior to starting your first class. My mentor was phenomenal and was completely supportive of me trying to accelerate. If your mentor does not want you to accelerate or discourages you from doing so, find a different mentor. WGU supports students accelerating. It is one of the selling points of the college. My mentor has worked at the college for over 10 years and my fiance’s mentor (she did an MS in marketing) has been there even longer, and we both finished in one term. I have read that people say their mentors are weird about this. Don’t let them be. You are not doing anything wrong when you accelerate. 

Class Breakdown

Managing Organizations and Leading People (c200) - 2 Performance Assessments
This class will have you take a Clifton Strengths test and evaluate your leadership style. It is fairly fun and not hard at all. You have two papers and honestly, the course content is supplemental. You can view it, but the tasks for the papers do not necessarily require you to do so. Follow the rubrics exactly, and you will be fine. This class was one of the easiest. The second task has you evaluating someone else’s leadership style. It is very similar to the first task, just from a different perspective. 
Management Communication (c204) - 2 Performance Assessments
This was another very easy class for me. The first task gives you multiple scenarios and you have to write emails, blog posts, and letters to different people. This is just a simple communication course. If you have ever written a professional email you will be fine. The next task is a presentation. Do not overthink this. I spent very little time preparing this and passed on my first time. Follow the rubric and make sure you answer everything it asks. The task is to present communication strategies to new employees at a fictional company. It was actually kinda fun. 
Managing Human Capital (c202) - 1 Objective Assessment
This class was the first class to slow me down. It is a very basic HR class at a surface level. If you have worked in a business environment before, it might be easier, but there are still weird regulations and things that for me did not come naturally. This class took me around 4 days to complete, but it was not anything crazy. I read through the textbook almost entirely. I find things stick for me better when I do that, but this is not required. This class also has no course resource page from what I can tell which is a bit of a bummer. 
Marketing (c212) - 1 Performance Assessment
This class was super easy. I sat down and wrote the assessment before reading any content. The main idea is that you have a fictional product that you want to introduce to a global market. I chose to create Harley Davidson mopeds to sell in India. It does not have to be feasible. You just have to follow the rubric. I had a lot of fun with this class, and there isn’t much to say. Just come up with a cool idea and push forward. 
Ethical Leadership (c206) - 3 Performance Assessments
This class wasn’t hard but it was tedious. You have three assessments and they are pretty boring. The main idea is that you are looking at ethical leaders and either evaluating them or pretending you are working in a company and coming up with ethical strategies. It isn’t hard, but there is a lot to write and it is a pretty boring topic. 
Accounting for Decision Makers (c213) - 1 Objective Assessment
This class was not fun. I struggled with this class. If you understand basic accounting you should not have much trouble, but as someone with no prior business knowledge, I had to study a lot. The course videos were very helpful. You really just have to go through each video and learn the concepts. There is a course resource page for this class, but I found the main textbook/video content to be the best. You do not have to memorize any formulas you just have to know how to use the formulas. 
Financial Management (c214) - 1 Objective Assessment
Take this class directly after accounting. They build off each other. This class was the worst for me. It took me three times to pass. The largest learning curve I had was using the calculator. I suggest familiarizing yourself with the BA II Plus time value of money function before starting this class. If I understood this from the beginning this class would have been a cakewalk. The course resource page was great. Watch Dr. V’s video on how to calculate problems. 
Operations Management (c215) - 1 Objective Assessment
Looking back, for some reason I barely remember this class haha. This is mostly quality management and supply chain. There is a video library on the course resource page that helped me. I watched all the videos and skimmed the chapters I did not do well on when I took the pre-assessment. Honestly, this class was not that bad. 
Data-Driven Decision Making (c207) - 2 Performance Assessments and 1 Objective Assessment
I hated this class. It was a ton of work. It is pretty much a statistics class. You discuss standard deviation and stuff like that. The two performance assessments are not difficult, you just have to make sure you follow the rubric. There is a section on the course resource page that walks you through both. For the OA it was a lot of studying. Same thing with the pa, you just need to watch the recorded cohorts as well as read the book for the parts you don’t pass on the pre-assessment. 
Global Economics for Managers (c211) - 1 Objective Assessment
This class was not extremely difficult. It took me two attempts to pass. The thing that helped me the most was watching the recorded videos. There is very little math. This is mainly a surface-level view of global econ. If you pay attention to the news and understand how money works a lot of it makes sense from the get-go. A lot of people said reading the book helped them. I read a good chunk of it and found it to be extremely boring. To each their own. 
MBA Capstone (c216) - 3 Performance Assessments
I am going to give you a good tip. You do not have to do well on the simulation. It doesn’t matter. I completed the entire capstone in 4 days. This was with a day break in between. The simulation is not difficult. It is actually easier to finish the tasks if you do not do well on the simulation. For task 1 you have to create a presentation/ recording asking for money from investors. They give you a template for your PowerPoint, so almost all the work is done for you. All you have to do is fill in the blanks. For the second task, you just analyze your decisions in the simulation and how you could have done better. Again, this is super easy. A lot of the information they ask you for is in the simulation, you just have to find it. The third task is about your experience in the program and your future goals. Again, this was super simple and there is not much explanation needed. 

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Hi Everyone,

Anyone know whether UMPI credits are good for comissioning as for US Airforce OTS?? I am close to graduating and essentially did majority of my credits through Sophia online. 

I know when trying for a higher NCO rank as a Enlisted, they only want local community college or CCAF credit only for Associates degree. They did not accept Sophia credit for ranking up.

Thank you!

Hello, tried searching but didn't find anything, has anyone completed their MBA at WGU, and able to transfer some of their grad credits to a MPA program?

Milledge Austin, for JAGWire from Augusta University Wrote:Augusta University has received approval from the University System of Georgia Board of Regents to offer a first-of-its-kind PhD in Intelligence, Defense, and Cybersecurity Policy that will be known as AU’s PhD in national defense.

The new program, the first PhD program offered by Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences at AU, will offer students extensive core work with required credit hours in research methods, intelligence studies, strategic cybersecurity and traditional security studies. The aim of the program is to give students a broad-based understanding of security studies. […]

Developed as a professional degree, it is designed for academic and government professionals and includes coverage of theory and practice. The program is designed to enhance the strategic and practical knowledge of students already working in national defense, as well as those who are looking to secure careers with the Department of Defense (DoD), other federal agencies or academic institutions and think tanks aligned with the defense community.

The program’s hybrid-online instructional method will feature a mixture of mostly synchronous courses with some asynchronous options, opening the program to interested applicants nationwide, particularly those already in the workforce. This expands its potential reach to the entire nation, including all DoD sites, bases and federal agencies.

Hi I'm Elle and I am excited to get feedback an insight on my journey. 

Your Location: Georgia 

Your Age: 41 

What kind of degree do you want?: TAMUC Org leadership & WGU Software Engineering 

Current Credits:
Sophia credits I've taken for TAMUC 

• US History l
  
• US History ll
  
• Introduction to Chemistry
  
• Art History I|
  
• Human Biology
  
• Environmental Science
  
• Macroeconomics
  
• Introduction to Ethics
  
• College Algebra
  
• Introduction to College Mathematics
  

• IT Career Exploration 2TS
  
• Visual Communications
  
• Managerial Accounting
  
• Introduction to Business
  
• Principles of Finance
  
• Financial Accounting
  
• Microeconomics
  
• Developing Effective Teams
  
• The Essentials of Managing Conflict
  
• Project Management
  
• Introduction to Information Technology
  
• Introduction To Nutrition
  
• Conflict Resolution
  
• Lifespan Development
  
• Anatomy and Physiology I
  

• English Comp l ( final touchstone being grade) 
  
• English Comp ll (3rd touchstone being graded) 
  
• Art History l ( haven't started yet) 
  
• Business Communication ( not sure if I need this since I have Visual communication) please advise. 
  

• Introduction to Relational Databases
  
• Statistics
  

Hi, all; I've just recently started at TESU and am currently enrolled in my first 18 credits but have not finished them yet. I've come to realize that there are several programs I am really interested in and I need help planning. I've read the official policies, but I am unsure if I fully understand them correctly. I've interpreted it to mean that you can take multiple certifications, two Associates in different areas (like AA and AAS), and two Bachelor's in different areas (like BA and BS). I can see that if taking them simultaneously, there has to be a higher number of unique credits than if you complete one and then the other. 

Are only two programs allowed to be done at the same time, or can the maximum be done all together? How would that affect the credits needed? Can all degrees be double majors?

For reference, I am looking to do the following programs: CIS Cert, CS Cert, HRM Cert, AAS CS and MD Tech (double major), AA Human Services, BA Psychology and English (double major), and BS Human Services Criminal Justice and Sociology (double major).

Is it possible to do all of these (technically 7 majors/4 degrees and 3 certs) at the same time? Is there any difference in going the AA or BS with concentration route for Human Services? Can I take all of the same General Ed courses for all of them or will I have to take more? Can credits be applied to both Associate's and Bachelor's programs taken together? If I were to take the maximum credits every single month, but only 9 credits for the summer term to qualify for the GO TESU, how long realistically would it take to finish? 

Thank you so much for any insight!


Edited to add question: If I take alternative courses on other websites, is the 90 transferrable credits in total or is it per major/degree? Thank you!