Hi! I am located in Arkansas and currently work as a paraprofessional in a school district. I want to teach in Elementary. Currently, I am open to getting my Bachelors degree in whatever I can quickly (it doesn't have to be elementary education or early childhood development) and then going into an Alternative Pathway to Licensure (like ArPep). I prefer Open book, open note courses like Sophia for obvious reasons (non proctored, work at your own pace) but I am flexible. Math/Science are not my strong suits. 


Your Location: Arkansas, United States
Your Age: 32
What kind of degree do you want?: Bachelor's 
Current Regional Accredited Credits: Unsure
Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits: Sophia Credits
FOSM 1110 Nutrition CR 3.000
FREL 1999 Art History I CR 3.000
FREL 1999 Environmental Science CR 3.000
FREL 1999 Human Biology CR 3.000
FREL 1999 Introduction to Ethics CR 3.000
FREL 1999 Lifespan Development CR 3.000
FREL 1999 Precalculus CR 3.000
MTH 1210 Introduction to Statistics CR 3.000
MTH 1212 College Algebra CR 3.000

Any certifications or military experience?: No Military Experience. Children's House Montessori Teacher Certification (3-6 Years Old) MACTE Accredited.
Budgetrefer less than $20K
Commitments: Will commit as much as I can; I work full time in public school system and am a spouse and parent
Dedicated time to study: 3 hours per day
Timeline: 12-18 months, preferably less
Tuition assistance/reimbursement: Possibly a grant.


Here are my Community College Courses Passed. 
COM 2200 Intro to Human Communications B 3.000
ENGL 1104 Written English I C 3.000 
PSYG 1101 Introduction to Psychology A 3.000 
SPN 1101 Elementary Spanish I B 3.000 
ENGL 1108 Written English II A 3.000
FREL 1999 Music A 3.000
FREL 1999 Human Growth & Development B 3.000 
FREL 1999 Personal & Community Health B 3.000 
FREL 1999 World Civilization II B 3.000
BUSN 1100 Keyboarding A 3.000 
FREL 1999 Intro to Philosophy A 3.000 
FREL 1999 World Literature I A 3.000 
FREL 1999 Abnormal Psychology B 3.000 


I really excel around child development and loved that for my 2 year Montessori certification program. I love being with children and learning about them. I have leaned into WGU for the competency-based program but am not sure about it.

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I'm not sure what to think about all this.

Did RFK have anything to do with this?

Northwestern California University School of Law (NWCU Law) is increasing tuition for its distance learning Juris Doctor (JD), accredited by the State Bar of California and bar-qualifying there though with limited transferability to other state bars, from 3900 per year to 4980 per year effective March 1 2025.

Students who apply no later than February 28 2025 and who also enroll within 30 days from the date of enrollment approval will be eligible to have the old tuition "'locked-in'… for the entire length of the four year program, until degree completion, if completed on schedule."

Via NWCU alum sideman on the sister forum.

Dear all,

I’m new to the forum and excited to be part of this community! ? I’m not a U.S. citizen, so the education system here (credits, General Education requirements, etc.) is a bit unfamiliar to me. I’ve been reading through many threads, which have been incredibly helpful, and I’ve decided to pursue my BA at UMPI.

After doing some research, I’ve developed a plan to gain my credits, but I’d love for you to take a look and let me know if it makes sense. Do I need to make any adjustments? Are there any pitfalls I should avoid? I am attaching my plan to the post.

Your feedback and advice would mean a lot to me! Thank you in advance for taking the time to help me.

Looking forward to hearing your thoughts.

Best regards,

Chris

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Hello,

As per the title I want to understand what happens when there is an overlap for General Electives and General Education Requirements

For example, if I have Intro to Nutrition and Art History 2 in my General Education Requirements, can I also use these in my General Electives, or must I have unique general electives?

Hello,
I appreciate all your help & advise
Location: Maryland
Age: 56
What kind of degree do you want: works in sports & taught MS & HS Physical education for 8 years from 2000-2008.
Honestly the fastest & easiest major 
Budget: $2500-$5000. Would like the cheapest possible route but will consider paying more for fast & easy. 
Commitments: Work full time but my schedule is flexible.
Dedicated time to study: 6-7 hours daily including weekends.
Timeline: Would like to finish in 3-6 months if possible.
Tuition assistance/reimbursement: None.
Current Regional Accredited Credits: attended from 1988-1992. 

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For documents and other file types such as PDF's, is there an application that can merge specific pages of a PDF with another? For example, I have X PDF's, I want to selectively grab pages from those Docx/PDF's and combine them into one... Is there an application for that? Something like a cut/paste or snipping parts that I want to review later?  

This is for generating a Coles or Collins Notes version of a set of textbook chapters for review, so I can review parts I need to retain info in those hard to grasp concept areas or points I want to.  It's easier than copy/pasting into a document, or getting screenshots, etc, much faster than writing down or highlighting those notes as well.   Anything out there?

It has been quite a while since I went to school. In 2005, I attended college and took whatever I wanted without any guidance. I took a ridiculous amount of Child Dev classes at my local college. 

Now, here I am, returning to school and decided on the BSBA program at TESU. I am currently working through some of my Sophia General Ed requirements. My question is... what can I do with all of those ChildDev credits I received? Could they possibly count towards my electives? I am a little confused to how it all works. I plan on applying to TESU in May and will see where I stand then, but just hoping someone can give me some insight. 


Thanks for the help!!

Amberton has 2 new graduate certificates for the Spring 2025 term. 

Finance

https://amberton.edu/degree-programs/cer...-graduate/


Human Resource Management

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Mexico has a prestigious Technological Public University known as the Instituto Politecnico Nacional or IPN for short. While the UNAM offers all sorts of degrees, the IPN tends to offer mostly STEM degrees. I was pondering sharing a post about this university in the past because the costs are insanely cheap (20 USD a semester), but I couldn’t find the updated online school website.

The online school offers several Bachelors and a few Master degrees. Sign ups open February 4th and apparently there is a knowledge assesment exam that is supposed to be done in person. Looks like if travel to Mexico City is too difficult, they might be willing to let the applicant take the entrance exam online.


Bachelors

Business Administration and Development
Archieving Degree (Seems like a librarian adjacent degree)
Librarian degree
International Commerce
Accounting
Accounting and Finance
International Business
Commercial Relationships
Tourism

Masters

Education degree (Physics)
Education degree (Math)
Marketing

PhD

Education degree (Physics)
Education degree (Math)

They seem to also have an offering of Associates degrees in Business, Commerce, Accounting, Computer Science, Software Development, Environmental Urban Improvement, Graphics Design, Marketing, Nutrition, IT, Lab Chemist and Welding (not sure how these 2 degrees could be done fully online).

Official website:

https://www.ipn.mx/dev/educacion-a-dista...ativa.html