Anyone know? Does Pierpont provide Coursera Plus to students? 

Apparently UMPI provides 6 months Coursera Plus, if you can get 6 months from Pierpont as well, that would be a whole year to get extra certs.  For example, someone can do Pierpont BOG AAS with a Business emphasis and when done, they can do the 6 months from Coursera to get the 40+ technical credits and more.  When applying to UMPI, they can go for the BAS with a minor or two, plus the 3-4 classes that can go towards the MAOL.  

If they want, they can delay their enrollment for the BAS or a different UMPI degree for another 6 months to get Coursera certs/credits towards the electives.  This will max the transfer credits and also fill the electives, plus will add to the balanced mix/match trifecta of certs, degree, experience.  Once this is all done, if you really wanted to, you can do extra Coursera or EdX classes to extend your learning or knowledge skillset, plus pad that resume...

Hello,

I will be traveling in July and while I will have time to do some studying, I will not have time and place to take the final exam.

I was thinking about getting the Premium Edition for July, completing all the quizzes and assignments and then switching to the College Saver subscription and taking all the Final Exams.

Would something like this work? Will my progress be saved? Will I see all the assignments? (I understand I will not be able to submit them for grading but at least I can have them completed and submit then on the first day I switch to the College Saver subscription submit them for grading.

Thank you!

North Carolina, USA 
Your Age: 48
What kind of degree do you want?:  Liberal Arts or Business
Current Regional Accredited Credits:  0 

Budget: I'd like to go the cheapest route possible, but will consider spending more for easy and fast.  
Commitments: I teach several highschool classes in our Co-Op, plus my own children, plus being the kids' taxi. It feels similar to a full time job but with flexible hours. 
Dedicated time to study: I can study as much as is needed during the night or weekends as long as my schedule is free. I estimate at least 15 hours a week, maybe.
Timeline: Finishing the courses required for the degree as fast as possible would be ideal.  
Tuition assistance/reimbursement: None


Hello!  Before kids I was in business and loved my work.  For the past 15 years I've been a stay at home mom. During this time, I've been homeschooling my children and teaching Middle School writing and High School logic and economics in our Homeschool Co-Op.   I feel like now, it's my time to invest time in obtaining a Bachelors degree.  


I've loved reading the posts on this forum and could use some personal advice on what direction to take and how to create a degree plan that uses my time well since I'm starting from scratch.   Since I don't have a plan for what to do with the degree afterwards, I am flexible on what to pursue...business, liberal arts, psychology- whatever is easiest and most expeditious . I do prefer writing to maths. 
Thank you!!!

I don't know if this has been posted on here but the IBM certs are now part of Coursera Plus. Previously you had to pay separately for them.

• IBM Data Engineering
  
• IBM Full Stack Software Developer
  
• IBM Data Analytics with Excel and R
  
• IBM Introduction to Data Science
  
• IBM Data Science Fundamentals with Python and SQL
  
• IBM Applied Data Science
  
• IBM Data Analysis and Visualization Foundations
  
• IBM Data Analyst
  
• IBM Data Science
  
• IBM Cybersecurity Analyst
  

I've been exploring various options for getting my education degree, and I got the Pierpont BOG AAS. In addition to other options, I was considering doing my local community college's Bachelors of Education because of how cheap it is. It would take longer than WGU or UMPI, but in the long run it would probably be better for me personally. Unfortunately, they require an AA instead of an AAS, and they said I can't finish my AA at the community college because I fulfilled too many of the requirements and I can't take classes for my residency that aren't required. I didn't know this, and I don't know what to make of it. Are there any other AA programs online that are cheap and I could finish in a few months?

Hello,

I have a question about the CIS degree at TESU and I'm hoping someone can clear it up for me. I know it recently changed to BS in CIS from BSBA in CIS. For my purposes, a technical-sounding degree would be more beneficial than a business-sounding one. Has anyone graduated with the updated degree plan to know how it is listed on your transcript? Is it just Bachelor of Science in Computer Information Systems, without any mention of business administration? 

I appreciate any help you all can provide!

I am not sure where to ask this question. This thread seems like it might fit, but apologies if not.

I completed ~120 credit hours at NCSU from 1989 to 1993 without graduating. I switched majors, and had a few missing requirements at the time. I got a job that led to me moving out of state. In 2010/2011, I was readmitted with a plan to finish my degree online, but had a major work event (ie my division was eliminated so I lost my job) that caused me to lose focus on the online classes and flunk out.

Recently, I reapplied and was admitted for a third time. I need five academic classes (most of which are very specific) and a one-credit physical fitness type class to graduate. If I meet these requirements, I will have BA in English Literature from NCSU.

I can take up to 15 credits elsewhere and transfer them in. I do need to take one NCSU class in my final semester for a residency requirement. Specifically, I need to complete 45 of my final 30 credits at NCSU, and currently, all of my credits are from NCSU.

However, I have had a lot of trouble finding self-paced courses that would transfer in, so for my ~16 credit hours I need, I am looking at two problems. One is that I have to wait for specific upper level classes to be offered. They are generally not offered every semester. (Think: 16th Century British Literature Other Than Novel, stuff like that.)

Even when I have found classes that look to me like they should transfer in - for example, Jazz History at UW-Flex transferring in as NCSU Jazz History - NCSU has said they would not accept it as transfer credit, for whatever reason. I speculate that they refuse to accept self-paced credit even from regionally accredited universities.

The second problem is that NCSU does have online classes, but every class is not online, and the online classes are sometimes synchronous, sometimes asynchronous, but never self-paced. So realistically, I am looking at being tied up at dinnertime every night until May, when I could probably graduate.

I might do that ... ultimately, it may be a small price to pay.

However, it leads to me wondering, would I be better off getting a bachelor's degree in business from a school with less brand awareness? For example, UMPI.

This would require more credit hours (30+ instead of ~16), but it might be faster anyway, because of the self-paced nature of the classes.

My career is in business - specifically, IT product management/program management. So, a business administration degree makes more sense from that standpoint. English Literature isn't what I would choose today. It is what I chose way back when.

NCSU isn't Harvard, but it is tied for #60 right now on the USN&WR list of top national schools, for what it is worth. It is a major research university, and the largest university in North Carolina.

I guess my question amounts to, all else being equal, should I choose the higher profile school, or the degree that seems like a better fit for my established career path? This might be one of those questions that it's impossible to truly answer, but I'm interested in other opinions. I don't have anybody with an informed perspective of this stuff who I can discuss this with in person.

Thanks!

Found this post in r/OSUOnlineCS heated discussion about seemingly inevitable degree name change, Post-Bacc BS in CS Name Change AMA : r/OSUOnlineCS (reddit.com)

Alums, current and prospective students understandably not happy about adding "Applied" to the degree name, becoming BS in Applied CS or some other proposed names.

I have 5 courses left to complete my bachelor's degree in business at UoPeople.

Since the degree is nationally accredited, some institutions (like UMPI) won't accept me for their masters degrees.

If I'd complete an MBA or masters degree at ENEB by doing the test-based version which won't cost me too much effort/time, would that help me with my admissions to masters degrees in the US (or UMPI MAOL in specific)?

I don't know if the "professional" masters degree from ENEB would open up new possibilities for my graduate studies. If I understand correctly, I could do the test version for ~500$ (+ maybe another ~500$ for an apostille if necessary) and it would take me <6 months with no papers. If that would allow me to do the UMPI MAOL for <5k compared to other RA masters degrees for 10k it would be financially worth it for me. It would be both cheaper and far less effort than doing a whole bachelor's degree at UMPI to gain admission for the MAOL.

Does anybody have experience with this or did anybody try to use their ENEB degree to enroll in the MAOL at UMPI or other RA online masters in the US?

I have searched UMPI's website, the general catalog, the Spring 2024 YourPace catalog and asked Jessica but can't find answers to a few questions. I would be grateful for your input.

1. 1. Is there a way to read the course content before the course officially starts? If it matters, I intend to take Eng 121, Mat 140, Bus 200, PCJ 215, Bus 220, Bus 330, Bus 415, Bus 430, Bus 469 and Bus 489 over several eight week sessions. 

1. 2. What happens if a YourPace student doesn't finish a course before the end of the session? Is all progress lost or is that student able to continue where they left off in the next term?

1. 3. How does one find out who is teaching a specific course during a specific session? Jessica will tell me AFTER enrolling me in the course.

1. 4. Two UMPI courses, 341 and 355, aren't listed under YourPace. Is it possible to take them, or other non YourPace courses, through YourPace?

1. 5. There were mistakes in my transcript evaluation. What is the appeals process at UMPI?  I have strong evidence but Jessica tells me there is nothing I can do. Before I discovered UMPI, I applied to other universities, which made similar errors, and undertook transcript appeals with partial success.