Hello Everyone! 

  I just learned of college hacking and am excited. I have been a restaurant Training General Manager for many years and looking to change careers with getting a BAS and hopefully move on to UMPI MAOL degree. I have a few questions that I need help and guidance with if someone could help please.

1. Since I have 18 years as restaurant general manager who trains other company managers should I pay somewhere to do a portfolio evaluation to obtain some credits? (Running 24/7 business with upwards of 100 employees and 7 million dollars a year in pnl responsibility.)

2. These are the following CC credits and Ace credits I currently have. 

My CC credits I hope transfer as I had a few F's from 2005 when I dropped classes online and the school never dropped them where years later I received a bill for all the classes in full and Fs on my transcript   I have already sent my CC transcript to Pierpont via Parchment.

CC potential transfer
College comp 1 ENG1010                                                     3
College comp 2 ENG1020                                                     3
Introduction to College GEN1000                                     1
Information Technology Concepts IT1020                    3
Survey-Europe Classical Music MUS1010                   3
EMT basic EMT1301                                                                7
Language Fundamentals 2 ENG0990                             6
Basic Arith/Algebra Math0910                                           3
Sports Nutrition Diet1050                                                   3
Basic Nutrition Diet1200                                                    3
TOTAL                                                                                          -35-
 
Coursera ACE credits
 
Google Advance Data Analytics
Lower-Division Baccalaureate          6            Introduction to Data Science
Lower-Division Baccalaureate          3            Introduction to Python
 
Google Business Intelligence
Lower-Division Baccalaureate          3            Data Modeling and Decision Making
Lower-Division Baccalaureate          3            Foundations of Business Intelligence
 
Google Cybersecurity
Lower-Division Baccalaureate          3            Introduction to Linux
Lower-Division Baccalaureate          3            Security Fundamentals
Lower-Division Baccalaureate          3            Attacks and Exploits\
 
Google Data Analytics
Lower-Division Baccalaureate          3            introduction to databases
Lower-Division Baccalaureate          3            introduction to SQL Programming
Lower-Division Baccalaureate          3            introduction to systems analysis
Lower-Division Baccalaureate          3            introduction to R programming
 
Google Digital Marketing and E-Commerce
Lower-Division Baccalaureate          3            Search Marketing
Lower-Division Baccalaureate          3            E-Commerce
Lower-Division Baccalaureate          3            Introduction to Digital Marketing
 
Google IT Support
Lower-Division Baccalaureate          3            Networking Fundamentals
Lower-Division Baccalaureate          3            Operating Systems
Lower-Division Baccalaureate          3            Introduction to Cybersecurity
Lower-Division Baccalaureate          3            Introduction to Computers
Lower-Division Baccalaureate          3            Systems Administration
 
Google Project Management
Lower-Division Baccalaureate          3            introduction to project management
Upper-Division Baccalaureate          3            project management
Upper-Division Baccalaureate          3            Agile project management
 
Google UX Design
Lower-Division Baccalaureate          3            web design
Lower-Division Baccalaureate          3            user experience (UX) design
Lower-Division Baccalaureate          1            career development
Upper-Division Baccalaureate          3            user experience (UX) design
TOTAL                                                            -79-
 
Sophia ACE Credits
Developing Effective Teams  BUS1200                                    1   Lower
Introduction to Nutrition HLTH1010                                         3   Lower
Introduction to Information Technology CS1001                3 Lower
Visual Communications VisComm1001                                 3 Lower
Macroeconomics ECON1001                                                       3 Lower
Environmental Science ENVS1001                                             3 Lower
                                                                                                                  
TOTAL                                                                                                      -16-


I would appreciate any information, advice, guidance, etc. 

Do I currently have enough to apply and graduate for the BOG AAS from Pierpont??

Thank You!

Your Location: Ohio, USA
Your Age: 39
What kind of degree do you want?: BA/BS in relevant field to my career or will make the most of my current credits. I've done Law Enforcement/Criminal Justice, Occupational Health & Safety, Emergency Management
Current Regional Accredited Credits:

Community College [15]
BMGT 245 Intro to Non Profit Mgmt - 3
CIT 102B PC Applications II Excel - 1
CIT 101 PC Applications I - 2
CIT 121 PC Operating Systems - 3
SSCI 104 World Economic Geography - 3
MKTG 111 - Marketing Principles - 3

AMU/APUS [15]
COLL 100 Foundations of Online Learning - 3
HSLL 212 Chemical, Biological, Radiological Hazards - 3
HLSS 213 Weapons of Mass Destruction Incident Command - 3
HLSS 215 Regulatory Issues in Weapons of Mass Destruction - 3
EDMG 340 Consequence Management - 3


Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits:

CLEP/DANTES [15]
College Composition Modular CLEP - 3
American Government CLEP - 3
Analyzing & Interpreting Literature CLEP - 6
Introduction to Computing DSST - 3

Straighterline [15]
Business Ethics
Intro to Criminal Justice
Intro to Religion
Intro to Sociology
Cultural Anthropology

Sophia [3+6]
Biology - In Progress
US History - In Progress
Visual Communication

ALEKS [6]
College Algebra

Intermediate Algebra

NFA [3]
Hydraulic Calculations for Water Based Fire Protection Systems Plan - 1
Fire Service Supervision - 1
Community Safety Educators - 1

Any certifications or military experience?

Military [15]
Physical Conditioning - 2
Marksmanship - 1
First Aid - 1
Radiological Monitoring - 3
Cultural Awareness - 1
Military Science - 2
Emergency Response Operations - 3
Hazardous Materials Management - 2

[b]Certifications []
[/b]
[b]Haz Mat Awar/Ops/Tech[/b]
[b]OSHA 30[/b]
[b]FEMA - all of them including several in person[/b]


[b]My goal is to get my Bachelors as soon as possible so I can get my Masters degree. I much prefer at your own pace schools such as WGU, and schools that prioritize assessments over writing papers[/b]

News that the Pierpont BOG is open to foreigners is intriging. I think I have everything covered off with the exception of the graded RA credit but wouldn't mind a second set of eyes to validate my thinking? Not fussed about specializations. 

Gen Eds:
Communications
Workplace Communications (Sophia)

Math Science (6)
College Algebra (Sophia)
Human Biology (Sophia)

Social Sciences
US History I (Sophia)

Computer Literacy
Intro to IT (Sophia)


Others:
Misc:
Intro to Business (Sophia)
Conflict Reoslution (Sophia)
Intro to Ethics (Sophia)
US History II (Sophia)
Art History I (Sophia)
Art History II (Sophia)
Macroeconomics (Sophia)
Financial Accounting (Sophia)
Microeconomics (Sophia)
Developing effective teams (Sophia)
Environmental Science (Sophia)
Principals of Finance (Sophia)
Business Law (Sophia)
Visual Comms (Sophia)
Project Managment (Sophia)
Ancient Greek Philosophers (Sophia)
Introduction to Sociology (Sophia)
American Gov (Sophia)
Customer Service (Saylor)

Would I be right that getting the 1 graded credit is what I need to do? I have some foreign study but think that to get that counted would mean the $300 fee? 

Im aware of ASU and JSU as options to get the graded credit.

TIA for all the wisdom

This might be very useful information particularly for Mexican citizens, although technically foreigners can qualify as long as they have a passport and a CURP number.
Instituto Expansión (also known as Universidad Expansión has a sort of RVOE number equivalent for highschools with this text that I verified on the SEP database to be legit:
Instituto Expansión SC
Es una universidad avalada por la Secretaría de Educación Pública con Clave de Centro de Trabajo: 21MSU0077Q

While anyone can directly sign up at the Ceneval HQ to take first the EGEL plus written exam and later on the oral exam to get their degree, there is really not a lot of reliable study guides online about the exam topics. While you can retake both tests as many times as you want, the huge advantage of the Acuerdo 286 graduation pathway is to get a college degree in just 18 months from start to finish.
So I was quite curious about this school because they offer everything online such as self paced courses with the most important study materials. You first do an initial 40 question placement test to see how much material you already know and depending on that the online course can be either 3 or 6 months long.
There are two payment modes for their preparation course where they charge around 1700 mxn a month (around 100 USD) for just the prerecorded 5 minute long short videos for easier retention. Then they have a 2800 mxn (around 170 usd) a month option with tutors practicing mock versions of the oral exam online and the school guarantee everyone that selects this option will pass both exams on the first try.
It seems like they have a preference for accepting applicants that already have prior job experience, but theoretically if you already read the Ceneval suggested reading bibliography beforehand, you should do well enough in the placement test to get accepted and maybe only need the 3 month prep option.
They offer this service for the unregulated degrees such as Business Administratio, Marketing, Communications, Political Science, Education, International Relations.

Curiously they also offer for the regulated degrees that the Ceneval demands at least 50% of the degree to be learned in an accredited mexican university such as Law, Accounting, Industrial Engineering, Computer Engineering.
A quick check of the Law section and they don't mention anything about the prior 50% minimum requirement, only that they have RVOE numbers for their Law degree:
Instituto Expansión SC
Rvoes: 

SEP-SES/21/114/2493/2018

SEP-SES/21/114/2494/2018

SEP-SES/21/114/2495/2018

SEP-SES/21/114/2496/2018

SEP-SES/21/114/2497/2018

There are more and more people getting their Business and Computer Science bachelors with this challenge exam modality. WES apparently does accept these degrees as equivalent to 4 year degrees but after a lot of pestering when it comes to students that get the degrees directly from the Ceneval. They seem to be valid for Canadian work visas. So, if a student wants to use this option to graduate a degree in just a few months online, this school might be an option if their Spanish skills are C1 level.
The ceneval exams are the biggest expense, the written costs 2500 mxn (150 usd) and the oral exam a whopping 18500 mxn (1100 usd).
School website in case anyone is interested:
https://www.expansion.edu.mx/titulacion-...cuerdo-286

Can anyone tell me how the Senior Courses for BAAS TAMUC for Organizational Leadership are graded? Are these courses graded with a letter grade from A-F or is there a different grading scale for Competency-Based-Courses/Programs. I was reading that Competency-Based_ Courses are graded differently than traditional University Courses. Also are these courses transferrable to other Universities if I want to pursue a Masters? Here is a list of the senior courses:

ORGL 3311
Foundations of Organizational Leadership
ORGL 3321
Organizational Communication
ORGL 3322
Organizational Ethics
ORGL 3331
Data Driven Decision Making
ORGL 3332
Organizational Behavior
ORGL 4341
Leadership Theory
ORGL 4343
Leading Change
ORGL 4342
Leading Diverse and Inclusive Teams
ORGL 4352
Capstone I
ORGL 4361
Capstone II

Your Location: Norway
Your Age: 22
What kind of degree do you want?: Computer Science, Information Technology, or similar.
Current Regional Accredited Credits: 72.75 (9 US RA, 35.25 foreign evaluated, 28.25 foreign unevaluated)

Arizona State University:
CIS105 - Computer Applications and Information Technology (3cr - A)
CIS194 - Business Technology Fundamentals (1cr - A)
CIS194 - Computer Networking in Organizations (2cr - A)
STP226 - Elements of Statistics (3cr - B)

Auckland University of Technology, NZ:
COMP500 - Programming Concepts and Techniques (3.75cr - C-)
COMP501 - Computing Technology in Society (3.75cr - B-)
COMP507 - IT Project Management (3.75cr - B-)
DIGD507 - Mahitahi | Collaborative Practices (3.75cr - A-)
INFS502 - Digital Services in Information Technology (3.75cr - C+)
MATH503 - Mathematics for Computing (3.75cr - C+)
SPAN501 - Spanish 1A (3.75cr - C)

NHL Stenden University of Applied Science, NL:
Introduction to Databases (1.5cr - C)
HTML/CSS (1.5cr - B)
Information Management (1.5cr - C)
Introduction to Programming in PHP (1.5cr - A+)
Project 1 (3cr - C)

Misc. Norwegian, Finnish, and Swedish credits totaling 56.5 ECTS (approx. 28.25cr)
Further studies planned with universities in these countries as well as with Open Universities Australia.

Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits: 24 ACE

Sophia: 9
Introduction to Information Technology - 3cr
Visual Communication - 3cr
Introduction to Web Development - 3cr

Coursera: 15
Google IT Support Professional - 15cr

Budget: Cheapest possible preferred, can pay more for time gains. Pay as you go.
Commitments: Full time work, 
Dedicated time to study: Can study when not working, potentially around 30 hours per week.
Timeline: 18 months max, faster is better.
Tuition assistance/reimbursement: Out of pocket

Open to both US and EU based institutions. Have been looking at TECU and Excelsior. Enrolled in AD CompSci at UoPeople.
Would like to limit proctored exams and language tests. I have a DET score of 155.

I noticed that the TESU website for the BS-CIS looks different now.

BSBA Degree in Computer Information Systems at Thomas Edison State University | BS in Business Administration (tesu.edu)

Under "Additional courses" in the AOS, it now has 4 courses listed:

Data Structures
MIS
Operating Systems
Database Management

I wonder if that course selection is restricted to those 4 courses, and that they MUST be those exact ones, or if this is just a suggestion and you can replace some of these with other upper level choices in computer science. 

I guess we won't know for sure until someone signs up using this current catalog. I assume that most of you reading this are enrolled under a prior catalog.

Howdy!

This is my first post, so please go easy on me. I’m looking to attend UMPI and am looking for advice on which degree path to take. So, here's a little background on me: former military security forces, receiving an honorable discharge. After the service, I went straight into a law enforcement academy and worked in a patrol position for a few years. At that point, I started experiencing some health issues and ultimately resigned. It’s been a few years and many medical appointments, but I’m still not at a reasonable health level to work. My goal is to return to law enforcement, but with more of an administrative-based/investigator role. This would still be a law enforcement position (i.e., badge and gun), but with less physical activity and more focus on interviewing, paperwork, surveilling, and eating, lol.

Since I’m currently unable to work, I've decided to pursue further education. I already have two of the general qualifications for these investigator positions: 1. Several years of LE patrol experience and 2. Veteran preference. The only thing I’m missing is a bachelor’s degree. To be completely transparent, I’m looking for the easiest program at UMPI that would keep me engaged but not overwhelmed with completely new concepts. My cognitive abilities are somewhat lacking due to pain and weakness. Additionally, there may be times when I’m unable to study or complete coursework for a week or so due to medical appointments or other physical/ mental issues.

Thankfully, this forum already led me to pursue my Pierpont BOG AAS with an “area of emphasis” in CJ. It was already a little boost for me during this unfortunate time. Many of you have already been a big help in keeping my mind occupied and padding my resume.

***Now, onto the important part: Most law enforcement agencies don’t care what degree your degree is in; it's more of a checkmark for me. I’m considering pursuing either a BA or BAS from UMPI. Ideally, something like Criminal Justice or Pre-Law due to my background. However, I'm wondering if it's worth the extra effort to pursue something more marketable. I was thinking of something like psychology since it would be relevant both within and outside of LE. Perhaps a BAS with a minor in Pre-law and Psychology versus a BA in CJ? Are the BAS programs an option since I’ve got the AAS? Can I choose any minor? Also, is the BAS significantly easier/faster to complete than a BA? Lastly, would a BA look better outside of law enforcement, even if it’s in a major like CJ?

Thanks for any and all help. You all have already been a big support

I am in the process of getting my BOG AAS from Pierpont w/ Information Systems AOE, and am wondering what I should do to get the most bang for my buck out of the certifications I completed on Coursera; Google: Business intelligence, Cybersecurity, Data Analytics, Project Management.

I have already sent the Google IT Support over to Pierpont to qualify for the AOE. I’m wondering if I should send the rest over to them even though it will not count towards the degree or wait until a BA or BS program. If I were to wait to transfer the rest what school would these certificates be the most beneficial?  

Hmm, she beat her brother who held the record last year by 6 months in age... It's interesting, she's looking at another degree right after!

Link: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/11-yea...r-BB1mWOVu