After making MANY degree plans, and considering several different online schools, I officially went with University of the People / UoPeople!  What worked for me, may not work for others, but below is the degree plan I drew up.


https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1...sp=sharing

A few comments.  I am NOT in a rush to complete a BA, I am on a VERY limited budget, and wanted to transfer max credits.  I will be done December 2024.  UoPeople has a partnership with Sophia, and transfer fees are waived for up to 20 courses!

My final total for a Bachelors in Business Administration is:

Application Fee - $60.00
Transfer per course $17 x10 - $170.00
Course Assessment Fees $140 x10 - $1,400.00 (Paid when courses are completed, not up front)
BA Total @ UoPeople - $1,630.00

If you add in my 2 months of Sophia, the total is: $1,768.20

As a note, I have been in business and marketing for 26 years, so my resume is led off of experience, not degree.  Basically, I wanted to fulfill the check box, and UoPeople did that for me.  Yes, they are NA accredited vs RA accredited at the moment, BUT are in the process of RA.  With that said, I have worked in recruiting, and I had NEVER seen accreditation be questioned for a regular business job.  Background checks just confirm a potential employee did in fact receive the degree.  And, I have already researched that if I chose to get my Masters, WGU accepts UoPeople BA, under NA accreditation.  If you want UoPeople BA to eventually do Masters and then Doctorate, you have a bit more work to do researching your options, I cannot provide that information. 

Hope this helps someone.

Hi, can anyone help me to enroll in 1 credit  TECEP® APS-1000-TE Medical Terminology?  Please advise or DM me . Thank you for your help .

How does one modify their signature block?  I want to update it with all my Classes I have taken, Certs I have earned and other info.  I can't seems to find where to create it.

Hi , I would truly appreciate your guidance. I have been in the Clinical Research arena for 30 years but would like to make a career switch to counseling/therapy . I have no degree so would need to start fresh - from 0!. 

In North Carolina I have the option of BSW that has a path to licensure  as a "therapist" but ultimately I think I would like to go onto a MSW as I would like to have my own practice and work within hospitals ( including VA - and I read that government institutions would require Masters at minimum) . I am looking to incorporate certain modalities into therapy - example EFT, Hypnotherapy etc. 

Do you think a path to MSW would be  feasible with one of the Big Three as a starting point?
Only issue is - MATH  - arghhh ... I can do basics and may do ok with stats etc as I have worked with some of that over the year in my roles but I literally have grade 8 math!

Suggestions and thoughts would be appreciated.


Your Location: NC, USA
Your Age:52
What kind of degree do you want?:Ultimately Masters in Social Work but BA could be in Social Work or BA in Psy
Current Degree, Credits ( of any sort): None , although I have worked in the clinical research field in South Africa, UK and USA for 30 years. I have certificates in pharmacology from South Africa but it's not something that could transfer as it was standalone certificates and doubt I could reach the relevant College at this point.
Budget: Overall - BA/MSW : Do you think $20,000 would do it? I would like to cashflow this where possible
Commitments: Work as consultant so I limit work to 40hrs a week, Single so my time is almost my own 
Dedicated time to study: 15-20hrs a week easily ( 2-3 hrs a evening and 10hrs over weekends)
Timeline: I want to finish as fast as possible
Tuition assistance/reimbursement: None

I have 3 years left in the Military (Navy) before I reach high year tenure and am forced to retire.  I may be able to get a 2 year extension, but I want to get a BS in Computer Science with a minor in Data Analytics so that I can get a MS in Data Analytics in due time.

What can I do to minimize the time required?  I know I still have a lot of work to accomplish, but I am taking at least an hour a day and can dedicate 4 hours a day on the weekend.  Any assistance would be appreciated.

Hello everyone, I have recently heard about this community, and have fallen in love with it. It is awesome for there to be a community with so many people helping each other to maximize education in the cheapest and fastest way possible. If possible, I would like to ask you guys for some help in regards to my specific situation.

My background:

I am a 20 year old spanish citizen, currently enrolled in an economics degree due to finish next year (around july of 2025). Even though it is from a decent university, it lacks a bit of depth in math. I do not really know how to convert my average to gpa, but it is around 17/20.

My goal:

I want to get into a quantitative finance master's degree, as soon as I finish my bachelor's, ideally from a top university in the US, in order to get into computational finance jobs. However, after looking into them, I found that they require courses in calculus, linear algebra, statistics (with calculus), analysis and some programming, which I do not have. I tried to do them in my current university, but unfortunately, it does not offer them. I also tried to do it in other universities, but because of prerequisites, I will not be able to finish all these courses in time.

My question:

- Is there any way I can do these courses online? I have heard about sophia or study.com to complete some of these courses, but I am scared that they will not be recognized for the master's (I asked some of my preferred universities, but none of them was very clear about it), so I want to do them through Regionally Accredited universities, ideally from europe (as they are usually cheaper)


- From what I have seen, these are not that different from what I would need to get a bachelor in math from an university like TESU or SNHU, which would greatly benefit my application, however I can't spend more than $15k. What do you guys think would be the best university for my specific situation? I am willing to do general credit through sophia, as I don´t think it would affect my grad school application (please tell me if I'm wrong).

- Is my goal of finishing this in a year attainable?

I thank everyone for the help and I am sorry if I'm missing anything, I'm still a bit overwhelmed with everything.

It looks like NAU's Personalized Learning is no longer being offered. Some reddit posts say they are no longer accepting new students, and the whole thing wraps up in a few years.

Wasn't one of the big, or almost big, colleges disavowed as a school where you could go fast? I think they had so many applicants they grew too fast, and made the credit transfer process less friendly?  I thought it was COSC or UMPI, or maybe another one at their "level".  I remember reading there was one people no longer recommended to people trying to accelerate. Within the last year.

I have been in this forum for quite some time now. But I haven’t seen anyone talk about New Zealand education that much. I would love to contribute to this community about the online degree that New Zealand offer.
 
Surprisingly some of the New Zealand universities do offer online degrees. The good thing about New Zealand joined Lisbon Recognition Convention at 2008. If anyone want to move to U.S or Canada. It shouldn’t be that hard. Not only that, the ranking with New Zealand university ranking is pretty good as well.

WES is partner with the The New Zealand Qualifications Authority. So once you finish your degree, you don't need to send anything but share a link to the WES and WES will evaluate it.

Below link show what each level mean in New Zealand:
https://www2.nzqa.govt.nz/qualifications...framework/
 
University of Otago
Degree: Doctor of Business Administration (NZQA Level 10)
Link: https://www.otago.ac.nz/study/qualifications/dba
The only catch here is that you need to go to Otago 4 days when you nearly finish each paper.
 
Otago Polytechnic
Degree: Doctor of Professional Practice (NZQA Level 10)
Link: https://www.op.ac.nz/programmes/nzqa/doc...-practice/
 
University of Auckland
Degree: From postgraduate certificate to Master (From NZQA level 8 NZQA Level 9)
Link: https://www.online.auckland.ac.nz/
 
Auckland University of Technology:
Degree: Master of Engineering Project Management (NZQA Level 9)
Link: https://www.aut.ac.nz/study/study-option...management
 
Degree: Master of Sport, Exercise and Health (NZQA Level 9)
Link: https://www.aut.ac.nz/study/study-option...and-health
 
Massey University:
Degree: Bachelor to Master degree (From NZQA level 7 NZQA Level 9)
Link: https://www.massey.ac.nz/search/?size=n_...ype%5D=any

There was a post on the sister board, SMC seems to have 'upgraded' their brand and changed names...
Interesting, I think the signup has to come from SMC and not directly from Transknowlogy...

I recall reading and researching SMC previously, they had no accreditation I believe...
Having said that, they seem to have updated everything and now accredited by Malta!

Here's their 'freebie' link: https://smceducation.com/free-mba/
Their accreditation link: https://smceducation.com/government-accr...e-college/

Am I reading that correctly? They've got some things showing 'properly' online.
But the links to the Transknowlogy points to a price, not a 'freebie'. More research needed...

You can search on this and the sister board for more info on SMC Education / Swiss Management Center
Link: https://www.degreeinfo.com/index.php?thr...ege.62830/