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USAA (a bank focused on veterans) offers a free class called "Command Your Cash" that qualifies for credit from University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC) or American College of Financial Services.

The credit awarded is FINC 321: Fundamentals of Building Wealth at UMGC.

There was no question or verification of veteran status. It appears like 3 upper division credits. I will apply to UMGC while the application fee is free and transcript the credits for transfer.

https://lms.usaaef.org/product?catalog=C...-Your-Cash

Edit: Evidently it's possible to register for both UMGC and American College of Financial Services. Both are regionally accredited.

Hey all — longtime lurker, first post. Looking for advice from anyone who has completed or is currently working through the UMPI YourPace BA in History & Political Science, or anyone with general advice on accelerating this specific degree.

My situation:

• 90 regionally accredited transfer credits
  
• No associate degree, so BAS route is off the table
  
• Goal is to complete the BA Political Science concentration as fast as humanly possible
  
• Law school is a potential long-term goal so I need to keep the credential clean — full regional accreditation matters
  

• 30-credit UMPI residency requirement — which lines up perfectly since I need exactly 30 more credits to hit 120
  
• Flat $1,800/session, 8-week sessions
  
• Sophia.org for any gen-ed gaps before or during enrollment
  
• Degree Forum plan says avoid the Cold War films course
  

• Has anyone actually completed 30 UMPI credits in 2 sessions (16 weeks)? Is that realistic or optimistic?
  
• Which courses in the Political Science concentration are fastest/easiest to knock out?
  
• Is the Prior Learning Assessment (CPL) worth pursuing given a professional background in civil financial investigation?
  
  

Hi all,

I received the transfer credit report for my BA in Psychology, long story short, I spoke to my advisor and I need 13 classes. 5 of them are gen-eds as my English courses counted as electives. The other ones were Sociology, Critical Thinking and French/Spanish which I'm working on. I managed to get 4 Psych classes worth of UL courses transferred as well as the LL requirements, leaving me with 5 more UL electives as well as the required Psychobiology and Research Methods class as well as Cognition. If I take Social and Abnormal Psych through Study, that would leave me with 6 Psych courses to do at UMPI.

Initially my plan was to knock the list down to 10 courses and complete the Psych BA, this is where I thought I'd add a minor in, I'd prefer something Business related, so I was looking at the Business Administration minor for example. The business courses I took transferred in as Business electives, so none of them can be used, unless one of the minor requires general business electives.

The required courses are: 
BUS 101 - Introduction to Business - Transfer available
BUS 150 - Introduction to Financial Accounting - Transfer available
BUS 125 - Introduction to Business Computing or Bus 200 - Intermediate Business Computing - No transfer as far as I'm aware, to be taken at UMPI. 
ECO 207 - Macro and Micro Economics - Transfer available
PCJ 215 - Business Communication - Transfer available 
PCJ 315 - Professional Communication OR Mat 140 - Mathematics for Business - No transfer available, Calculus l doesn't count.

My question is, if I take those 4 business classes at UMPI and transfer 2 of them in, that would fulfill the residency requrement of 10 courses. While satisfying the 12 credit and 9 UL credit requirement for the Psych BA. Is this still possible to do? I checked the UMPI minors wiki but it stated that most of those plans are out of date. Are the business classes difficult or long? Would I be overloading myself just to add a minor? I'm aware that the Psych classes are long and a lot of reading, and sometimes people don't finish in one session but I think the 4 Psych elective transfers will help me out in that aspect. I'm still trying to finish in one session but I was brainstorming this possible path if it still ends up being 10 courses overall.

Thanks!

The University of Nebraska Omaha is launching its online competency-based education program Maverick Flex Path.

The first Maverick Flex Path program is a Graduate Certificate in Executive Business. This 14-semester-hour certificate consists of seven courses of 2 semester hours each. A digital badge is also awarded for each course.

Courses are self-paced. Tuition is a flat rate $15 000 for the entire certificate program. For admission, “A minimum of six (6) years of professional-level work experience is required; however, applicants with fewer years of relevant experience are considered.”

The course structure is non-standard and it may be hard to transfer these courses elsewhere. However, it appears nearly identical to the structure of the Executive Business Certificate UNO offers in non-CBE modalities, either in-person or online. Those formats do stack towards UNO’s current low-residency Executive MBA. UNO’s current non-Executive MBA, available either in-person or online, is also based on 2-semester-hour courses, albeit these courses have titles that are more different from the Maverick Flex Path CBE certificate course titles.

The University of Nebraska Omaha is an R2 public university and the second-largest institution in the University of Nebraska System. Note that “University of Nebraska” without differentiation describes the separate flagship institution whose full name is the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. “UNO” is the official abbreviation for the University of Nebraska Omaha, but watch not to confuse it with other users such as the University of New Orleans. Maverick Flex Path is unrelated to FlexPath, the brand for CBE programs at Capella University.

The Graduate Certificate in Executive Business is offered through the University of Nebraska Omaha College of Business Administration, which is accredited by the AACSB. I believe this is the first graduate credit program by online CBE housed in an AACSB-accredited business school. (The ASU Thunderbird Global Management and Entrepreneurship Certificate doesn’t call itself CBE but does have a self-paced format similar to CBE.)

Nic : P. C. Levin
Your Location: New Jersey

Your Age: 24

What kind of degree do you want?: Psychology, and/or Computer Science

Current Regional Accredited Credits: None. Got a BA in English and some other courses from Information Managament Systems.. however from a foreign university. 

Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits: None. 

Any certifications or military experience?: Got some coursera courses, willing to start with Sophia Study and Straighterline etc. Also registered as Pharm Tech.

Budget: Pretty tight, max 8.000. I am not sure if its possible with this budget. Yet I would love to spend as less as i can. I may finance or that type of loan scheme as a last resort but dunno. Heard there are almost free options. ( I didnt include sophia and study memberships on this budget, if any needed. Guess they can cost somewhere between 500 to 1k) 

Dedicated time to study: working 30 - 40 hours a week, yet i can spend my most time with studies.  

Timeline: 2 years max yet willing to complete as fast as any human can. Heard there are some can do in 6 months or a year.


Other Notes: I have lawful Permanent Resident Permit (aka Green Card). I mention this because I know there are additional state and federal scholarships available for first-generation students. I live with my family, including my 16-year-old brother who is in high school. Do you have any educational suggestions for him? I would really like to help him get ahead, too. My parents aren't working much right now, so my budget is incredibly tight since I am paying for most of the household expenses. (My employer doesn't offer any tuition reimbursement other than 15 RA credits via their LMS. I can take that route if needed, but it would be a last resort.)

I am very eager to improve myself, and if I could, I would pursue both of these degrees at the same time. However, money is a huge problem right now—especially in times like these—as it is for everyone. I honestly feel a bit lost navigating all these options.

P.S. I am aware of the state benefits associated with TESU, but I am not entirely informed about them. Even though I have been reading posts on DegreeForum and its sister boards for a year, please explain them to me again from scratch.

Maybe After or maybe i should do now, (lol cant decide as well)  I am even considering MA in English.

Lamar University College of Business is launching its first doctorate, an online DBA in Energy Management. Lamar is an R2 public university in Texas, and its College of Business is accredited by the AACSB.

“Work experience required for admissions is 5 – 7 years of progressively increasing managerial experience in the energy or a related industry.“ “Courses are delivered online with 1-2 in person/synchronous online residences each academic year.” “In-state tuition/fees for the entire program [is] estimated at $28,500.”

Several other online programs from Lamar have in-state tuition for all, but it isn’t immediately clear whether this DBA does. Lamar publishes differential out-of-state tuition for on-campus programs at least.

I recently discovered learner.org, which has tons of educational programming that used to air on PBS, including some college-level stuff. Some of the courses/series have downloadable transcripts and/or old-school interactive learning exercises.

Unfortunately, the site is being shut down in June, but it's definitely worth checking out in the meantime. At least some of the site has been archived on archive.org.

https://learner.org/

I have been accepted to BLS with a Minor in Management Information Systems (MIS) and have activated my Maine account. However, I am considering changing my major to BABA in Project Management and Information Systems before the start of the semester. Is it too late? Who should I email?

https://www.reddit.com/r/UMPI/comments/1...efore_the/