New to the forum but would love any input on my question. I made a spreadsheet to track my progress in gaining college credit, and wanted to know if anyone knows what Excelsior University/College maximum credits transferable is? Last I checked on their website was 90, but elsewhere its 113. Somebody mentioned in an older thread that it was 90, plus 30 upper level.
It gets a bit confusing but in the meantime, can anyone enlighten me? Feedback would be greatly appreciated!
P.s, if anyone wants to make use of the spreadsheet attached then feel free! It isn't the best but it works for me, lol
Current Location: Botswana Your Age: 34 What kind of degree do you want?: Online Bachelor of Science Information Technology, open to recommendations on the most financially friendly option (preferably accelerated online degree viable too)
*For visa applications most countries of interest will not accept anything lower than a Bachelors
Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits:
Sophia Learning: 36 Visual Communications 89% 3 credits Macroeconomics, 86% 3 credits Intro to Web Dev, 96% 3 credits Intro to Relational Databases, 77% 3 credits Intro to Nutrition, 85% 3 credits Intro to Info Tech, 86% 3 credits Intro to Ethics, 82% 3 credits Intro to Chemistry, 93% 3 credits Human Biology, 94% 3 credits Environmental Science, 82% 3 credits Developing Effective Teams, 91% 1 credit College Algebra, 84% 3 credits Art History II, 86% 3 credits
Saylor Academy: 7 College Success - PASS 1 credit BUS 402 Project Management - PASS 3 credits BUS 210 Business Communication - PASS 3 credits
Any certifications or military experience?
None yet, only focused on getting those after I complete my degree, but the certs I'm interested acquiring in are: CompTIA A+, AWS SAA, CCNA and maybe AMA(American Marketing Association)
Thanks for the informative thread. LSAC requires transcripts to be sent from both the degree granting college i.e. Excelsior and the non traditional course providers such as sophia, davar, etc. If the Excelsior transcript records the courses from the providers as P/F and the provider transcript records letter grades along with gpa, how will it be recorded LSAC? Will they include these courses when calculating gpa or not?
Hello all, I am posting to share my experience with UMPI to assist those that may be still on the fence or in their research phase.
I entered into UMPI's Program in the second term session of the Fall 2023. I was not working at the time and was able to devote nearly my entire awake time into classes.
After finding this site, doing my own research, and some youtube videos, I started my journey in Sept of 2023 by signing up for Sophia.
Through Sophia I managed to bring in 60 credits.
I had completed Composition 1 and 2 (English 1 and 2) years prior when I went to Paramedic School which was accepted along with those Paramedic Classes and Clinicals coming in as a electives.
I had to drop two of the classes I signed up for right after the start of the fifth week (with in 48 hours of adding them) as I became ill with the dreaded 'rona. But I was able to complete 14 of the 16 classes that I had attempted.
I felt that the Intro to Criminal Justice instructor was very vague on what he wanted to see in the essays, but overall an informative class.
I STRONGLY recommend ANY AND ALL Classes taught by Dr John Zaborney (DR Z) . Hot only are his classes put together well, and easy to follow, you can supplement your information with 'Crash Course' Videos that backup and reinforce his materials.
I was a fan of the idea of Films of the Cold War, but was not thrilled with its execution as most of the video links were inaccessible. (Not taught by Dr Z this go around)
After reviewing the requirements and the classes I had completed I emailed my advisor and was placed on the track to get a Degree with a Dual Concentration, Poly Sci and History concentrations.
Spring 2024 term one I completed the remaining requirements to fulfill the double concentration requirements, which was 8 more classes.
I had some issues with Sophia and the Spanish classes and took my chances with UMPI, and I got to say Dr Elizabeth Estela Reyes-Fournier Spanish classes through UMPI were in my opinion easier and more forgiving however taking the miniature quizzes and having to wait up to 48 hours to get a grade before proceeding can be a bit blah but overall I enjoyed the experience. I was able to schedule Zoom's when I needed additional assistance and i felt she was always pleasant and helpful.
Now You are prolly thinking - "Well if he can do it ..." And you are probably right, but just keep in mind for this course load and amount of writing you will need to do is honestly 40-50 hours a week. I had allot of pre-UMPI Knowledge of most of these subjects as I am a lover of History Documentaries and what i call the University of Youtube education ( lol) .
If you nose down and grind it out you can get a section / milestone done pretty quickly if you understand the material upon first reading. You do not 'need' anything outside the course work that is provided however I always tried to supplement my knowledge with youtube or other documentaries when able to find something relevant to the topic of the class.
I am awaiting conferment, but can happily announce that as soon as I finished the last class with UMPI I immediately began applying to master's programs. I was offered a position within three programs.
This fall I will be attending East Tennessee State University, Master of Arts, Appalachian Studies (Falls under anthropology/history) With a Graduate Assistantship (Tuition paid, and monthly stipend (No its not alot but it will ensure I don't have to eat Ramen unless I want to))
My original goal was to find and attend a law school after UMPI but after further research and conversations with my State Bar, I found that It would be near impossible at this time for me to obtain a licence to practice in my State if I did not attend an instate school (Can transfer out of state licence into this state after practicing for 7 years), Thus I am going down my second path.
If you have any questions please ask and I or some one else on the forum will do our best to answer what we can or at least point you in the right general direction to find the answers.
Completed: Roane State Community College - Paramedic / A.A.S. Allied Health Completed: UMPI BofA History and Political Science - Double Concentration In Progress: ETSU Master's of Art in Appalachian Studies Future thoughts: really looking hard at the History and Anthropology programs in the UK, University of Birmingham has an attractive program and amenities.
I'm pursuing an A.A.S. BOG degree, and I'm having some issues. Nancy says she can't review any of my transcripts from CC's. Both CC's have the necessary accreditations, and I've never had issues transferring credits to other colleges. She thinks the transcripts were sent directly from me which is false. I logged into my student accounts, and requested the transcripts there. I've sent them through Parchment and NCH but they won't accept them. I'll just save them for whichever University I transfer to. I'm convinced that I'll have to get all the credits from Sophia and other ACE credit sites. Here's the credits that I have as of today.
Current Regional Accredited Credits: Yes, I've attended 2 CC's and I'll list each class below:
Academic Success Seminar
English Comp 1
Music Appreciation
Fund of Speech Communication
Art Appreciation
U.S. History 1 and 2
U.S. Government
Intro to Computing
Beginning Spanish
Macroeconomics
Intro to Physical Science Fitness/Wellness A. It's a 1 credit class every student in Texas CC's must take.
Intro to Philosophy, I'm currently taking this class.
Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits: I have credits from Study and SL, which I will list below.
Study
English Comp 2
Information Literacy
SL
Cultural Anthropology
Intro to Religion
U.S. History 1 and 2
American Government
Intro to Environmental Science
Sophia
Visual Communications
Intro to Web Development
Intro to Nutrition
Intro to I.T.
Intro to Ethnics
Developing Effective Teams
College Algebra
Here are the classes that are currently on my Pierpont transcript. Written English II (English Comp 2)- accepted on Communications Nutrition Cultural Anthropology Information Literacy Intro Information Technology Intro to Environmental Science Introduction to Religion Introduction to Web Development Visual Communications United States History I United States History II- accepted on Social Sciences College Algebra- accepted on Math and Science American Government
Does anyone know if this is possible for Ancient Greek Philosophers on Sophia? I want it off my dashboard to finish other classes but i already have an 89% and dont care to write the essay. If i have to ill do the bare minimum but its holding me up from other classes I should have completed instead of this one.
Been watching forum for a few years but never registered. Been doing ACE & RA Coruses for a few years in and off mainly for fun. Saw that Pierpont had potentially changed their rules re international students and thought it might be worth a punt. Can anyone clarify if there is anything I’m missing and if so what before I apply.
Below is that RA & ACE credit I currently have.
ASU Universal Learner
HEP100 Into to Health and Wellness 3cr
HST102 ancient Mediterranean/Europe 3cr
CIS 194 Business Tech Fundamental's 1cr
Sophia
HIST1002 -2020 US History II 3 Cr
PHIL1002 - 2019 introduction to ethics 3Cr
CONRES1000 -2029 the essentials of managing conflict 1cr
HIST1001 - 2020 US History 1 3 Cr
BUS1200 - 2018 Developing Effective Teams 1Cr
BUS1001 -2019 Introduction to Business 3Cr
ECOn1002 - 2019 Microeconomics 3Cr
ARRHIST1001 -2021 Art History I 3Cr
ECON1001 - 2019 Macroeconomics 3cr
ENVS1001 - 2021 Environmental Science 3cr
CONRES1001 - 2019 Conflict Resolution 3cr
PM1001 - 2019 Project Managment 3Cr
VISCOMM1001 - 2019 Visual Communication 3cr
ARTHIST1002 - 2019 Art History II 3cr
CS1001 - 2020 Introduction to Information technology 3 Cr
ACCT1001 - Accounting 3cr
PSY1001 - Introduction to Psychology 3 cr
HUMBIO1001 - 2019 Human Biology 3cr
HLTH1010 - Introduction to nutrition 3Cr
SCIS1045 - Microbiology 3cr
INSTANTCERT
Business Ethics 3Cr
American Government 3Cr
Hello, I'm at a loss. I'm late in the game. I'm almost 32 yrs old. I've been taking courses at community College as long as I can remember I think starting on and off in 2012 then again 2018 and steady from 2018-2024 one or 2 classes at a time because I was working full-time 40/50 hrs a week. I wanted to take all the classes I needed to transfer to a 4 year college like CSUN for my BA in liberal arts studies and teacher preparation program. I would be done this semester by spring at comm. College officially. Csun that's about 4/5 years. But Csun doesn't offer online classes. I can not physically go into the campus because I am still working temp jobs to help me get by in LA as I live alone and it's expensive. But yesterday I broke down crying because idk what to do anymore. I don't have a BA I don't want to waste anymore time in my life. I don't want to be a teacher. The only reason I wanted that path is I wanted to work in higher education.
My ultimate goal: I see myself in administrative roles or leadership roles. I want to get EdD, I want some sort of administrative job or director position in higher education in university. So I thought BA, then master's in education or teaching then a doctorate in education. But that could take 10 years and I also need experience in schools and in administrative roles for doctorate programs. I did some research and found some creditable schools that have dual combined Bachelor's and Master's Programs here: https://www.mydegreeguide.com/dual-degre...rs-degree/
Are there credible dual programs were I can get a BA and master's at the same time online that you know of? Also if I don't want to be a teacher at all what other options do I have ? The future is all online and remote so I want a career path that has those options. And ultimately do I need to waste 4 years getting a BA I hate taking classes that have nothing to do with the actual career fields or majors. Is it possible I can apply to a master's program without a BA? A counselor at Community College said I can do Bachelor's in Education and Master's in Business or a Bachelor's in Business and Master's in Education but cant find anything with those combined.
I was thinking business as well but I am not sure what jobs/career that would be good for me. I really never had the support or right direction. Counseling office is always just trying to get you to stay with them as long as possible and take classes you don't need. They are trying to get me to take classes I don't need for my transfer so I can get an associates degree, which is useless. Just so they have higher graduation rates in their community College. They already set my back twice because I was listening to them and trusted them. Please Help I need some guidance please. Side note I've worked with children and students for 12 years as a tutor/nursery school and Nanny that's why I thought I should go the teaching route but I'm exhausted from watching children and do not have the passion to teach. -THANKS
Hi, I've heard that when WGU does a transcript evaluation, you don't have the chance to send any more credits afterwards. What I don't get is how to know which of my credits will satisfy which course. If anyone could teach me how or let me know which courses will be outstanding, that would be awesome. I've looked at the mira haze degree plan page and want to get started jamming out Sophia.
Below are the credits I have currently.
Community College of the Air Force AAS in Cybersecurity AAS Information Systems Technology
EDP1139 COMPUTER SYSTEM FAMILIARIZATION 3
SEDP1601 CYBER SURETY 1
COM1400 ELECT COMM THEORY 5
COM1713 TELEPHONE FUNDAMENTALS 3
COM2725 CABLE CONST AND INST 2
EDP1118 PRIN OF COMPUTER SYSTEMS 1
EDP1139 COMPUTER SYSTEM FAMILIARIZATION 5
EDP2183 ADVANCED COMPUTER NETWORKING 2
CYB1101 CYBER DEFENSE & COUNTERMEASURES 1
CYB1102 INTRO TO CYBER LAWS & ETHICS 1
CYB1104 TELEPHONY NETWORK SECURITY 4
CYB1105 COMMUNICATION NETWORK SECURITY 4
CYB1106 BATTLEFIELD NETWORK SECURITY 3
CYB1107 NETWORK SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 4
CYB1108 NETWORK TRAFFIC ANALYSIS 3
CYB1109 CYBERSECURITY LABORATORY 2
CYB1110 OPERATING SYSTEM FOUNDATION 5
LMM1101 LEADERSHIP/MANAGEMENT I 4
LMM1102 MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATIONS I 3
LMM110 MILITARY STUDIES I 2
CYB1101 CYBER DEFENSE & COUNTERMEASURES 2
CYB1102 INTRO TO CYBER LAWS & ETHICS 1
CYB1107 NETWORK SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 1
CYB1108 NETWORK TRAFFIC ANALYSIS 1
CYB1110 OPERATING SYSTEM FOUNDATION 2
CYB1111 FUND OF PROGRAMMING & SCRIPTING 2
CYB1101 CYBER DEFENSE & COUNTERMEASURES 1
CYB1107 NETWORK SYSTEM CONFIGURATION 1
CYB1108 NETWORK TRAFFIC ANALYSIS 2
CYB1110 OPERATING SYSTEM FOUNDATION 2
CYB1101 CYBER DEFENSE & COUNTERMEASURES 4
CYB1102 INTRO TO CYBER LAWS & ETHICS 1
CYB1105 COMMUNICATION NETWORK SECURITY 3
INT5000 JOURNEYMAN 8 INT7000 CRAFTSMAN 4
University of Arizona CYBV 385 Intro to Cyber Operations
Clep:
A HISTORY OF THE VIETNAM WAR SY473
PRINCIPLES OF SUPERVISION SY532
ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR SY531
COLLEGE COMPOSITION ECBT
ANALYZING AND INTERPRETING LIT
COLLEGE MATHEMATICS
I'm hoping to get a B.S. in Business Administration, and can't decide between Liberty University Online or TESU. I'd like to do as much as I can through alternative credit sources like CLEP, Sophia, SDC, etc.
Liberty would be my preferred school, but I'm wondering if TESU might be a better, more affordable fit for the credits I have already. I've created what I hope are feasible degree plans for both school, and have attached them both. Any advice, comments, etc. would be so appreciated!
Thanks!
Your Location: Washington State
Your Age: 19
What kind of degree do you want?:B.S. in Business Administration
Current Regional Accredited Credits: None
Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits:
CLEP Intro Psychology
CLEP Intro Sociology
CLEP History of the U.S. 1
CLEP HIstory of the U.S. 2
CLEP Western Civ 1
CLEP Western Civ 2
CLEP Principles of Marketing
CLEP Principles of Management
CLEP Humanities
CLEP Analyzing& Interpreting Literature
CLEP College Composition
CLEP American Government
CLEP American Literature
In Progress:
Sophia Business Communications
CLEP Natural Sciences
Any certifications or military experience? National EMT certification
Budget: Hopefully <10K
Commitments: Full-time job, family, travel, etc....
Dedicated time to study: 16-25 hours per week or so
Timeline: ]My goal is to graduate in 2025!
Tuition assistance/reimbursement: none
