Your Location: Alberta, Canada
Your Age: 34
What kind of degree do you want?: BA in History and Political Science (Concentration in Political Science) from UMPI, with minor in Management
Current Regional Accredited Credits: 30

Athabasca University: 30 credits total (University Certificate in Public Administration)
LGST 230 (Canadian Legal System), 3, A+
ENGL 255 (Introductory Composition), 3, B+
INST 203 (Indigenous Studies I), 3, A-
GOVN 301 (The Public Sector & Corporate Power), 3, A+
GOVN 390 (Public Policy & Administrative Governance), 3, A-
ADMN 232 (Introduction to Management), 3, A
CMNS 202 (Media and Power in Canadian Society), 3, A
LGST 331 (Administrative Law), 3, B+
POLI 277 (Introduction to Political Science I), 3, A-
COMP 210 (Introduction to Information Systems & Computer Applications), 3, A+

Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits: 10

Sophia: 10 credits total
Ancient Greek Philosophers, 3, 98%
Art History I, 3, 96%
Developing Effective Teams, 1, 96%
U.S. History I, 3, 97%

Any certifications or military experience? No.
Budget: $5,000 CDN (~ $3,500 USD)
Commitments: Full-time job, three children, and one taskmaster/wife
Dedicated time to study: 20-30 hours per week
Timeline: By the end of 2025 ideally
Tuition assistance/reimbursement: Possibility through work, but unsure how much exactly they will cover. I'm going on the assumption they will cover zero.

Further information: I completed my University Certificate in Public Administration from Athabasca University earlier this week. I would like to now earn a bachelor's degree from the University of Maine at Presque Isle in History and Political Science, with a concentration in Political Science, and a minor in Management. I believe I understand which courses I should take through Sophia and Study.com before transferring into UMPI to maximize the 90 credit transfer. However, I do have some questions below, please and thank you!

Questions:
1. If I take U.S. Government from Sophia, does this cover both the requirement in the political science major (POS 101: American Government) and the 5E requirement in the general education requirements? Or would I have to take another course to fulfill the 5E general education requirement?
2. Is it possible to have UMPI assess my transfer credits from Athabasca University to see what courses and requirements they fulfill, and then complete any Sophia/Study.com courses needed to fill in the gaps before starting the courses at UMPI? The reason I am asking is that many of the Athabasca University courses are not in UMPI's transfer database, and some of them may fulfill some of the general education/major/minor requirements without me having to take another course. For example, I think the INST 203 (Indigenous Studies I) course I completed at Athabasca University may fulfill the 5A general education requirement.
3. Somewhat related to question #2, if some of my Athabasca University credits transfer in as upper level political science credits, would that waive some of the political science major course requirements for the degree? Or are the courses listed for the political science major on YourPace's website rigid and must be completed as stated?

Thank you!

so been reading through the wiki about UK post-graduate diplomas, and it peaked my interest , went to look into the OTHM and ATHE websites and from my understanding these are awarding bodies, and that the diplomas get taken at approved centers, they do have an option to look for these centers through their websites but they seem to be physical in person rather then online.

what online institutes have people on this forum used/recommend ? i found the lsbr but not all of their diplomas are awarded by the aforementioned bodies , a lot of them are accredited by ofqual which seems to be a governmental body not sure what is the difference between it and the awarding bodies.

Hello everyone.

I am new here. I will be starting TESU in January, hopefully (I am waiting for my financial aid to be applied to that term).

I have a question about the residency requirement. I intend to take 15-16 credits in one term to avoid paying a residency waiver. I always see people on this forum say that 16 credits at TESU are needed to meet the residency requirement, but I see on TESU's website it says only 15 credits are required?

Quote:What is the credit residency?

In order to satisfy the credit hour residency requirement for the Per Credit Tuition Plan, students pursuing an associate degree or a bachelor’s degree must earn 15 semester hours of Thomas Edison State University credit via the University’s Online, Nursing Online, Guided Study or e-Pack courses.

I just began my journey into planning my degree, I watched a few videos, and decided I really like UMPI's YourPace program. My intended major is the bachelor of arts in history and political science - history concentration. I signed up for sophia.org, and began planning my classes. Right now I have 36 credits planned on sophia, but would like to plan as many as possible on there.

Here is a list of my current planned classes. If possible, I would like some help planning the rest. 

ENGLISH COMPOSITION 1

ENGLISH COMPOSITION 2

CONFLICT RESOLUTION

INTRODUCTION TO ETHICS

ART HISTORY 1

INTRODUCTION TO STATISTICS

COLLEGE ALGEBRA

HUMAN BIOLOGY

ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

US HISTORY 1

SPANISH 1

US GOVERNMENT

Looking for assistance, odd request.
I have a DBA from Summit Univ. of Louisiana, and before folks get cranked up, let me explain ho it came to be, I think many may learn from that.
I had gotten John Bears Guide to !00 Great non traditional Schools, which had this listed. They were trying (yes they really were, I even assisted) In obtaining accreditation and sought to get it as a "university without walls" before that was a thing. The school got wiped out in a hurricane, the two main founder passed away after that. I now have the DBA, which they ran through "ACE approved" reviews. I am in need with my job/USAJOBS of getting "30 credits past masters" I have gobs of certificates from Aglearn/Skillsoft/ ITM . I have comptia+,  tax law, and others, seperate from the DBA. Please advise a low cost ACCREDITED place to go. I have seen ( no rocks please..) CUFCE work for a couple of Govt. folks. Also , it is noted that
there are several accreditations which ARE govt/DOE/CHEA approved ( creative is fine.) Elmwood is not avil. in ARK, sadly.

I started looking at how to qualify to take the CPA exam and become state certified. It looks like I'd have to get a Master's in something like Accounting so am wondering where would be cheapest. The CPA exam doesn't require accredited education. I'd be in WA state.

Requirements to take the CPA exam:

- A Bachelor's in any field (I have one)
- At least 24 semester hours (36 quarter hours) or the equivalent in accounting subjects of which at least 15 must be at the upper or graduate level. They define this as "courses which have a prerequisite".
- 24 semester hours (36 quarter hours) or the equivalent in business administration subjects at either the undergraduate or graduate level.

As I see it I currently have 3 options.
1) Attempt to use two ENEB degrees (1 MBA + 1 Financial Markets & Asset Management) and see if that along with my Bachelor's get accepted.
2) Get an entirely new degree which satisfies all the Business and Accounting credit requirements by itself.
3) Take some certificate courses or single courses in Business and Accounting without getting a full degree.

It's a long shot that #1 would get accepted, and if I were to do #3 it would be silly to not go all the way and just get another degree unless it were significantly cheaper, so I'm interested in knowing what's cheapest for #2 unless there's something like free courses that would qualify me for #3. I'm a US resident and have European citizenship so I can also get degrees from Europe as long as they are online and not timezone-based with attendance requirements.

So far for the cheapest full degree, I found Master of Business Administration with the Finance specialization from Sikkim Manipal University at a total cost of $1,375 USD (only $1,238 if you pay the entire tuition upfront). However I can't even tell if they accept people who are not residents of India. I don't know about their accreditation or if it would be accepted by the CPA. And it's not self-paced, so it would take a full 2 years to finish. https://www.onlinemanipal.com/us-ca/onli...inance-smu

I see enough talk about Global Campuses here that it would be nice to have a forum specifically for schools like PUG. There are multiple plans on the Wiki already.

Purdue's name is really driving the school's popularity which in 2022 was already at over 45,000 enrolled. I have even recommended it to some people who wanted a well known name but still wanted to save money transferring credits.

Call the forum; "PUG and other Global Universities" ...or something similar.

https://x.com/elonmusk/status/1862362527260192852

Hello Everyone,

I almost finish my MBA now. Yay.

I have already posted a few thread about online DBA before. This time, I came across two university that is offer by a Chinese agent at Little Red Book app. The agent told me that both offer DBA and Brest Business School is better. But I couldn't find much information about these two business school.

Brest Business School
https://international.brest-bs.com/

ESC Amiens
https://www.esc-amiens.com/

Although both school seem to be legit. But when I look at Brest Business School Wiki's page,  it stated that it is a "A school authorised to deliver master's degrees". Then if I take the DBA at Brest Business School, I guess it won't be fully regonize. Funny thing tho, on the English and French website, they didn't show there is doctorate degree. While in the Chinese version, it says they offer the doctorate degree.

On the other hand, ESC Amiens offical website show they offer doctorate degree. But I'm just not sure how regonize is this.

University Senate meeting raises concerns about Rowan Global programs

Quote:The topic of partnering with other universities was brought up, which was one of the items on the agenda. Thomas Edison State University is located in Trenton, NJ, and there have been conversations with the administration about potentially acquiring them. 

Houshmand did not confirm nor deny that this was in the works.