Advice for IT path

[anon1545]

What about admissions? Right now I'm looking at either Purdue or UMPI, Purdue seems to be a Sophia partner but I don't see the same thing with UMPI. Will these universities admit me if I just take the required general education courses with Sophia and nothing else? UMPI states this on their website:  "Provide high school transcript, high school equivalency test (HiSet), or GED". Are the Sophia courses enough?

You're an international student so your application process will be different. I'll send you a pm with the contact info for the YourPace admissions counselor who can help you directly.

Thank you

That Purdue program does seem really good, does it have to be the Program and software development path or can this be done with an Information security and assurance path instead? I looked at the courses and I prefer those instead.

You can choose whatever concentration you want, but the software development is by far the easiest to do as it automatically is completed when you do the PHP certification, which should take 20hrs or less to do.  

I did the PHP cert in one day.

I suggest reading this thread to learn how the Purdue Exceltrack works.
https://www.reddit.com/r/SecurityCareerA...global_in/

Alright, the Reddit does confirm how I imagined the degree to be kinda. I'm still both looking at Purdue and UMPI but I am leaning slightly to Purdue currently.

About writing papers, I can definitely write them and I do enjoy it, but I have to have a good understanding of the subject before I can do it. I assume that I have 2 choices, either I write a paper and I get graded on that, or I take an online exam and I get graded on that. If that is the case, I would prefer papers.

Yes, some classes can be a mix, but schools tend to lean heavily toward one or the other. UMPI tends to have papers (one per class). Purdue Global has PAPERS (multiple papers per class).

What about admissions? Right now I'm looking at either Purdue or UMPI, Purdue seems to be a Sophia partner but I don't see the same thing with UMPI. Will these universities admit me if I just take the required general education courses with Sophia and nothing else? UMPI states this on their website:  "Provide high school transcript, high school equivalency test (HiSet), or GED". Are the Sophia courses enough?

ss20ts has already pm'd you with admissions information for UMPI, but Sophia courses are generally enough. You would also need a foreign language. [...] How is your German? Swedish? Swedish only has an oral exam, German has exams in reading, writing, speaking, and listening. Reading and listening are the cheapest exams, oral & writing cost more.

You would also need a lab science, which you can take through Study.com. You could do either Biology 101L or Chemistry 111L.

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I like Spanish and would probably like to do business or take holidays in Costa Rica/Panama, so Spanish would be the best choice for me. I have some knowledge of the language but I need to study it more. I think it's also accepted as a foreign language.


Thank you all very much, the advice here is really good.

[rachel83az]

If you're interested in Spanish, then credit via InstantCert if you choose UMPI would be the way to go!

[ss20ts]

What about admissions? Right now I'm looking at either Purdue or UMPI, Purdue seems to be a Sophia partner but I don't see the same thing with UMPI. Will these universities admit me if I just take the required general education courses with Sophia and nothing else? UMPI states this on their website:  "Provide high school transcript, high school equivalency test (HiSet), or GED". Are the Sophia courses enough?

It's up to each college who they partner with. We know UMPI accepts courses from Sophia. Many of us have transferred Sophia classes to UMPI. They also have a partnership with StraighterLine and Study.com.