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If you still have a Sophia.org membership, I highly recommend taking a few more courses. The CADC counseling certification requires an associates, but it's best to have some more courses that deal with behavior. You may want to add Intro to Sociology to the CJ and Psych courses you currently have, in addition, if you have time, take the Public Speaking course as well.
You will be dealing with the public in any of those fields, CJ, Psych, Sociology, etc... Further to that, you may want to map out a BAS or BLS at UMPI and take more Sophia.org courses towards that goal while you're waiting, thus being more proactive/productive instead of just "waiting"... As mentioned, send in everything to Pierpont first, then work on the above!
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(01-19-2022, 12:32 PM)bjcheung77 Wrote: If you still have a Sophia.org membership, I highly recommend taking a few more courses. The CADC counseling certification requires an associates, but it's best to have some more courses that deal with behavior. You may want to add Intro to Sociology to the CJ and Psych courses you currently have, in addition, if you have time, take the Public Speaking course as well.
You will be dealing with the public in any of those fields, CJ, Psych, Sociology, etc... Further to that, you may want to map out a BAS or BLS at UMPI and take more Sophia.org courses towards that goal while you're waiting, thus being more proactive/productive instead of just "waiting"... As mentioned, send in everything to Pierpont first, then work on the above!
I understand how it may look but I'm actually already working in the field finishing my clinical supervision hours. The only missing piece for me is having the Associates Degree and that's what I'm working on now. Once completed I will still be working with the same employer (been here for 20 years now) I just need to degree and license to promote to my next position.
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(01-18-2022, 05:47 PM)Lt_criley Wrote: I've been lurking on this board for a long time and recently decided to jump back into my education. I need an associates degree for work to further my career. I've applied for the BOG program through Pierpont and am waiting to be accepted. I currently have 15 hours through my local community college and another 48 from Sophia. I've followed the wiki guide that I found in here to make sure I took the right classes from there. My concern is that I've read that it can take Pierpont a while to process everything. Is there anywhere that this can be done quicker? I don't mind paying for the degree I just need to get it as soon as possible.
I understand your desire to get your degree as quickly as possible.
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