Masters level credits from Sophia and others?

[Airamb]

I wonder if those ISU classes can be used for transfer, as these are professional development, even though they provide an S for graduate credit... Interesting to say the least... It may work like VESI classes or something similar, prospective students will need to consult the admissions team for the school they intend to get credits from...

From the FAQ at ISU PD
"Professional development credits are graduate level, non-degree, semester credits typically offered to educators to acquire skills and knowledge for the purpose of certification renewal and salary advancement. These credits are equivalent to 15 clock hours or .5 semester hours (in states where semester hours require 30 contact hours) or 15 PDPs/PDUs or 1.5 CEUs/15 OPI renewal units."

That would be wonderful if a graduate school would accept these credits. It's possible, the credits are RA. Also, do you know if undergrad programs like the ones mentioned on this forum accept graduate coursework in general (Not specifically ISU) toward completing another bachelor's degree?

[bjcheung77]

Most of the ones we recommend, such as Excelsior, TESU, and so on can take the graduate level classes towards transfer into a Bachelors program. So, as an example, if you're going to TESU for a second bachelors, you can try transferring these type of grad credits over and see if they take them... ENEB Masters have been evaluated by NACES and some took them to transfer into Excelsior/TESU, etc, once they got it evaluated as equivalent to RA undergrad or graduate credit.

[Duneranger]

Thank you for this questionile.... I performed all of my assignments with English United Kingdom in the spell checker.......
Fun response!  I will check out the UK.

For the UK/EU (All have excellent reputation):
Expensive:
- University of Cumbria (cumbria.ac.uk): solid curriculum
- Northumbria University Newcastle (http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/study-at-northumbria/)

Not-as-expensive:
- Wrexham University (https://online.wrexham.ac.uk/online-programmes/): Keeps rising to the top, excellent pricing, curriculum maybe a bit light though, but I can always learn more later and get the credential now kind of thing. I read classes are ASYNC and best tuition on my list... Used to be called "Glyndwr university which shows up in databases here and there)
- University of Aberdeen (https://on.abdn.ac.uk/degrees/): Yep like I went to Robert Gordon University located in the same city and met the UAber reps in person, seems solid curriculum, pricing is a bit upmarket but still viable. Interesting options such as Data Science and Geographical Information Systems. Even has "taster" courses which you can try out without fully comitting to the program (full tuition price, but for credit and interesting).
- Abertay (https://online.abertay.ac.uk/programmes/)
- Arden (Germany/EU, https://arden.ac.uk/our-courses/qualification/masters)
- Wolverhampton (https://online.wlv.ac.uk/online-courses/)
- Hertfordshire (https://online.herts.ac.uk/fees-and-funding) getting up there $$$ wise though
- Edinburgh Napier University (https://www.napier.ac.uk/courses?mode-fr...ing&ps=100): Maybe yes, maybe no...
- University of Sunderland (https://online.sunderland.ac.uk/online-courses/)
- Keele University (https://online.keele.ac.uk/online-programmes/)

Canadian Universities (Always and forever expensive to infinity):
- Memorial University of Newfoundland (https://www.mun.ca/): Curriculum and academics always strong at MUN, cheapest university in Canada, and still expensive
- University of Fredrichton (https://www.ufred.ca/): Not bad for MBA, know a friend who went through the "global leadership" stream. UFred seems receptive to transfer credit and is recognised by Canadian student funding agency. A lot of synchronous+group work though. Time intensive.

United States Universities:
- Purdue Global ("PUG"): Not cheap, but the Purdue brand name, ooof that's nice. A favourite here on the forum and I can see why. After chatting with Success Advisor I have to get my Canadian credentials reviewed and etcetra, but maybe yes, maybe no. Strong curriculum, concentrations are excellent, but cannot stack them in a credential/graduate with multiple concentrations, but can take courses which are free-range/"open electives."
A lot of things feel right about this university, they accept Canadian students, but I found out today that because I don't have a bachelor's degree (skipped went into master's) I cannot be accepted into an MSc, but would be accepted into a BSc, and they can approve up to 75% of transfer credits for a 4-year degree, so mix in what I already can transfer in, do the rest using the DegreeForum planning (Sophia/Study.com/meow) and go from there, so that would leave a 1-year comitment to a bachelor's. Hard choice, but at least it would be an unstoppable bachelor's degree. The one thing I'm not overly keen on is these are syncronous courses in the evening. I really do like async courses so I don't have to attend classes when they want me to, I can attend when I am able.

Anyway this is the shortform, but a lot of things vary such as curriculum (not always a bad thing as noted above), pricing, feelings, instructions methods, etc.

Purdue Global has little to do with the actual Purdue University. They are not the same thing.

The UK schools are fine, but I would equate them to lower-level state schools like UMPI. Cost can be crazy for international students.

[walruspanda]

Purdue Global has little to do with the actual Purdue University. They are not the same thing.

True, depending on how you define "little." But the name Purdue has enough cachet that -- at least in my experience as a PUG grad -- it's a big plus for the name Purdue, and then a little minus for the Global part. We can argue about the actual merits of the universities bandied about here (and I've had some issues with PUG), but I'd argue that Purdue University Global would be perceived as a better university by people not knowledgable with the history of PUG, as compared with, say, Western Governors University, Thomas Edison State University, University of Maine at Presque Isle, etc.

[Darknigh7]

Purdue Global has little to do with the actual Purdue University. They are not the same thing.

... but I'd argue that Purdue University Global would be perceived as a better university by people not knowledgable with the history of PUG, as compared with, say, Western Governors University, Thomas Edison State University, University of Maine at Presque Isle, etc.

Thats certainly an opinion, but I imagine many - including myself - would disagree. To each their own!

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