Need Advice on Degree Completion Plan

[Adam54321]

Location: Florida USA
Age 40
Degree Type: I'm open to any, Associates or Bachelors
Degree Wants: Quickest and or Least Expensive


Northwest Florida State College
Business Law II BUSL 2242 RA 3
Total 3

ALEKS
Beginning Algebra ALEK-0001 CR 3
Business Statistics ALEK-0008 CR 3
College Algebra ALEK-0003 CR 3
Intermediate Algebra ALEK-0002 CR 3
Introduction to Statistics ALEK-0007 CR 3
PreCalculus ALEK-0005 CR 3
Trigonometry ALEK-0006 CR 3
Total: 21

Degree Services LLC
Interpersonal Communication ADS-0003 CR 3
Total: 3

The Institutes
Ethics and the CPCU Code of Profess AICP-0121 CR 2
Total: 2

Dale Carnegie
The Dale Carnegie Course: Effe DLCR-0001 CR 3
Total: 3

Kaplan Uni Open Learning
Documenting Your Experiences KUOL-0001 CR 3
Total: 3

NFA
Fire Service Supervision: Self Study NNFA-0145 CR 1
Hydraulic Calculations for Water-Based NNFA-0203 CR 1
Self-Study Course for Community Safety NNFA-0149 CR 1
Total: 3

SOPHIA
Accounting SOPH-0010 CR 3
Ancient Greek Philosophers SOPH-0027 CR 3
Approaches to Studying Religions SOPH-0008 CR 3
Art History I SOPH-0006 CR 3
Art History II SOPH-0029 CR 3
Developing Effective Teams SOPH-0021 CR 1
Environmental Science SOPH-0016 CR 3
Essentials of Managing Conflict SOPH-0026 CR 3
Introduction to Business SOPH-0014 CR 3
Introduction to Ethics SOPH-0020 CR 3
Introduction to Information Technology SOPH-0023 CR 3
Introduction to Psychology SOPH-0003 CR 3
Macroeconomics SOPH-0012 CR 3
Microeconomics SOPH-0011 CR 3
Project Management SOPH-0013 CR 3
US History I SOPH-0022 CR 3
US History II SOPH-0025 CR 3
Visual Communications SOPH-0009 CR 3
Total: 51

TEEX
Cyber Security for Business Professionals TEEX-0252 CR 2
Cyber Security for Everyone TEEX-0250 CR 2
Cyber Security for IT Professionals TEEX-0251 CR 2
Total: 6

All advice is welcome. I know there are numerous ways to go forward. I'm researching several of the options that have been discussed here. It's a little overwhelming. I"m looking through the threads for UMPI, TESU, COSC, Pierpont and many others. I have FEMA courses but I don't think those are used now. There are some of the courses listed above that will be considered duplicates by some institutions. Suggestions for quick and/or easy credits are welcome too. Please ask any questions you might have. Thank you.

[rachel83az]

Quick question: how many of these alternate credits are actually on a current ACE transcript through Credly? You have a lot of old credits, many of which wouldn't have transferred over to the new system.

[Adam54321]

Just looked at Credly. I have all listed Sophia and Aleks courses an have sent emails ACE for directions on the others. Have also sent direct emails to some of these organizations.

[rachel83az]

In that case, you will probably get credits for the TEEX courses and not for anything else not already in Credly. The Institutes refuses to add ACE credit to Credly if you're not a member. Not sure about the others, but the credits are probably lost. Unfortunately.

With all of your ALEKS credits, you should be able to easily get the Pierpont BOG AAS with an Area of Emphasis in Mathematics. I would start there because your Pierpont degree appears to be 100% complete - you only need to apply and send in your credits for evaluation.

For a Bachelor's degree, you say you want "anything", but what would actually suit your needs the best? With the Pierpont AAS, you could get a BAS (Bachelor of Applied Science) from UMPI easily enough. But would a business degree suit your needs better? Or a degree in something else entirely? Quickest and least expensive are in the eye of the beholder. If you can't stand doing papers, UMPI may not be the quickest and cheapest route to a degree. If it would take you 5 sessions (10 months) to complete a UMPI degree because you are slow at writing papers, you might be better off going to one of the Big3 where you can do more exams than papers.

[dfrecore]

Degree Services LLC - Interpersonal Communication ADS-0003 CR 3
I'm guessing you won't get these on Credly since I don't think this organization exists any longer?

The Institutes - Ethics and the CPCU Code of Profess AICP-0121 CR 2
You for sure won't get this onto Credly

Kaplan Uni Open Learning - Documenting Your Experiences KUOL-0001 CR 3
I have these courses, I could never get ahold of someone to get this onto Credly (they've since been sold)

NFA
Fire Service Supervision: Self Study NNFA-0145 CR 1
Hydraulic Calculations for Water-Based NNFA-0203 CR 1
Self-Study Course for Community Safety NNFA-0149 CR 1
Not sure if you can get these on Credly, I haven't heard that anyone has.

TEEX
These should get to Credly

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With very little RA credit and ~37cr of ACE, it looks like EC is your best option out of the Big 3 (I think it works out to be about the same price as COSC after getting the RA credit you'll need there). Cost at EC will be ~$4000 for 7cr.

The other cheapest option is UMPI, which will probably be ~ $2800-$4200 for 2-3 terms there, which is what most people here seem to be doing (so no guarantees, but this is what the vast majority have been able to do without killing themselves in the process; so it's just very doable for most).

If you want to do competency-based, do UMPI's BLS with whatever minor you choose; if you don't want CBE, then do EC's BSL. Both are very flexible and manageable (very easy to find the UL credits you need for EC).

[jsd]

Every few months I go back and forth between ACE, someone from Purdue Global (Kaplan), someone from the Institutes, and someone from NFA. I've never gotten anywhere.

It's a lost cause, but I'm being stubborn about it. I wish ACE would do something to address how poorly executed this transition was.

[dfrecore]

Every few months I go back and forth between ACE, someone from Purdue Global (Kaplan), someone from the Institutes, and someone from NFA. I've never gotten anywhere.

It's a lost cause, but I'm being stubborn about it. I wish ACE would do something to address how poorly executed this transition was.

Well, Credly just got bought by Pearson, so I'm sure it will all go very smoothly and nothing will go wrong. Right?

[jsd]

Oh definitely, I'm overjoyed 

[carrythenothing]

What happens when you use this form for NFA?

https://apps.usfa.fema.gov/contact/credlyBadge/

[jsd]

What happens when you use this form for NFA?

https://apps.usfa.fema.gov/contact/credlyBadge/

Wow, never seen this before and none of the multiple people I've talked to have pointed me toward it. I've submitted my courses, we'll see what happens. I haven't seen anyone else on these forums mention it either, and we've all had questions about getting this added. It would be great if this works. I wonder how long this page has ben up...

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Well the bad news is that after I submitted that form, I got an out-of-office from Roxanne Andrew @ FEMA, who as recently as December told me she can't help with Credly badges for the NFA courses.

So I imagine once she's back in office I'll get a similar response from her.