Need Credit Review/Advice for Pierpont BOG AAS Degree

[VP576]

Your Location: South Carolina, United States
Age: 21
Degree Wanted: Pierpont AAS, Information Systems AOS
Current RA Credits: 32

Local Community College: 32
English Comp I, 3, A - Communications Req
Intro to Information Technology, 3, A - Computers Req
College Algebra, 3, A - Math/Science Req
College Trigonometry, 3, A - Math/Science Req
English Comp II, 3, A
Accounting Principles I, 3, A
Elementary Calculus, 3, A
Intro to Algorithmic Design I, 4, A
UNIX Operating System, 3, A
Film as Art, 3, A
College Orientation, 1, A

Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits: 26

AP Credits: 3
AP Psychology, 4 - Social Sciences Req

CLEP Credits: 9
Principles of Management, 68
History of the United States I, 67
American Government, 66

Sophia Credits: 14
Foundations of Statistics, 2, 88%
Project Management, 3, 96%
Workplace Communication, 3, 92%
Introduction to Web Development, 3, 92%
Environmental Science, 3, 96%

Any certifications? CompTIA A+, Network+, Security+, CCNA (Expires Soon)

Budget: $2k saved, could take a CLEP exam if I don't have enough credits
Timeline: I want to graduate as soon as possible, and want to ensure that I have all the credits necessary in order to graduate before I send my transcripts.

Basically, I want to know if the credits I have alone are enough to graduate with the degree or whether I should take another CLEP exam in order to graduate.
With the credits alone, I don't think I have enough but I think the certifications will get me enough.

Any anecdotes, tips, or advice?

[davewill]

Only needs 60 credits with at least one RA credit. I see no reason why you can't graduate with it as you are at no further cost.

Edit: Whoops, sorry I added your credits wrong and you do need two more. There are plenty of cheap and easy ways to get them.

[rachel83az]

You have the subject requirements already, but you don't have a sufficient credit total yet. 26 + 32 = 58 credits. Unless you're ready to take another CLEP exam right now, you could either pay $99 for a month of Sophia and take literally anything that does not duplicate what you already have (I.E., not US History I) OR you might prefer to sign up for the free American Dream Academy and get a certificate or two on Coursera. https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Coursera The upside of a Coursera certificate is that you can also get an Area of Emphasis in Information Systems relatively easily that way.

[dfrecore]

I'd either sign up for Sophia and do something quick through there, or else go take the A&I Lit CLEP exam.

[bjcheung77]

@VP576 - You're pretty much there, in order to be on the safe side, and to get you some extra courses/experience, it would be best to do a combo! Either CLEP or Sophia.org for a few quick courses, plus take the TADA option to get more technical credits. I suggest applying for admissions first (ASAP) and then complete more credits, I suggest you try to ladder this into UMPI BAS if you can get the BAS MIS minor instead of the BLS MIS minor...

[VP576]

Already sent my application. I'll go ahead and take some Sophia credits soon just to be on the safe side and I'll go to the Google IT Certification a little later.

[dfrecore]

Already sent my application. I'll go ahead and take some Sophia credits soon just to be on the safe side and I'll go to the Google IT Certification a little later.

The Google IT Cert is expired as of now, so you're going to want to wait to see if it gets renewed at some point in the future before doing it.

[Insert Name]

If you are going to do a month of Sophia, maybe think about a BA/BS that you may want to knock out in the future and line up some of the Sophia courses you do with requirements for that? Or go the shotgun method and smash out as many as you can, so if you do apply somewhere else in the future you have a bunch that may fall somewhere.