Possible Business Admin minor?

[WDue]

Hi all,

I received the transfer credit report for my BA in Psychology, long story short, I spoke to my advisor and I need 13 classes. 5 of them are gen-eds as my English courses counted as electives. The other ones were Sociology, Critical Thinking and French/Spanish which I'm working on. I managed to get 4 Psych classes worth of UL courses transferred as well as the LL requirements, leaving me with 5 more UL electives as well as the required Psychobiology and Research Methods class as well as Cognition. If I take Social and Abnormal Psych through Study, that would leave me with 6 Psych courses to do at UMPI.

Initially my plan was to knock the list down to 10 courses and complete the Psych BA, this is where I thought I'd add a minor in, I'd prefer something Business related, so I was looking at the Business Administration minor for example. The business courses I took transferred in as Business electives, so none of them can be used, unless one of the minor requires general business electives.

The required courses are: 
BUS 101 - Introduction to Business - Transfer available
BUS 150 - Introduction to Financial Accounting - Transfer available
BUS 125 - Introduction to Business Computing or Bus 200 - Intermediate Business Computing - No transfer as far as I'm aware, to be taken at UMPI. 
ECO 207 - Macro and Micro Economics - Transfer available
PCJ 215 - Business Communication - Transfer available 
PCJ 315 - Professional Communication OR Mat 140 - Mathematics for Business - No transfer available, Calculus l doesn't count.

My question is, if I take those 4 business classes at UMPI and transfer 2 of them in, that would fulfill the residency requrement of 10 courses. While satisfying the 12 credit and 9 UL credit requirement for the Psych BA. Is this still possible to do? I checked the UMPI minors wiki but it stated that most of those plans are out of date. Are the business classes difficult or long? Would I be overloading myself just to add a minor? I'm aware that the Psych classes are long and a lot of reading, and sometimes people don't finish in one session but I think the 4 Psych elective transfers will help me out in that aspect. I'm still trying to finish in one session but I was brainstorming this possible path if it still ends up being 10 courses overall.

Thanks!

[WDue]

Nevermind, I figured it out! It is still possible.

[LevelUP]

Things have gotten much tougher for business majors and minors after UMPI changed its equivalencies for business courses to electives for popular alternative credit providers such as Sophia and Study.com.

It is still possible to get those minors by taking courses at UMPI, though it might cost you more money if you end up needing additional terms to finish your degree.

[WDue]

Things have gotten much tougher for business majors and minors after UMPI changed its equivalencies for business courses to electives for popular alternative credit providers such as Sophia and Study.com.

It is still possible to get those minors by taking courses at UMPI, though it might cost you more money if you end up needing additional terms to finish your degree.

Definitely! The best way I could verify the transfers was by going through their transfer equivalencies website. I manually looked up each of the courses and checked Sophia and Study, I found out that Mat 140 has a Study equivalent. But at the end of the day it'll depend on if the transfer team at UMPI even accepts them. At the very least I can make a case by screenshotting those Sophia and Study transfers. The Business Administration minor by far is the most transfer friendly. Followed by Project Management, I didn't look into the Coursera transfer ones as they would take significant time to complete.

I also double checked with my enrollment advisor and she said the recent changes don't affect the Business Administration minor. But to be safe I'll be going through all of my Psychology requirements/courses first.

[ss20ts]

Keep in mind that the transfer database is how courses have transferred in the past. There are frequent changes to it.

[WDue]

Keep in mind that the transfer database is how courses have transferred in the past. There are frequent changes to it.

Oh shoot, thanks for the heads up! I actually went through to see where I might've missed that and it's on the top once you browse the Study or Sophia equivalencies: "This course equivalency system is constantly changing and is intended to be used as a guide. Due to ongoing curriculum development, course equivalents are subject to change." I think the best way forward for me right now would be to just focus on the Psychology portion and try to transfer in as many business classes that I can complete before my term starts, if those transfer in then I'll move forward with it.