UMPI - BA in Accounting plan

[atmoex]

Assuming you have all of your ACE and transfer credits completed, you might as well start in January.  If you can get Managerial during that January session, you might be able to get some by early July, but I kind of doubt it. If I were you, I would hope for three sessions (finish in early July), but be comfortable with the fact that it may take four sessions.

Of course, this is assuming that the accounting classes (besides financial) are only being offered once each semester. They could be more in demand so that they are offering them more often.  I had a course opened specially for me to let me graduate even though it wasn’t normally offered during a session and others on the board have had the same.  If they are willing to open courses specially for you, that, of course, could help you speed things up.  You could also ask if they would be willing to waive some of the prerequisites, such as needing to take Managerial before Tax I. I have no idea if they would do that, but it doesn’t hurt anything to ask (once you are enrolled, of course).

I've e-mailed them and I'm currently awaiting for a response on whether I can complete these courses in the order that they're on the spreadsheet. I'll update back. But I think I'll plan for four sessions. Once again, thank you!

I think that all Business degrees require the UMPI MAT-140 Mathematics for Business class. It sounds not unlike CSM Learn, but I don't think that there is a transfer equivalent. You must take it with UMPI.

Thanks, I'll add this one to the list.

Passing a class doesn't mean you have an in depth knowledge of the subject matter. The grad program you are interested in specifically wants micro econ. I don't think you'll have a solid grasp in micro econ in the UMPI econ course. 

There are 2 terms per semester - Term 1 and Term 2. There are no sessions. 

It takes you however long it takes you to complete the courses. Accounting is more difficult that most programs. The speed at which you can complete your degree is based on your previous knowledge and the time you put into the classes. No one can say for sure how quickly you can complete a degree. Accounting also has a bunch of prereqs and that can slow a person down.

The university that requires microecon said that they are fine with UMPI's mixed class. Do you believe that microecon at TEL is worth the extra time for the knowledge I'll obtain from it? I'm thinking about supplementing UMPI's class with additional online resources to "cover" that lack of depth.

Freeloader has experience with accounting and I just wanted his opinion on the difficulty, but yes I agree with what you're saying regarding the time it takes one to complete the degree.

[ss20ts]

The university that requires microecon said that they are fine with UMPI's mixed class. Do you believe that microecon at TEL is worth the extra time for the knowledge I'll obtain from it? I'm thinking about supplementing UMPI's class with additional online resources to "cover" that lack of depth.

Freeloader has experience with accounting and I just wanted his opinion on the difficulty, but yes I agree with what you're saying regarding the time it takes one to complete the degree.

I don't know anything about the master's program you're looking at except you've said that they want you to have 3 specific classes. If they're ok with the micro/macro blended class then go with what they say. 

Accounting is not easy. I have taken several accounting classes and used to work as a bookkeeper. Do you have any accounting experience already?

[atmoex]

The university that requires microecon said that they are fine with UMPI's mixed class. Do you believe that microecon at TEL is worth the extra time for the knowledge I'll obtain from it? I'm thinking about supplementing UMPI's class with additional online resources to "cover" that lack of depth.

Freeloader has experience with accounting and I just wanted his opinion on the difficulty, but yes I agree with what you're saying regarding the time it takes one to complete the degree.

I don't know anything about the master's program you're looking at except you've said that they want you to have 3 specific classes. If they're ok with the micro/macro blended class then go with what they say. 

Accounting is not easy. I have taken several accounting classes and used to work as a bookkeeper. Do you have any accounting experience already?

I see, I don't have any accounting experience. I will aim for four terms then, hopefully 5-6 classes/term won't be too many. If I did Business Calculus from ASU and wanted it to be on the UMPI transcript, will it show up as Calculus 1, or as Business Calc? Also, if I'm done with all the subjects at UMPI and math is the only remaining class, will it be possible to do the ASU one and request a transfer in the end and graduate, or will I have to pay for another term?

[NoStudentNoCry]

There are 2 terms per semester - Term 1 and Term 2. There are no sessions. 

No. These are sessions, not terms. The word "session" is all over the YourPace website. 
Moreover, Jessica and Cody use the word "session" in their communications. The academic calendar for YourPace also exclusively uses the word "session".

[rachel83az]

Once you are enrolled, you need permission to bring in additional courses. They might allow you to end with Calculus brought from somewhere else, but they also could insist on you taking some other class with them instead.

[NoStudentNoCry]

I think that all Business degrees require the UMPI MAT-140 Mathematics for Business class.

No, BA in Accounting does not require MAT-140 at all. BABA does.
BA Accounting (major) and BABA Accounting (concentration) follow different degree plans.

Regarding ECO 207 - it is called "Macro & Micro Economics", but the actual syllabus for YourPace students only covers micro. The learning platform does not even mention macro, the title of course is "Fundamentals of Microeconomics". I took that class the last session.

[freeloader]

Once you are enrolled, you need permission to bring in additional courses. They might allow you to end with Calculus brought from somewhere else, but they also could insist on you taking some other class with them instead.

I took Accounting Information Systems elsewhere while I was enrolled at UMPI. I wanted it to learn the material and because a lot of accounting masters programs require it as a prerequisite. I emailed Jessica to ask what I needed to do, if it was alright to take it, etc. She said since it was NOT a course available through YourPace, that I could take it at the other school and did not need to report it to UMPI or have their permission to take it. I did not, however, try to transfer the course back to UMPI to have it as a transfer course on that transcript. Since Calculus is not available through UMPI YourPace, I would image they wouldn’t care if you took it elsewhere. Probably would need to email Jessica, unless somebody else has transferred in courses that are not needed on the degree plan while enrolled and can help with that one. 

I transferred in “applied calculus” to UMPI; took it prior to enrolling at UMPI. On my transcript, it is listed as “applied calculus”. I had a prior BA and had a bunch of courses that didn’t have a matching course at UMPI. They all have their titles copied directly from the other transcript onto the UMPI transcript. I would suspect that Business Calculus would show up as Business Calculus.

[ss20ts]

There are 2 terms per semester - Term 1 and Term 2. There are no sessions. 

No. These are sessions, not terms. The word "session" is all over the YourPace website. 
Moreover, Jessica and Cody use the word "session" in their communications. The academic calendar for YourPace also exclusively uses the word "session".

The UMPI system calls them Term 1 and Term 2. As do emails from Jessica and Cody.

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I see, I don't have any accounting experience. I will aim for four terms then, hopefully 5-6 classes/term won't be too many. If I did Business Calculus from ASU and wanted it to be on the UMPI transcript, will it show up as Calculus 1, or as Business Calc? Also, if I'm done with all the subjects at UMPI and math is the only remaining class, will it be possible to do the ASU one and request a transfer in the end and graduate, or will I have to pay for another term?

No it will not be called Calc 1 on your transcripts. Keep in mind that when you apply to grad school that they usually want transcripts from everywhere you've completed courses so they go by the place where you took the course not the transfer credit.

[atmoex]

Thank you all for replying! I've updated the spreadsheet. Would you change something? I would really appreciate any additional advice. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1...edit#gid=0

[NoStudentNoCry]

There are 2 terms per semester - Term 1 and Term 2. There are no sessions. 

No. These are sessions, not terms. The word "session" is all over the YourPace website. 
Moreover, Jessica and Cody use the word "session" in their communications. The academic calendar for YourPace also exclusively uses the word "session".

The UMPI system calls them Term 1 and Term 2. As do emails from Jessica and Cody.

For some reason my reply disappeared when I tried to attach the screenshot... Oh, well. Short version: no, program-wide emails from Jessica and Cody use term "session" (scr attached), as do nearly all the webpages and documents related to YourPace (one can simply check it by browsing though the pages and documents, including the one I attached earlier). Thigs are different inside UMPI system because it is not specific to YourPace students and it uses university-wide lingo.