Degree Plan- and a few questions

[Milky_Way]

Your Location: MN, USA
Your Age: 44
What kind of degree do you want?: BLS Management w/ possible minor in Political Science 
Current Regional Accredited Credits: 3 from UND 56 Sophia 59 Total

School Name Total Credits: # University of North Dakota (3)
Class Name, Credits, Grade Western Civilization I  Grade A

Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits:


Sophia Credits: 56
College Algebra 91%
Intro to Information Technology 94%
Intro to Psychology: 98%
Intro to Ethics: 95%
Workplace Communication: 97%
Intro to Nutrition: 95%
Environmental Science: 95%
Art History I 95%
Visual Communications 96%
US Government 98%
Intro to Business 96%
Human Biology 96%
Human Biology Lab: 94%
Developing Effective Teams: 96%
Project Management 94%
Art History II 95%
College Readiness 98%
Conflict Resolution 93%
Intro to Sociology 98%
Spanish I 95%

Planned: 

Sophia: Business Communication (I'm not clear on if I need this or not since I took workplace Communications)
Sophia: Business Law
Sophia: Business Ethics
Sophia: Principles of Management
Sophia: Microeconomics
Sophia: Macroeconomics
Sophia: Critical Thinking (is this required??)
Sophia: Intro to Wed Development

Study.com: BUS 304
Study.com BUS 312
Study.com Any upper level credit?? (I'm not sure about this one. According to the wiki, Microbiology from Sophia is recommended as an UL credit, but I don't want to take that)

UMPI: ENG 101 College Comp I
UMPI: ENG 121 College Comp II
BUS 260 Leadership
BUS 321 HR Management
HTY 456 Films of the Cold War
POS 335 Modern Political Thought
POS 439 The Vietnam Wars
POS 332 Constitutional Law
POS 343 Marxism
POS 370 Topics in Non-Western History



Any certifications or military experience? no 

Hello. I think I have everything planned out correctly, but not sure on a few things.
1. I don't know if my Western Civ I credit will transfer in for US History. Should I take the Sophia course just to be safe?

2. Do I need Critical Thinking, or could I swap out a different class for that?

3. As far as the UL transfers for the 24 UL credit requirement for the BLS, can I swap an UL Study.com course for the Microbiology that is discussed in the degreefourum wiki for the bls management degree? I was thinking something like HIST 307 American Civil Rights or Health 303 Healthcare management.

4. I'm not clear on if I need to take Business Communications since I took Workplace Communications. It seems like I probably do.

Any advice or critiques on my plan would be greatly appreciated. Please let me know if I have forgotten anything or am misinformed about anything.  Thank you all so much for all the help you give on here. It is so appreciated!!

[LevelUP]

Hello. I think I have everything planned out correctly, but not sure on a few things.
1. I don't know if my Western Civ I credit will transfer in for US History. Should I take the Sophia course just to be safe?
If literally Zombies in American Popular Culture works for 5B, then I think Western Civ should work too 

2. Do I need Critical Thinking, or could I swap out a different class for that?
It's been reported Visual Commuications works for 2D which is the quicker course to take since no writting assignements. Critical Thinking use to work but some say it may not work in the future.

3. As far as the UL transfers for the 24 UL credit requirement for the BLS, can I swap an UL Study.com course for the Microbiology that is discussed in the degreefourum wiki for the bls management degree? I was thinking something like HIST 307 American Civil Rights or Health 303 Healthcare management.
You can take whatever UL you want. The Sophia courses are listed since it's cheaper than doing SDC.

4. I'm not clear on if I need to take Business Communications since I took Workplace Communications. It seems like I probably do.
According to the Sophia Eq. Wiki, Workplace Communication comes in as BUS 210 Organizational Communication. So someone if reports this works, the Wiki needs to be updated.

Any advice or critiques on my plan would be greatly appreciated. Please let me know if I have forgotten anything or am misinformed about anything.  Thank you all so much for all the help you give on here. It is so appreciated!!

[bjcheung77]

@OP, you missed the addendum, where it asks for even more details to get an overview picture of your scenario. I highly suggest you complete the addendum in a reply to this post. It's great you're asking questions, but it's better to have a bigger overview of your situation so we can provide you concrete recommendations. In addition to that, you may want to review your previous thread here: https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...-Questions

[Milky_Way]

Sure. Here is the addendum info. Sorry I missed it. Yes, I know I have posted before. I thought I had my degree figured out and then I realized that I actually don't like accounting as much as I thought I did and ended up completely changing direction. Luckily I did that while still working on Gen Ed credits!

Budget: I qualify for financial aid and have personal resources as well. $15,000 is the max I would want to spend

Commitments: Children spouse and household. I don't work currently.
Time to study: Generally I spend around 6-8 hrs on weekdays and 3-4 hours on Sat and Sun
Timeline: I would like to finish as quickly as I can but Im not in a rush. Within 1 year for sure.
Tuition assistance/reimbursement: no

[bjcheung77]

@Milky_Way, continue with the Sophia.org/Study.com combo, you can review the WIKI for the BLS Management and other minor you're looking for. This is to make sure you have the required classes down and you can take anything else from Sophia.org to complete for the electives. UMPI is your best choice for now, so get the 90 max for transfer then apply, get evaluation, complete the 30 remaining credits from them for residency.

[LevelUP]

I thought I had my degree figured out and then I realized that I actually don't like accounting as much as I thought I did and ended up completely changing direction. Luckily I did that while still working on Gen Ed credits!

One great thing about our process is that you don't spend any big money at a college till you get all your alt credits done. By the time your alt credits are done, you should have a good idea of what subjects you are interested in.

[Milky_Way]

Hello. I think I have everything planned out correctly, but not sure on a few things.
1. I don't know if my Western Civ I credit will transfer in for US History. Should I take the Sophia course just to be safe?
If literally Zombies in American Popular Culture works for 5B, then I think Western Civ should work too 

2. Do I need Critical Thinking, or could I swap out a different class for that?
It's been reported Visual Commuications works for 2D which is the quicker course to take since no writting assignements. Critical Thinking use to work but some say it may not work in the future.

3. As far as the UL transfers for the 24 UL credit requirement for the BLS, can I swap an UL Study.com course for the Microbiology that is discussed in the degreefourum wiki for the bls management degree? I was thinking something like HIST 307 American Civil Rights or Health 303 Healthcare management.
You can take whatever UL you want. The Sophia courses are listed since it's cheaper than doing SDC.

4. I'm not clear on if I need to take Business Communications since I took Workplace Communications. It seems like I probably do.
According to the Sophia Eq. Wiki, Workplace Communication comes in as BUS 210 Organizational Communication. So someone if reports this works, the Wiki needs to be updated.

Any advice or critiques on my plan would be greatly appreciated. Please let me know if I have forgotten anything or am misinformed about anything.  Thank you all so much for all the help you give on here. It is so appreciated!!

Thank you so much for you response! I feel much more confident now that Western Civ will transfer. For some reason I was so hung up on US government being the only option but that's because it's the Sophia option.

[bjcheung77]

Yeah, sometimes the WIKI might not have all the required transfers that are accepted showing, but you can always make sure on the UMPI GEC webpage to verify. I usually reference both when I create a spreadsheet template to track all my progress and work. You may want to create a spreadsheet and link us to it with you google or one drive, make the file viewable and not editable and we can comment on the options. UMPI GEC Link: http://catalog.umpi.edu/content.php?catoid=6&navoid=223