They have a robust online presence at the Master's level (including through Coursera) but there's no real clue that their doctoral-level versions of the same programs can be completed remotely or if they require moving to Sonipat.

The tuition looks ridiculously cheap by US standards.

There seems to be a LOT of general business classes in the WGU accounting degree. So, I'm wondering if it's more of a general business degree with some accounting classes added to it, and it's not a REAL-DEAL accounting degree. How does it compare to what most other schools would be teaching?

WGU Accounting degree only has 9 accounting classes:
WGU Accounting – B.S.

UMPI Business Admin degree w/ an accounting concentration has 10 accounting classes:
YourPace Business Administration, Accounting Concentration, B.A.

The UMPI Accounting degree has about 15 accounting classes:
YourPace Accounting, B.A

What do you guys think?

I made a thread about UMPI vs WGU accounting with a more detailed list of concerns & differences.
if you want to take a look it's in the UMPI forum: here
Thanks.

I'm considering taking this microbachelors. TESU says it transfers in as 8 UL credits, but they don't include course names. Anyone know the course names? Thanks!

Your Location: California
Your Age: 45
What kind of degree do you want?: Bachelors degree and possibly a masters
Current Regional Accredited Credits: 31
Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits: about 4 courses from sophia
Any certifications or military experience?: no
Budget: any
Commitments: none
Dedicated time to study: every day
Timeline: ASAP! need the degree immediately
Tuition assistance/reimbursement: none

This is a spreadsheet showing all the courses I have ever taken: course progress towards the UMPI Accounting BA degree
I put this UMPI plan together myself, so it might need adjustments. it's 128 credits, and 120 are required for the degree.

I have credits from these schools, which are shown on the spreadsheet:
SMC = Santa Monica College (Santa Monica, CA)
WLAC = West Los Angeles College (Culver City, CA / Los Angeles, CA)
LATTC = Los Angeles Trade Tech College (Los Angeles, CA)
Sophia = Sophia Learning LLC

I was originally going for a computer science / information systems degree. Now I'm looking at accounting or business admin.
If you were me, what would you do? Would you continue toward CS/IS, or switch to accounting/business?

I want to maximize what I already have done, and reduce the amount of additional work needed. Hopefully all my CS courses count as elective filler.
Can I get a CS/IS/MIS minor on an accounting or biz degree with the classes I already have?

If you think a generic liberal arts degree & a business related masters degree is a better option, go ahead and suggest it.
I have seen a lot of people suggesting UMPI BLS + UMPI MAOL here for some reason.
I'm also curious why so many people want to take the project management degree at UMPI? What's the big attraction to that one?

So far I have only really been considering UMPI. If you think another school might be better you can suggest it.
I think UMPI will take all of my comp-sci credits and let me use them as elective classes, which means I won't need any further electives.

potential bachelor degrees:
UMPI YourPace Accounting BA
UMPI YourPace Business Administration BA w/ Accounting Concentration
UMPI YourPace Business Administration BA w/ Supply Chain Concentration

potential masters degrees:
WGU Masters in accounting
UMPI Business, M.S. with Finance concentration
UMPI Business, M.S. with Supply Chain Management concentration

My current idea is to take the UMPI YourPace Accounting BA, and then later I can take the WGU Masters in accounting or some other masters program. I don't really want to take a masters program right away because of the cost involved of both money and time.

If you have an opinion on WGU vs UMPI I also made this thread to ask about it: WGU vs UMPI for accounting
Thanks!

Hi, I just joined the site.

I've been working toward the BA accounting degree at UMPI.
Here is my UMPI degree progress
Here is my progress if I switched to WGU: WGU degree progress

I have been seeing one user on this forum (tortuga) saying UMPI's accounting program is no good.
I'm wondering if I should go to WGU instead of UMPI, or some other school like excelsior or TESU.

CONCERNS:
a big concern is if you compare the course list of UMPI to WGU, it seems like UMPI is giving you a lot more actual accounting courses
WGU is giving a lot of general-business classes like project management, marketing, etc.
the WGU accounting degree  looks more like the UMPI BABA degree w/ accounting concentration to me.
So maybe the UMPI program is still better than WGU's, since you get more actual accounting classes in it?
 
study.com classes no longer transfer into the accounting program at UMPI, so almost everything has to be taken directly at UMPI.
But at WGU most classes can be taken at sophia or somewhere else, there's only 12 classes you absolutely must take at WGU.
So UMPI might be slower and more expensive due to not being able to take any study.com classes for business and accounting classes.
There's still 4 straighterline classes that can be used for UMPI, but it's probably not even worth taking those?

some are saying if you take sophia/study.com/etc classes, you can't get a CPA -- which classes should i take at UMPI/WGU to avoid problems?
I'm in california but I might move to a different state, I know it varies by state, so what should I do?
The law in california changed and you don't need 150 credits to get the CPA anymore.

UMPI requires foreign language, and WGU doesn't. the spanish class at sophia would probably take a month or more to finish & it has 5 touchstones.
having to learn spanish seems like it will cause a pretty significant delay.

WGU requires 2 math classes (algebra & statistics), UMPI only requires 1 math class (algebra). they can be taken at sophia.
i'm not sure how quickly a sophia math class can be done, but doing an extra math class might not cause a significant delay.

most classes at sophia are fast & easy  but they're AWFUL.
So even though WGU allows almost the entire degree to be sophia classes, I think I should avoid that.
I don't know anything about business or accounting, and I need to actually learn it and be able to get a job at it.
The gen-ed classes I don't care about and can be done at sophia.
There's 4 classes I could do at straighterline which transfer to UMPI, but are they trash? are they going to prevent me getting CPA licensed?

WGU doesn't give letter grades, and UMPI does. Without a letter grade you don't have any GPA.
Some schools might not let you take a masters degree with them if you graduated from WGU due to not having any GPA????

IBM data analyst cert at coursera can substitute for one UMPI class, is it worth it?
I don't think I need extra elective credits, and this cert might take a long time to complete since it's multiple classes.
any idea how long the cert takes to get vs how long the class at UMPI takes to finish?

Final concern is UMPI might look better on a resume, since its a public state university. not sure it matters that much.

So the concerns are mainly cost, speed, and quality of what they are teaching.
Will it be slower and more expensive to go to UMPI, and on top of that actually have been a poor quality  education?
any estimates on how many terms are needed to finish the degree? I think WGU gives you 6 months vs 2 months at UMPI?

Does anyone here know of any that are offered by distance learning? 

And to you rknowledge, would any qualify a degree-holder for a Chaplain role in any branch of either a. The U.S. Armed Forces or b. The German Armed Forces (Bundeswehr) based on each service's requirements + the degree curriculum, standards, and accreditation?

Unique situation here.  I need 60 credit hours for professional licensure.  I am a native speaker in a non-English language, and was looking into getting credit via proficiency.  From what I have read, people usually take an ACTFL assessment.  I also saw something about Avant as well.  

1. It seems that UMPI historically has been open to granting credit for ACTFL/ACE credentials.  Would this be the suggestion here?
2. I am not a UMPI student yet.  Do I apply under YourPace, or Traditional?
3. What option is recommended for foreign language assessment?

Thanks

Purdue University Northwest is offering service members and their spouses (among other entities) access to a free industry cert of their choice in either AI or Cybersecurity (no GI Bill or TA needed):

https://www.pnw.edu/cybersecurity/cwct/training-paths/

I'm currently planning my BA CS + BS BA second degree, and I'm planning on doing a 15 credits term at TESU that would include:
SOS-1100: Cornerstone
LIB-4970: Liberal arts capstone
CIS-1070: Computer concepts and applications ePack
CIS-351: Software engineering
PHI-1300: Intro to critical reasoning

I'm already a software engineer. I tried the CIS-1070 TECEP preview and passed, so I'm assuming the ePack shouldn't be an issue and won't take me more than a couple hours.
Not sure what CIS-351 is about (I read that there is actually no programming), but again I think maybe 10-15 hours total should be enough.
Which leaves me with the other three, the cornerstone, the capstone which I read is quite time consuming, as well as intro to critical reasoning.

I can dedicate about 30h per week total (4h per day 7/7 give or take). Would it be doable to complete these 5 courses in a single term, and possibly score As in all of them?

How do you honestly list extra coursework on your resume?

Do you:

• Use labels like “Focus,” “Emphasis,” or “Cluster” (e.g., Focused Coursework under your degree)?
  
  
• Create a “Relevant Coursework” section?
  
  
• Fold it into the Skills or Experience section?
  
  
• Include it in a Projects section?
  
  
• Leave it off entirely?
  

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