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UMBI Political Science Advice - XNutty98 - 03-03-2024
Hey everyone. I made a post a few days back and got great advice but I've changed my mind. I'm 41 years old and my main goal is to become a police officer within the next 3 years. Crazy at my age, I know, but I'm physically fit and it's always been a dream so I'm going for it. Originally I planned on a BA in criminal justice from UMBI but I've changed my mind to UMBI political science. I don't think a police department is going to care what my degree is in and political science gives me MANY more backup plans if the police thing don't work.
My goal is to get BOG by the end of the month. Then into UMBI in May. Done with UMBI in 2 sessions (8/23/24 - my birthday). Then maybe go on to Masters in Political Science somewhere. Right now I'm just focusing on as many Sophia courses as possible. I spoke to Nancy at Piermont and she gave me a basic outline and said that I can take whatever I want at Sophia to satisfy the 60 needed for BOG but I also want to make sure I can get some for UMBI as well.
Your Location: NY USA
Your Age: 41
What kind of degree do you want?: Political Science
Current Regional Accredited Credits:
School Name Total Credits: #
Suffolk Community College in 2005-2006
Introduction to Computing - 4 credits
Standard Freshman Composition - 3 credits
Freshman Seminar - 1.5 Credits
Introduction to Psychology I - 3 credits
Technical Writing - 3 credits
Foundations of American History - 3 credits
Understanding Music - 3 credits
Introduction to Literature - 3 Credits
Abnormal Psychology - 3 credits
Ethics - 3 credits
Total - 29.5
GPA 3.0
Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits:
Sophia Courses over the past 2 days
Workplace Communication - 3 credits (waiting for touchstone to be graded)
College Algebra - 3 Credits
Environmental Science - 3 Credits
Intro To Web Development - 3 Credits
Any certifications or military experience?
No
Budget - 10K
Commitments - 30 hour work week
Dedicated Time To Study - 30 Hours A Week
Tuition Assistance - None
My goal is to get BOG from Piermont in a few weeks and start UMPI in June. I'd like to know what Sophia/Study.com courses I can take to get as many credit for UMPI as possible. I've searched the plans and couldn't find anything on Political Science at UMBI.
Thank you guys!!
RE: UMBI Political Science Advice - jg_nuy - 03-03-2024
Here are the general requirement links for UMPI - note that for the major you need both Spanish I and II:
https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/UMPI_!General_Education_Requirements_Roadmap
https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/UMPI_!Simplified_GEC_Requirements
Here is the link to the BA in History/Political Science - for example, you can take PoliSci 101, History 108/308 at Study: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/UMPI_BA_History_Degree_Plan
Here is the UMPI link with the details about specific classes in the Political Science concentration:
https://www.umpi.edu/yourpace/academic_programs/ba-history-political-science/#courses
Most of the upper level courses are taken at UMPI, you need a minimum of 10 classes at UMPI.
RE: UMBI Political Science Advice - bjcheung77 - 03-03-2024
Your future goal of being a police officer doesn't require a specific degree, just 'any' degree to check the box off... Seasons change, so does choices in degree planning decisions... Another option is similar to what I mentioned in your previous thread, UMPI BAS Political Science minor, get the 3-4 classes towards the MAOL and be done with a Bachelors (that has 3 classes completed for the Masters if you ever wanted to go that route later). Here's the link, the only difference is the minor of choice has changed to Political Science... https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-Fast-and-Easy-Associates-Degree
RE: UMBI Political Science Advice - XNutty98 - 04-07-2024
Just a quick update on my progress. I've been doing A LOT of research here on how to get this done and it's been extremely helpful. I'm very grateful for that.
I decided to forgo the associates from Peirpont. Honestly they just weren't very responsive or helpful in getting it done and I've already been accepted to UMPI for the first summer session.
I have 57 credits from Sophia and 29.5 from Suffolk Community College. I've satisifed all my electives and gen ed credits for UMPI and 2 of my major requirements. They've accepted all my transfer credits besides one which was a duplicate (ethics in both Community College and Sophia). They've been very helpful and I'm looking forward to getting my degree in History/Political Science by August 23rd (2 sessions). Then moving on to their Masters program and hopefully have that completed by the end of the year.
This has been a big undertaking and I'm just getting started but once I had it all planned out and got deep into Sophia, I kind of breezed right through pretty easily. It was just about doing the work which is easy once you know what work you have to do.
RE: UMBI Political Science Advice - bjcheung77 - 04-07-2024
Great work, Sophia.org and the general education/electives for UMPI are easy to do. The main part is the residency requirements for the degree (the major I should say), that section of the degree requires the most writing... Continue the momentum and move forward, you've got this! Again, great work so far, good luck...