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Degree Planning Advice - Weebro - 09-16-2025
Your Location: Idaho, United States.
Your Age: 38
What kind of degree do you want?: Currently looking for a Bachelors in Management with an emphasis on IT management or something easier. I’m ultimately looking to get a Master’s in Library Science in the near future for a job opportunity.
Current Regional Accredited Credits: None but have Sophia and SDC courses completed.
Additional Information: Have been completing Sophia and SDC courses with the goal for WGU’s Bachelors in Business of IT Management. However, now wondering if there may be better and faster options. I’m not the greatest paper writer, but can get by.
Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits:
Sophia Credits: 75
College Algebra - 87%
Project Management - 90%
Introduction to Business - 92%
Environmental Science - 92%
U.S. History I - 96%
Introduction to Statistics - 94%
Microeconomics - 86%
Financial Accounting - 95%
Managerial Accounting - 88%
Introduction to Relational Databases - 83%
Principles of Finance - 92%
Critical Thinking - 94%
Introduction to Sociology - 96%
Principles of Management - 95%
Visual Communications - 98%
Principles of Marketing - 91%
Introduction to Networking - 92%
Human Resources Management - 99%
Business Law - 93%
Operations Management - 96%
Organizational Behavior - 91%
Public Speaking - 93%
English Composition I - 95%
Workplace Writing II - 93%
Business Data Analytics - 92%
Study.com Credits: 12
Communications 301 - 86%
Business 303 - 82%
Business 314 - 98%
Business 120 - 86%
Budget: Around $8,000
Commitments: Full-time work and kids
Dedicated time to study: Around 10-15 hours weekly
Timeline: Within the next 6 months
Tuition assistance/reimbursement: Yes. Employer will cover up to $5,250.00
RE: Degree Planning Advice - bjcheung77 - 09-17-2025
Hmm, it's the 11th hour since your post, and the 11th year since you've joined the board... and you're about 11 years younger than me. I think it's time for me to buy a lottery as the stars are aligning! Anyways, great initial post with the addendum and template! You've got tuition assistance or reimbursement from your employer, thus, you technically can get this at a bargain basement price (closest to a freebie).
Your homework for today, review the WIKI for WGU plans and create a spreadsheet. Use the partners.wgu.edu site and get all the Sophia.org and Study.com classes that can go towards the degree of choice. You can transfer in at max 90, so get closer to that goal and then apply to WGU, finish the remaining requirements at WGU for the win! https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Western_Governors_University
Note: At the bottom of the WIKI link, click WGU under categories to see all the degree plans available. Create that spreadsheet and save it to your google or one drive, link us to the file (make it viewable and not editable). Color code it to indicate it's complete (green), in progress (yellow) and leave the untouched classes non color coded. We will comment on what the next steps are...
RE: Degree Planning Advice - Stonybeach - 09-19-2025
(09-16-2025, 10:12 PM)Weebro Wrote: Your Location: Idaho, United States.
Your Age: 38
What kind of degree do you want?: Currently looking for a Bachelors in Management with an emphasis on IT management or something easier. I’m ultimately looking to get a Master’s in Library Science in the near future for a job opportunity.
Current Regional Accredited Credits: None but have Sophia and SDC courses completed.
Additional Information: Have been completing Sophia and SDC courses with the goal for WGU’s Bachelors in Business of IT Management. However, now wondering if there may be better and faster options. I’m not the greatest paper writer, but can get by.
Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits:
Sophia Credits: 75
College Algebra - 87%
Project Management - 90%
Introduction to Business - 92%
Environmental Science - 92%
U.S. History I - 96%
Introduction to Statistics - 94%
Microeconomics - 86%
Financial Accounting - 95%
Managerial Accounting - 88%
Introduction to Relational Databases - 83%
Principles of Finance - 92%
Critical Thinking - 94%
Introduction to Sociology - 96%
Principles of Management - 95%
Visual Communications - 98%
Principles of Marketing - 91%
Introduction to Networking - 92%
Human Resources Management - 99%
Business Law - 93%
Operations Management - 96%
Organizational Behavior - 91%
Public Speaking - 93%
English Composition I - 95%
Workplace Writing II - 93%
Business Data Analytics - 92%
Study.com Credits: 12
Communications 301 - 86%
Business 303 - 82%
Business 314 - 98%
Business 120 - 86%
Budget: Around $8,000
Commitments: Full-time work and kids
Dedicated time to study: Around 10-15 hours weekly
Timeline: Within the next 6 months
Tuition assistance/reimbursement: Yes. Employer will cover up to $5,250.00
Have you considered https://newlane.edu/b-a-in-liberal-arts-business-administration/
They are DEAC but the price is right! Then perhaps you can use your money for an RA online MBA.
RE: Degree Planning Advice - bjcheung77 - 09-21-2025
An FYI, you can get your Bachelors pretty much free with the tuition assistance or reimbursement from work. When 1 year is up, do the same thing and repeat the process for the Masters, all degrees that are $5K. If you can find any RA options, that would be my recommendation first, if you can't find anything that interests you, then by all means, search DEAC for institutions that may hit your fancy...
RE: Degree Planning Advice - origamishuttle - 09-22-2025
(09-16-2025, 10:12 PM)Weebro Wrote: Have been completing Sophia and SDC courses with the goal for WGU’s Bachelors in Business of IT Management. However, now wondering if there may be better and faster options. I’m not the greatest paper writer, but can get by.
Congrats on your progress! It looks like you have a good plan on which you're executing very well. From my experience, WGU is the best school by far if you have concerns about your writing. You literally can't fail. You simply need to write to the rubric, and you have unlimited attempts to make adjustments until you're up to a passing grade. With the number of courses you've completed already, I suspect that you can finish your degree at WGU within a couple of months. Best of luck on the final leg of your first degree!