Help choosing a degree I can complete ASAP

[EVE6]

Hi DegreeForum,

I have been enjoying reading the posts and how helpful everyone is. 

I need your help. I hold a senior IT role, and my focus is on IT Service Management. I currently hold ITIL V3  certifications. However, what I lack is a degree, and it's really impacting my confidence with a major change that I need to make soon.

I live in NJ and would like to pursue a degree in ANY field that can maximize the credits I already have. Ideally, I would like to obtain the degree from an institution that allows me to use the most CLEP, DSST, Sophia, or any other online accredited college credit-granting course providers.

Can you help me make the most of these credits toward obtaining a degree? Thank you for your time and assistance.

I have applied at TESU to have my credits evaluated, which are listed below:

Location: New Jersey
Budget: no budget
Study Habits: I do well doing self driven online courses, as well as testing out via CLEP, DSST
What kind of degree: Bachelor's
Schedule: I work 40 hours + a week

TRANSFER CREDITS INSTITUTIONAL CREDITS

Univ of Phoenix:

• GEN101 Skills for Lifelong Learning I - 3.00 credits
  
• SOC101 Contemporary Issues Amer Busin - 3.00 credits
  
• COMM102 Communication Sklls Car Grow - 3.00 credits
  

Montclair State Univ:

• PSYC101 Introduction to Psychology - 3.00 credits
  
• HIST103 Found of Western Civilization - 3.00 credits
  
• INFO290 Management Information Systems - 3.00 credits
  
• MGMT231 Management Process - 3.00 credits
  

FEMA ASSESSMENT CREDITS

• EDM 203 Exercise Design - 1.00 credit
  
• EDM 207 Leadership and Influence - 1.00 credit
  
• EDM 107 Principles of Emer Management - 1.00 credit
  
• EDM 103 A Citizen's Guide to Dis.Asst - 1.00 credit
  
• EDM 140 Introduction to Mitigation - 1.00 credit
  
• EDM 101 Emer.Prog.Mgr.Orient.To Posit. - 1.00 credit
  
• EDM 120 Orien.To Comm.Dis. Exercizes - 1.00 credit
  
• EDM 209 Effective Communications - 1.00 credit
  
• EDM 210 Developing & Managing Voluntee - 1.00 credit
  
• EDM 154 Hazardous Materials:a Cit.Orie - 1.00 credit
  
• EDM 224 Emergency Planning - 1.00 credit
  
• EDM 208 Decision Making & Problem Solv - 1.00 credit
  
• EDM 122 Role/Volunteer Agen in Em.Mgt - 1.00 credit
  
• EDM 126 State Disaster Management - 1.00 credit
  
• EDM 399 Spec. Stud. in Selected Topics - 1.00 credit
  
• EDM 190 Build.For Earthqua.Of Tomorrow - 1.00 credit
  
• EDM 223 Special Events Contingency Pl - 1.00 credit
  
• EDM 241 Mitigation for Homeowners - 1.00 credit
  

TESU-ACE

• MAN 391 Project Management - 1.00 credit
  
• MAT 129 Precalculus - 3.00 credits
  

TESU-DSST

• MAN 201 Principles of Supervision - 3.00 credits
  
• HEA 103 Here's To Your Health - 3.00 credits
  
• MAN 331 Human Resources Management - 3.00 credits
  

TESU-CLEP

• SPA 101 Elementary Spanish I - 3.00 credits
  
• SPA 102 Elementary Spanish II - 3.00 credits
  
• SPA 201 Intermediate Spanish I - 3.00 credits
  
• SPA 202 Intermediate Spanish II - 3.00 credits
  
• COS 101 Introduction to Computers - 3.00 credits
  

[mohelena02]

I would send in for a Pierpont degree with Info Systems concentration -- take thw Google IT course.

Then I would opt for UMPI for maybe the Project Management Minor degree.

[Pats20]

You live in New Jersey so right off the bat id lean with TESU. It’s Even if not I would still. I like the way their programs are laid out. Also they’re  service is great. My counselor has always replied back to any inquiries or questions usually in a manner of minutes. You probably have at least 45 credits so with your background could knock out one of the following in a year or so. Maybe sooner.   

I would do BACS or BS CIS

[bjcheung77]

@EVE6, Welcome to the board, that's a very good compact yet concise post. Having said that, it's still missing bits and pieces of information asked for in the addendum and template, such as your commitments, etc. Sometimes without having a bigger overview or overall picture of your situation, it's hard to gauge what options would be best for you. I'm torn between two recommendations, TESU vs UMPI for various reasons... Here's the addendum/template... Link: https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...Area-works

[dfrecore]

The main issue you're going to have at TESU is that these credits are not applicable to most degrees. Like, the EDM credits - those can only be used as Free Electives. So that will eat up 18cr out of the 30cr allowed there. Then 9cr from UofPhx, and 9cr from DSST will overflow that area.

So, my thought is that Excelsior would maybe give you more space for those credits (they have a BLS that allows for 60cr of Free Electives), if they will bring those all in the same way as TESU.

UMPI will obviously be cheaper, but if you're struggling with CBE, then you may not want to go back. So that just leaves TESU and EU. My vote is to apply to EU and see what they say.

I might take a huge chunk of Sophia courses before applying though - and then send them all to TESU as well, to see what your degree will look like.