Science requirement?

[studyspo.dreaming]

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I have an AP environmental science score of 4, a plant science, and a forestry & field science class that also had a lab element. I can take environmental science on Sophia if I have to, but I think that my AP class should cover that requirement.

The classes were Nat. Res. 250: Intro. to Fisheries, Forestry & Wildlife (4 credits) and Biology 130: Plant Biology (5 credits), and both had a lab component.

If you have an AP exam for environmental science then you don't need it from Sophia. Given how unusual your science lab courses are, I would apply tom UMPI and see what they say about them. You can always take the biology class from Sophia once your transcripts are processed if you need the course. Don't stress about this. The GEC list only shows courses UMPI offers. I transferred 2 of my 3 sciences courses from previous college courses. One of the classes wasn't on UMPI's list because they don't offer it. My third one came from Sophia. Go ahead and apply so you know about these courses. The application is free. On the application select the furtherest out start date you can apply for. You can always change it once you're accepted also. I am curious to see how these transfer into UMPI as they have an ag program and environmental science program with a variety of minors.

I contacted admissions and they said that I would likely still need to take a biology class, which seemed absurd to me because plants and fish and trees are all very much part of biology. I pushed them on it a bit so they referred me to Jessica.

When I emailed her, I attached PDFs of the class syllabi that I found online and was told that between the two classes, I would have my science requirements covered, though I wasn’t told exactly what classes they might transfer as. 

And they got back to me on the same day! Overall, quite a relief.