10-25-2021, 02:47 PM
(10-25-2021, 01:35 PM)JannikT Wrote: It makes sense that you can't add a business concentration to another major. Other potential combinations, especially with minors, are not so straight forward. Yes all the degrees are available on the site, but not all restrictions on degrees are mentioned. That is the whole point of my objection, they should state up front what is allowed. And how YourPace specifically differs from normal enrollment. There is absolutely no way as a reader of the site for instance, to infer that double majors are not allowed.
I do not think I am making it more complicated than it is, and you do not know beforehand if the combination some student is considering is random.
A student is paying several 1000s of dollars for a degree, they should be able to know upfront what their options are when making a substantial investment like this. Despite what you adamantly claim, a potential student does not know what the available options are, just from reading the website.
When in doubt, go with what is on the YourPace website. Originally, they didn't let students add things such as additional minors or concentrations from what I've been told by folks at UMPI. It's only over time as students have gone through the programs and asked if things could be added on that changes were made. Until this fall semester, you could not complete a second bachelor's degree if you had completed a BLS. That has changed. I pushed really hard for this to change. I don't know why it finally did change, but it did thankfully. The website isn't going to change and show every little thing because they would have to update it constantly. And sometimes exceptions are made for some students such as the BAS. That's not a YourPace degree, but the Director of YourPace has allowed a few students to complete it. Will this be allowed in the future? No one knows.
There's nothing on the YourPace website that says you can do a double major. Double majors are much easier on campus. Being a double major in YourPace would be like completing the BA in Criminal Justice and the BA in English. Two different majors. There's very little overlap. You wouldn't need any general electives because your second major will fill them and then some.
You make it sounds like people are spending a great deal of money on this degree and most of us have not. We spent less than any of the Big 3 or WGU. I mean $1400-$2800 for a degree is so ridiculously cheap.
You do know what degrees are available to you. They are all displayed on the YourPace website. I wouldn't go in with a plan to complete additional concentrations or minors without being an enrolled student. There have been degree programs which were removed and there have been new concentrations added in just the last year. The best thing to do is pick a program and complete it as it is today because it can change or be removed. Add additional things like an extra concentration or minor after you're enrolled and have already completed your degree program. You may find that you don't like the learning platform or the writing of papers. Some classes have lengthy projects which you don't know about until you're enrolled in the class. No one on here has completed the marketing concentration because it started in August. I'm the first again. This program has far more work than 2 of my minors combined. Only Project Management had this amount of work.
What specifically are you looking to accomplish at UMPI? I don't recall you stating what degree program you want to complete.