Academic fresh start or no?

[Thenson]

Thank you everyone. Sorry that I did not give much information to go off of. 

I am in the USA. Stay at home dad right now, I have a lot of time to get this done.. I owe it to my daughter to get it done, she's 2 . Fiance works weekend nights as a nurse. I've delayed the degree for 12 years by working as an EMT, I tried to get it done the past two years, but I made a bad decision on the school I chose to go to..... But when it all comes down to it, it's my fault and I'm owning up to that. Had I reached out and asked for help from people in the beginning, I'd probably not be in this predicament . 

The Details: 


Regular credit classes are as follows: 

English Comp I -3
Intro to Philosophy -3
General Psychology -3
Anatomy & Physiology I -4
Anatomy & Physiology II -4
Intro to Visual Arts -3
Personal Finance -3
US Government -3
And
Some BS Foundations class they pushed on me to take because they treat everyone as if they are a senior in high school -3

These classes formed the EMT certificate/diploma:

Introduction to EMS -3
Basic EMT I -6
Basic EMT II -6
EMT Extended Skills -4

Then further on, more “technical” credits are: 

EMT Preparatory -6
Principles of Pathophysiology -4
Patient Assessment -3
Airway Management -2
Prehospital Pharmacology -3
Medical Situations -6
Clinical Experience I -3
EMS Operations -4
Patient Management -4 
Trauma Emergencies -3
Clinical Experience II -3

My goal is to take whatever is missing via Sophia, then enroll in a self-paced or I guess an open enrollment do it as fast as you can degree. 

But, the more I read around here, I feel like I have a very large amount of credit hours that I was assuming are worthless, but may not be….? 

Also, every class listed here is one that has an A or B grade. The F's I mentioned before may actually be listed as withdrawals on the transcript, not totally sure how that'll work out, but I felt reassured to see someone mention that it'll be there but won't necessarily destroy your future lol because that's kinda how I feel at this point.

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@Thenson, you really need to give us some more details...  by reading what you have mentioned, competency based degree may or may not be for you.  On this board, I usually recommend 3 things, Certs, Degree, Experience.  You have two of the three, so the degree you're seeking shouldn't really matter.  As mentioned by members of the board, you can go for a TESU CIS or the UMPI BLS MIS... there are so many ways to play this out, we just need to know what the variables are in play to help you best, cheap, easy, fast, with extra ROI/Value.

In order to help you more, you should provide us your age, commitments (since you're a new dad), what other things may "take away your time" from studies, do you volunteer, etc?  Last but not least, we should also know which institution you have the F's and what your current credits look like, list them out so we can help you further.  The only way to get an academic refresh is at the school you have the F's, you retake them, or if they have academic forgiveness, get them to "forgive" those credits...

Sorry I forgot the couple questions you asked when I made the updated post. I'm 30, there's not much that is going to take away from my study time other than just being stay at home father and main caretaker of my daughter, I do get help from my fiance but she works 3 nights a week and also has two sons who are with us on alternating weeks, which they are older and in school so she is busy with the schedule for them/homework,etc. So, there's time. No other obligations at the moment. 

All of my credits are from regionally accredited community colleges. Jackson State Community College and then Snow College. Snow is where the F's/Withdrawals are at.