What is an ONLINE Class that UMPI doesn't offer that you wish they did?

[JannikT]

Yes, I fully agree. Especially statistics classes are hard to find. UMPI has one combined micro/macro economics course. I think this is a bad strategy on their part. In the History/political science Yourpace programme, it is not even possible to do the PS concentration with statistics 1 & 2, instead of foreign language 1 & 2. This is an option if you attend the regular university. 

I have a bachelor and master degree in economics, so I fully understand where you are coming from. When you go past first year economics/finance, the subject becomes a lot more math heavy. Several universities I know of offer a combined bachelor degree in economics and mathematics. You could consider doing a master in economics/finance.

The economics course is a single course on campus. That's why the YourPace degrees require both macro & micro. I wonder if they haven't expanded the math options in YourPace is due to the difficulty of math. I know there were a number of issues with the science course. We also need to keep in mind that YourPace is only a few years old. I think this is the 5th year of YourPace. It has grown during this time to include new bachelor's degrees and UMPI's first ever master's degree. More degrees are in the works so more classes are coming. When I started in August 2020 French 1 was the only foreign language class available in YourPace. Spanish 1 came later. I asked about it every few weeks because I was told that it was coming. I signed up for it as soon as it became available.

The difficulty of math probably.has something to do with it. I personally think UMPI YourPace would fare better if they included the CS programme with a good dose of math. They could easily create a business major with a concentration in informatics or analytics. They would just need to expand the existing BA programme with 5 or 6 courses and combine it with the MIS minor.

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UMPI could do what other schools do and outsource at least some of its maths classes to ALEKS or similar. ALEKS has Stats: https://www.aleks.com/about_aleks/course_products

I don't like it as much, but Gradarius has Calculus: https://www.gradarius.com/

ALEKS is probably a good site if you want to learn the basics. But I am more interested in doing some statistics courses that are a little more advanced. I am pretty sure I could complete the courses without to much trouble, as I likely did similar courses 15- 20 years ago.