About to submit for BOG and then UMPI or TAMC?

[teejayb]

Hi OP... many variables are missing towards your journey. The more details, the better, so we know your current situation.  How young are you? Do you have other commitments besides a job? Is there a specific degree or major you're looking for? Are you into alternative credit through test out options or competency based assessments? Most important is, how much time can you dedicate to your studies each day?

My apologies. I'm in my mid thirties with a family. I work as a firefighter/paramedic here in Texas. Our city and Department heads are starting to implement a program that requires you to have a degree in order to promote to the officer rank. I'm looking at a degree which I can eventually use in my current field if I wanted to ever go for a department head role at my current organization, or on a state or national level such as FEMA. We have had a few guys have career ending injuries with nothing to fall back on. That's scary.

The Pierpoint degree seems like a decent and quick was to satisfy my work requirements for now. I'd like to continue on for a bachelors in organization management/leadership, or something like that. Besides what is mentioned on my first post, I do not have any additional credits that could be useful, except for a ton of FEMA, TEEX classes that probably would not transfer over, or do me any good in the programs I'm looking at. I'm still open to ideas, but the UMPU and TAMUC programs seem like the best fit. With the latter being paid by my department and the State due to my career. The TAMUC might carry a little more weight around here as well, for whatever it would be worth.

As far as dedicated time, I would say I can reasonably manage 3-4 hours a day on studies. I have been able to do a fair amount of studying at work between calls, but won't take any tests while on duty because it would be my luck to get a call as soon as I start a timed test!