Besides courses in the degree plan do you have to take courses at UMPI like capstone?

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At UMPI, you need to complete at least 10 UMPI courses. "Most" of your UL credit needs to be taken at UMPI (this varies slightly depending on specific degree). Aside from that, what you see in the degree plan is what you have to take at UMPI. If you're looking at a plan that has, for instance, only 6 UMPI courses specified, that leaves the student to decide what 4 further classes to complete at UMPI. For instance, instead of doing English Comp at Sophia or Study.com, UMPI is usually easier/faster. So, you don't transfer in English Comp and you take it from UMPI instead.

Most degrees at UMPI do not have capstones, as such. I think Psych and Criminal Justice are exceptions? The GEC (gen eds) and the specific degree plans are all you need for a UMPI degree.

YourPace is a competency-based program that is not unlike Study.com or Sophia. Your tuition is a "subscription fee" that permits you to take UMPI YourPace-specific courses (not all UMPI courses are available in YourPace; some are only available if you take the more expensive on-campus classes). All YourPace classes can be completed fully online. They are graded based on a single final paper or project, though there are "milestones" along the way that need to be "affirmed" by the professors (given the okay) and these can sometimes be substantial.

In order to save yourself a lot of headache, if you do decide on UMPI, you must complete either French or Spanish at Sophia, plus Human Biology + Lab and Environmental Science.

Can I use YourPace to satisfy the requirement to take 10 courses at UMPI or requirement to do UL courses at UMPI?

The guide here doesn't seem to tell you which courses to do at UMPI: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Pi...egree_Plan. How do I find out which courses I can do at UMPI and online to get a bachelor's degree from there without ever going to the physical campus? The Area of Emphasis in the guide that I'm thinking of doing is Information Systems.

It sounds like there's a foreign language requirement. The guide, if you scroll down, mentions something called an ACTFL exam. I was born in Pakistan and I can speak the main language of the country Urdu pretty good, I speak to my family members over the phone in it just about every day, but I can't read or write in it at all. I could learn to read/write in it if necessary, but in an ideal world it'd be easier if I don't have to since I don't plan on ever living in Pakistan and the interaction with family members is fine without it, but it'd be easier for me to learn reading/writing in this language than another language. Another easy language I could learn seems to be Spanish.

Is there also any way to have the foreign language requirement waived totally? I've only gone to one brick-and-mortar school that had a foreign language requirement, and before I started with them I made sure they waived the requirement for me, and I've always avoided schools that have a foreign language requirement.

Lastly, do the graders/teachers at UMPI grade harshly or can they be easy or okay graders? If you make a small mistake will they let it go? Do you get to pick the professors for classes at UMPI, maybe even if you're doing it through YourPace, and can you find reviews on them on sites like RateMyProfessor.com? Would you say UMPI classes are easier than WGU or UMGC? Thank you.

Edit: If I just have to do an interview like this to satisfy the foreign language requirement, it doesn't seem like I would have a problem: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK3aYYt8uWg.