UMPI BABA Project Management with Zero Starting Credits

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When I mentioned the trifecta of certs, degree, experience, you want to make a balanced mix/match of the three.  At your age, you don't have much experience in that field, making the energy/time to get the IBM cert in addition to the UMPI course is what I would recommend, the reason is simple, you're going to use that for knowledge and learning gaps that gets filled by doing both.  In many of my posts, you will notice I mention to do the certs in addition to the classes even if it duplicates the credits, and that's the reason why... If you were my age or something like double, and you have plenty of knowledge/experience, doing the UMPI course would be recommended as that would go towards the MAOL.

Thank you! I would prefer to do the Bachelor in the most efficient and fast way though, how can I adjust for that? Here in Europe it's basically just needed to tick a box to enter junior level positions. I can do certificates after the bachelor too if needed. I don't want to work in Data Analytics anyway, so I would probably prefer doing some other certificate afterwards.

Or could I at least remove the general elective courses that the certs credits cover? I am not sure how that works, if more credits in one class from the certs can replace other classes. I think stuff like Art History II really isn't necessary for future jobs and I'd like to skip that.

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Another thing, the IBM Data Analyst Professional Certificate for BUS 440 seems really inefficient, Coursera say it needs about 160 hours to complete, that's a full month of work. Should I just do the BUS 440 at UMPI instead?

It's hard to say how long it would take you.

Google IT support says it will take 240 hours, but I did it in a few days.

Do you have prior work experience to help you do it so quickly?
I can do some basic python, but the other things I'd need to learn from scratch.

Yes, I did it after I got my Computer Science degree. I watched the videos in the first section, but after that, I jumped right to the quizzes for the other sections. 

I took 2 SDC networking courses, which helped a lot since there is a big section on networking.

Most of the stuff was pretty straightforward.

It's pretty laid-back. You don't get punished if you fail a quiz since you can retake it immediately.