Project Management - STD credits or Google Certifications

[DavidGood]

Good afternoon -

I am about at the end of what I can do on Sophia. Excluding Spanish, I have about a week left.

If I do nothing else, I will (should) have 43 hours to go when I start @ UMPI in October.

Question:

For a PM degree, could someone "in the know" please advise which is better:

1) getting one or more certifications via google / Coursera 
- or -
2) taking a few classes at Study.com

Certs certainly pull some weight when looking for PM work, but I want to make sure I have time to finish them before the 'official' curriculum starts. The goal, as with all of us, is to be as close to 30 hours required as possible on my UMPI start date. Also, I have plenty of electives, so when the google PM cert says it comes in as:

"GOOG 0003: Google Project Management Professional Certificate ** transfers in as: 3 credits BUS 400, 3 credits BUS 3XX, and 3 Credits BUS 1XX (business electives)"

the only thing of value for graduation is BUS 400.

I'd like to be one of those people who finishes UMPI in 8 weeks so that I can move on to MAOL.

Thanks in advance for your wisdom.