UMPI !General Education Requirements Roadmap

General Education Requirements (Beta)

Here is a General Education Requirements that will work for all Degree plans for the University of Maine at Presque Isle (UMPI) as of approximately July of 2022. Please make sure that the suggestions are still valid before beginning to follow this plan.

Credit to DegreeForum members ss20ts, ashkir, and others for making it possible to plan alt credits for degrees at UMPI.

The alternative credit courses were handpicked using experience from previous students as to what courses will be the easiest and quickest courses to take. In places with multiple courses listed, the first course is assumed to be the fastest/easiest course to take.

Tips on Order in Which to Complete Courses

Start with Sophia.org. Unfortunately, Sophia only allows 2 courses open at one time, so do only one course at a time that has touchstones (written assignments). Once done with Sophia, do Study.com

How the General Education Curriculum Works

The GEC of UMPI is one of the most complex and hardest to understand of any college.

Some key things to keep in mind

• You need at least one course to meet each objective
• One course can meet multiple objectives
• You need 40 unique credit hours worth of courses

Source of Credit

This degree plan was made using these sources to map out all the alternative credits.

• UMPI GEC requirements
• UMPI Database (Click Transfer Equiv, then transfer course, select Presque Isle, then click on letter of institution)
• Sophia.org Equivalency List
• Study.com Official Transfer Guide
• Compiled List of Courses and Corresponding Tests (For CLEP, AP and Straighterline course options)
• Sophia, Study.com are the course providers recommended in this degree plan

General Education Curriculum Requirements

1. Effective Written & Oral Communication

Learning Objective Required	Learning Objective Filled	Course Provider	Course Name (Learning objective each course meets in parentheses)	Course No
1A	1A, 1D	Sophia	English Comp I
1A		CLEP	English Comp I
1A		Study.com	English 104: College Composition I
1B	1B, 2C, 4B	Sophia	English Comp II
1B	1B, 2C, 4B	Study.com	English 105: College Composition II
1C		Sophia	Business Communication	PCJ 215
1C		Sophia	Pubic Speaking
1C		Study.com	Communications 120: Presentation Skills in the Workplace Note: Presentation Skills is a super fast course that can be done in one day with no assignments, so if money doesn't matter, for sure, take this course.	PCJ 215
1D	1A, 1D	Sophia	English Comp I (duplicate)
1D		CLEP	English Comp I (duplicate)
Totals	40			40

2. Critical & Creative Thinking

Learning Objective Required	Learning Objective Filled	Course Provider	Course Name (Learning objective each course meets in parentheses)	Course No
2A	2A, 2B, 4C, 5D	Sophia	Intro to Ethics
2A	2A, 2B, 4C, 5D	Sophia	Ancient Greek Philosophers
2A	2A, 2B, 4C, 5D	Sophia	Approach to Studying Religions
2B	2A, 2B, 4C, 5D	Sophia	Intro to Ethics (duplicate)
2B	2A, 2B, 4C, 5D	Sophia	Ancient Greek Philosophers (duplicate)
2B	2A, 2B, 4C, 5D	Sophia	Approach to Studying Religions (duplicate)
2C	1B, 2C, 4B	Sophia	English Composition II (dupicate)
2D		Study.com	Communication 102: Interpersonal Communication
2D		Study.com	Humanities 201: Critical Thinking & Analysis
2D		UMPI	HUM 103 - Creative Decision Making Note: Somewhat easy course to take at UMPI
2E	2E	Sophia	Art History I
2E	2E	Sophia	Art History II
Totals

3. Quantitative & Scientific Reasoning

Learning Objective Required	Learning Objective Filled	Course Provider	Course Name (Learning objective each course meets in parentheses)	Course No
3A	3A, 3B	Sophia	College Algebra
3A	3A, 3B	Sophia	Into to Stats
3A	3A, 3B	Sophia	Precalculus
3A	3A, 3B	Sophia	Calculus I
3B	3A, 3B	Sophia	College Algebra (duplicate)
3B	3A, 3B	Sophia	Into to Stats (duplicate)
3B	3A, 3B	Sophia	Precalculus (duplicate)
3B	3A, 3B	Sophia	Calculus I (duplicate)
3C	3C	Sophia	Human Biology
3D	3D	Sophia	Environmental Science
3E	3E	Sophia	Human Biology Lab (Must be taken with Human Biology to count)
Totals

4. Information Literacy

Learning Objective Required	Learning Objective Filled	Course Provider	Course Name (Learning objective each course meets in parentheses)	Course No
4A	4A	UMPI	(Short 1 day Orientation course on YourPace's learning platform is taken for no credit)
4B	1B, 2C, 4B	Sophia	English Comp II (duplicate)
4B	1B, 2C, 4B	Study.com	English 105: College Composition II (duplicate)
4C	2A, 2B, 4C, 5D	Sophia	Intro to Ethics (duplicate)
4C	2A, 2B, 4C, 5D	Sophia	Ancient Greek Philosophers (duplicate)
4C	2A, 2B, 4C, 5D	Sophia	Approach to Studying Religions (duplicate)
Totals

4. Information Literacy

Learning Objective Required	Learning Objective Filled	Course Provider	Course Name (Learning objective each course meets in parentheses)	Course No
5A	2B, 5A	Sophia	Introduction to Sociology
5B	5B	Sophia	US History I
5B	5B	Sophia	US History II
5C	5C	Sophia	Spanish I
5C	5C	Sophia	Spanish II
5C	5C	ACTFL	If you are already fluent in a foreign language, you could also take an ACTFL exam
5C	5C	CLEP	Spanish CLEP exam is not recommended for beginners unless you already have at least a year of school experience in Spanish because it requires you to be able to hear and understand Spanish. Do Sophia if you are a beginner.
5E	1C, 5E	Sophia	US Government
Totals

General Education Curriculum Requirements

Learning Objective	Competency Units Value	Course Provider	Course Name (Learning objective each course meets in parentheses)	Transfer Credit
1A	3	Sophia or CLEP or Study.com or UMPI	English Comp I (1A, 1D) or English Comp (1A, 1D) or English 104: College Composition I (1A, 1D) (UMPI recommended)	3
1B	3	UMPI or Study.com or Sophia	English 105: College Composition II (1B, 2C, 4B) or English Comp II (1B, 2C, 4B)(UMPI recommended) (Grading for English Comp II in Sophia takes 2 months which is why it is not recommended)	3
1C	3	Sophia or Study.com	Communication at Work (1C) (recommended) or Pubic Speaking (1C) or Communications 120: Presentation Skills in the Workplace (1C) (recommended) Note: Presentation Skills is a super fast course that can be done in one day with no assignments, so if money doesn't matter, for sure, take this course. Note: BABA and other degrees require PCJ 215: Business Communication which Communication at Work or Communications 120: Presentation Skills in the Workplace fits this requirement.	3
1D			English Composition I (1A, 1D) (Duplicate)
2A	3	Sophia	Intro to Ethics (2A, 2B, 4C, 5D) or Ancient Greek Philosophers (2A, 2B, 4C, 5D) or Approach to Studying Religions (2A, 2B, 4C, 5D)	3
2B			Intro to Ethics (2A, 2B, 4C, 5D) or Ancient Greek Philosophers (2A, 2B, 4C, 5D) or Approach to Studying Religions (2A, 2B, 4C, 5D) (Duplicate) Note: Introduction to Sociology works for 2B, 5A
2C			English Composition II (1B, 2C, 4B) (Duplicate)
2D	3	Study.com or UMPI	Communication 102: Interpersonal Communication (2A, 2B, 2D) Humanities 201: Critical Thinking & Analysis (2D) UMPI HUM 103 - Creative Decision Making (2D)	3
2E	3	Sophia	Art History I (2E) or Art History II (2E)	3
3A	3	Sophia	College Algebra (3A, 3B) or Into to Stats (3A, 3B) Note: Business Math (3A, 3B) is required for all BABA plans though then you won't have to take College Algebra or Intro to Stats Note: According to UMPI's database, Intro College Mathematics works for 3A, 3B, but we don't have student feedback for which degrees this could work, which is why it's not recommended.	3
3B			Math Requirement (3A, 3B) (Duplicate)
3C	3	Sophia	Human Biology (3C) (Highly recommended you take at Sophia vs UMPI) Note: If you do Chemistry with lab, that works for 3D, 3E, then you need to do Sophia biology for 3C.	4
3D	3	Sophia	Environmental Science (3D) Note: Introduction to Chemistry also works for 3D	3
3E	1	Sophia	Human Biology Lab (3E) (Must be taken with Human Biology to count) Introduction to Chemistry Lab works for 3E as well; must be taken with Sophia's Introduction to Chemistry to count
4A			(Orientation course on YourPace's learning platform is taken for no credit)
4B			English Composition II (1B, 2C, 4B) (Duplicate)
4C			Intro to Ethics (2A, 2B, 4C, 5D) or Ancient Greek Philosophers (2A, 2B, 4C, 5D) or Approach to Studying Religions (2A, 2B, 4C, 5D) (Duplicate)
5A	3	Sophia	Introduction to Sociology (2B, 5A)	3
5B	3	Sophia	US History II (5B) (recommended) or US History I (5B) Note: The reason why U.S. history II is recommended is because U.S. history I has lots of questions that require multiple answers to get correct which makes the course harder.	3
5C	3	Sophia or Study.com	Spanish I (5C) or Spanish 101 (5C), 102 (5C), 105 (5C) Note: If you are already fluent in a foreign language, you could also take an ACTFL exam. CLEPS are not recommended for beginners unless you already have at least a year of school experience in a foreign language. Note: Instantcert Spanish comes in as vocational credit, so this likely won't work anymore.	3
5D			Intro to Ethics (2A, 2B, 4C, 5D) or Ancient Greek Philosophers (2A, 2B, 4C, 5D) or Approach to Studying Religions (2A, 2B, 4C, 5D) (Duplicate)
5E	3	Study.com or UMPI	Political Science 102: American Government (1C, 5E) or Political Science 101: Intro to Political Science (5D, 5E) Note: UMPI's American Government is easy and can be done in 3 days.	3
Totals	40			40

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