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*Duplicate means the course is listed multiple times. (This is done because one course can meet many learning objective requirements)
*Duplicate means the course is listed multiple times. (This is done because one course can meet many learning objective requirements)


== 1. Effective Written & Oral Communication ==
== Effective Written & Oral Communication (1) ==
The English Composition courses are reported to be somewhat easy at UMPI.
The English Composition courses are reported to be somewhat easy at UMPI.
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== 2. Critical & Creative Thinking ==
== Critical & Creative Thinking (2) ==
Creative Decision Making - HUM 103 (2D) is somewhat of an easy course at UMPI if you don't want to take it at Study.com.
Creative Decision Making - HUM 103 (2D) is somewhat of an easy course at UMPI if you don't want to take it at Study.com.
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== 3. Quantitative & Scientific Reasoning ==
== Quantitative & Scientific Reasoning (3) ==
For BA Business Administration majors, you would take Business Math instead of other math options. For all other majors, Business Math won't fulfill the 3A requirement.
For BA Business Administration majors, you would take Business Math instead of other math options. For all other majors, Business Math won't fulfill the 3A requirement.


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== 4. Information Literacy ==
== Information Literacy (4) ==
This section mostly contains duplicates from previous sections, so there are no courses to take in this section. The UMPI Orientation course is reported to take a few hours to complete.
This section mostly contains duplicates from previous sections, so there are no courses to take in this section. The UMPI Orientation course is reported to take a few hours to complete.
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== 5. Global Consciousness & Intercultural Awareness ==
== Global Consciousness & Intercultural Awareness (5) ==
If you are fluent in a foreign language, testing out becomes a viable option for any language. If you are a beginner, then BY FAR, it's quicker to take a Sophia course. Reportedly, doing a foreign language course at UMPI is said to be challenging. Therefore, it is advisable to avoid UMPI.  
If you are fluent in a foreign language, testing out becomes a viable option for any language. If you are a beginner, then BY FAR, it's quicker to take a Sophia course. Reportedly, doing a foreign language course at UMPI is said to be challenging. Therefore, it is advisable to avoid UMPI.  
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Revision as of 22:05, 29 May 2023

General Education Requirements

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 June of 2023. 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.

Alt Courses

The alternative credit courses were handpicked using experience from previous students regarding which courses will be the easiest and quickest to take. In places with multiple courses listed, the first course is assumed to be the fastest/easiest to complete. Sophia is mostly used since it's the fastest/cheapest of the alternative providers for most courses.

Tips on Order in Which to Complete Courses

Start with Sophia.org. Unfortunately, Sophia only allows two courses to be open at one time, so only complete one course at a time that has touchstones (written assignments). Once done with Sophia, move on to Study.com.

Source of Credit

This degree plan was made using the following sources to map out all the alternative credits:

General Education Curriculum Requirements

How the General Education Curriculum Works

Go through and find a course that will meet each required learning objective.

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
  • Duplicate means the course is listed multiple times. (This is done because one course can meet many learning objective requirements)

Effective Written & Oral Communication (1)

The English Composition courses are reported to be somewhat easy at UMPI.

Learning

Objective

Required

Learning

Objective Filled

Course

Provider

Course Name Course No
1A 1A, 1D Sophia English Comp I
1A 1A, 1D CLEP English Comp I
1A 1A, 1D 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 1C Sophia Business Communication (Also fills PCJ 215 requirement for BA Business Admin Major)
1C 1C Sophia Pubic Speaking
1C 1C Study.com Communications 120: Presentation Skills in the Workplace

(Also fills PCJ 215 requirement for BA Business Admin Major) 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.

1D 1A, 1D Sophia English Comp I (duplicate)
1D 1A, 1D CLEP English Comp I (duplicate)

Critical & Creative Thinking (2)

Creative Decision Making - HUM 103 (2D) is somewhat of an easy course at UMPI if you don't want to take it at Study.com.

Learning

Objective

Required

Learning

Objective Filled

Course

Provider

Course Name 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
2A 2A, 2B Sophia Intro Psych: Smarter Decisions (not recommended since it screws up 4C and 5D requirements)
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 2A, 2B, 2D Study.com Communication 102: Interpersonal Communication

(This course has no writing assignments so should be quicker than Critical Thinking & Analysis)

2D 2D Study.com Humanities 201: Critical Thinking & Analysis
2E 2E Sophia Art History I
2E 2E Sophia Art History II

Quantitative & Scientific Reasoning (3)

For BA Business Administration majors, you would take Business Math instead of other math options. For all other majors, Business Math won't fulfill the 3A requirement.

If you take Biology + Lab, then you need 3D (Take Environmental Science or Introduction to Chemistry). If you take Chemistry + Lab, then you need 3C (Take Introduction to Nutrition or Human Biology).

DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES TAKE BIOLOGY AT UMPI, AS THAT COURSE IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT AND CAN TAKE THE ENTIRE 8-WEEK TERM TO COMPLETE.

Learning

Objective

Required

Learning

Objective Filled

Course

Provider

Course Name 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
3A 3A, 3B Study.com Business Math

(This is only for BA Business Admin majors otherwise this won't count for 3A for all other BA or BLS majors)

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
3C 3C Sophia Introduction to Nutrition
3D 3D Sophia Environmental Science
3D 3D Sophia Introduction to Chemistry
3E 3E Sophia Human Biology Lab (Must be taken with Human Biology to count)
3E 3E Sophia Intro to Chemistry Lab (Must be taken with Intro to Chemistry to count)

Information Literacy (4)

This section mostly contains duplicates from previous sections, so there are no courses to take in this section. The UMPI Orientation course is reported to take a few hours to complete.

Learning

Objective

Required

Learning

Objective Filled

Course

Provider

Course Name Course No
4A 4A UMPI (Short 1 day Orientation course on YourPace's learning platform is taken for no credit)
4A 4A Sophia Student Success (1 credit short course. Says this works for 4A)
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)

Global Consciousness & Intercultural Awareness (5)

If you are fluent in a foreign language, testing out becomes a viable option for any language. If you are a beginner, then BY FAR, it's quicker to take a Sophia course. Reportedly, doing a foreign language course at UMPI is said to be challenging. Therefore, it is advisable to avoid UMPI.

Learning

Objective

Required

Learning

Objective Filled

Course

Provider

Course Name 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 Taking a foreign language CLEP exam is not recommended for beginners unless you already have at least a year of school experience in that language. This is because the exam requires the ability to comprehend spoken language. If you are a beginner, it is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to consider using Sophia as an alternative.
5D 5D Sophia Intro to Ethics (duplicate)
5D 5D Sophia Ancient Greek Philosophers (duplicate)
5D 5D Sophia Approach to Studying Religions (duplicate)
5E 1C, 5E Sophia US Government

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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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