PUG Business Administration Degree Plan

Business Administration Degree Plan

This is a Business Administration Degree plan for Purdue University Global (PUG) as of approximately June of 2023. Please make sure that the suggestions are still valid before beginning to follow this plan.

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 CLEP, then Sophia. Sophia only allows 2 courses open at one time so don't have 2 courses that have touchstones (written assignments) open at the same time. Once done with Sophia, do the Study.com courses.

Doing a concentration for this degree is optional. However the degree plan is setup to make it easy to take 4 concentration courses + 4 major requirements. If you don't take concentration courses, then you would just have to find 3 100/200 & 1 300+ level course to meet the minimum 45cr that required to take at Purdue.

How Long Will It Take To Complete This Degree Once I Finish All the Alterative Credits?

How long to complete depends on a variety of factors such as experience, time commitment, the efficiency of studying, etc. Considering you spend at least 20 hours a week on your studies, it should take 2-3 terms to complete this degree.

Warplan for finishing in 2 terms

If you want to finish in 2 terms, you need to be aggressive in opening up a bunch of courses. It is possible to finish in 2 terms with less than 30hrs a week studying. Follow the advise of this Reddit Thread. The capstone is a set 10 weeks and can't be accelerated so you must start this at the beginning of your 2nd term in order to finish in 2 terms.   

Source of Credit

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

Alternative Credits List

Study.com Equivalent Guide

It Certification Exams Equivalent Guide

Core Requirements

ID	Course	Competency Units Value	Course Provider	Course Name	Course Id	Purdue Credit
CM107	College Composition I	5	CLEP Sophia	English Composition, Foundations of English Composition	CLEP-0040 SOPH-0019	5
CM220	College Composition II	5	CLEP Sophia Study.com	English Composition, English Composition I, English 104: College Composition I	CLEP-0040 SOPH-0015 SDCM-0057	5
CS212	Communicating Professionalism	5		(Must take at PUG)
BU224	Microeconomics	5	Sophia	Microeconomics	SOPH-0011	5
MM255	Business Math and Statistical Measures	5	Study.com	Business 110: Business Math	SDCM-0063	5
100/200 Level	Mathematics Requirement	5	Sophia	College Algebra or Introduction to Statistics	SOPH-0001 SOPH-0005	5
100/200 Level	Arts and Humanities Requirement	5	Sophia	Introduction to Ethics	SOPH-0020	5
100/200 Level	Science Requirement	5	Sophia	Environmental Science	SOPH-0016	5
100/200 Level	Social Science Requirement	5	Sophia	U.S. Government	SDCM-0042	5
Totals		45				40

Major Requirements

ID	Course	Competency Units Value	Course Provider	Course Name	Course Id	Purdue Credit
AC114	Accounting I	5	Sophia	Accounting	SOPH-0010	5
AC116	Accounting II	5	Study.com	Accounting 302: Advanced Accounting	SDCM-0078	5
BU204	Macroeconomics or Global Business	5	Sophia Study.com	Macroeconomics or Business 120: International Business	SOPH-0012 SDCM-0115	5
MT140	Introduction to Management	5	Sophia	Principles of Management	SDCM-0027	5
MT203 or MT209	Human Resource Management or Small Business Management	5	Study.com	Business 106: Human Resource Management or Business 321: Small Business Management	SDCM-0026 SDCM-0147	5
MT217	Finance	5	Sophia	Principles of Finance	SOPH-0033	5
MT219	Marketing	5	Study.com	Business 102: Principles of Marketing	SDCM-0007	5
LS311 or LS312	Business Law or Ethics and the Legal Environment	6	DSST	Business Law II * Sophia & Saylor this course would come in as LS4.5L and likely not work. So that's why you would have to take Business Law II DSST.		5
MM305	Business Statistics and Quantitative Analysis	6
MT302	Organizational Behavior	6	Study.com	Business 307: Leadership & Organizational Behavior	SDCM-0053	6
MT400 or MT435	Business Process Management or Operations Management	6	Study.com	Business 312: Advanced Operations Management	SDCM-0050	6
MT445 or MT480	Managerial Economics or Corporate Finance	6	Study.com	Finance 301: Corporate Finance	SDCM-0153	6
MT460	Management Policy and Strategy	6
300/400 Level	Marketing Course	6	Study.com	Marketing 301/302/306/308		6
MT499	Bachelor's Capstone in Management	6
Totals		83				64

Concentration (Optional)

You can only complete course through the ExcelTrack that have a "blue globe" next to it. This means your only option for a concentration is management.

ID	Course	Competency Units Value	Course Provider	Course Name	Course Id	Purdue Credit
-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Totals

Open Electives

ID	Course	Competency Units Value	Course Provider	Course Name	Course Id	Purdue Credit
Any ID	Whatever you want	36	Sophia, etc	Whatever you want	-	36
Totals		36				36

Total Transfer Credit

ID	Course	Competency Units Value	Course Provider	Course Name	Course Id	Purdue Transfer Credit (135 max transfer)
	Core Requirements	45				40
	Major Requirements	83				64
	Concentration Requirement	0				0
	Open Electives	52				36
Totals		180				140

*To copy this degree plan, hold down left mouse button, drag to select tables, then copy/paste (CTR+C/CTR+P) to Sheets or Excel.