The Chilean Recoleta University or UAR has just opened sign ups for the fall 2024 session. While most courses are in Spanish, this one is expected to be offered in English.
Courses are free of charge. These diplomados are pretty much self paced. They usually have text to read, quizzes you can only do once that are worth part of the score and a final essay where you are expected to grade 2 other students. Once you pass the course and the session ends, you will get an email saying your digital diploma is ready and to download it.
Text of the course:
The Universidad Abierta de Recoleta, in conjunction with MIJENTE, presents the International Diploma in Data, Surveillance and Democracy – Second edition, which is composed of four courses: (i) Digital Revolution and Data Economy, (ii) Social Networks, Fake News and Democratic Crisis, (iii) Rebellion against Technology at the Service of Surveillance and (iv) Real Utopias: What do we do with digital technologies?
MIJENTE is a non-profit organization originating from Chicago, USA, being the political home for Latinos and Chicanos seeking racial, economic, gender and climate justice. Learn more about MIJENTE at this LINK.
Advances in digital technology have revolutionized the world around us. This technological revolution has changed everything from our society to transforming the economy and impacting democracies. In fact, data, our very personal and private information, is now worth more than the cost of oil and gold.
Against this backdrop, UAR’s International Diploma in Data, Surveillance and Democracy – Second edition, in partnership with MIJENTE, critically analyzes the current state of global digital surveillance, recognizing its effects on human life. In addition, the courses that make up the Diploma include spaces, activities and multimedia materials for critical reflection on this surveillance, with international experts who share theory and praxis for counter-hegemonic action.
Hello everyone,
I've been a lurker for about 5 months, and found a lot of valuable information in this community—thank you all for that! I've hit a new hurdle today and could really use some advice.
I graduated high school in Vietnam in 2001 and moved to Oregon in 2005. I wasn't eligible for financial aid and took some college courses without earning official credits, focusing instead on building a new life here. I now run a small business and haven't considered going back to school.
2 years ago, life pushed me to a new world where I had to study to become ABA therapist for my own son. My passion for this field has continued to grown since then. I've received positive feedback from my supervisors and full support from my family, which has encouraged me to pursue a bachelor's degree and eventually a master's, at 41. I've been working hard this year and have earned 83 Sophia credits so far. I also applied for BOG to close the gap.
I applied to the Liberal Studies Psychology program at UMPI 2 weeks ago and have been in touch with an admissions specialist, Nikki Enlow. I finally requested for a phone call. This morning, she informed me that my application is being transferred to a different department that handles students with prior international education. She mentioned that I need to have my high school transcripts evaluated by a third party, such as NACES or AICE, and have them sent directly to UMPI. Also, I need to provide English language proficiency exam scores and an official transcript from a local community college, even though I haven’t taken any for-credit courses there. She stated that my 83 Sophia credits would still be considered, but not good enough.
I'm feeling sad and discouraged because the process seems more complicated than I anticipated. I had hoped to start in September, but now that seems impossible.
I would greatly appreciate any advice or insights on how to navigate this situation and move fast forward. Thanks so much for your help!
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Location: Oregon, US
Age: 41- F
Desired Degree: Bachelor’s in Psychology, followed by a Master’s
Current Regional Accredited credits: 0
Current ACE / CLEP credits: 83 Sophia credits
Any certifications or military experience: No
Budget: Preferably $5-$15k, speed is more important than cost
Commitments: Full time job + 3 kids
Timeline: ASAP
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Does anyone know what courses can be used to satisfy the electives proportion of the TESU AAS Degree in Environmental, Safety, and Security technologies?
Could criminal justice or Sophia courses be used? I am trying to find any free courses I can use. I see TEEX offers credits for free can they be used?
I have registered for LIB 4950 OL003 Capstone project which is starting next week. I just wanted to quickly connect with anyone who has recently completed the course to have an understanding with their experience. Really appreciate if anyone can connect by sending private messages or replying to this post.
Also anyone who has registered for the same timeline as mine, please feel free to connect with me.
Your Location: The Bahamas Your Age: 37 What kind of degree do you want?: UMPI BBA Project Man. & IS
Current Regional Accredited Credits: Did a few courses at a vocational school but I doubt the credits will transfer.
Can provide a copy or if you can connect me with a UMPI rep that can confirm if it's worth anything that'll be great also
School Name Total Credits: 0
Class Name, Credits, Grade
Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits: 0 Literally starting over from scratch.
Provider Total Credits: 0
Class Name, Credits, Grade
Any certifications or military experience? None, not a resident.
Budget: I have a max of $3K saved up. I'd like to go the cheapest route possible, but will consider spending more for easy and fast.
Commitments: I have 2 kids. Work a full time job and can work on my studies part time or in the evenings/weekends.
My job gets slow at times so I can squeeze in some time there as well.
Dedicated time to study: I can study as much as is needed during the night or weekends as long as my schedule is free. I estimate at least 6 hours every week.
Timeline: Finishing the courses required for the degree as fast as possible would be ideal. I would like to finish within 6/9 months max.
Tuition assistance/reimbursement: No financial assistance available to me.
This is all new to me, I've been reading through the forum for a few days trying to understand certain terminologies and how best to plan to attain my degree.
I chose UMPI because it is one of the few universities willing to accept international students and seemingly the most affordable as well if I am very strategic.
Currently trying to decide on the GE classes for the PM & IS degree but I am seeing a variation of reults, which is expected, I found a degree plan through youtube but the youtuber is pushing Study.com/straighline all the way.
I'd prefer to go the Sophia route as much as possible because of it's affordability.
If any of you can provide the alternative classes from the attached degree plan for SOPHIA that would be so helpful.
I welcome any and all advice on how to proceed.
One more thing, I am on the UMPI wiki page and I'm reviewing the GE requirements.
I am not quite understanding the rubric with the learning objectives. Does the 1A, 2D, 3C refer to a grade expectancy or refer to a course label?
I also visited the transfer equivalency per the UMPI site and it's offering some clarity on which course is the equal to Sophia course.
Thank you. Thank you all for your help and suggestions.
I am ready to start tomorrow with Sophia if possible. See attached sheet copied from YouTube.
It has been quite the journey since I first joined here. I actually joined in 2019, but due to some life things I couldn't dive into the scholastic world very much, but I did return in late 2022 and get serious about education. I finished my Pierpont BOG in May of 2023 with the help of various people on this forum who I am forever grateful to and then signed up for UMPI which I started the same week I finished PP.
As of this morning I have completed all of the work and turned in my final. I actually can't believe I'm done. Some of you know the Capstone class for CJ at UMPI is a 100 hour field work project that consists of 7 small reflection papers, getting time logs filled out correctly, a slideshow, and of course a final paper that is about 1300ish words.
I haven't seen much about this program on here, so I just wanted to make a searchable thread for anyone who may be interested in the field and at anytime someone needs a question answered you can ask here or you can always send me a private message and I will be more than willing to give details or help out anyway possible.
Again, thank you to anyone I've ever bothered via your inbox and cheers to tackling a master's program next year after a long required break.
Hey guys, I got new info about the Degree Programme in Information Technology at Metropolia University of Applied Sciences available to those of us who are in EU.
The option to enrol in the old 180 ECTS programme expires today 31.7.2024 at 23:59 Finnish time. (catalogue link)
A similar 120 ECTS programme will be offered after that. The price stays the same at 579 € (catalogue link)
I made a little spreadsheet for myself to compare the differences between them.
Attaching a pdf of it for your convenience. Hope I didn't make too many mistakes.
Quick facts/explanation:
68 ECTS of core courses appear to be completely unchanged from the old programme (green on spreadsheet)
24 ECTS of courses appear to be equivalent between the programmes but are labelled differently (yellow)
55 ECTS of courses are removed from the programme, that are otherwise not separately available in the catalogue at the moment (orange)
One 6 ECTS course is removed from the programme, that is also available for a fee of 50 € (purple)
The old programme had 27 ECTS of courses that are available separately for free. The new programme has 28 ECTS of courses that are available separately for free. The courses are different between the two programmes. (blue)
The old programme was 2/3 of the entire 240 ECTS BEng degree, while the new one is 1/2.
This may be unfortunate or fortunate, depending on your needs and circumstances.
It's a slightly inferior deal than before in terms of cost per credit if you don't intend to pursue the full degree at Metropolia. Also the 'Advanced Usage of Office Programs' will cost you an extra 50 € if you really need that specific course for whatever reason.
I'm not entirely sure about how the 'Individual study plan' thing works when you enrol as a regular degree student with them, but fewer predetermined compulsory credits may (possibly?) mean more flexibility with the degree's content overall. I hope people who already completed or are continuing their studies at Metropolia can share their experience after the programme and thoughts about the changes.
