YourPace B.S. Cybersecurity

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There have been differences in programs on campus and on YourPace over the years. There have been programs available on YourPace that weren't on campus as well. The 4 year plan doesn't apply to YourPace. All of the courses and electives aren't the same. All on campus courses aren't offered in YourPace. It's great to see them adding more programs.

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It would have been amazing had UMPI retained their previous policy on their 1-time 30 credit residency requirement. I would have practically completed the new program almost immediately.

This was a 1 term fluke. I too have 2 bachelor's degrees from UMPI. I had to complete an additional 30 residency credits for my second one. I completed both of mine before you. This seems more of an error than a policy change especially since it went right back to the policy the next term.

I don't really care when anyone completed theirs; (congratulations by all means, but whenever someone completed it means nothing to me so long as it's finished) I think it's a bit irrelevant. I've done 3 of their bachelor's just at UMPI alone (I don't know what importance numbers mean for this). As far as the "error" goes, this went on from 2023 - 2025. The change was implemented with the 2025-2026 policy. The policy was in place for a time and it was great! We talk about degree hacking quite a bit here, and in terms of degree hacking, not only is being able to complete the work and maximize transfer credits important, but reading the fine print on their policies also provides an edge. It's just something to reminisce over more than anything else as THAT was a HELLUVA degree hack.

Policy changes are the #1 killers here, places like COSC and Excelsior are wonderful examples of this when at 1 point in time, they were leading the charge in accelerated degree completion. It's just interesting to point out what could've been had UMPI kept the policy in effect. Substantial changes are quite noticeable and palpable now at UMPI not only with this policy change, but also with their acceptance of alt credits. At one point, UMPI was pretty much like TESU in terms of accepting credits for direct course transfers (besides some of the Coursera certs). 

The plans themselves are not vastly different compared to the on-campus options unless we're talking about self-designed ones