Pierpont C&TC

Overview
Pierpont is a technical college that will give you a Board of Governors (BOG) Associate's degree for "free". There are, however, a few things you need to know:


 * 1) You need to already have 60 credits that you can transfer to Pierpont.
 * 2) 12 of those credits must come from a regionally accredited school. The rest can come from alternate sources.
 * 3) You might not get a transcript from Pierpont unless you enroll and take at least 1 credit with them. As of May 2020, taking a one-credit course at Pierpont costs $480. You can still get a diploma without taking any courses from them. However, if having a transcript is important to you then you could still need to pay the nominal fee to take a course from Pierpont. It has been reported in August of 2020 on the forum that the 1-credit requirement no longer exists and that this requirement was due to a software glitch that has since been corrected.

This can be a good stepping-stone for people who might need some encouragement or who need a degree for work but who won't be able to complete their Bachelor's for some time. If you have 15 credit hours in a particular field, you can also have an area of emphasis added to your transcript.

This degree is reported to be bureaucratically complicated to obtain, so it's not going to be for everyone.

Sophia Equivalencies
Sophia.org is a good way to fill out your General Education requirements for Pierpont. The BOG degree requires 6 credits in communications, 6 credits in math/science, 6 credits in social sciences, and 3 credits in computer literacy. Any courses not listed below are brought into Pierpont as "Free Electives"; they fulfill the credit requirement but not the specific GE requirements.

Communications

 * English Composition I - ENGL 1104 Written English I
 * English Composition II - Believed to come in as ENGL 1107 or 1108; needs confirmation
 * Public Speaking - May come in as a COMM class; needs confirmation

Mathematics/Science

 * Foundations of College Algebra - MTH 1200 Intermediate Algebra
 * College Algebra - MTH 1212 College Algebra

Social Sciences

 * Macroeconomics - ECON 2201 Economic Principles & Probs (ECON 2200 is listed as a requirement for the BOG degree; this may not count)
 * Introduction to Psychology - PSYG 1101 Introduction to Psychology
 * Introduction to Sociology - SCY 1101 Introduction to Sociology
 * U.S. History I - HST 1101 United States History I
 * U.S. History II - HST 1102 United States History II

Computer Literacy
Unknown, at this time.

Other equivalencies
These are courses that have direct equivalencies but that may or may not count towards degree requirements.
 * Accounting - ACCT 2201 Principles of Accounting I
 * Introduction to Business - BSN 1102 Introduction to Business

Resources

 * Pierpont information about BOG degree
 * Course requirements to get the BOG degree