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Associate of Science in Business Administration (AS-BA) at University of the People, with UPI Study courses
42of 60 credits can come from UPI Study courses on the equivalency chart UoPeople and UPI Study keep. Up to 45 if UoPeople confirms the rows marked βAsk your advisorβ. 18 are taken at UoPeople.
Made by UPI Study, not by UoPeople. Check every line with your UoPeople advisor before you enroll.
One square per credit, in the colours of the status column; every three squares are one 3-credit course. Grey squares are taken at UoPeople. Sections are ordered fullest first; inside a section the order is UoPeople's own.
The degree, row by row
Every requirement of the Associate of Science in Business Administration (AS-BA), from UoPeople's requirements, and the UPI Study course that fills it. Tap a requirement for UoPeople's course titles and the notes. Transfer limit 45 credits.
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| Row | Requirement at UoPeople | UoPeople course | Credits | UPI Study course | Counts at UoPeople as | From UPI | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Major prerequisite3 of 3 credits from UPI Study | |||||||
| 1 | BUS 1101 | 3 | Principles of ManagementBusiness 101 Β· NCCRS | counts as BUS 1101 Principles of Business Management | 3 | Covered | |
| Total, Major prerequisite | 3 | from UPI Study courses | 3 | ||||
General Education24 of 30 credits from UPI Study | |||||||
| 2 | UNIV 1001 | 3 | βTake this at UoPeople | β | 0 | Take this at UoPeople | |
| 3 | Quantitative Reasoning (choose 6 credits) | MATH 1201, MATH 1211, MATH 1280 | 6 | Principles of StatisticsStatistics 101 Β· ACE and NCCRS | counts as MATH 1280 Introduction to Statistics | 3 | Covered |
| 4 | Business MathMath 100 Β· NCCRS | counts as MATH 1201 College Algebra | 3 | ||||
| 5 | ENGL 1102 | 3 | Advanced Technical WritingEnglish 120 Β· ACE and NCCRS | counts as ENGL 1102 English Composition 2 | 3 | Covered | |
| 6 | COM 2001 | 3 | Business CommunicationBusiness 210 Β· NCCRS | counts as COM 2001 Professional Communication | 3 | Covered | |
| 7 | PHIL 1404 | 3 | Ethics in the Social SciencesSocial Science 110 Β· NCCRS | counts as PHIL 1404 Introduction to Global Ethics | 3 | Covered | |
| 8 | HIST 1421 | 3 | US History 1 or US History 2Ask UoPeople to apply it | β | 0 | Ask your advisor | |
| 9 | Humanities (choose 3 credits) | AHIST 1401, PHIL 1402, ENGL 1405 | 3 | Principles of PhilosophyPhilosophy 200 Β· ACE and NCCRS | counts as PHIL 1402 Introduction to Philosophy | 3 | Covered |
| 10 | Social and Behavioral Sciences (choose 3 credits) | ECON 1580, POLS 1503, PSYC 1111 +3 more | 3 | Introduction to PsychologyPsychology 110 Β· ACE and NCCRS | counts as PSYC 1504 Introduction to Psychology | 3 | Covered |
| 11 | Natural Science (choose 3 credits) | BIOL 1301, BIOL 1121, ENVS 1301 | 3 | Intro to Biology 1Biology 100 Β· ACE and NCCRS | counts as BIOL 1121 Biology 1 for Health Studies Majors | 3 | Covered |
| Total, General Education | 30 | from UPI Study courses | 24 | ||||
Major: Business Administration15 of 27 credits from UPI Study | |||||||
| 12 | BUS 1102 | 3 | βAsk your advisor about this | β | 0 | Ask your advisor about this | |
| 13 | BUS 1103 | 3 | MicroeconomicsEconomics 251 Β· ACE and NCCRS | counts as BUS 1103 Microeconomics | 3 | Covered | |
| 14 | BUS 1104 | 3 | MacroeconomicsEconomics 252 Β· ACE and NCCRS | counts as BUS 1104 Macroeconomics | 3 | Covered | |
| 15 | BUS 1105 | 3 | Business CommunicationPending UoPeople's confirmation | β | 0 | Ask your advisor | |
| 16 | BUS 2201 | 3 | Principles of MarketingMarketing 102 Β· ACE and NCCRS | counts as BUS 2201 Principles of Marketing | 3 | Covered | |
| 17 | BUS 2202 E-Commerce (proctored) | BUS 2202 | 3 | βAsk your advisor about this | β | 0 | Ask your advisor about this |
| 18 | BUS 2203 | 3 | Principles of FinanceFinance 201 Β· ACE and NCCRS | counts as BUS 2203 Principles of Finance 1 | 3 | Covered | |
| 19 | BUS 2204 | 3 | βAsk your advisor about thisUoPeople counts UPI's Financial Management as BUS 3301 Financial Accounting, not for this requirement. | β | 0 | Ask your advisor about this | |
| 20 | BUS 2207 | 3 | International BusinessBusiness 300 Β· NCCRS | counts as BUS 2207 Multinational Management | 3 | Covered | |
| Total, Major: Business Administration | 27 | from UPI Study courses | 15 | ||||
| Whole degree | 60 | from UPI Study courses, on the equivalency chart UoPeople and UPI Study keep | 42 | 18 at UoPeople | |||
How we counted
60 credits are required. 42 credits of requirements can be filled by UPI Study courses UoPeople has confirmed: the rows of the equivalency chart UoPeople and UPI Study keep that are also on the UPI Study and UoPeople agreement sheets (Oct and Dec 2025), and elective credit. 3 more credits sit on rows still pending UoPeople's confirmation (the chart's newer proposals, and gen-ed placements the chart says to ask UoPeople to apply); they are not counted. UoPeople applies at most 45 transfer credits to an associate degree, so 42 count and 18 credits are completed at UoPeople or from another source UoPeople accepts. UoPeople makes the final evaluation.
What each UPI Study course counts as comes from the equivalency chart University of the People and UPI Study keep; no signed agreement document is on file, so the chart's newer proposals are marked βPending UoPeople's confirmationβ and never counted. A suggested course is one to try, not an official equivalency, and is never counted. ACE and NCCRS have over 2,100 cooperating colleges that will consider accepting credits; the final decision is with the universities.
BUS 1101 Principles of Business Management
Covered the UPI Study course on this row fills the requirement
UPI Study course
- Principles of ManagementBusiness 101 Β· 3 credits Β· recommended by NCCRSCounts as BUS 1101 Principles of Business Management
UoPeople course
BUS 1101Principles of Business Management
Information Literacy: UNIV 1001 Online Education Strategies
Take this at UoPeople UoPeople itself says this cannot be transferred in
Take this at UoPeople.
UoPeople course
UNIV 1001Online Education Strategies
Must be taken at UoPeople: the 2026-27 catalog says UNIV 1001 is non-transferable (UNIV 3001 is the transfer-student version).
Quantitative Reasoning (choose 6 credits)
Covered the UPI Study course on this row fills the requirement
UPI Study courses
- Principles of StatisticsStatistics 101 Β· 3 credits Β· recommended by ACE and NCCRSCounts as MATH 1280 Introduction to Statistics
- Business MathMath 100 Β· 3 credits Β· recommended by NCCRSCounts as MATH 1201 College Algebra
UoPeople courses
MATH 1201College AlgebraMATH 1211CalculusMATH 1280Introduction to Statistics
One UoPeople course is credited once: College Algebra, Business Math and Precalculus all map to MATH 1201, so only one of them earns it. UPI Calculus 1 is 4 credits; UoPeople's MATH 1211 is 3.
Communication: ENGL 1102 English Composition 2
Covered the UPI Study course on this row fills the requirement
UPI Study course
- Advanced Technical WritingEnglish 120 Β· 3 credits Β· recommended by ACE and NCCRSCounts as ENGL 1102 English Composition 2
UoPeople course
ENGL 1102English Composition 2
Communication (3 of 6 credits). UPI English Composition I maps to ENGL 0101, UoPeople's non-degree English-proficiency course, so it adds no degree credit when you also have Composition II.
Communication: COM 2001 Professional Communication
Covered the UPI Study course on this row fills the requirement
UPI Study course
- Business CommunicationBusiness 210 Β· 3 credits Β· recommended by NCCRSCounts as COM 2001 Professional Communication
UoPeople course
COM 2001Professional Communication
Communication (3 of 6 credits). COM 2001 is also listed in the major; it is counted once, here.
Values and Ethical Reasoning: PHIL 1404 Introduction to Global Ethics
Covered the UPI Study course on this row fills the requirement
UPI Study course
- Ethics in the Social SciencesSocial Science 110 Β· 3 credits Β· recommended by NCCRSCounts as PHIL 1404 Introduction to Global Ethics
UoPeople course
PHIL 1404Introduction to Global Ethics
The 2026-27 gen-ed course list titles PHIL 1404 'Ethics and Social Responsibility'; the requirement page and uopeople.edu call it 'Introduction to Global Ethics'.
Civilization Studies, Cultures, and Beliefs: HIST 1421 Greek and Roman Civilization
Ask your advisor a UPI Study course may fit, but UoPeople has not confirmed it for this row, so it is not counted
UPI Study courses
- US History 1HIST 101 Β· 3 credits Β· recommended by NCCRSElective credit (Civilization Studies); per the agreement, ask UoPeople to apply it to Civilization Studies
- US History 2HIST 102 Β· 3 credits Β· recommended by NCCRSElective credit (Civilization Studies); per the agreement, ask UoPeople to apply it to Civilization Studies
UoPeople course
HIST 1421Greek and Roman Civilization
No UPI course is an exact equivalent of HIST 1421. The agreement says to ask UoPeople to apply U.S. History I or II here; if UoPeople declines, it is elective credit. UoPeople's program pages say each gen-ed section 'can be fulfilled by any course that is closely related to the discipline'; UoPeople decides.
Humanities (choose 3 credits)
Covered the UPI Study course on this row fills the requirement
UPI Study course
- Principles of PhilosophyPhilosophy 200 Β· 3 credits Β· recommended by ACE and NCCRSCounts as PHIL 1402 Introduction to Philosophy
UoPeople courses
AHIST 1401Art HistoryPHIL 1402Introduction to PhilosophyENGL 1405World Literature
Each UoPeople course is credited once.
Social and Behavioral Sciences (choose 3 credits)
Covered the UPI Study course on this row fills the requirement
UPI Study course
- Introduction to PsychologyPsychology 110 Β· 3 credits Β· recommended by ACE and NCCRSCounts as PSYC 1504 Introduction to Psychology
UoPeople courses
ECON 1580Applied Economics: Theory and PracticePOLS 1503GlobalizationPSYC 1111Introduction to Health PsychologyPSYC 1205Emotional IntelligencePSYC 1504Introduction to PsychologySOC 1502Introduction to Sociology
Each UoPeople course is credited once. ECON 1580 has no UPI equivalent (UPI Microeconomics/Macroeconomics map to BUS 1103/BUS 1104).
Natural Science (choose 3 credits)
Covered the UPI Study course on this row fills the requirement
UPI Study course
- Intro to Biology 1Biology 100 Β· 3 credits Β· recommended by ACE and NCCRSCounts as BIOL 1121 Biology 1 for Health Studies Majors
UoPeople courses
BIOL 1301Introduction to BiologyBIOL 1121Biology 1 for Health Studies MajorsENVS 1301Introduction to Environmental Sciences
UPI Biology 1 (3 credits) maps to BIOL 1121 (4 credits at UoPeople); it fills this 3-credit area. UPI Environmental Science maps to ENVS 1301 but carries 1 credit (ACE).
BUS 1102 Basic Accounting
Ask your advisor about this no official equivalency and nothing to suggest yet; nothing here is counted
Ask your advisor about this.
UoPeople course
BUS 1102Basic Accounting
No UPI course maps to BUS 1102 in the agreement (UPI Managerial Accounting maps to BUS 3304, Financial Management to BUS 3301).
BUS 1103 Microeconomics
Covered the UPI Study course on this row fills the requirement
UPI Study course
- MicroeconomicsEconomics 251 Β· 3 credits Β· recommended by ACE and NCCRSCounts as BUS 1103 Microeconomics
UoPeople course
BUS 1103Microeconomics
BUS 1104 Macroeconomics
Covered the UPI Study course on this row fills the requirement
UPI Study course
- MacroeconomicsEconomics 252 Β· 3 credits Β· recommended by ACE and NCCRSCounts as BUS 1104 Macroeconomics
UoPeople course
BUS 1104Macroeconomics
BUS 1105 Business Communications
Ask your advisor a UPI Study course may fit, but UoPeople has not confirmed it for this row, so it is not counted
UPI Study course
- Business CommunicationBusiness 210 Β· 3 credits Β· recommended by NCCRSPending UoPeople's confirmation: proposed as BUS 1105 on the latest chart ("to be submitted to UoPeople for confirmation").
UoPeople course
BUS 1105Business Communications
BUS 2201 Principles of Marketing
Covered the UPI Study course on this row fills the requirement
UPI Study course
- Principles of MarketingMarketing 102 Β· 3 credits Β· recommended by ACE and NCCRSCounts as BUS 2201 Principles of Marketing
UoPeople course
BUS 2201Principles of Marketing
BUS 2202 E-Commerce (proctored)
Ask your advisor about this no official equivalency and nothing to suggest yet; nothing here is counted
Ask your advisor about this.
UoPeople course
BUS 2202E-Commerce
No UPI match.
BUS 2203 Principles of Finance 1
Covered the UPI Study course on this row fills the requirement
UPI Study course
- Principles of FinanceFinance 201 Β· 3 credits Β· recommended by ACE and NCCRSCounts as BUS 2203 Principles of Finance 1
UoPeople course
BUS 2203Principles of Finance 1
BUS 2204 Personal Finance
Ask your advisor about this no official equivalency and nothing to suggest yet; nothing here is counted
Ask your advisor about this.
UoPeople counts UPI's Financial Management as BUS 3301 Financial Accounting, not for this requirement.
UoPeople course
BUS 2204Personal Finance
BUS 2207 Multinational Management
Covered the UPI Study course on this row fills the requirement
UPI Study course
- International BusinessBusiness 300 Β· 3 credits Β· recommended by NCCRSCounts as BUS 2207 Multinational Management
UoPeople course
BUS 2207Multinational Management
Build my plan
Tick the UPI Study courses you want. The credits and the plan options follow. Your UoPeople advisor confirms what transfers.
Made by UPI Study, not by UoPeople. Check every line with your UoPeople advisor before you enroll.
Counted in the table above 14 coursesOfficial under the chart's confirmed rows; ticked for you.
Needs your advisor's OK 22 coursesUoPeople has not confirmed these: suggested, advisor or pending courses, not counted above.
More courses that fit this degree 9 coursesOfficial too, but not in the count above (one course per requirement, or the transfer limit).
14 courses Β· 42 credits
At 2 courses a month, the courses you ticked take about 7 months (an estimate).
At this pace the lowest total is Lifetime: $599 once.
Or $250 a course, one at a time, with lifetime access to that course. Transcripts are $20 extra.
These are the UPI Study partner plans for UoPeople students, wherever you live; eligibility is confirmed at checkout. International and not at UoPeople? See the pricing page or ask Athena in the chat.
Questions, answered
How many credits can I transfer into UoPeople's Associate of Science in Business Administration?
42 of the 60 credits can come from UPI Study courses on the confirmed rows of the equivalency chart UoPeople and UPI Study keep: 14 courses across the sections in the table above. UoPeople applies at most 45 transfer credits to this degree. Up to 45 if UoPeople confirms the rows marked βAsk your advisorβ (those rows are not counted). UoPeople evaluates the official transcript and has the final say on every credit.
Does UoPeople accept UPI Study courses?
Yes. University of the People is a UPI Study partner (UoPeople announces the partnership on its own website), and UoPeople and UPI Study keep an equivalency chart of what each UPI Study course counts as. No signed agreement document is on file, so this plan counts only the rows UoPeople has confirmed (the agreement sheets) and elective credit; the chart's newer proposals are marked βPending UoPeople's confirmationβ and not counted. UoPeople decides how each credit applies when it receives the official transcript.
Did UoPeople make this degree plan?
UPI Study made this plan; UoPeople did not provide, review or approve it. Students ask us for plans like this all the time, so we built it ourselves from UoPeople's published catalog and the equivalency chart UoPeople and UPI Study keep, as carefully as we can. Catalogs and transfer rules change, and UoPeople alone decides what counts toward your degree. Please check every line of this plan and sheet with your UoPeople advisor before you enroll or pay. UPI Study takes no responsibility for decisions made from this plan; it is a planning tool to help you.
Can I finish the general education requirements before I enrol at UoPeople?
Most of it: 24 of the 30 credits in General Education can come from UPI Study courses (Principles of Statistics, Business Math, Advanced Technical Writing, Business Communication, Ethics in the Social Sciences, Principles of Philosophy and 2 more). The other 6 credits are taken at UoPeople or from another source UoPeople accepts. You can take the UPI Study courses before you apply; UoPeople applies the credit once it has your official transcript.
How long would it take if I do 2 courses a month?
The 14 UPI Study courses in this plan take about 7 months at 2 courses a month, about 14 at 1 a month and about 5 at 3. Every course is self-paced and starts any day. The plan builder on this page redoes the sum for the courses you tick and your own pace.
What's the cheapest way to do the UPI Study part of this degree?
Lifetime access, $599 once, is the lowest total for the 14 courses in this plan: at 2 courses a month they take about 7 months, and Lifetime covers every UPI Study course for as long as you need. Monthly access is $89 a month (about $623 at this pace); a single course is $250. Transcripts are $20 extra. These are the UPI Study partner plans for UoPeople students, wherever you live; eligibility is confirmed at checkout. The rest of the degree is paid to UoPeople at its own tuition.
Do I need to be enrolled at UoPeople before I take UPI Study courses?
No. UPI Study courses are open to anyone, and most students take them before they apply or between terms. UoPeople evaluates the official transcript when you apply or when you ask for a transfer evaluation. If you are already enrolled, ask your UoPeople advisor before you register for a course, so the credit lands where you expect.
How do I send my UPI Study transcript to UoPeople?
Request it from your UPI Study account when your courses are complete: UPI Study sends the official transcript to UoPeople for $20. UoPeople then decides how each credit applies to the Associate of Science in Business Administration.
What if my UoPeople advisor says a course doesn't count?
UoPeople has the final say. This plan counts only the confirmed rows of the equivalency chart UoPeople and UPI Study keep; the 2 rows marked βAsk your advisorβ or βUPI suggests tryingβ are left out of the total for that reason. If an advisor places a course differently, ask whether it can count as an elective instead, and ask for the placement in writing before you take the next course.
Which requirements have to be taken at UoPeople itself?
Information Literacy: UNIV 1001 Online Education Strategies: UoPeople does not accept transfer credit for this. UNIV 1001 is non-transferable (catalog 2026-27). Every requirement with no counted UPI Study course is also taken at UoPeople or from another source UoPeople accepts.
Which UPI Study courses count toward the Associate of Science in Business Administration?
14 courses: Principles of Management, Principles of Statistics, Business Math, Advanced Technical Writing, Business Communication, Ethics in the Social Sciences, Principles of Philosophy, Introduction to Psychology, Intro to Biology 1, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics, Principles of Marketing and 2 more. Each one is placed on the row it fills in the table above, with what it counts as at UoPeople.
Which AS-BA requirements must be completed at UoPeople?
UNIV 1001 cannot be transferred and is taken at UoPeople. No UPI Study course maps to BUS 1102 Basic Accounting, BUS 2202 E-Commerce, BUS 2204 Personal Finance, so plan to take these at UoPeople.
Not at UoPeople?
ACE and NCCRS have over 2,100 cooperating colleges that will consider accepting credits; the final decision is with the universities.
Sources (12)
- UoPeople Catalog 2026/27: Associate of Science in Business Administration (AS-BA) https://catalog.uopeople.edu/ug_term1_item/business-administration/associate-of-science-in-business-administration-as-ba
- UoPeople program page: Associate of Science in Business Administration (AS-BA) https://www.uopeople.edu/programs/online-associates/business-administration/
- UoPeople Catalog 2026/27: General Education Requirements for Associateβs Degrees https://catalog.uopeople.edu/ug_term1_item/the-curriculum/general-education-requirements-for-associates-degrees
- UoPeople Transfer Credit Policy (policy 05152017, last review 2 Sep 2026) https://www.uopeople.edu/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Transfer-Credit-Policy-09022026.pdf
- UoPeople Undergraduate Catalog 2026/27: Transfer Students https://catalog.uopeople.edu/ug_term1_item/undergraduate-admissions/transfer-students
- UoPeople: Transfer to UoPeople (transferring credits) https://www.uopeople.edu/become-student/admissions/transferring-credits/
- UoPeople: University of the People Partners with UPI Study https://www.uopeople.edu/about/partners/academic-partnerships/uopeople-partners-with-upi-study/
- UoPeople Undergraduate Catalog 2026/27: Academic Degree Requirements https://catalog.uopeople.edu/ug_term1_item/academic-regulations/academic-degree-requirements
- UoPeople: English Composition 1 β ENGL 0101 learning materials https://www.uopeople.edu/become-student/prepare-for-uopeople/prepare-college-courses/english-composition-1-engl-0101-learning-materials
- UoPeople: Processing fees https://www.uopeople.edu/tuition-free/processing-fees/
- UoPeople course page linked by our agreement for 'BUS 5511' https://www.uopeople.edu/programs/course/human-resource-management
- UPI Study: UoPeople partner page (live equivalency chart, 89 rows) https://www.upistudy.com/pages/uopeople