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Course Catalog / BMU 103

BMU 103 Free for everyone Money and Education

Back to School Game Plan

Five lessons for turning "I should go back to school" into a clear, low debt plan, with extra help for military families.

What you will be able to do

  • Choose a target role and the minimum credential it really requires, backed by real job postings
  • Build a credit folder of every record that could count as college credit
  • Compare at least three schools on accreditation, written credit evaluation, and total cost
  • Put your funding sources in an order that protects your biggest benefits, and name the official source for each
  • Write a one page degree plan with pace, finish date, and checkpoints

Syllabus

Read the full course syllabus: outcomes, schedule, time, tests and how to get help.

Before you start: take the pre-test (10 min, not graded) to see your starting point.

  1. Define the Target7 min
  2. Count What You Already Have7 min
  3. Choose Your Path8 min
  4. Fund It in the Right Order8 min
  5. Your One Page Plan7 min
  6. Course wrap up: your capstone5 min

After the wrap up: take the post-test (10 min). Pass at 80% to unlock your certificate, then answer an optional 2 minute survey.

Planning help, not official advice

Education benefit rules change. Always confirm current details with your school, your education office, va.gov, and studentaid.gov before you decide.

Based on the book

This course is inspired by Mission: Debt-Free Degree by MM3. Want more tools and examples? See the book on Amazon.

Next course: BMU 203

Ready to go deeper? Mission: Degree Without the Debt is the full course on the book, part of BMU All Access. Its first lesson is a free preview.

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