I promised myself when I started working through these threads that I would post my final degree plan. Now that I've received my TESU diploma in the mail I figure I'm due to make this post.

My background:

• American who went to school in Canada and then moved back to the US
  
• Got a BA in a humanities subject (with a minor in statistics, which wound up being a major plus for the BACS)
  
• Fell into a career in tech
  
• Hitting a ceiling in my career because I have no technical credentials or formal education
  
• Wanted to use this degree as a ladder to OMSCS
  

1. I tailored this degree plan to the expectations of the OMSCS admissions committee, who say they like to see graded RA coursework. As such, I tried to cover their recommended prerequisite areas with graded RA coursework, and then used ACE credit to plug the gaps. 
   
2. I had a feeling (which was quickly vindicated as I took Sophia and SDC courses) that I would not learn a damn thing from my ACE courses. Could I have, had I taken the time to sit with the material? Yes, but I knew I wasn't going to do that, and instead go as fast as I can through the course material. I like the structure that RA courses provide, and I do feel like I learned more doing it this way. It also definitely prepared me for OMSCS coursework, which has a similar structure to most of the courses I've taken.
   
3. I wound up doing, like, ten times the number of projects this way. Really got my reps in.
   

• The Berkeley X course in C was kind of a waste. Would try and find an OSes course instead.
  
• The Colorado State Analysis of Algorithms course, on the other hand, was genuinely great! Very, very expensive at over $1500, but I learned a ton about algorithms and got practice writing them to predetermined big O targets. I would highly recommend this course if you have the budget for it.
  
• The Oakton College computer architecture course, while a good course overall that I did learn a lot from, transferred as LL. The BACS curriculum has comp. arch. as a UL course, so if you follow this path, you'll need another UL elective, and those are already hard to come by.
  
• SOS-1100 is indeed waived for students pursuing a 2nd BA
  

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  Thomas Edison State University BACS Degree Plan.xlsx (Size: 9.4 KB / Downloads: 52)

I feel like I must be missing something. I am signed up for a couple TECEPS. They have 12-week terms. TESU says the dates of the TECEP term are listed in the "course space." When I go to "My Courses" and click on the relevant TECEPs, there's lots of information, but I can find the term dates nowhere.

I have the email saying when the term started, so I can calculate 12 weeks from that, but it would be nice to actually see the date confirmed somewhere in My Courses. What am I missing?

Hello all, I'm Aaron from Shanghai, due to depression I dropped out from a fulltime university and my major is CS, I have an AA in public management from CUC in China. I know there's CU Boulder and Ball State MSCS that does not require a bachelor's degree on Coursera, but my budget is kind of tight.
My plan is to get a BS first then MS from GT as quickly and affordable as possible so I have already completed about 40 credits from Sophia and SDC, most of which are CS related and want to transfer my associate's into bachelor's to make the best use of the transfer policy. I'm currently enrolled in Excelsior and Charter Oak, but Excelsior only admitted half of my credits, is there any pathway that could follow or other college that matches my preferences? Thank you so much!

Your Location: Shanghai - China
Your Age: 26
What kind of degree do you want?: Bachelors, Computer Science
Current Regional Accredited Credits: 0
Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits: 40
Any certifications or military experience?: No
Budget: Below 10 thousand USD
Commitments: Work full time - but remote
Dedicated time to study:  I can study as long as my work is finished
Timeline: Complete BSc within 9 mo
Tuition assistance/reimbursement: None that I know of

Hi,

Now that Pierpont has changed,
I wanted to verify a few things.

1--Do you definitely get an Associate degree from UNPI,
      as you are fulfilling the requirements for the BA degree?

2--Is there any downside to applying,
      and transferring credits to UMPI,
      before you have the full 90 credits?

I would transfer in over 50 credits,
and then finish around 40 more at Sophia.

THANK YOU!!!!

I was told today that there are changes to the BOG AAS degree.

I was told you now have to take 12 credits at Pierpont.

Anyone hear anything?

Hi all! Like the title states, I'm 33 and went straight into the workforce in 2009 after high school - meaning no college, no credits, etc.

I've stumbled into a decent career in the tech/startup world, in an operations role in human resources (but I admin some tech platforms, and am extremely computer literate and tech savvy)

I've always wanted to pursue Computer Science, just never had the time/resources until now. I'm teaching myself some programming basics in Python and C but I know I need to start pursuing credits, brushing up on my math, and ultimately committing to enrolling.

Your Location: United States - North Carolina
Your Age: 33
What kind of degree do you want?: Bachelors, Computer Science
Current Regional Accredited Credits: 0
Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits: 0 
Any certifications or military experience?: PMI Certified Associate Project Management, Google Project Management
Budget: Not unlimited but... unlimited within reason
Commitments: Work full time - but remote
Dedicated time to study: I dedicate around 4h a day to learning programming right now, so I could commit that and likely even more (weekends, etc.) as I have a flexible work schedule.
Timeline: None really, but I'd like to get through in 2 years or so - willing to put in the work
Tuition assistance/reimbursement: None that I know of

I'd also love some input from those that may have started in a similar place to me; how much programming should I learn prior to enrolling and/or taking ACE courses? Ideally I'd do it all, but I'm currently dedicating most of my time to getting through some MOOC courses in Python.

Thank you all!

I tried logging in today at 1:00 PM EST but I keep getting an error screen that says: 

" Page Error. There was a problem with your last request. You may have tried to perform an action after a long period of inactivity. If that's the case, try going back, reloading the page you were working on, and resubmitting. If not, please let us know what you were doing when the error happened."

Is anybody else having this problem? Or is it just me? I tried clearing cookies and using a couple of different browsers. Same result. 

I'm studying full-time and losing any type of time is kind of a pain. 

Hey everyone! 

I am on the path for BAS with triple minor PM, MIS, and MGT. I am wondering what are the odds of getting UMPI to let me get a quad minor and add Business Admin? I would only need to take BUS125 to finish out that Minor as well. I would love to have those 4 on my degree. 

Also does anyone know if any courses at Sophia cover BUS125? Seems like this is a very easy course from what I am reading and I may have something completed to cover this. 

Thanks!

Hi everyone <3 I am new to this forum so I hope I do things correctly but please forgive me if I end up messing up...

I'll try to keep it short and sweet so I can spare you all of the lengthy version.  I am in my 20s and I want to be done with my undergraduate degree already.  I experienced a lot of heartbreak and trauma in my life that pushed my degree to the length that it has been pushed to and I honestly just want to be done with it already.  I want to move back to Europe and I have thought out my life there (what I mean to say is, please don't worry about my major being what I want or care about as horrible as that may sound).

I have completed many courses through Sophia, CLEP, and my local community college.  I will gladly list them all if it helps.  I am transferring all of these credits to TESU for their Liberal Studies programme with a minor in Humanities.  I am happy to remove the Humanities part if it means I finish my degree sooner and graduate faster.  

Location: Boston, MA (generally speaking)
Age: 27
Degree I want: Undergraduate
No military experience/connection/background

I have been in contact with Patricia Certo and long story short, I am still needing/missing the following to graduate but I have completed everything else:

COM-2090 Public Speaking
SOS-1100 Information Literacy Today
POS-1100 American Government
AOS 18 credits (Humanities content, 15 of these credits must be at the 3000 or 4000 level)
And the capstone

The short version of all of this is, could someone please help me find the most inexpensive quickest way for me to complete these remaining requirements so I can graduate ASAP...?  

Thank you all so much in advance and thank you so much for taking the time to read through what I have said here, I cannot thank you all enough for this invaluable forum!!! <3 <3 <3

-belle