Can graduate credits be used for undergraduate degrees?

[xicovu]

Coursera has begun to offer graduate certificates in Electrical Engineering topics that don't seem to require a Bachelor's degree to be awarded, just completion with a 3.0 GPA equivalent.

Assuming that they are in fact issuing these graduate certificates without having an undergraduate degree, could this credit be used towards the Bachelor's degree level requirements? The end goal would be to use this for Purdue University's global Bachelors of Professional Studies. I've got associate's credit requirements minus generals already and would really love if I could use what I'm actually going to learn for a B.S.

This could always speed up getting a Master's degree from the Coursera University of Colorado program, with it being used for both.

[xicovu]

We can probably scratch this question. Apparently, you can get the Master's degree without even having a Bachelor's. You'll just need some heavy math courses and pass 7 Coursera specialization.

This intrigues me. I hate learning useless stuff, and this means learning 2-3 years worth of useful stuff will equate to a Master's in Engineering, Bachelor's be damned.

[rachel83az]

I would be careful. In the US, it's extremely uncommon to get a Master's without a Bachelor's. Some people might look upon your Master's as you having cheated or as it being fake.

[Pats20]

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I’ve posted about this before. I’d say you really have to know your stuff to get into and thru it. It’s not going to be a cake walk. I’m not sure that this would qualify you to be
Able to eventually sit for the PE , is it ABET ? I don’t think so. With that said a person with a masters degree from an American regionally accredited university in electrical engineering shouldn’t have any issue finding a job. 

They also offer one in data science 

https://www.colorado.edu/program/data-sc...a-overview

[xicovu]

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I’ve posted about this before. I’d say you really have to know your stuff to get into and thru it. It’s not going to be a cake walk. I’m not sure that this would qualify you to be
Able to eventually sit for the PE , is it ABET ? I don’t think so. With that said a person with a masters degree from an American regionally accredited university in electrical engineering shouldn’t have any issue finding a job. 

They also offer one in data science 

https://www.colorado.edu/program/data-sc...a-overview

I don't need to be a PE or ABET. I work for a company that designs the Bugotti veyron of servers.

The embedded/computer hardware parts under the Industrial IoT MasterTrack is definitely doable without heavy calculus. The rest of it, not so much.

[bjcheung77]

It depends on the school - You can use graduate credit for undergraduate degrees, some institutions only allow you to use it for "one" credential and not "overlap" it with another. I'm not sure if you're fully sold on the PUG BS Pro Studies degree, but that sounds like a good deal to help you ladder into a Masters. I would get that degree under your belt and work on the Masters shortly after...

[Pats20]

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I’ve posted about this before. I’d say you really have to know your stuff to get into and thru it. It’s not going to be a cake walk. I’m not sure that this would qualify you to be
Able to eventually sit for the PE , is it ABET ? I don’t think so. With that said a person with a masters degree from an American regionally accredited university in electrical engineering shouldn’t have any issue finding a job. 

They also offer one in data science 

https://www.colorado.edu/program/data-sc...a-overview

I don't need to be a PE or ABET. I work for a company that designs the Bugotti veyron of servers.

The embedded/computer hardware parts under the Industrial IoT MasterTrack is definitely doable without heavy calculus. The rest of it, not so much.

If that’s not a concern of yours then go for it. 30 credits and $20 grand and you could be an EE.

[xicovu]

My career is stable enough without a degree that I can spend time getting what I need. I don't mind this taking 3 or 5 or 6 years, I am just so very averse to doing course work I don't need.

Heavy math for a year or two and 2 or 3 years of EE coursework seems like one hell of a deal. Maybe I would backfill it into the BS at Purdue along the way.

It seems like one hell of an accomplishment to go straight for and get an engineering masters. I am sooooo down to give it a shot.

[Pats20]

Keep us up to date. I’m excited for you. When I first learned of this program I thought that it could be a awesome opportunity for somebody on this forum.

[xicovu]

Keep us up to date. I’m excited for you. When I first learned of this program I thought that it could be a awesome opportunity for somebody on this forum.

I'll let the forum know how these things work out, whether it is Purdue AS/BS or the Coursera masters. I'm on again, of again with coming here so you'll likely hear from me in the future.

One thing I can say I've learned is Penn Foster and Ashworth are pretty crappy. Wouldn't recommend.