Associates in Computer ... something?

[sanantone]

I was considering both, actually. TESU doesn't generate much of anything for show & tell, whereas the WGU IT does get certs. Absolutely right, WGU, doesn't do CS, it hits IT...which is one angle to approach app development.

I mean, if the OP's son has any input, it would be super helpful in narrowing this down. You can do "game development" with literally *just* C++. My son's C++ project this last term (and this was intro C++, plus a lot of personal independent study), was a Wolfenstein clone complete with a 3D raycaster. (There were some interesting 2AM phonecalls and plenty of salty language for *that* project, I can confirm.) So the OP's son can start working in game code on his own, for free, with no degree/classes. Minecraft = Java, as another example. Python (while a bit slower, as an interpreted language) is the basis for Blender, the 3D game/modeling engine, so that's a reasonable start, too. The bigger point is, he can to one of the free online tutorials to figure out if he even *likes* it (and if he leans toward hardware, he may actually hate code once he's wallowing in it)...before he signs up for any for-credit classes.

I think the plan someone (OP? dfrecore? sanantone?) mentioned waaaaaay back, of starting with ALEKS math and at least getting gen-ed crap done is a decent step while he researches AOS/degree/program options. If he goes brick & mortar as davewill suggested, he could hopefully transfer some in to save $. Otherwise, the gen-ed scutwork is common across most of the bachelors...knock it out while considering career paths. Ask him, what does he want to be when he grows up?

The certs are nice. I'm not sure that many of them are relevant, but they are still nice to have even though the CIW ones are worthless almost everywhere.

[sanantone]

I just thought of the irony of saying that the student won't know to take operating systems, but they're on a forum where people are telling them to take operating systems. milelol: