Bsc Computer Science Degree Plan (Masters Focused)

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Degree Plan
Notes:

• This contains a 120 credit plan for a AI & ML Focused BscCS. I've listed all Sophia alternative I know transfer, and not sure (red) would (check with advisor) and ACE alternatives otherwise (try to pick study.com and then Saylor ones as UoPeople staff have experience transferring them after Sophia).
  
• I listed Sophia primarily cause 1) I like their 99 bucks do as many as you want model & 2
  
• From 2-23 are courses I highly recommend you take with the Uni and push your instructors to write you letters of recommendations for your masters degree.
  
• Included my own subjective course rating (for example Web Programming 1 & 2 suck).
  
• At the bottom transferrable certificates for multiple course credits transfers listed, check with advisor.
  
• Moocs are added for supplementing your masters application, they are recommended but optional.
  

Masters:
Imho, For around 10k USD there are 4 "good" programs (in my subjective research) that you can get into with a good GPA, good CV, and good LoRs (Letters of Recommendations):
US:

1. UTAustin MSAI (Flat 10K for the whole degree, math heavy, the best AI one imo) QS (Uni not CS) 66:
   - Texas at Austin is a highly reputable school and this program has very good outcomes later, especially in research and employment.
   - Requirements: [Good CV, Good Statement of Purpose (SoP), and you will need the MOOCS]
   - Selective.
   
2. GaTech OMSCS (~8-9k ish for the whole degree, best CS imo) QS 114: 
   - Heavy.
   - Requriements: Same + 3 Letters of recommendations. 
   - A little selective.
   
3. West Governers MsCS: (~4 (don't think that's possible for 1 6 months session) or ~8k for 2 * 6 months session) QS Unranked:
   - This program makes no sense to me with the two aforementioned existing, but is a good program.
   - You need to live in the US or be a US soldier abroad or very selective areas of Canada.
   
4. UoPeople (MSIT): (~5k) QS = Unranked: 
   - Would not recommend, it's not cheap, or that good.
   - It seems UoPeople increased its MSIT course fee to 400$ after RA, wow  .
   

UK:

1. Bath MScAI (Around 11K Pounds for the whole degree, Applied AI Heavy) QS 150: 
   - Pros: Research heavy school, highly reputable:
   
   - They seem to favour a very small group for each intake so instructors can give them attention, instructor focused program. You only deal with your instructors during the degree you never interact with other students (this for me is good, could be not very good for other people).
   - Curriculum is hard, and the degree will take a MINIMUM of 2 years 3 months to finish, with a dessertation your professor will be 1 on 1 involved with you on (Again research heavy).
   - But, very good prospects with this masters, especially for PhD.
   - They actually didn't know what "UoPeople" was at first, it took them a bit of convincing, I think it's a long shot for most UoPeople undergrads but I got in, so you can too (just make sure you are good at math and LoRs and good CV, and a very good SoP they care about that the most).
   
2. York MScAI (Around 11K Pounds for the whole degree, Generic) QS 184:
   - York reputation itself is great and is part of the Russel Group (including Cambridge and Oxford) for research, but their online programs not so much.
   - Accepts pretty much anyone with a bachelor degree, so it's more of a "Generic Conversion Masters".
   - You begin with Data Structures and then things escalate very quickly, and due to low acceptance threshold, a lot of people suffer and complain about the program (this is my conclusion).
   - Low instructor involvement in the course and reliance on gradescope and stuff mostly, means you are pretty much on your own (This is fine for me except for uninvolved grading, but I know for most students, not so much, as I am spending a lot of time answering students questions on the forum with the instructors pretty much absent).
   - The material is good and it seems to be undergoing a design change, you are really leaning on York reputation for this degree though.
   - Being tempered in UoPeople insane weekly workload, this degree will be a breeze for you, especially the minimal no grading students interactions.
   

I made this list before UoPeople RA, I know with RA anabin database will add UoPeople as HS++ thingie and will also be very good German options, appreciate input if good degrees especially with good QS found in other countries for around the 10k budget in the future.

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Hey. Thanks for the excel. I have most of the sophias already taken but I guess I missed web development ones. I think I will have to do another sophia run. My main aim is to transfer as much as I can to lower the price and I guess I should also focus on Proctored exams.The courses you listed in excel differs from the one in the catalog https://catalog.uopeople.edu/ug_term1_it...rs-degrees

Should I grind all of those courses between 25-41 row numbers? I am kind of confused