Degree Planning Advice - 31, Norway, No Higher Education

[ASenna]

Metropolia previously confirmed to another student that the final year of the degree program can be completed entirely online. Hopefully, this has not changed. There should be no other costs either. It's 10k for international students, free for EU/EEA students.

As far as I'm aware GT will theoretically accept students even without a CS or related degree. I think someone with a Liberal Studies degree managed to be accepted? But, if you have concerns,  you might want to email their graduate admissions people to confirm.

Foreign credit evaluation is done on a per-transcript basis. The foreign transcript might have just one credit or dozens/hundreds and the cost would be the same.

Unfortunately, there is no database. The evaluators are pretty secretive about what evaluations they give and why. Sometimes, they give slightly different evaluations to two people with the exact same degree. It can be a mess, but generally worth it in the end.

Going a little more in depth. Would for example a completed degree from Metropolia be considered one transcript of 240 ECTS credits or a collection of transcripts based on the courses it contains. For example say a mix of 3,5,8,10 ECTS credit courses all of which would be evaluated separately?

How much would it roughly cost to get a degree evaluated?

Do you think a completed degree needs to be evaluated to be creditable to apply for a masters program (OMSCS for example). 

I can see the logic of separate courses being used to substitute a course provided by a university needing to be evaluated but wouldn’t a completed degree from a credible / accredited university have weight in itself?

Maybe something to ask Georgia Tech / other masters providers about.

[rachel83az]

A completed degree is a single transcript. It costs approximately $200USD to get a foreign transcript evaluated. Yes, you would need to do this to get a Master's from Georgia Tech.

[bjcheung77]

As mentioned, the Metropolia option seems great for the Degree Program of Information Technology - 180 ECTS - 579 euro. If you're not into that particular degree, I would still do that, have it evaluated, and transfer them to TESU for the BACS/BSBA CIS double degree that was linked by rachel83az. I also mentioned the UK top-up option if you ever wanted to go that route as well... it's really personal preference on how you do things, good luck, have fun.

[Tomas]

Metropolia previously confirmed to another student that the final year of the degree program can be completed entirely online. Hopefully, this has not changed. There should be no other costs either. It's 10k for international students, free for EU/EEA students.

It seems to me there's a possibility of an early bird discount 1500 EUR and 3000 EUR scholarship after verifying knowledge of Finnish language (Finnish I and II classes are a compulsory part of the curriculum anyway), that would bring the cost to non-EU students to 5500 EUR.

[ASenna]

Your Location: Norway
Your Age: 32
What kind of degree do you want?: Mathematics,Comp Sci (Double Major?) 
Current Regional Accredited Credits: None

Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits: I have completed 187 ECTS from the program in Information Technology from Metropolia University of Applied Sciences in Finland. I planned to complete the whole degree but since I am not a citizen of Norway I would have to pay tuition. I am in the process of applying for citizenship but it takes roughly 2 years so I should look into other options. I still have access and can add more classes for more ECTS if needed.

Any certifications or military experience? Google Data Analytics and Google Business Intelligence via Coursera certificate.

Dedicated time to study: I have consistently 4 hours every morning from 07:00 to 11:00 and more time through the week which would change depending on work. Minimal study time of 28 hours a week.

Timeline: Finishing as soon as possible.

Goal:
After the completion of the degree I would like to peruse a masters degree. Most likely at the local university as there would be no tuition cost being a resident of Norway. The criteria for the masters program in Applied and Computational Mathematics is a minimum for 70 ECTS in Mathematics if the degree is not Applied Mathematics/Pure Mathematics. I do not think this will be an issue but the more information the better.

Based on the information from my original post and some reading. The acceptance of Finnish credit  means my options for possible universities are really only Thomas Edison?

I guess I am now at that critical point of ticking of credit and would really appreciate some help on the logistics of this. I will copy the classes and ECTS that I took from Metropolia below.

TT00EZ11 Engineering Physics 1 - 5 ECT
TT00EZ12 Economics - 5 ECT
TT00EV75 Introduction to Artificial Intelligence - 3 ECT
TT00ER70 Basics of Information Security - 6 ECT
TT00CJ90 Advanced Usage of Office Programs - 6 ECT
TT00EN27 The Cisco CCNA Training Package - 16 ECT
TT00EM33 Engineering Mathematics - 5 ECT
TT00ES93 Discrete Mathematics - 3 ECT
TT00ER83 Finnish for Foreigners 1 - 5 ECT
TT00ES95 Expressions and Equations - 5 ECT
TT00ER84 Finnish for Foreigners 2 - 5 ECT
TT00CC68 IT Service Management - 6 ECT
TT00EN29 Introduction to Computing - 5 ECT
TT00EN31 Unix/Linux (Basics and Advanced) - 8 ECT
TT00EW05 Introduction to Scala - 3 ECT
TT00DC88 Basic Network Analyzing with Wireshark - 3 ECT
TT00CB02 Python Programming - 3 ECT
TT00DV81 Microsoft Azure Fundamentals - 3 ECT
TT00DD20 Windows PowerShell - 5 ECT
TT00ES94 Probability and Statistics - 3 ECT
TT00CB01 SQL and Relation Databases - 3 ECT
TT00EX18 Responsive Web Design - 10 ECT
TT00EX22 Quality Assurance in Software Engineering - 10 ECT
TT00EX19 JavaScript Algorithms and Data Structures - 10 ECT
TT00EX23 Data Visualization - 10 ECT
TT00EX21 Data Analysis with Python - 10 ECT
TT00EV76 Artificial Intelligence with Python - 3 ECT
TT00EO88 React.JS Fundamentals - 3 ECT
TT00ER85 Finnish for Foreigners 3 - 5 ECT
TT00ET75 Introduction to Javascript - 5 ECT
TT00FC37 Engineering Physics 2 - 5 ECT
TT00FC39 Engineering Mathematics 2 - 5 ECT
TT00EL09 Advanced Powershell - 5 ECT

Thanks in advance
Chris

[bjcheung77]

Awesome update, I suggest what I mentioned previously... You can follow the steps from the WIKI either using various credit options from LevelUP's and Rachel83az's options. I suggest a mix/match approach...

TESU Link: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Th...University
TESU Plans: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Category:TESU

[ASenna]

Awesome update, I suggest what I mentioned previously... You can follow the steps from the WIKI either using various credit options from LevelUP's and Rachel83az's options. I suggest a mix/match approach...

TESU Link: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Th...University
TESU Plans: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Category:TESU

Fantastic

Thank You

[ASenna]

Awesome update, I suggest what I mentioned previously... You can follow the steps from the WIKI either using various credit options from LevelUP's and Rachel83az's options. I suggest a mix/match approach...

TESU Link: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Th...University
TESU Plans: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Category:TESU

I am reading thought the wiki and starting to make a plan of whats next and I am a little unsure of the order of operations.

Is it worth getting the ECTS evaluated and sent to TESU to know what would be transferred in and then fill in the gaps knowing whats left over after the transfer or should I start knocking out credit based on whats on the wiki.

Thanks again for all the help.
Chris

[bjcheung77]

WIKI will show you what others have transferred in very recently, if these credits are evaluated by NACES member, you should get the exact same credit as you see on the WIKI, I would plan accordingly with what information you have on the WIKI and take the bulk of the classes from Sophia.org, Study.com, that are showing as options.

[ASenna]

WIKI will show you what others have transferred in very recently, if these credits are evaluated by NACES member, you should get the exact same credit as you see on the WIKI, I would plan accordingly with what information you have on the WIKI and take the bulk of the classes from Sophia.org, Study.com, that are showing as options.

Perfect thank you.