Asking one last time

[homeschoolmom1]

Thanks for that info about PLA.

[davewill]

Having done the PLA process, I considered the PLA-200 course necessary to my writing a successful portfolio. However, I wouldn't go that route just to get a single programming course in. I'd just bit the bullet and take it someplace. Given your goals, I'd be looking for a Python, C#, or VB course for credit.

[TrailRunr]

programming is easy

I have no idea why people make it out to be so difficult

I have done neither the straighterline course nor the penn foster course

but I've done many non-credit courses through edx, coursera and just on youtube

sure, some instructors are better than others
David Malan who teaches Harvard's Introduction to Computer Science CS50 is SO MUCH better than
Eric Grimson who teaches MIT's Introduction to Computer Science and Programming 6.00

but programming really is easy
there's almost no math involved at all
any math in an Intro course is no more than basic division and multiplication

Both the CS50 and the MIT 6.001 course are a joke when taken via MOOC. The programming exercises and exams are stupid easy. I did MIT 6.001 and was never challenged at all. Maybe you can get PLA credit for it, but you really shouldn't. It will leave you ill-prepared for real CS courses. Of these two courses, CS50 is the worse of the pair when prepping for CS.

[alzee]

Both the CS50 and the MIT 6.001 course are a joke when taken via MOOC. The programming exercises and exams are stupid easy. Maybe you can get PLA credit for it, but you really shouldn't. It will leave you ill-prepared for real CS courses. Of these two courses, CS50 is the worse of the pair when prepping for CS.

CS?

The OP is asking for a programming course to fufill the TESU BSBA/CIS requirement, which is decidedly *not* a CS degree.

[dfrecore]

You could always take some MOOC's to prepare you for the SL Programming course, so you don't feel like you're going into it blind.

The BSBA in CIS and BA in CS are so completely different, they are hard to compare. You might want to get the BSBA in CIS first, and then see how much you like the computers portion. If you really want to get into the CS stuff, you can always start with MOOC's before jumping into harder courses. The price of the degrees are different as well. And the ability to get them done quickly (or not).

[bluebooger]

Both the CS50 and the MIT 6.001 course are a joke when taken via MOOC. The programming exercises and exams are stupid easy. I did MIT 6.001 and was never challenged at all. Maybe you can get PLA credit for it, but you really shouldn't. It will leave you ill-prepared for real CS courses. Of these two courses, CS50 is the worse of the pair when prepping for CS.

the videos in the CS50 course are the same videos that the students at Harvard watch
the assignments are pretty much the same assignments Harvard students do

in week 5 you're already building linked lists, hash tables and tries in C

if you think going from nothing to being able to write a hash table and linked lists in C in 5 weeks is stupid easy then you should get a job at google

and if you're saying that learning to write linked lists and tries in C makes you ill prepared for a "real" CS course then I have to wonder what you think does prepare you