Pursuing a BA

[LookinAhead]

Hi, I’d like to finally finish my degree so it’s not a barrier when applying for roles. For background, I’ve been a product management and design leader within software companies for a number of years, so I’m looking for something that complements my career path.

I’d love to understand the options I have to get an accredited bachelor’s and how to build a solid plan. I haven’t applied anywhere yet. 

Your Location: Texas, USA

Your Age: 50

What kind of degree do you want?: Bachelor’s with ability to ladder to an MBA/EMBA (not sure on timing for the MBA). Degree areas that I’m interested in (in rough order): business/leadership, Data Science, Data Analytics, or UX Design. I could go for software engineering, but don’t want to deal with compiled languages (Java/C#/etc.)

Current Regional Accredited Credits: 27 from UT Austin (from the 90s):

• 3 - English - Rhetoric and Composition
  
• 3 - Math - Elem Functs and Coord Geometry
  
• 5 - First-Year Spanish I
  
• 3 - Geology - Age Of Dinosaurs
  
• 4 - Intro Study Of Drama and Theatre
  
• 3 - Improvisation and Action
  
• 3 - Introduction to Visual Theatre
  
• 3 - Intro to Technical Production
  

Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits: none 

Any certifications or military experience?: no

Budget: I’m trying to understand this, so I don’t have a number. Cheap is good, but speed will be more important

Commitments: I have a family and will get back to a full time job, but studying will be a high priority

Dedicated time to study: I’ll go conservative for the estimate: 15 hours a week, though I would likely push past that, especially for flat-rate programs that would let me move quickly.

Timeline: as soon as feasible

Tuition assistance/reimbursement: none at the moment

My questions

1.  What would be good degree/school options?
   
2. What would the plan look like? I'd love both a suggested plan and the way I should build my own plan, in case I need to tweak or go a different route. 
   
3. What am I not thinking about and what questions am I not asking that I should?
   

Thanks for your help! This forum is incredible.

[SpartacusPM]

Since you’re in Texas and open to a business/leadership degree. I would recommend looking at East Texas A&M University. They have BAAS in Organizational Leadership. I have completed it myself and enjoyed the program. It is competency based and $1,000 per 7 week term for TX residents. Since you’re starting with some credits I would recommend using a combination of Sophia Learning credits and Coursera certifications to get what you’re missing . If you use facebook I suggest joining the group Sophia to ETAMU. There is a spreadsheet there that was created so you know what classes to take that will transfer over.