TESU and MicroBachelors

[harrypotter]

Is it just me or is it weird to called this a “micro bachelor”? I see nothing more than a certificate

[armstrongsubero]

@harrypotter its all marketing

[videogamesrock]

I was told by ASU the MicroMasters courses would transcribe once accepted into the program.


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[bluebooger]

yeah, the MIT micromasters is pretty good for credit too

https://www.edx.org/micromasters/mitx-st...ta-science

https://micromasters.mit.edu/ds/pathways...-programs/

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Harvard Extension School (USA) – Master of Liberal Arts (ALM) in Extension Studies

Harvard Extension School offers the credential holders of the MicroMasters program in Statistics and Data Science the possibility of earning 16 of the total 48 graduate credits towards the ALM in the field of finance or 12 out of the total 48 graduate credits towards the ALM in the field of data science.
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Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (USA) – Master of Business Administration in Healthcare Management

MCPHS will award credential holders of the MITx MicroMasters program in Statistics and Data Science 12 credits towards the completion of the MBA in Healthcare Management, a program designed for working professionals that can be completed entirely online at your pace. Credential holders will complete 30 additional credits to earn the MBA.
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Northwestern University (USA) – Accelerated Master’s program in Data Science

Learners who successfully earn the MITx MicroMasters program credential in Statistics and Data Science are now eligible to fast track their pursuit of the Master’s program in Data Science offered by Northwestern University School of Professional Studies (SPS). MicroMasters program credential holders are eligible to apply for the accelerated Master’s program in Data Science at SPS. Students in the accelerated program can earn their degrees by completing nine courses, compared to the 12-course curriculum of the standard Master’s program in Data Science. Those admitted into the accelerated program will not be required to take the following courses:

MSDS 400-DL Math for Data Scientists
MSDS 401-DL Applied Statistics with R
MSDS 422-DL Practical Machine Learning
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Rochester Institute of Technology (USA) – Master of Science in Professional Studies

The Master of Science in Professional Studies allows learners the opportunity to draw on courses offered across RIT graduate programs. Learners who hold the MicroMasters program credential in Statistics and Data Science may apply any time during the year and upon acceptance, will be awarded 12 credit hours of the 33 required for the degree.
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[ekbenzo]

Interesting news, but I would prefer the Google IT certificate or whatever it's called.

does TESU accept the Google IT certificate?

[bjcheung77]

Interesting news, but I would prefer the Google IT certificate or whatever it's called.

does TESU accept the Google IT certificate?

Sadly, No, not at this time... but for $49 it's a good entry level cert to have for newbies getting into IT...

[dfrecore]

Interesting news, but I would prefer the Google IT certificate or whatever it's called.

does TESU accept the Google IT certificate?

Just to clarify, TESU doesn't accept many certificates - but they do take ACE credit.  So for this one, they would probably take it from your ACE transcript rather than the certificate (if they decided to accept it later).  Right now, it looks like they won't accept new ACE providers that don't jump through their hoops, but if Google/Coursera contacted them and provided the info, and TESU put them in their "accepted provider" list, then they would take the courses through ACE.

[doom]

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https://www.edx.org/microbachelors/wgux-...-framework

Microbachelors Program in
Information Technology Career Framework
$1347.30

Program Certificate Requirement
Complete and pass the courses of Information Technology Foundations, Network and Security Foundations, and Scripting and Programming Foundations.

From Program Certificate to a Bachelor’s Degree
Learners who successfully earn the MicroBachelors Information Technology Career Framework program certificate are eligible to apply for an undergraduate IT program at a number of institutions, including Western Governors University. If accepted, the MicroBachelors program certificate may count towards the degree. Learn more about WGU undergraduate IT programs by clicking here.

Credit Election
Learners who successfully earn the MicroBachelors Information Technology Career Framework program certificate can immediately upon admission elect 10 Competency Units (CUs) of credit at Western Governors University (WGU) at no additional cost. Additional credit election institution options may become available in the future.

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https://www.edx.org/microbachelors/nyux-...ndamentals

Microbachelors Program in
Computer Science Fundamentals
$500

Complete and pass with a 70% or higher the three program courses: Computer Hardware & Operating Systems, Computer Networking, and Basics of Computing and Programming.

Learners who successfully earn the MicroBachelors program certificate in Computer Science Fundamentals will be able to elect transferable college credit at no additional cost. This program is under review by Thomas Edison State University for credit recognition.
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I don't see either listed on ACE    
http://www2.acenet.edu/credit/?fuseactio...anizations

so ... not sure if worth it

Looks like the NYU Microbachelor Program at edX.org has been reviewed by TESU.

The "Program Description & College Credit" section has changed and now shows the following:

"Complete and pass with a 70% or higher the three program courses: Computer Hardware & Operating Systems, Computer Networking, and Basics of Computing and Programming. Learners who successfully earn the MicroBachelors program certificate in Computer Science Fundamentals will be able to elect transferable college credit at no additional cost from Thomas Edison State University."

https://www.edx.org/microbachelors/nyux-...ndamentals

However, I think $500 for 3 credits is really too much.

[doom]

The information on the TESU site has been updated too:

MicroBachelors Programs by edX
https://www.tesu.edu/degree-completion/edx

Credit Request
Nondegree Services Application for TESU edX Partnership
https://www.tesu.edu/degree-completion/e...t-election

[cardiacclep]

I wonder if there are plans to expand this program to include more course perhaps that can be more useful to individuals applying to CS Masters looking for cheap prereqs (data structures etc)?