WGU BS IT Management Degree Plan Help -- From Scratch w/ Sophia and Study.com

[mohelena02]

Hi everyone,

Excited to get everyone's feedback on this. I am planning on going into WGU's IT Management BS program, my main career goal is to be a Project Manager in tech, I am already approved to take the PMP test, I have many years of work experience (15+). I decided to go back to school and I have been feeling like I am getting a lot of rejections from big companies because I don't have a degree. I wanted to do the Comp Sci degree but fear it might be too difficult, so I am planning on the IT Management. I had zero credits, and have already completed 12 Sophia courses, on my last one now, English Comp 2. 

Just started the batch of classes on Study.com, a lot of which I got from Josh Madakor's BS ITM - Study.com Degree Guide.

Here is my current degree plan.

My goals are:
-Graduate as fast as possible. This has me wondering whether I should keep doing study.com or go straight to WGU? The Study classes seem really lengthy.
-Graduate WGU on 1 term. This is mostly for financial reasons and speed. I need to check if I qualify for any scholarships.

I am planning on starting WGU maybe next March if I can keep up with this current plan, so I don't think I can apply for any financial aid until then.

Would love to get everyone's input. Thank you very much.

[dfrecore]

Do you think you could CLEP out of anything? Management and Marketing are 2 good CLEP options, they're 2 of the easiest ones.

SDC's Critical Thinking course is probably going to be too much work, I'd skip that one and do something else.

[mohelena02]

Do you think you could CLEP out of anything?  Management and Marketing are 2 good CLEP options, they're 2 of the easiest ones.

SDC's Critical Thinking course is probably going to be too much work, I'd skip that one and do something else.

Hey there!! I haven't considered CLEP'ing for any of these, but I actually have 10 years of Management and Marketing experience so I could look into those! Thank you for the suggestions.

I am working on SDC's critical thinking course right now, my first SDC course as I get used to the platform, and I must admit it's dragging a bit. I think I will skip it like you suggested. I also see the course has some writing assignments, which may make it lengthier for me. I am already stuck on Sophia's English Comp 2 because the grading is taking forever and don't want to be held down by more writing assignments.

[dfrecore]

Do you think you could CLEP out of anything?  Management and Marketing are 2 good CLEP options, they're 2 of the easiest ones.

SDC's Critical Thinking course is probably going to be too much work, I'd skip that one and do something else.

Hey there!! I haven't considered CLEP'ing for any of these, but I actually have 10 years of Management and Marketing experience so I could look into those! Thank you for the suggestions.

I am working on SDC's critical thinking course right now, my first SDC course as I get used to the platform, and I must admit it's dragging a bit. I think I will skip it like you suggested. I also see the course has some writing assignments, which may make it lengthier for me. I am already stuck on Sophia's English Comp 2 because the grading is taking forever and don't want to be held down by more writing assignments.

If you can stick to courses which don't require writing, I think you'll be better off.

[mohelena02]

Do you think you could CLEP out of anything?  Management and Marketing are 2 good CLEP options, they're 2 of the easiest ones.

SDC's Critical Thinking course is probably going to be too much work, I'd skip that one and do something else.

Hey there!! I haven't considered CLEP'ing for any of these, but I actually have 10 years of Management and Marketing experience so I could look into those! Thank you for the suggestions.

I am working on SDC's critical thinking course right now, my first SDC course as I get used to the platform, and I must admit it's dragging a bit. I think I will skip it like you suggested. I also see the course has some writing assignments, which may make it lengthier for me. I am already stuck on Sophia's English Comp 2 because the grading is taking forever and don't want to be held down by more writing assignments.

If you can stick to courses which don't require writing, I think you'll be better off.

Thank you very much! Is there a way to find out which ones have writing assignments quickly? Sorry, new to SDC and still getting used to the platform.

[LevelUP]

It's going to be quicker to do Study.com English Comp II.

Each course has a syllabus that says if there are assignments. 

Degree Plan:
https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/WG...egree_Plan

[mohelena02]

It's going to be quicker to do Study.com English Comp II.

Each course has a syllabus that says if there are assignments. 

Degree Plan:
https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/WG...egree_Plan

Thank you so much for sharing that degree plan! I am unfortunately halfway through the Sophia course, with half my papers turned in, otherwise I would switch to Study.com for it.

[LevelUP]

I would suggest doing Business 120: International Business.  That should be pretty easy for you.

Start with no assignment courses.  Remember you get 3 tries on each quiz.  Be sure to get close to a 100% score on the quizzes so that you need less on the final to pass the course. 

[MNomadic]

Do you think you could CLEP out of anything?  Management and Marketing are 2 good CLEP options, they're 2 of the easiest ones.

SDC's Critical Thinking course is probably going to be too much work, I'd skip that one and do something else.

I second this suggestion of skipping SDC's critical thinking course. Mulitple writing assignments aren't worth it when you can knock out the whole class at WGU(I took it in a single day through WGU).