education choices for technical fields

[icampy]

[icampy]

Hopefully those show up and are legible.

Thanks for the ideas guys. The aversion to physics is solely because of my poor math skills haha. I like the bachelors in CIS idea, along with some of the others. I considered an associates in engineering technology at Penn foster also (after the bachelors tho).

I emailed TESU about some of their stuff. Ignore the withdraws haha. I had just gotten married and a good job at that point and lost interest. Great resource yall provide here!

[icampy]

Also, I did not realize there were home lab kits, I thought that meant B&M at your local college.

And good info on the physics and chemistry! I will be doing lots f research, starting with a social science class from Penn foster I'm starting Friday.

[icampy]

And to clarify, here's the order of my preference.


1-technicalbased bachelors, completely online, with the least amount of high level math possible

2-something in a business area

Last resort-technical degree with high level math


And I am going to zoom in on electronics work (hence my Penn foster electronics tech course) and eventually try to move from i
Integration Engineer to Instrumentation and Control/Avionics. Any degree will help but especially something related to what I do whether it's related to electrical, rocket propulsion, chemistry, metallurgy, etc. We build and test rocket engines and launch also, so there's a wide range of fields here.

Thanks for all your help!

[icampy]

TESU accepts Penn Foster credits right?

[jsd]

Yes, TESU accepts the ACE-evaluated Penn Foster courses (PF also has courses that have not been ACE evaluated)

[icampy]

Awesome, thank you!

[bjcheung77]

TESU and COSC are the most accommodating when accepting credits from third party educational institutions.
As you mentioned CIS, here are some that will interst you. For the cost and ease to complete.

I would recommend TESU BSBA CIS, or COSC BGS ISS for ease and it's more general, check the box type of degree.
https://www.charteroak.edu/prospective/p...tudies.cfm
BSBA in Computer Information Systems Degree Program

You might also be interested in COSC Bachelors in Cybersecurity. See here for Gen Ed requirements.
https://www.charteroak.edu/catalog/curre...ements.cfm
It only requires 1 math course and you can use ALEKS at $20 for those 3 credits. See here for major.
https://www.charteroak.edu/catalog/curre...curity.cfm

Third choice would be these from Excelsior, they are more known, but slightly expensive.
Excelsior College | Bachelor's
Other than these, there are competency based degrees that may be what you're looking at.

[icampy]

Is it possible to do the's without clep or dsst? I am a couple hours away from any testing centers. I am find with Penn foster courses.

[bjcheung77]

Is it possible to do the's without clep or dsst? I am a couple hours away from any testing centers. I am find with Penn foster courses.

Yes, you can do so without using CLEP or DSST. I am 1.5 hours from the nearest testing location.
For myself, I am using ALEKS for the Math/Statistics requirements and majority of the General Education, Professional Business and Electives I will use Saylor and Straighterline. Basically, the AOS of study is where it's harder to find the upper level requirements. I'll use Penn Foster for Financial Management, Sophia for Project Management, Ed4Online for MIS, Pearson and so on...