seeking degree planning advice in Cybersecurity Bachelors for High School Student

[bjcheung77]

Even at the $40-50 per mo membership Coursera fee is pretty cheap for the IBM Cybersecurity Analyst course. The American Dream program seems to be available for someone with a High School degree who is 18 years old. I have no problem paying the $49 fee for 1-2 months each but I am wondering if a High School student who is 16 could take this course and get credit? I am less concerned about my son getting college credit and more concerned about the skills he would learn. I do think WGU mentioned they would accept the American Dream IBM Security course.

Thanks,

Education Seeker

Being 16 years of age is fine for Cousera, most providers require students to be 13 because of privacy laws (COPPA). Study.com requires students to be sweet 16. These can be restrictive when students not hitting their teens yet want to study early, and there are ways around it, when a parent grants the student permission to access these, and by paying for the courses. Having said that, there are other providers that may want them to be a certain age, 18 as per the Dream Academy rules, since you can't deviate from all the rules, you can skip the Dream Academy and just get the ACE credits directly from Coursera.