Hello, everyone.

Hoping to get some suggestions on possible routes to take in my journey to complete my Bachelor’s degree. I have some concerns that at some point my company may rewrite my job description to require a Bachelor’s degree and I want to get ahead of this as it’s really weighing heavily on me right now. It’s not the best time with 1 kid in college and another one starting in a few years but here we are. I have had a few people I know point me towards options like WGU but I have also ran across TAMUC by way of these forums. My end goal is to get a degree as easily/quickly as possible and would love to be able to carry over my credits. My major concern is that anywhere I look is going to disregard my previous college work as it’s been 20+ years. (I really hope I am wrong) Thank you in advance for the time and help!



Your Location: Texas, USA
Your Age: 46 (47 next month)
What kind of degree do you want?: Bachelor’s (Business)
Current Regional Accredited Credits: 

Lee College (1996-1999 / AAS in Electronics Technology) 75 credits
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Lonestar College System (2003-2006) 32 credits
GOVT 2302 3 A
HIST 1301 3 B
BIOL 1322 3 A
MATH 1314 3 A
MATH 1324 3 C
ACCT 2401 4 A
ACCT 2402 4 C
PSYC 2301 3 B
ECON 2301 3 B
ECON 2302 3 A


Any certifications or military experience? Some VMWare VCP and AWS certifications.
Budget: Company will reimburse up to $4,000/year.
Commitments: Full-time in-person M-F job, 2 kids (1 @ Texas Tech and the other a Sophomore in HS), Married
Dedicated time to study: 1-2 hours per day M-F, and then open on the weekends usually.
Timeline: Would like to complete within 2 years after starting but as of right now nothing forcing me to go too quickly.
Tuition assistance/reimbursement: Company tuition reimbursement program: $4000 per calendar year.

Highest Enrollment Numbers:

1. 183,000 - WGU (Western Governors University)
   
2. 181,000 - ASU (Arizona State University)
   
3. 173,000 - SNHU (Southern New Hampshire University)
   

I recently completed my Sophia Calculus course. I have about 3 weeks left on my account and would like to use the rest of the time to complete "Intro to Python Programming" to satisfy my TESU BA CS Intro Programming requirement. On the Wiki, they recommend clearing with an academic advisor before you transfer it. I can't meet with an academic counselor until Dec 10th (6 days from now) which cuts into my valuable subscription at Sophia.

Is it okay to start Intro to Python Programming at Sophia before getting cleared by a TESU counselor? I would prefer to not pay another $99 to Sophia and knock out both courses in one month.

Thank you in advance for the advice.

EDIT: I was reading this thread: https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...rogramming

It seems LevelUp and others recommend SDC instead of Sophia because of the layover with Data Structures. If that's true, then I may just start SDC and leave Sophia at Calculus. What are your all thoughts on this?

All I need to Comp Sci core at TESU and 6 UL electives to graduate. Getting familiar with SDC may make more sense.

What reasonable options are available for international students for an AAS now since the Pierpont BOG AAS reqs changed?

I added two courses,  POS 301 and 345, following reviews from the master thread thinking they are with Dr. Z but both turned out to be with Dr. Hinson. Does anyone know of preferably short courses like HTY 489 graded by Dr. Z this term?

Your Location: USA
Your Age: 16
What kind of degree?: Associates or bachelors.
Budget: Average in state university tuition rates.
Commitments:  Household chores.
Dedicated time to study: Unlimited.
Timeline: January.
Tuition assistance/reimbursement:  Pell Grant.
Goal?: Obtain a bachelor or associate degree.
Credits / Other:  None.
Any certifications or military experience? None.
Sophia Learning Credits: None

My son is 16 and graduating from high school this month.  I am looking for recommendations for schools and programs in which he can obtain a bachelor or associates degree over the next year or so.  Sophia, SDC, SL, and Coursera are all on his radar for as many credits as he can knock out there.  

I know many schools have minimum age limits, so I’m not quite sure where to start.  He’s thinking business or a basic cloud computing or IT program for undergrad while he figures out what he want to pursue for a career.

He lives in Florida, I live in Georgia, he has a grandparent in New Hampshire, and an aunt in DC.  He’s welcome to live with any of us for school or attend an online program.

I currently attend UMPI and decided to do a double minor with a minor in project management because I would only need to take 1 extra class, BUS 240. I saw that by taking study.com's Business 304: Leading Organizational Change I could transfer it in to umpi between terms to save time and boost my chances of finishing all my classes in the spring 1 term. The only issue is I've never used study.com (I've only ever used sophia and coursera) and the live proctoring sounds cumbersome. So what do you all think? Should I sign up to study.com just to do this one course or should I just do it at umpi? Or are there other alternatives I am unaware of?

Hello! I just found this forum recently. Around 2 years ago I was working towards getting my BSCS at WGU, but life sidetracked me for a while. I've found myself in a situation where I have the liberty to work towards this again and I'm wondering if WGU is really the best choice for me. I've gone through the recommended links in the pinned posts and I'm mostly looking into TESU.

I was mainly looking at the TESU BA CS + BSBA CIS or the CS & Math double major, though the name change thing in the BSBA plan confused me a bit. I'm leaning more towards the double major but if the BSBA looks better I'd rather go for that.

Your Location: California
Your Age: 25
What kind of degree do you want?: CS
Current Regional Accredited Credits: Ummm 0 I guess 

Most of these classes were completed ~2 years ago within a month of Sophia.
Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits: 47

Sophia Total Credits: 43 I'm aware some of these won't transfer into WGU anymore but this is my transcript.
VISCOMM1001 (Visual Communications), 3, 92%
ENVS1001 (Environmental Science), 3, 92%
CS1001 (Intro. to IT), 3, 88%
HIST1001 (U.S. Hist. 1), 3, 92%
CS1005 (Intro. to Web Dev.), 3, 88%
STAT1001 (Intro to Statistics), 3, 89%
PM1001 (Project Management), 3, 88%
CS1011 (Intro to Relational Databases), 3, 85%
ENG0050 (Foundations of English Composition), 3, 91%
CA1001 (College Algebra), 3, 92%
MATH1040 (Calculus 1), 4, 81%
CS1100 (Intro. to Python), 3, 92%
CS1101 (Intro. to Java), 3, 96%
HLTH1010 (Intro. to Nutrition), 3, 90%
CHEM1002 (Intro. to Chemistry Lab), 1, Waiting on touchstones to be graded

Study.com Total Credits: 3
Computer Science 201: Data Structures & Algorithms (SDCM-0217), 3, haven't done the final exam on this one yet.

Any certifications or military experience? No
Budget: Unlimited within reason, though cheaper is better.
Commitments: Being alive
Dedicated time to study: 6+ hours a day with weekends off
Timeline: 1-2 years
Tuition assistance/reimbursement: None

TESU Highlights Credit for Workplace Training During National Apprenticeship Week, Nov. 17-23, 2024

Quote:Thomas Edison State University (TESU) announced today that in fiscal year 2024 alone, the University evaluated more than 293,000 credits for adult learners through Prior Learning Assessments (PLAs). These assessments, a hallmark of TESU’s expertise in recognizing college-level learning wherever it occurs, led to an average of 42 credits awarded to each student engaged in PLA opportunities—potentially saving a collective of more than $123 million in tuition.

I've been a Windows PC user all my life, with the only experience I have with an Apple operating system being one of the early iPhone models that featured a 3.5" screen. When the Wi-Fi/Bluetooth chip in my iPhone failed, I switched to an Android device with a larger screen.

In my experience, Apple products typically cost about three times as much as their PC equivalents, which often use similar Intel chips. For example, the older Mac Mini models struggled with graphics performance until Apple introduced their own silicon chips.

Eventually, one of my PCs began to grind to a near halt. Simple tasks like viewing an image in the default Windows image viewer could take up to 30 seconds. Browsing certain news websites would frequently cause the system to lock up. Opening applications like CapCut could take around three minutes, and even waking the computer from sleep mode would take minutes. I needed a reliable solution. Although I have a gaming PC, it still relies on a traditional spinning hard drive.

When I saw the Mac Mini with the M4 chip go on sale, I realized it was too good a deal to pass up. Essentially, you can’t build a PC that matches the Mac Mini’s performance and energy efficiency at the same price point.

My Setup

• Mac Mini M4
  
  
  • 16GB RAM
    
    
  • 256GB SSD
    
    
  • Base Model: $499 (Black Friday), $529 (Cyber Monday on Amazon), $599 (Regular Price)
    
    
• Dell S3222DGM
  
  
  • 32" LED Curved QHD FreeSync Gaming Monitor: $199
    
    
• Accessories
  
  
  • Standard Windows PC keyboard and mouse connected to an Anker 4-Port USB 3.0 Hub with 5Gbps data transfer
    

• Command Key: The Command key was initially confusing. I had to remap it to function as the Control key to copy and paste as I’m used to on Windows.
  
  
• Taking Screenshots: The process for taking screenshots is cumbersome. It involves pressing a combination of keys which is not intuitive.
  
  
• Closing Windows: On macOS, the close button is a red dot on the left side of the window, unlike the "X" on the right in Windows. It took some time to get used to.