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Please help me evaluate my plan - needmydegreeplz - 11-08-2024
Your Location: Illinois, USA
Your Age: 27
What kind of degree do you want?: BS IT
Current Regional Accredited Credits:
18
ENG-101, Speech, Sociology, Intro to IT, Intro to Criminal Justice, Computer Hardware.
Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits: I have some credits on Sophia (Not sure which ones), IT google support pro Coursera, IT google cloud data prof Coursera
Budget: Any
Commitments: I work full time
Dedicated time to study: As little as possible
Timeline: 6 M - 1 Year
Tuition assistance/reimbursement: Fafsa, Guild
Hi guys. I made myself a little plan here with knowledge I've gained from this forum in the past couple days. I still don't understand everything but I made a quick plan here if it could be reviewed and if any changes are needed. I also want to do as many sophia courses as possible because they are the easiest.
Green: Courses completed and pretty sure will transfer 1/1
Orange: Course Completed and not sure if it will transfer 1/1
Red: Not completed
Part A. Intellectual and Practical Skills:
ENC-1010 Writing for Success 3 (Community College (ENG101))
ENC-1020 Writing for Success II 3(Eng 2 Sophia)
COM-2090 Public Speaking 3 (Community College(Speech/public speaking))
MAT-1210 College Algebra 3(College Algebra Sophia MAYBE?? TECEP or OUTLIER) <- need clarification plz
SOS-1100 Fact, Fiction, or Fake? Information Literacy Today [TESU]
Part B. Civic and Global Leadership:
SOC-1010 Our Changing World: An Introduction to Sociology 3 (Community College)
Ethical Leadership Introduction to Ethics Sophia.org
POS-1100 American Government 3 (Community College (State and Local Government))
Part C. Knowledge of Human Cultures:
Humanities Art History I Sophia.org
HIS-1130 American History I 3(US History 1 Sophia)
Social Sciences Lifespan Development Sophia.org
Social Sciences Microeconomics Sophia.org
HIS-1140 American History II 3(US History 2 Sophia)
Part D. Scientific Knowledge:
CIS-1070 Computer Concepts and Applications 3(Intro to IT Sophia)
CHE-1210 General Chemistry I with Lab 4(Str8Line)
General Chemistry II with Lab or General Physics II with Lab (Studycom)
Part E. Information Technology:
CMP-2020 Foundations of Information Technology 3(Intro to IT Community College)
CYB-1200 Introduction to Cybersecurity 3(IT Support Coursera)
ITS-1300 Database Fundamentals 3(Introduction to Relational Databases Sophia)
ITS-1500 Computer Programming I 3(Intro to Python Programming Sophia)
ITS-1600 Fundamentals of Modern Operating Systems 3(IT Support Coursera)
ITS-2610 Linux 3(IT Support Coursera)
CIS-3010 Management Information Systems 3(Studycom)
ITS-3400 Wireless and Mobile Networking 3
CMP-3540 Network Technology 3(TECEP)
ITS-3630 Windows Server Configuration 3
MAN-4350 Project Management 3(Studycom)
CYB-4500 Cloud Computing 3(Google Cloud Data Analytics certificate)
IT Electives(IT GOOGLE COURSERA CERTS):
(ITS 1400)
(CIS 3110)
CLD 4300
Normal Electives(Check if possible):
Humanities Art History II Sophia.org
Humanities Conflict Resolution Sophia.org
Elective Project Management Sophia.org
Elective Developing Effective Teams (1 credit) Sophia.org
Humanities Visual Communications Sophia.org
Humanities Workplace Communications Sophia.org
Elective Intro to Business Sophia.org
RE: Please help me evaluate my plan - bjcheung77 - 11-08-2024
Welcome to the board! Great post, I suggest you do the quick review of other institutions before deciding on TESU. Wow, what an awesome budget... you've got Fin Aid and Guild! You get Sophia.org and Study.com for free! There are other institutions other than TESU that offer BSIT, you may want to evaluate and find a better institution as this seems to be all paid for! Here's a thread you want to review... https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-Curious-about-Guild-Education
RE: Please help me evaluate my plan - needmydegreeplz - 11-08-2024
(11-08-2024, 11:20 AM)bjcheung77 Wrote: Welcome to the board! Great post, I suggest you do the quick review of other institutions before deciding on TESU. Wow, what an awesome budget... you've got Fin Aid and Guild! You get Sophia.org and Study.com for free! There are other institutions other than TESU that offer BSIT, you may want to evaluate and find a better institution as this seems to be all paid for! Here's a thread you want to review... https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-Curious-about-Guild-Education
Thanks! I did a pretty extensive review of the top 3 - top 5 schools on here and I have attended SNHU and did not like it and TESU does seem like my best option for transferring as many courses from Sophia for IT Degree.
RE: Please help me evaluate my plan - bjcheung77 - 11-09-2024
Basically... Outlier.org, Sophia.org, Study.com, StraighterLine, etc are great options you've got for alternative credits, but you still need to make sure you've got the RA credits, you need at least 30 of those, 15 should come from TESU, the rest from community college, or TECEPs, etc. Essentially... You can see if the Outlier.org classes that are on a partner transcript will work for RA when transferred into TESU, if they treat it that way, you can skip RA and take the Outlier.org classes until you hit the 15 credit residency requirements.