MS IS&A experience at Western Governor's University

[jtalama]

5 month update:

I'm coming to a close on my 1st term in MS IS&A at WGU. So far it's been an interesting ride. I have 4 classes this term. I completed my first two classes within the first month and 1/2. COV2, which is basically the CCENT cert, really threw me for a loop. I didn't study enough and failed the first attempt. Luckily, WGU pays the exam fee for the first two attempts; after that the student needs to pay for any additional attempts. The other thing is that after you fail, you need to wait 2 weeks before re-taking the exam and it can take several days for scores to be recorded and receive an exam voucher. Well, I failed twice. So that severely prolonged my time with this course. By the way, if you ever take the CCENT cert, be sure to know IP subnetting like the back of your hand! It will also help if you actually want to obtain the cert; in which case I did not. That's another story.

I'm going on 2 weeks into my Cyberlaw course TFT2 and half done. I've got 2 papers to write with the last paper expected to be a bit more involved. The material is very dry, but it's better than learning about network administration (ie: CCENT). We are asked to modify and create policies based on regulatory compliance, such as HIPAA, PCI and borrowing from ISO 2700x, NIST Special Publication 800 series. Overall, the papers aren't difficult if you're familiar with compliance and policies. If you're taking COV2, be sure to know subnetting as this may impact the pace of your studies.