[New][Help needed] Need some insight/help planning BACS/BSCS

[dfrecore]

The plan I laid out was only for Hodges, that is going to be your cheapest option, because they are so loosey-goosey in what they accept in the general ed area.

TESU is going to have more structure, and you will have more classes to take in Gen Ed (Speech, Religion, Sociology, American Government, 2 additional gen ed electives), and then your additional requirements for the CS degree (Calc I & II, Data Structures, Discrete Math or Linear Algebra, and 5 CS courses from different places). Those are going to take longer and cost more. I have a Data Structures course at a distance learning school for $944. Linear Algebra is $609. Discrete Math is $784. And you can't do those courses until you take Calc I & II (and some don't recommend you take them at Straighterline because they won't prepare you for higher level math, which means you need to take those 2 courses at a CC or somewhere else, and that's 2 semesters right there).

With Hodges, I think it will be the fastest and cheapest route for you. And with competency-based courses, the length of time it takes is totally up to you. If you are really dedicated and work like crazy, you can probably finish in 1 term. If you don't think you want to go that hard at it, you could do it in 2. You just need to look at all of the courses and see what you think you want to do. But like I said, they will be the easiest to do, because after the 5 CLEP/DSST exams, you can start right in.