COSC degree plan for BSGS w/ concentration in Info Systems

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Part of the issue you're going to run into here is that he's looking backwards at the credits he's going to lose, instead of forward at what he needs to take and how much it will cost to do that.  Always look at the upcoming costs, not at how many credits won't fit where you want them too.  You could end up paying more because of that faulty logic.

Also, he may not get a degree that he actually wants.  I wouldn't necessarily settle for just any degree if I wanted something specific, unless he's certain that the COSC degree will actually do something for him career-wise. A degree in Info Sys is totally different than a degree in Data Analytics.  He'd actually be better off taking more alternative credits toward his WGU degree, and save up money over 6-12 months in order to get that better degree.

I will do a spreadsheet that compares the 2, because I'm almost positive you can't get a COSC degree in a single term - you have to take the cornerstone and capstone, and I think they have to be in different terms.  Which would mean additional per-term costs.  Also, I will try to include courses that you can use in BOTH degrees.  That way, he can start with those, and then make a decision later as he sees how he's going through the courses.  If he goes very slowly, then he probably isn't a WGU student anyway, but it's worth looking at it several ways.

Start with CLEP/Modern States for free stuff that will work in both degrees:
College Composition
Any Social Science course (like history or psych)
American Government

Then do the $9 OD course:
Intro to Programming in Python

Both schools require a lab science, so he's going to want to do that.  Cheapest is probably Study.com's Bio I w/lab, and I'd do a speech course that same month because both schools require that as well.

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EDIT: I did 2 spreadsheets, 1 for WGU, 1 for COSC.  I couldn't find a Logic course via alternative methods, so I just did it as a COSC course for $1224.  Obviously, if you can get that somewhere for cheaper, then that will cut down on the cost for the degree.  COSC is cheaper, and he doesn't lose any credits, but I don't think it is as beneficial for him as a Data Analytics degree.  Nonetheless, if cheap is what he's after, then this is a good option.