Fastest method for AS Generals?

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I've just completed the TEEX courses, and in the next month or two should finish Comp Sci II, MTA HTML5 for 3 credits, MTA Software Development for 2 credits, and soon after that the Google Support Cert to finish of the 30 degree electives for a COSC associates. The goal is to make it a "de facto" A.S. Cyber Security degree even though it is an ASGS that I can hopefully use for an BS Information Technology from WGU, or at least knock out enough credit to make getting the missing credit fairly easy.

Next will come Generals, where I'm planning to mostly use Davar, The Institutes for Ethics, a handful of Onlinedegree.com, and Study.com for Biology Lab (unless I don't HAVE to do a lab). For math I'm taking statistics, planning on Khan Academy and Saylor's test. I'm mostly going for speed and/or time commitment, but cost is a fair concern. Is the above plan a good mix of the two, or would SL or SD be recommended even though there is a higher price cost? Is online degree more time consuming despite the cheap cost?


Thank ahead everyone, you guys have made my life SO much easier.

P.S. by "de facto" Cyber Security degree, this is how I would put it on my resume:

Associate of General Study Charter Oak State College
Cyber Security, Security Administration, Computer Forensics
• A.S. Cybersecurity equivalent ASGS
• Network & Computer Security, Computer Forensics, Ethical Hacking, Cyber Law (TEEX)
• Linux, Windows, Networking Configuration & Administration (Google IT Support Cert.)
• Web & Software development: Java, C++, C#, JavaScript, HTML5, CSS (Comp Sci II + MTA certs)

Sounds like you should look at Ashworth College or Penn Foster College.

Both will accept ACE credits; Ashworth will also accept at least some NCCRS credits (they have a matriculation agreement with Onlinedegree.com).

Both schools are NA, so you need to decide if they'll meet your current needs; however, if you find yourself needing an RA Bachelor's in the future, WGU will accept credits from both schools - just be mindful of the NCCRS credits you're using.

Penn Foster might not be a bad idea, especially if I can roll it into WGU. I could use an AS Industrial Automation degree more than anything else. An Associates will get me a raise at work, and I'm almost certain they won't take a NA degree. As long as I can spin the degree to be a IT/Automation related degree I'll be good. Charter Oak seems to be the cheapest and I'm pretty comfortable with it, although after looking at Penn Foster it seems like a good source of credit. I could even use some of the electrical courses for the Industrial Automation part of my job (I manage VMware, Cisco, and Industrial SCADA in a copper mine) for ace credit. Few IA guys have BS degrees so AS is perfect for me for now.

It appears that I can transfer up to 75% of credit to Penn Foster, meaning all of my generals. Having to get 20 extra credits for WGU LL wouldn't be bad for the added benefit of an AS Industrial Automation degree. If need be I could roll into a COSC degree if i do need a RA AS. Thanks for the lead!

For AS LL credits, Straighterline seems to be the best shot for speed & cost. Maybe a few from Study or Saylor and Online Degree seems to take the longest but the cheapest, and aren't ACE. It appears to me, and I might be wrong, that an A.S./A.A degree of any kind will count for all of the LL generals requirements almost guaranteed. Am I real off the mark on that one? If not I'd be forced to use SL, SD, Saylor and OnlineDegree would be out of the picture entirely.

I can line up courses from SL, Saylor, and SD for COSC & WGU as well for 27-30 generals credits. My electives and a basic cert would cover 20 or more credits, so that would put me at 50 credits. That's enough for me to not sweat getting a AS in the immediate term. If I drop some of the other courses, I might be able to cover nearly all of the LL technical requirements like Networking & Database from Saylor for direct transfer credit. My TEEX & Google Support Cert would be the only weak ones if WGU won't count the degree as AS IT OR they decide to accept that as "Requirement Met".

My goal is an AS by the end of the year. If I can strategically line up Straighterline I think should be my focus, followed by SD and then Saylor (probably only for math, but maybe networking). It seems like this is an easily attainable goal.