WGU BS-CS in 1 term?

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Do whatever you can to not take the SQL development courses at WGU. Oracle will bog you down big time. It's a difficult cert full of mintue and Study.com will make your life much easier. Saylor's DB course isn't bad either.

Data Management - Applications     4     
*Computer Science 303

Structured Query Language     4     
*Computer Science 204

Fundamentals of Information Security   3 *Computer Science 110, *Computer Science 202
Taking certs to get out of this one would be rough, the ones listed are a little more time intensive. Study.com would be a good option. I'd do this over WGU

MTA Networking, Database are really good sources of LL credit but Microsoft is getting rid of them by June.

MTA HTML 5 applications or CIW are super easy for web development if you need them.

Java programming is another one you can start getting out of the way. Depending on where your add coding wise there are some good Java resources like Code Academy, Linda, Udemy and others that will get you up to speed faster and is more visual if that's your thing. Just use the certification exam guidelines to make sure you're hitting the write points and use exam dumps to prep for the exam. It doesn't have much to do with your actual programming ability, just syntax and thinking like the JVM.

Oracle Certified Associate (OCA, Java (SE 7 or 8) 6
Oracle Certified Java Professional 6

Saylor Software Engineering isn't bad. If you have any UML experience it'll be a breeze. Saylor programming course Compsci 101, 102 and C++ programming 107 are really good as well, and you can pretty much knock them all out at the same time as Java and C++ are used in all of them. With your credit I don' t think you'll need these courses, but keep them in mind.

That could get you 20-30 potentially, give or take. Maybe a few more but that's what I can think of off the top of my head. Knocking out the two Software I and II and the Database courses would be the best thing to get out of the way fast. Just don't do the Oracle SQL Certification through WGU because it'll likely take you all the way to June just for that one.

Do all of the CompTIA certs for credit at WGU. Study for them in preparation and then knock out A+, Network+, Project+. Artificial Intelligence, Software Quality, and Operating Systems I would do as part of the 30 credits you have to do three.

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Honestly, TESU may be the better option for Computer Science than WGU. There aren't a ton of things you can transfer in for credit in the program, they aren't going to take as many credits. Whatever is left that doesn't line up would go to electives, and you'd need 18 CS courses that can bee things like TEEX (10 credits), C++ from Saylor, Google Support Cert. and a whole slew of UL options at study.com and you'd be taking just as many study.com courses.

Sorry, I am confused by a lot of this:
"Taking certs to get out of this one would be rough, the ones listed are a little more time intensive."   What do you mean by this?
"MTA Networking, Database are really good sources of LL credit but Microsoft is getting rid of them by June."   Whats MTA? Whats LL?
"just use the certification exam guidelines to make sure you're hitting the write points and use exam dumps to prep for the exam"  whats certification exam guidelines? whats exam dumps?
"Knocking out the two Software I and II and the Database courses would be the best thing to get out of the way fast."  This at wgu?
"Just don't do the Oracle SQL Certification through WGU because it'll likely take you all the way to June just for that one."  What do you mean it will take me to june? Do you mean do it at study.com and it will be faster?
 "Honestly, TESU may be the better option for Computer Science than WGU."  I am not really familiar with TESU. I searched accelerated degree program and wgu was the one that popped up the most in my research. Whats TESU and how does that work? Is TESU also selfpaced like wgu? How is that one better?

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If you don't think you're ready to just enroll directly at WGU, then you should take a look at the classes required for the degree you're interested in at WGU and take those courses via Study.com or Straighterline (or Saylor, but Saylor kind of sucks) and then transfer them to WGU when you're ready to begin. Though if you can get through courses in a community college, you are ready for WGU.

Why does saylor suck?

Saylor is a mixed bag. Free is nice, but it comes down to quality in my opinion. I found that their prep material didn't match up well against the tests, plus the tests themselves were not well developed. But then again, I may have been spoiled by providers like Sophia, Study.com, and StraighterLine. I didn't like Shmoop for many of the same reasons I didn't like Saylor. There isn't much (if anything) that Saylor provides that cannot be picked up via alternate providers.

Personally, I think Sophia is the highest quality provider overall. Unfortunately, I only took free courses with them because I felt that the regular courses were too expensive per credit. But, they're offering free courses right now, so I'd seriously consider jumping on those if I were working on my undergrad degree right now.

I am hearing about sophia the first time today. Whats sophia like? Do they have information on things that can be transferred to wgu?