Can I get new study.com courses on a tesu transcript after I've graduated?

[Merlin]

We've probably been following some of the same admission threads. I would go for a CS degree but I'm on a budget and I don't want to pay for another TESU capstone and the WGU one looked like it'd be a few thousand to get all the requirements too. My local community college is like $150/credit hour, which is not bad, but it's still going to be a lot of money to get the 2-3 courses I'd like to have. Foothill CC would be perfect but I'm out of state.

I get that. I am always going for the least expensive option as well. Doubly so right now since money is tight around here right now with the lack of work due to COVID. But I hate wasting time and money even more. I'd prefer to spend time and a bit more money on a sure thing than to spend time and maybe a bit less money on something that I know has a low probability of success.

In this case, I know that GA Tech recognizes classes taken at a CC or WGU, but I could try taking those courses from Study.com instead. The latter would be cheaper, but has a small chance of being accepted. If they aren't accepted, I've effectively wasted the time and money spent on Study.com.

Of course, at that point I might just try to use those credits to complete a BACS/BSCS or BSSD degree and try again in 6 months. GA Tech still might not recognize the individual courses, but if they are part of a larger degree, they might handwave the individual courses.

If I didn't have the time or money to consider a second bachelor's degree as a fallback, I'd definitely just take the courses from a CC and be done with it. You might be able to get financial assistance with those too.

On a side note, how'd you get the WGU MBA so fast? We graduated with BSBA CIS in the same year and I just took a break after that!

I had planned to move onto the MBA immediately following my degree award, so I applied to WGU in December of 2018 and had everything ready to go when the transcript dropped in March. I started on April 1st and was done in November. I would have finished in October, but I had some personal stuff come up which forced a personal break for a month or so. So, I've been done for like 5 months now and have spent the bulk of that time doing research into secondary graduate programs.

I was originally planning to jump into the OMSCS, but figured if I wanted to do that I would need to go back to complete a BSCS or BSSD as a precursor in order to get in. In the meantime, I've discovered that having a master's degree isn't really helpful for Ph.D. studies, so I've been researching Computer Science and Data Science Ph.D. programs (as well as doctorates in business, leadership, and management as backups). My MBA probably won't help with admission anywhere unless I decide on pursuing a DBA, since that is a prerequisite.

I've started putting together Ph.D. applications but I am still keeping the OMSCS open as a backup in case I don't find a Ph.D. program that works for me.