hello everyone, I'm looking for some advice on getting a BA in Arts.

[natshar]

Hello everyone and thank you for stopping to read my post,

TLDR; I'm having trouble finding a way to put together a BA in Arts to get my wife's foot in the door to a graphic design career. So far I have found Hodges University and hope that some of you fine people can help me find a few more options.

So a little about what I'm trying to achieve.  I am attempting to help my wife change careers relatively quickly into graphic design (her passion) but hitting a few roadblocks. Recently I changed careers myself from a detective to a software engineer with no formal training, I had to bust my butt studying non stop and do somethings I'm no exactly proud of (exaggerate some experience) but I was successful in finding a great job at a major tech company and now lead a team of engineers. I never went to college at all so i consider myself lucky. 

My wife on the other hand has two Associate degrees that she got after high school for computer science related fields that she has never used in a professional setting (it's a shame honestly). She was comfortable in her job even tho she found it mind numbing. Once me and her got together I encouraged her to leave because she was not happy. In search for finding something that gave her more fulfilment she has tried several fields and finally learned that graphic design is really what she loves. I know that this isn't a field that requires a degree but the more research I do the more I see that most people wont give you a chance without a BA in Arts or a graphic design degree (if you have no experience). Her earning an income at the moment isn't necessary so I told her that any chance to gain experience she should take. She has been studying on her own for about 8 months now and is working on her portfolio but hasn't been lucky to find any opportunity outside of freelancing to gain real experience as yet so I'm revisiting the formal education route. I have found Hodges University as an option for a competency based program from an old thread on this forum and was hoping that y'all could point me in few more directions. 

I appreciate any advice that y'all can give me. I'm sorry if this question has been asked a lot in the past, I'm still getting familiar with this forum and haven't found much of an answer using the search feature. 

Thank you for your time.

University Maryland Global campus has a few. And you can transfer 90 credits. They are a straighterline partner school and if you do 4 straighterline courses you get in state tuition.


https://www.umgc.edu/academic-programs/b...-major.cfm
https://www.umgc.edu/academic-programs/b...-major.cfm