Need direction

[Merlin]

Hi all I am new here and would love some advice on the situation that I am in. I apologize in advance if this isn't the proper channel to post in. Recently I graduated from a bootcamp and realized that I need a computer science degree to really exceed in the field. I came across a program from coursera that offers a bachelors from the University of London in computer of science but have my reservations because it still new and doesn't have any graduates. I have also been looking into doing all my courses that I can on study.com and then transferring the little left to a better university but don't know how to do this or where to start. I need advice on making a degree plan and on potential best schools that would accept those courses. Any and all advice is greatly appreciated and if anyone has time to make a good degree plan that would be greatly appreciated as well!

A good place to start is probably to discuss what credits you have and how you like to learn.

Keep in mind that if you're considering an earned-admission approach (like via Coursera or EdX, etc.), you may have trouble bringing in credits from places like Study.com. But it is a good (and less expensive) way to get into a more traditionally-focused CS program. Some of the earned admission degrees are at highly ranked schools as well, so if this is important to you, you may want to continue down that path. They aren't exactly cheap though, and you're still looking at 3+ years at most of these schools, but it's doable.

On the other hand, if you are a quick study and able to work on your own, you may want to consider looking TESU or WGU as your destination school for a BACS or BSCS. Depending on where you're starting from credits-wise, you can generally create a plan that will get you through a CS degree within a year or two and for under $10,000 depending on how aggressive you want to be on completing coursework. Both are legitimate, regionally accredited schools, though neither are particularly well-known. The caveat with WGU is that you need to be a US resident and you'll need to have completed precalculus or higher to qualify for admission, but you can just take Calculus at Study.com or Straighterline.

If you're more interested in writing software, WGU also has a BS in Software Development degree that is a drop-in replacement for a degree in CS for most hiring managers, particularly if you're focused on web or mobile app development. You don't need to know Calculus for that one.

If you're open to non-CS specific degrees then a lot more options open up for alternative schools. For example, COSC has a bachelor's degree in General Studies with a subject area concentration in Computer Science Studies. It's not quite a CS degree, but it walks and talks like one. NAU has a competency-based BS in Computer Information Technology that is CS-like and fairly well regarded. Several other schools have BSIT degrees that can be focused like a degree in CS as well.

So once you figure out where you are and where you want to go, it will be easier to help you figure out a plan to get there.