11-24-2020, 08:09 PM
Hello! I am also a prospective WGU student looking to transfer a bunch of CUs into WGU's BS CS before beginning.
Between Straighterline, Saylor, and Study, you can pretty much knock out 79 units out of the 122 required, per http://partners.wgu.edu/ (max allowed to transfer at WGU is 90).
The rest, you can try looking at local community colleges, which I did, but found that it would take too long and cost too much (the cheapest CC I can find in my state is $700+fees a class). After doing the math, I found that it would be cheaper to take it during a semester at WGU so I am primarily focusing on what I can do at the three S's and what I already have from past degrees. But if you live in a state with lower cost CC classes (like CA, Foothill CC is like $150 a class you can take online) you can probably knock out a few more classes there beyond what is offered at the three S's, but they also likely operate on the traditional semester model so you will need to be OK with that fact too.
Another alternative is getting the certifications before enrolling as they will also count towards transfer credits as well. You can find the transfer guide for CS here: https://partners.wgu.edu/Pages/BSCS.aspx - With at least possibly transferring 79 credits, that leaves completing 11 classes (including capstone) in a 6 month period and that is very doable for someone with the motivation to get it done in that time frame.
I am personally just going for classes at the 3 S's along with some transfers from my past degrees, I would be coming in with 79 or 85 depending on whether or not I want to do Comp Architecture at SDC (since I heard it was terrible there) or getting the CIW cert for Web Dev Fundamentals (but I heard it is easier at WGU) so I might save those for WGU.
If you haven't done so already, you should apply and get that transfer evaluation. Depending on your bachelor's degree (I am not sure how they determined this), all Gen Eds can be waived with the exception of Calculus and Discrete Math I even though you may not have 1-1 classes that match up. I certainly didn't, but got waived wholesale as described above and that was a really nice revelation. In all, I transferred in 32 CU's (all gen eds minus calc and dm, and the organizational behavior class for IT leadership). Also, just so you know, the Calculus and any CS specific class will not transfer if it is older than 5 years.
Anyways, just make it clear to your enrollment counselor that you will be taking other classes elsewhere before starting and set a later start date. My EC had been cool about it all as it seems there are a few other people in the same position I am that she has been assigned to work with so it is old hat for her.
Between Straighterline, Saylor, and Study, you can pretty much knock out 79 units out of the 122 required, per http://partners.wgu.edu/ (max allowed to transfer at WGU is 90).
The rest, you can try looking at local community colleges, which I did, but found that it would take too long and cost too much (the cheapest CC I can find in my state is $700+fees a class). After doing the math, I found that it would be cheaper to take it during a semester at WGU so I am primarily focusing on what I can do at the three S's and what I already have from past degrees. But if you live in a state with lower cost CC classes (like CA, Foothill CC is like $150 a class you can take online) you can probably knock out a few more classes there beyond what is offered at the three S's, but they also likely operate on the traditional semester model so you will need to be OK with that fact too.
Another alternative is getting the certifications before enrolling as they will also count towards transfer credits as well. You can find the transfer guide for CS here: https://partners.wgu.edu/Pages/BSCS.aspx - With at least possibly transferring 79 credits, that leaves completing 11 classes (including capstone) in a 6 month period and that is very doable for someone with the motivation to get it done in that time frame.
I am personally just going for classes at the 3 S's along with some transfers from my past degrees, I would be coming in with 79 or 85 depending on whether or not I want to do Comp Architecture at SDC (since I heard it was terrible there) or getting the CIW cert for Web Dev Fundamentals (but I heard it is easier at WGU) so I might save those for WGU.
If you haven't done so already, you should apply and get that transfer evaluation. Depending on your bachelor's degree (I am not sure how they determined this), all Gen Eds can be waived with the exception of Calculus and Discrete Math I even though you may not have 1-1 classes that match up. I certainly didn't, but got waived wholesale as described above and that was a really nice revelation. In all, I transferred in 32 CU's (all gen eds minus calc and dm, and the organizational behavior class for IT leadership). Also, just so you know, the Calculus and any CS specific class will not transfer if it is older than 5 years.
Anyways, just make it clear to your enrollment counselor that you will be taking other classes elsewhere before starting and set a later start date. My EC had been cool about it all as it seems there are a few other people in the same position I am that she has been assigned to work with so it is old hat for her.
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