Bottega U vs UofPeople - BS Computer Science

[rachel83az]

I've been plugging away towards certs for Purdue University Global's B.P.S, but this Bottega C.S. degree has me interested.

If I'm understanding bjcheung right, just doing the Full Stack certificate here and the ACE credit elsewhere would get me the CS bachelors degree?

Computer Science is definitely going to look better on the resume for tech jobs, even if it is some NA program that is Computer Science Business.

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Is Bottega self-paced sort of format?

Bottega is "Nationally" accredited. This is "worse" than the "Regional" accreditation that Purdue Global has. If you are international, some countries will accept a regionally-accredited degree but do not view nationally-accredited degrees as being valid American degrees. Also, there are American schools that will not accept a nationally accredited degree for admission purposes if you wish to pursue a Master's degree.

Under those circumstances, a better option for students would either be the currently-available CS degree at TESU or the one that we are still waiting for at UMPI. TESU can be self-paced to a degree. UMPI is self-paced by design.

If you are still interested in Bottega, firstly it is self-paced. But you are only allowed to complete 3 classes per term. This artificially inflates the price of the degree. 

Bottega limits you to 90 transfer credits. The Fullstack certificate is 15 or 18 credits. 

Just looking at the courses required to obtain the BSCS, I don't think that you'd be able to bring in the full 90 credits that are allowed. I would have to add everything up, but it looks more like about 60 credits can be transferred in from alternate sources. This assumes that the alternate sources are even accepted. 

Assuming that you were able to transfer enough in to leave 45 credits that need to be taken at Bottega, that's 15 courses that would need to be taken over 5 terms. At about $900 per term, you'd be paying $4500 + however much you paid for the alternate credits to get this degree. This is only marginally less expensive than TESU.

In general, avoid Bottega. Get your degree somewhere else.