Seeking guidance to best map 140 RA semester credits and finish!

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TESU
BA in Computer Science
BA in Liberal Studies - Computer Science
BSBA in Computer Information Systems
BS in Information Technology
BS in Data Science and Analytics
COSC
BS in General Studies/Information Systems Studies
EC
BS in Information Technology
BPS in Technology Management/Information Technology
WGU
BS in Computer Science
BS in Information Technology
BS in Data Management/Data Analytics
BSBA in IT Management
UMPI
Bachelor of Liberal Studies - Management Information Systems Minor
PUG
BS in Information Technology
BS in Information Technology - ExcelTrack

Let me break down the schools/degrees:

1) TESU is your best bet because you have almost all of the GE done except for Diversity & History, which you can easily do via Sophia or SDC or CLEP or whatever.

  a) BACS - in addition, your AoS is partially done, with no limits to how old courses can be; you have enough UL credits as well in the AoS which is not the norm here.  And all Free electives are covered.  I show that you need a total of 24cr to complete: cornerstone, capstone, diversity, history, data structures, calculus, discrete math, computer architecture.  All of the remaining AoS can be done via SDC.

  b) BALS/CS - the ease of the BACS without the math.  I think you'd have this at totally complete except for data structures & computer architecture. This will easily be your fastest degree (least amount of courses to complete).  Not sure if it's your best option, since I think a CS degree is more valuable, but it really depends on if you NEED a CS degree or if a BALS will suit your purposes.

  c) BSBA/CIS will take you a while.  Lots of core to complete.  You'll need the same GE as a BACS plus College Algebra & a SocSci (your econ course moves to the Core).  11 core courses.  Possibly AoS is complete.  Free Electives are complete.  So 15 courses (45cr) left to take.

  d) BSIT - can't complete via Alt-credit

  e) BS in DS/A - will take a couple of years to complete, minimum, more expensive as well.


2) COSC degree listed can't be done via Alt-credit

3) EC degrees listed can't be done via Alt-credit

4) WGU degrees wil take varying lengths of time to complete due to what they bring in, although your AA will meet your GE requirements for all degrees I think.  I'm guessing a BSBA will take the longest, as you have a LOT of courses to complete via alt-credit before you can start there; with all of your previous certs, I think you can get through an IT degree very quickly once you get back into the groove.  You can take a lot of the major courses elsewhere as well.

5) UMPI depends on how many courses they allow to be used for different requirements:
 - will your HUM 2270 Humanities (East-West Synthes) course meet the 5A Diverse World Views requirement, or will you have to take Sociology
- will your HUM 2211 Western Humanities I course meet the 2E Arts & LIt requirement or will you need to take A&I Lit or Art History
- will your ECO 2013 Principles of Macroeconomics meet the 2A & 2B requirement, or will you have to take Psych
- will your PHI 1631 Studies In Professional Ethics meet the Ethics requirement, or will you have to take another Ethics course
Assuming all of these work, then you still need history and Spanish.  The rest can be done at UMPI.  This would probably be a fast degree for you (not to mention cheap).

6) PUG BSIT will be very expensive; ExcelTrack will be a shit-ton of writing (way more than UMPI); you'd have to take a lot of certs to get your max credits to bring in, I think that might be a pain when you could do it more easily via WGU.

My votes are TESU BACS if you can do the math; WGU BSIT; or UMPI BLS/MIS.  I think TESU and WGU edge out UMPI if you need a technical degree, as I think those are better than a BLS in general.