TESU BA CS Degree - Second degree, first degree from Canadian university

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Community college courses:
CompSci 2XX (Advanced Java) - Local CC
CompSci 2XX (Web Programming) - Local CC
CSC 255 (Objects and Algorithms) - Oakton CC
CompSci 2XX (Objects in C++) - Local CC

First BA courses:
Math 2XX (Principles of Statistics I) 
Math 2XX (Principles of Statistics II)
Math 2XX (Statistical Programming)
Math 1XX (Calculus II)
Math 3XX (Probability)
Math 3XX (Statistics)
Math 4XX (Regression & ANOVA)

These look good. They should all transfer just fine, though there isn't sufficient room on your transcript for all of those math courses. You might be able to pick up a BSBA CIS in addition to the BACS, if you want. It wouldn't be that many additional classes needed and this could help you with future promotions if you want to get into management. TESU's current policy should allow students to graduate with two TESU degrees, even if they have a prior degree from elsewhere. They might try to tell you no, but at least one student here has completed a non-TESU degree prior to their 2nd TESU degree. Picking up the BSBA CIS would result in more "useful" slots for at least Probability or Statistics. The BSBA is completely optional, though, and feel free to aim solely at the BACS.

Finally, I would go ahead and finish up any classes that you're already enrolled in and have paid for, but there is probably no reason why you need credits from a CC. Students here have gotten into grad school with fewer CC credits than you have now. This includes schools like Georgia Tech accepting Study.com classes as prerequisite courses. Which school(s) are you wanting to go to? We might have students here who can give you information on what they're actually looking for, not just assumptions.

You guys rock, seriously. Thank you for all the notes on transfer equivalencies and fees! I do think I'm just going to go for the BACS - no interest in management here, I'm skittish and disorganized. Definitely will enroll ASAP.

Point taken about the community college courses, and you've convinced me to at least spend more time mulling it over. That said, I do have my reasons for taking the community college route:

• The grad programs I'm currently looking at are Georgia Tech's MSCS, UT Austin's MSCS, Illinois' MCS, and Penn's MSE-DS. Penn's a reach that I don't think I'm going to pull off and also expensive, but my parents would be thrilled, so I have to try. I know I could probably get into Georgia Tech and UT Austin with just SDC courses, but it's been my understanding that Illinois does reject people with lots of transfer credits. 
  
• Illinois is my top pick among this group. My extended family's all from Chicago (although not me specifically), many of them went to UIUC themselves, and I'll probably also wind up living and working most of my life in Chicago. I've experienced firsthand how the name of a school can land jobs, and I don't want to close that door prematurely.
  
• I'm leaning towards an online professional CS masters', but I don't want to rule out an in-person CS research masters, especially if I do wind up living in Chicago or another city just lousy with low-to-mid tier universities that would take a part-time master's student. I don't want to rule out a research masters because I might want to get a PhD one day (maybe I'll get really into AI, who knows), and you need research experience that I don't have to start a PhD program. It's my understanding that taking mostly SDC courses would likely disqualify me from getting into research masters' programs. 
  
• I've set up the community college courses so that I come out with language-specific certificates that I can put on a resume. I think it'll give an extra boost to the job search when it comes to that point. Plus, the local community college offers courses in very specific subject areas for tech stacks outside of the JS/React realm (Java Spring! PHP!), and doing support for the less bootcampable tech stacks commands a higher premium.
  
• I can convince managers, family members, etc to give me time to work on a CC course in a way that would not be convincing for an SDC course. Very specific to my personal situation, but it is a factor.
  
• I want a genuinely rigorous learning program where I come out of it with knowledge to back up the credential. I don't want to find myself in a job where I just can't do the work, or in a master's program when I'm not able to handle the material. I think the community college courses are the best way to accomplish that.
  

With that said, these concerns are specific to me, my learning style, my personal situation, and my goals. In general I am convinced you're right, and that if someone comes across this thread in the future (like I have for so many other threads recently) without similar concerns, that SDCing the degree is the way to go.