I need help figuring out how to finally obtain Bachelors, advice appreciated

[dadof3]

@dadof3, Welcome to the board, did you do the co-op or internship option when you were at Trident? It really doesn't matter, I just wanted to see if that can 'add' to your current experience. I usually recommend to work on 3 things, certs, degree, experience... Essentially, you have some certs, some experience, and that's what really matters as the third thing I recommend is the degree.

How far are you along the WGU degree? Are you more than 3/4th the way? The AAS CC, at most, should have transferred 60 credits, if you've completed those at WGU, you may already be at the 3/4th stage and need a final term to complete the remaining requirements for the degree.  You need to decide on the energy, money, time and the requirements of finishing at each institution you're looking at.

In short, review your options, you can either continue with WGU if you're close to completing or change directions and pivot to one of the mentioned options provided by other members.  Again, you want to have a mix/match of those 3, how rounded you want them to be depends on your preference.  You're doing a great job already, you're almost there to the elusive finish line... Good luck, carry on that torch!

 Thanks for this feedback!

I did not do the internship option for my AAS.

At WGU I have 6 classes left:

C842 Cyber Defense and Countermeasures (CompTIA CySa+)
C845 Information Systems Security (SSCP)
C838- Managing Cloud Security
C176 Project Management (Project+)
D153 Penetration Testing and Vulnerability Analysis (PenTest+)
C769 IT Capstone

However, I can’t seem to pass those *starred and I’m concerned I’ll struggle with the remaining certs I haven’t attempted yet. I’m open to switching to a different path at WGU that wouldn’t have so many more certs to achieve (5 out of the 6 remaining courses for my current WGU path are certs).

I’m pretty good at moving through non cert courses quickly and easily and I think I could bang out Sophia etc to do a different option more quickly elsewhere if that makes sense to do.

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I have an AAS in Computer Technology - Information Systems Specialist

UMPI also has a Bachelor of Applied Science, and the UL requirements are slightly lower than the BLS. You would need to apply for the BLS and then get permission to switch to the BAS. I would recommend the Project Management minor. If you're able to finish in a single session, it would only be $1,400 to finish, although you may need to complete some Sophia courses, depending on what courses you bring in from your AAS.

Thanks for this suggestion. Do they allow switching in the same session? I’m a little confused about that part.