07-21-2024, 08:58 PM
I read your other thread. Since you are already a developer and have management experience, what is the point of a CS degree? Are you trying to learn programming traditionally or/and aiming for the diploma/credentials? Honestly, if you are an experienced developer, I doubt you would learn anything useful/relevant at the undergraduate level. In my opinion, you would get more value for your money by getting the quickest/cheapest bachelor’s by doing UMPI BABA PM into a CS masters like Georgia Tech Online Master of Science in Computer Science.
Cost: 4 months Sophia Plan $300 + $150 3 months Coursera (I'm not sure, Coursera pricing is confusing and it can be cheaper overseas) + $3,400 UMPI two 8 week session tuition (though since you can spare 80 hours of study time a week, you will probably complete it in 1 session) + $6,492 Georgia Tech OMSCS (30 credit hours * $195 per Credit hour + 107 mandatory semester fee * 6 semesters) + $2,033.10 for 3 recommended MOOCs for OMSCS admission = ~$12,375.10 which is less than £10,000 ($12,923.60 as of 7/21/2024).
The Sophia + Coursera will take care of UMPI's general education requirements and transfer in over 90 credits into UMPI. The 2 sessions at UMPI should be enough to graduate with a Bachelor's degree. The OMSCS program is difficult. It’s one of those programs that are relatively easier to get into but much harder to graduate from due to the rigorous coursework. They require TOEFL for international applicants but I’m not sure if that would be required with a US bachelor's degree. There are some recommended prerequisite courses that I would recommend taking at any community college, but you can also complete it via their MOOCs. I don't know if you have to complete all of them if you have relevant work experience but you can probably get more accurate information on the OMSCS subreddit.
I do think you should just go UMPI BABA for the Bachelor's degree checkmark, pursue relevant certs, and build up a portfolio. If you find the Bachelor's lacking, you could always pursue the OMSCS later or any of the other exceptional online CS master's that are currently available.
https://omscs.gatech.edu/preparing-yourself-omscs
https://www.bursar.gatech.edu/student/tu..._omscs.pdf
https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/UM...ts_Roadmap
https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/UM...egree_Plan
https://www.umpi.edu/yourpace/academic_p...stems-bba/
Cost: 4 months Sophia Plan $300 + $150 3 months Coursera (I'm not sure, Coursera pricing is confusing and it can be cheaper overseas) + $3,400 UMPI two 8 week session tuition (though since you can spare 80 hours of study time a week, you will probably complete it in 1 session) + $6,492 Georgia Tech OMSCS (30 credit hours * $195 per Credit hour + 107 mandatory semester fee * 6 semesters) + $2,033.10 for 3 recommended MOOCs for OMSCS admission = ~$12,375.10 which is less than £10,000 ($12,923.60 as of 7/21/2024).
The Sophia + Coursera will take care of UMPI's general education requirements and transfer in over 90 credits into UMPI. The 2 sessions at UMPI should be enough to graduate with a Bachelor's degree. The OMSCS program is difficult. It’s one of those programs that are relatively easier to get into but much harder to graduate from due to the rigorous coursework. They require TOEFL for international applicants but I’m not sure if that would be required with a US bachelor's degree. There are some recommended prerequisite courses that I would recommend taking at any community college, but you can also complete it via their MOOCs. I don't know if you have to complete all of them if you have relevant work experience but you can probably get more accurate information on the OMSCS subreddit.
I do think you should just go UMPI BABA for the Bachelor's degree checkmark, pursue relevant certs, and build up a portfolio. If you find the Bachelor's lacking, you could always pursue the OMSCS later or any of the other exceptional online CS master's that are currently available.
https://omscs.gatech.edu/preparing-yourself-omscs
https://www.bursar.gatech.edu/student/tu..._omscs.pdf
https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/UM...ts_Roadmap
https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/UM...egree_Plan
https://www.umpi.edu/yourpace/academic_p...stems-bba/
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