TESU BA Math and CS Degree Planning

[thornytumbleweed]

Hello everyone,

I am just adding more to my journey here.

I got the initial TESU evaluation. Here is some information that I have gleaned from the experience.

All of my general education credits were waived. I have a lot of electives that are unnecessary; but this is not a problem.

I am still waiting for study.com to send the transcripts; however, I don't foresee a problem with the study.com classes counting.

The CYB prefix designated courses do not count for the upper level AOS. I had hoped that CYB 4210 and CYB 4500 from the Google Cloud Cybersecurity and Google Cloud Data Analytics courses would count. CLD 4300 and CIS 3110 did count, so those two certs are still worthwhile. I am going to petition for at least CLD 4500 to be added as it is Cloud Computing and seems to be applicable to a CS degree. If approved, that leaves one more UL course that is needed. Otherwise two are needed.

There are some options for UL courses. I can take Study.com's BUS 303, which transfers in as CIS 3010 at TESU. Honestly not a big fan of that choice. I can Study.com's COS 302 which transfers in as CIS 3200. The latter is definitely the better choice for me as it is more computer stuff and less business stuff. Another option is the IBM Full Stack Certification on Coursera, which would bring in CLD 4200. Does anyone have other suggestions for UL computer science credit?

Experimenting with the degree planner, I do not think that I am going to pursue a BA in Math. As it stands now, I already qualify for the AS in Math. However, I do still think that taking linear algebra would be a good idea for my transcript and grad school applications. The biggest impediment to getting a BA in math is finding more UL math classes. There's differing information on whether Linear Algebra counts for Computer Science. I am going to ask!