First off, I had an old SDC account but never finished any courses. I had some sort of weird glitch signing up but eventually got it to work by transferring money to my Paypal. I used the "PatriciaMcQuarrie" coupon code for 30% off. It's $175 with tax per month.

I might have to redo Operating Systems as well, but then I saw that SDC has two courses that transfer to TESU for Operating Systems: one a 1000 level and the other a 3000 level. They both transfer as the same 2000 level class, though.   I wish more were like that. I will be doing the 1000 level as that class was pretty brutal like Computer Architecture. I have actually taken both of those courses already and had to withdraw so I didn't take a D grade. I'm working overtime every week so I don't have as much time as I used to for college.

I have read through a lot of Reddit posts and other DegreeForum posts on these particular classes, so I can find the help I need to get the assignments done. Just looking for pointers for speedrunning, basically. I have to get these done in 2 months so I can meet the conferral deadline for June. I need to pass quickly so I can apply for a promotion at work and get into grad school. I sped through 40% of the quizzes on Computer Architecture today, so I'm hitting the ground running. Yes, I'm using a helper on the quizzes and that's why I'm blazing through them so fast.

Ok, from my understanding you have to make a 70% overall grade to pass. That's 210 points out of 300, with quizzes, assignments, and the final each worth 100 points. So I could technically bomb the final and just do really well on the others and still make it? That's literally a score of 10 on the final if I ace the quizzes and assignments.

Any advice for these? I know the ALU is supposed to  be tough but I found a Udemy course and some people talking about it in a chat. It doesn't look that bad if you've done anything low-level before. The other issue is that me speeding through the quizzes means I'm not going to do well on the finals since I'm just trying to get it over with. I simply don't have the time or money to do it any slower.

One thing I noticed is that while working through the quizzes, a lot of them got checked off as I went. I may have done 30% of them but then all of these extra ones further in the chapter got checked off. Is there a pre-test that will let me skip quizzes like some of the other classes? I have seen them at the top on some but not on these two.

Wanted to post about the Systems Engineering Professional (SEP) certifications offered through INCOSE (International Council on Systems Engineering). They currently offer 3 certificates based on experience levels: ASEP (Associate Systems Engineering Professional), CSEP (Certified Systems Engineering Professional), & ESEP (Expert Systems Engineering Professional)

Systems engineering, and CSEP certification, is popular in government contract agencies, defense, aerospace, manufacturing and becoming more widely used in many other industries such as medical, software development, and other tech fields. 


Uniquely, this certification does not have a college degree requirement, so anyone who can pass the SEP exam can automatically be certified ASEP. 5+ years experience is enough for CSEP, and 20+ for ESEP, though CSEP is typically the terminal. It also allows those who do not have a degree in engineering to learn and practice the discipline.

It does have a cost at $180 for ASEP and $350 for CSEP, but like I said, it is growing in popularity and may be covered by your employer if they offer tuition assistance.

While the exam can be passed simply by learning the handbook (which is free with the INCOSE membership required for certification), there are a few other good resources:

INCOSE offers prep videos with membership
There is a solid and cheap Udemy course
Unofficial study guide and test bank
Tons of free Quizlet practice problems

Link to INCOSE certification

Hope this is helpful for anyone interested in systems engineering certification.

Does anybody have any recommendations for a fish and wildlife management degree or a type of natural resources degree? I'm searching for something that is 100% online at a decent speed and hopefully transfer friendly since I'm sitting on 80 Sophia Credits.

This is a federally funded training program for nurses interested in mental health or employed in mental health/psychiatric nursing. TESUs BSN and Psychiatric Nurse Preceptor Certificate may be fully covered depending on availability of funds and your qualifications/interests. Great opportunity for nurses on the forum. Maybe someone can post this on the sister forum if it's not already there. Yes, it's only NJ, but something is better than nothing.

Expanding Mental Health Nursing in New Jersey Tuition Program | For Students (tesu.edu)

Has anyone attended Fitchburg State University's MBA program? 

Couple of questions:

1. What do the typical weekly assignments consist of?

2. What is the time commitment for a single course each week? 

3. Would you recommend taking one or two classes at a time?

4. Do you feel like you received a quality business education? 

5. Were the professors responsive to emails?

This is a link to the program: https://online.fitchburgstate.edu/degree...a/finance/

Thank you!

Tyler Evans in Barrie Today Wrote:One day, a 19-year-old colleague told [Liz] Bryk, a personal support worker [in her late 50s at the time, and a breast cancer survivor], that she should follow her dreams of being a nurse.

"I didn't come from a rich family," Bryk explained. "I didn't have the chance to go to university."

After giving it some thought, Bryk inquired with Georgian College about joining the nursing program. She was told to send in her transcript if it wasn't more than seven years old.

Bryk's transcript was so old that it had been written on a papyrus with a quill, she joked. As a result, she had to attend the adult learning centre to obtain her Grade 12 chemistry, biology, and math credits.

"Then I applied and got in," Bryk explained of Georgian's nursing program. "Three years later I'm on the Dean’s List and I'm in the home stretch now of my 450-hour" placement at Orillia Soldiers' Memorial Hospital.

During her first day of class at Georgian College, Bryk was asked by an 18-year-old student about her age.

"When I told her she said, 'You're two years older than my grandma,'" Bryk said with a chuckle. "Learning is ageless and it's been an amazing experience."

Bryk hopes the collection of short stories she has penned in her book Uplifting Tales from Goodness County, will inspire others in the community.

Hi,

Besides Pierpont,
are there any other fairly quick and inexpensive associate degrees?

Thank you!

I hadn't realised the deadline is 31st March for Spring 2. I need to apply - can someone advise what the process is? Grateful for any help!

Guys, I asked Jessica to add Liberal Studies AA for me. 
She told me whether to choose GEneral Concentration or Business Concentration. 
I didn't see that AA divided these two concentrations on UMPI's official website. 
Can you help me out?

The University of Utah David Eccles School of Business offers a Master of Business Creation (MBC) degree it describes as “business accelerator meets business degree.”

The MBC is offered in both an on-campus and an online format. The online format lasts three semesters and looks to be asynchronous or close as to meeting times, although "all courses are taken with a cohort of founders progressing through the program together."

The application process not only screens each student but screens the suitability for the program of each student’s for-profit or non-profit enterprise, using a pitch deck, a video pitch essay, and questions to assess the enterprise.

"The MBC is exclusively for founders committed to achieving operating independence by the time they complete the program. […] Courses in the program are designed to help working entrepreneurs who need help on real startup problems now. Founders can immediately apply what they learn in class to their startup. […] Founders in the program not only learn from their experience starting an enterprise, they also observe their colleagues’ startup efforts in detail and have an opportunity to learn from a variety of challenges and solutions across their entire cohort."

Recent graduates from the on-campus format lead startups "from cardiac imaging and trucking software to vintage sneakers and pickleball." An FAQ describes enterprises that are or are not good fits with the MBC. "If you have revenue, you're probably ready. If you don’t have revenue, we look for work you’ve done to validate your idea: prototyping, beta testing, market validation, competitive studies, legal entity formation." Less good fits include professional practices based on billed hours and "many personal-service businesses, including restaurants and retail shops."

Tuition is $15,000, and “full and partial scholarships are available to all founders who enroll in the program.”

Funding opportunities for the enterprises may also be available arising out of the MBC community.

Only some international locations are eligible, but the program is working to expand eligible locations. Eccles recently announced a new MBC Africa cohort. "Sponsorship to cover tuition costs will be awarded to all founders enrolling in the MBC Africa program in fall 2024."

Eccles and the program are accredited by the AACSB.