I'm not sure if there's a new member thread to post in, but hello! I've been lurking around this site for the past year and I wanted to finally dive in. I hope with this post I can also help someone like me looking for a sign to keep pushing and get that degree. :)

Your Location: Louisiana, United States
Your Age: 24
What kind of degree do you want?: Bachelors in Communications & Bachelors in Computer Science
Current Regional Accredited Credits:
University of New Orleans (35 Credits)
FIAR 1*** Drawing 1
MATH 1*** Survey Math Thought (Supplemental Math)
MATH 1*** Survey Math Thought (Supplemental Math)
USTY 1001 University Studies
BIOL 1001 General Biology 1
FIAR 1*** Digital Design
FIAR 1551 Basic Design
MATH 1*** Survey Math Thought (Supplemental Math 2)
MATH 1*** Survey Math Thought (Supplemental Math 2)
ENGL 1001 English Composition
FIAR 2440 Hist Survey of Arts
BIOL 1002 General Biology 2
ECON 1*** Financial Literacy
PHIL 2020 Ethics
Delgado Community College (9 Credits)
SOCL 2501 Curr Social Prob
GEOL 1001 Gen Geol: Physical
MUSI 1751 Music Appreciation 1
Louisiana State University at Alexandria (15? Credits)
CMST 2010 Interpersonal Communication
ENGL 1002 English Compostn 2
SOCL 2001 Intro Sociology
CMST 1061 Communication Fund
(Note: Majority of my credits from UNO did not transfer between the other schools, even though I was told they met the same qualifications. Don't know what that means or if that will affect my degree plan.)
Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits:
Any certifications or military experience?:
Budget: 10 to 15k is my starting estimate, but cheaper is better! Less than 10k would be amazing...
Commitments: Just a full-time job during the week, and a part-time gig on the weekends.
Dedicated time to study: Realistically about 5 hours a day after work, and ~8 on the weekends.
Timeline: I'd ideally like to be done in less than a year for the first one, and no more than 2 years for the second.
Tuition assistance/reimbursement:

I've already began putting together a plan for my possible Communication Studies degree @ TESU, but I'm running into trouble with filling in the missing core class sources. I enjoy my current school and the program I'm in, but financially (and mentally) I need a degree sooner than later. If I can transfer my credits back to the school to finish my CompSci degree, then I'd consider going back at a later time just to check it off, but if it isn't worth it, then I'll get my 2nd degree at TESU or another school. I would like the path to be open to getting a Master's degree as well later in life, preferably in Computer Science.

I also don't know if I'm able to "start over" in a sense? My grades were barely passing at some point, so if I need to gain credits from scratch, I'm in a much better place to reasonably to so. Thank you all so so much in advance :)

Hey guys! I am beginning my first session on Spring 1, I only have my 30 residency credits to do. I plan on finishing in 1 term but I may need to finish in 2 terms (Spring II). 
My question would be what is the deadline to sign up for commencement? It is huge for me to be able to walk at the physical UMPI campus. If I don’t finish my final class until midway into Spring II, would that be too late to walk on May 5th?

My apologies if this was covered somewhere already, but in regards to the credit hour residency waiver, I'll likely need less than 8 classes for my degree (and the waiver) thanks to transfer credits.  I was wondering if I were to take a TECEP for something that isn't required for my degree or is already met thanks to a transfer class, would that count toward the 8 or am I just destined to pay the fee?

Hello, everyone.

Hoping to get some suggestions on possible routes to take in my journey to complete my Bachelor’s degree. I have some concerns that at some point my company may rewrite my job description to require a Bachelor’s degree and I want to get ahead of this as it’s really weighing heavily on me right now. It’s not the best time with 1 kid in college and another one starting in a few years but here we are. I have had a few people I know point me towards options like WGU but I have also ran across TAMUC by way of these forums. My end goal is to get a degree as easily/quickly as possible and would love to be able to carry over my credits. My major concern is that anywhere I look is going to disregard my previous college work as it’s been 20+ years. (I really hope I am wrong) Thank you in advance for the time and help!



Your Location: Texas, USA
Your Age: 46 (47 next month)
What kind of degree do you want?: Bachelor’s (Business)
Current Regional Accredited Credits: 

Lee College (1996-1999 / AAS in Electronics Technology) 75 credits
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Lonestar College System (2003-2006) 32 credits
GOVT 2302 3 A
HIST 1301 3 B
BIOL 1322 3 A
MATH 1314 3 A
MATH 1324 3 C
ACCT 2401 4 A
ACCT 2402 4 C
PSYC 2301 3 B
ECON 2301 3 B
ECON 2302 3 A


Any certifications or military experience? Some VMWare VCP and AWS certifications.
Budget: Company will reimburse up to $4,000/year.
Commitments: Full-time in-person M-F job, 2 kids (1 @ Texas Tech and the other a Sophomore in HS), Married
Dedicated time to study: 1-2 hours per day M-F, and then open on the weekends usually.
Timeline: Would like to complete within 2 years after starting but as of right now nothing forcing me to go too quickly.
Tuition assistance/reimbursement: Company tuition reimbursement program: $4000 per calendar year.

Highest Enrollment Numbers:

1. 183,000 - WGU (Western Governors University)
   
2. 181,000 - ASU (Arizona State University)
   
3. 173,000 - SNHU (Southern New Hampshire University)
   

I recently completed my Sophia Calculus course. I have about 3 weeks left on my account and would like to use the rest of the time to complete "Intro to Python Programming" to satisfy my TESU BA CS Intro Programming requirement. On the Wiki, they recommend clearing with an academic advisor before you transfer it. I can't meet with an academic counselor until Dec 10th (6 days from now) which cuts into my valuable subscription at Sophia.

Is it okay to start Intro to Python Programming at Sophia before getting cleared by a TESU counselor? I would prefer to not pay another $99 to Sophia and knock out both courses in one month.

Thank you in advance for the advice.

EDIT: I was reading this thread: https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...rogramming

It seems LevelUp and others recommend SDC instead of Sophia because of the layover with Data Structures. If that's true, then I may just start SDC and leave Sophia at Calculus. What are your all thoughts on this?

All I need to Comp Sci core at TESU and 6 UL electives to graduate. Getting familiar with SDC may make more sense.

What reasonable options are available for international students for an AAS now since the Pierpont BOG AAS reqs changed?

I added two courses,  POS 301 and 345, following reviews from the master thread thinking they are with Dr. Z but both turned out to be with Dr. Hinson. Does anyone know of preferably short courses like HTY 489 graded by Dr. Z this term?

Your Location: USA
Your Age: 16
What kind of degree?: Associates or bachelors.
Budget: Average in state university tuition rates.
Commitments:  Household chores.
Dedicated time to study: Unlimited.
Timeline: January.
Tuition assistance/reimbursement:  Pell Grant.
Goal?: Obtain a bachelor or associate degree.
Credits / Other:  None.
Any certifications or military experience? None.
Sophia Learning Credits: None

My son is 16 and graduating from high school this month.  I am looking for recommendations for schools and programs in which he can obtain a bachelor or associates degree over the next year or so.  Sophia, SDC, SL, and Coursera are all on his radar for as many credits as he can knock out there.  

I know many schools have minimum age limits, so I’m not quite sure where to start.  He’s thinking business or a basic cloud computing or IT program for undergrad while he figures out what he want to pursue for a career.

He lives in Florida, I live in Georgia, he has a grandparent in New Hampshire, and an aunt in DC.  He’s welcome to live with any of us for school or attend an online program.

I currently attend UMPI and decided to do a double minor with a minor in project management because I would only need to take 1 extra class, BUS 240. I saw that by taking study.com's Business 304: Leading Organizational Change I could transfer it in to umpi between terms to save time and boost my chances of finishing all my classes in the spring 1 term. The only issue is I've never used study.com (I've only ever used sophia and coursera) and the live proctoring sounds cumbersome. So what do you all think? Should I sign up to study.com just to do this one course or should I just do it at umpi? Or are there other alternatives I am unaware of?