Asking one last time

[tsimmns]

But from people's experience, what would be the cheapest and best way to knock out a programming course for the TESU BSBA CIS requirement. I personally have no programming background so I was thinking PF Intro to Programming over the likes of SL as people have said it's more advanced. Just wanting some of the tech gurus opinions before I actually sign up. And sorry in advance as I know I've posted about this topic before, but just looking to see if there are any new alternatives. Thanks again.

[jsd]

EDIT: replied to wrong post

[TrailRunr]

I took all of my programming courses at a traditional college online. Sorry I can't be more help.

[tsimmns]

Trailrunr i would love to hear what traditional college. I just looked at your CS guide and it makes me want to possibly switch my major, however I only have Cal I so far as any class that would fit ino the CORE 36 hours needed it says.

Also, you mention APU, did you take any courses with them? I'm considering emailing TESU and seeing if the System Analysis class AMU/APU has fits into the System Analysis plan for the CIS degree.

[TrailRunr]

I hate MIS courses, but they're the easiest part of the TESU CS degree program if you just want to get it done fast. I would do the CSU Global CBE for system analysis to get it over with fast.
Skim and cram studying the recommended textbook for a day should be sufficient for a passing grade. You get two tries to pass.

I took my recent programming courses at Foothill College. They will give you in-state tuition if you don't exceed 6 online quarter credits. The courses are time consuming and more on the difficult side just like other real CS courses. There is no ProctorU, but you won't be able to pass exams by Googling since you have to come up with code.

I took linear algebra from APU. I thought the course was more on the difficult side with a ton of ungraded homework. If you do all the homework, the exams will not be a surprise. No proctor. E-textbooks are free with your class.

[bluebooger]

programming is easy

I have no idea why people make it out to be so difficult

I have done neither the straighterline course nor the penn foster course

but I've done many non-credit courses through edx, coursera and just on youtube

sure, some instructors are better than others
David Malan who teaches Harvard's Introduction to Computer Science CS50 is SO MUCH better than
Eric Grimson who teaches MIT's Introduction to Computer Science and Programming 6.00

but programming really is easy
there's almost no math involved at all
any math in an Intro course is no more than basic division and multiplication

as a I said, I have not taken Penn Foster's Introduction to Programming (CSC 105)
but that course sounds SO BORING
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If I was going to take an Intro course at Penn Foster I'd do
Visual Basic (CSC 218)
but considering its ACE accreditation expires Feb 28 2017 I doubt you'd have time to finish.

[alzee]

The MOOCs bluebooger mentions could possibly be used for credit in conjunction with a PLA, though if you didn't take the Kaplan PLA course while it was still worth credit, you'll have to pay for the TESU course, at least the first one.

I took the Saylor CS101 course which was basically a Java programming course, though I don't know if that would satisfy your programming course requirement as it was *very* introductory.

[tsimmns]

I'm not saying I wouldn't enjoy learning to program, but bring 34 and having a job that pays well, but not yet six figures, I figure the CIS degree would be my best route. My goal is to eventually maybe work for the government and get out of aircraft contract maintenance. I'd probably have to be a GS13 to make equivalent to what I make and it seems the 2210 series of jobs has a ton of areas to work: security and etc. As for the current BSBA CIS program I'm in I basically need all the AOS courses left. If I switched to CS, I would need at least the 36 hours of AOS courses. I'm not sure how the change would pan out as I'm under the old catalog so not sure of what capstones I would need or not need.

[homeschoolmom1]

To do PLA through TESU is the course PLA-100 sufficient, or do you have to take PLA-200 from TESU as well? If so, might be better to go through learningcounts? I noticed that the ACE approval for the Kaplan PLA course has expired.

[alzee]

To do PLA through TESU is the course PLA-100 sufficient, or do you have to take PLA-200 from TESU as well? If so, might be better to go through learningcounts? I noticed that the ACE approval for the Kaplan PLA course has expired.

I forget the exact details but IIRC, you can submit a single portfolio challenging a single course after only having taken and passed PLA-100, but to do any more than that you must complete PLA-200. I took PLA-100 myself and it was a breeze.