My sister wants an ITish degree

[rachel83az]

I forgot about Metropolia, that could be great. Since she wouldn´t have to spend much as you said. And she has not experience at all with computer topics.

If she does Metropolia and finds out that this specific university is too difficult for her, any courses she'd finished should transfer to TESU. They might or might not apply to the BSBA CIS, but it'd certainly be worth giving it a shot anyway. Assuming she finished at least 3 or 4 of the IT/computer courses and not (just) the Finnish courses.

While Metropolia does sell it separately for less than 100 euros, the CCNA training alone (included in the degree program) should be worth it. The official course taught by Cisco is $800. https://learningnetworkstore.cisco.com/o...23587.html

Not included in the 600 euros is the Cyber Defense Professional course (currently 96 euros), which could also be useful for someone transitioning into an IT environment. https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...-Beta-Exam

[dfrecore]

I definitely wouldn't do the BLS at UMPI, it doesn't make a lot of sense since she already has a really good degree.

And I don't think TESU's BACS is very "IT-ish." CompSci and IT are quite different in many aspects.

If I were her, I'd probably spend some time doing inexpensive options to learn IT subjects, and maybe hone in on something that she likes, and see if just having the knowledge would get her a job she likes. Or else I might do an inexpensive IT degree from somewhere other than UMPI or TESU.

[MrPanda]

In the end, I sent her this table:



The prices got a bit messed up, because I wrote them originally in Soles, and then got them back to USD before posting it here.

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Links to the programs:

Enlace
https://www.fide.edu.pe/cursos/604-maest...formacion/
https://online.emporia.edu/programs/msit.aspx
https://www.open.ac.uk/postgraduate/qualifications/f36
https://www.tesu.edu/business/undergradu...on-systems
https://www.metropolia.fi/en/academics/o...technology
https://www.uopeople.edu/programs/online...echnology/
https://eneb.com/master-and-postgraduate...elligence/
https://www.techtitute.com/pe/escuela-de...nformacion
https://www.techtitute.com/pe/escuela-de...cnologicos

[bjcheung77]

Currency was updated from Peruvian Sol/Soles to USD? Has your sister decided which option to go? There are various programs you've noted from Mexico to EEUU which is the US. You may want to double dip credits as mentioned earlier: Metropolia > TESU > MSIT, the main thing I would recommend is to couple this route with the inexpensive certs and get some experience that way by going through a few of the ones from Coursera/Google/IBM.

[MrPanda]

I had forgotten about Don Bosco:

MBA In Technology Management
https://www.dbuniversity.ac.in/dbuglobal...-in-TM.php

[natshar]

What about NAU?

Self paced online masters from a USA university: https://catalog.nau.edu/Catalog/details?...gYear=2122

[Tomas]

Or she could do the Finnish Metropolia IT degree. It would cost slightly more than 10000€. The first 3/4 of the degree is less than 600€, so it'd be a relatively cheap way to see if she can even handle the program. The remaining year is about 10k for non-EU students.

That can be cut down to about 7500 I believe, didn't double check but I remember I have seen a discount for early payment on their website and a scholarship for A1 level Finnish language knowledge (Study of Finnish language at A1 level is part of that degree.)

[elcastor21]

In the end, I sent her this table:

If she really wants to avoid a degree that sounds too much like "Internet degree", she should avoid The Open University, UoPeople and TECH U, as they do ton of advertisement on how much online and flexible they are.

Quality/Price/Content, seems like ENEB Big data may be her best choice, If she really wants something official and with easily recognizable accreditation, maybe the IT Management Masters from CESUMA may be a good choice.

Still, I would really consider Metropolia courses, at least for practicing and learning.