Purdue University Global - BA Information Technology [Review & Advice]

[walruspanda]

A quick rundown of my first PUG BS IT term at the midway point:

• Of the 44 1-credit modules I'm trying to complete this term (everything but the capstone), in the first five weeks I've finished 32 of them: 28 As, 1 B, 3 waiting on grading.
  
• On average, I'd estimate I'm spending between 3-6 hours on most of the modules, although some have been as quick as 45 minutes for me (IN250 M1 and M2), and one took north of 10 hours (I'm trying not to remember). Per class, that's around 20-30 hours. Keep in mind I have 10 years of IT experience and am a pretty quick writer, so my guess is these are low times compared to most.
  
• The major assignments seem to be the same between the module classes and the traditional classes. Since there are 10 weeks for the traditional classes but only 5 or 6 modules per class, that means most of the modules have two major assignments (although some have had three).
  
• I knew coming in there were lots of writing assignments, but I didn't know how many Powerpoint assignments there would be. Oof.
  
• There have been assignments where nothing in the assignment instructions matches the published rubric (IT402 M1, for example). Email quote from one of the professors: "I submitted several tickets about the inconsistency," but still not fixed. I'd say about half the modules have some sort of issue on this front, although most are minor. Not exactly a professional look, though.
  
• In the times I've interacted with professors (about half the classes), my general perception of them has been mixed, to say the least. Some have been kind and helpful. Some...have not. Probably par for the course at any school, though.
  
• If you're doing the IT Management concentration, and you're trying to complete this degree as quickly as possible (which is why you're here, right?), I strongly recommend against taking IN300 as one of the classes. I'm an experienced programmer, and it's slow tedious going for me -- much of it programming the same thing in three different languages. I don't know what to recommend instead, but it may end up as my most time-consuming course.
  

Anyway, happy that I'm ahead of my expected pace and should be able to finish in two terms without too much trouble, after which I'm going straight into my PUG IT Masters.