Looking for some advice on the quickest and easiest way to finish this plan.

[rachel83az]

It does work, in theory, but I would still recommend TESU's BSBA CIS over a Purdue Associate. The cost is lower and a Bachelor's will get you further than an Associate. Especially with all the writing you'll have to do with Purdue.

[bjcheung77]

Do you have any RA credits? I recommend this, Pierpont BOG AAS with an emphasis in IT using Sophia.org/Google IT cert. Once that is done, you can ladder up to a Bachelors in IT at WGU or Purdue's Exceltrack option... If you want to keep it simple, go for a UMPI BAS with a Minor in MIS.

[cblsak]

Do you have any RA credits?  I recommend this, Pierpont BOG AAS with an emphasis in IT using Sophia.org/Google IT cert.  Once that is done, you can ladder up to a Bachelors in IT at WGU or Purdue's Exceltrack option... If you want to keep it simple, go for a UMPI BAS with a Minor in MIS.

No, I don't have any RA credits, only ace through Sophia. I have been reading up on the Pierpont BOG degree. It states either 1 RA credit or 12 and you can never be sure what they'll ask for. I saw the options to do 1 credit with ASU and then 12 credits with ONU for $600. I'm looking over it. I'm still thinking about all the options right now. You can't beat almost free.


I'm also looking at Purdue's professional studies degree for $200 a month they also ask for 1 RA credit to enroll.
https://www.purdueglobal.edu/tuition-fin...-and-fees/

I might be able to make this into degree with a IT concentration if they go for the Google IT cert, and the PHP cert, transfer in all my ace credits from Sophia and possibly just do a few courses with them and a capstone. $200 a month better than $10K.

Any of you think this will work?

[dfrecore]

Something I think you may be confused about: Purdue Global is a quarter-based school, so when you're talking about credits, you need to remember that.  3 semester credits (what Sophia and other alt-credit providers use) = 4.5 quarter credits, and when my daughter transferred credits to Purdue Global, they rounded to 5qcr.

A 120cr bachelor's degree at a semester-based school is equal to 180qcr at a quarter-based school.  Purdue Global has 5qcr LL courses and 6qcr UL courses.
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I agree that a Purdue Global Associates degree is not worth the cost, and would instead do a PG's Bachelor's via ExcelTrack, or else go to another school entirely like WGU or UMPI.

[LevelUP]

I'm also looking at Purdue's professional studies degree for $200 a month they also ask for 1 RA credit to enroll.
https://www.purdueglobal.edu/tuition-fin...-and-fees/

I might be able to make this into degree with a IT concentration if they go for the Google IT cert, and the PHP cert, transfer in all my ace credits from Sophia and possibly just do a few courses with them and a capstone. $200 a month better than $10K.

Any of you think this will work?

The idea some people have of the professional studies degree is selling it like a computer technology degree to employers on their resumes.

$200 is cheap enough to give it a try and if you don't like it you can always bail and do something else.

Look at this thread:
https://www.degreeforum.net/mybb/Thread-...ity-Global

[rachel83az]

Do you have any RA credits?  I recommend this, Pierpont BOG AAS with an emphasis in IT using Sophia.org/Google IT cert.  Once that is done, you can ladder up to a Bachelors in IT at WGU or Purdue's Exceltrack option... If you want to keep it simple, go for a UMPI BAS with a Minor in MIS.

No, I don't have any RA credits, only ace through Sophia. I have been reading up on the Pierpont BOG degree. It states either 1 RA credit or 12 and you can never be sure what they'll ask for. I saw the options to do 1 credit with ASU and then 12 credits with ONU for $600. I'm looking over it. I'm still thinking about all the options right now. You can't beat almost free.

Nobody has reported being asked for the full 12 in the 1-2 years since this loophole was reported. For whatever reason, you can't currently transcript the ASU 1-credit course, though. I'm still waiting on that. I would suggest taking either College Readiness from TEL (one proctored exam) or whatever course would be easiest for you from ONU for $150. Some of the Olivet courses are listed as being quite quick: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Ol...University