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Help me get a CS bachelor - radnbeyondseres - 10-10-2025

Hi, I’m new here
Location: NYC
Age: 23
Desired Degree: Computer Science Bachelor Degree
Current Regional Accredited Credits: 109
Current ACE, CLEP, or NCCRS Credits: None
Certifications/Military Experience: Google IT Support Certificate, JLPT N1. No military experience 
Budget: $8,000
Commitments: Unemployed, very free
Note: I have an AS in Computer Science. My preference is TESU because it aligns with my goal to graduate quicker. I’m in a different college doing my bachelor but it’s taking too longer than I like and I’m tired of residency requirements. After this semester, I would like to transfer. Like I said I’m new so I don’t know how this works. I don’t how many credits will transfer there and what other alternatives I can do like Sophia or Study to make up the rest.

RE: Help me get a CS bachelor - Jonathan Whatley - 10-21-2025

Could you let us know what course codes and titles you’ve completed? And grades especially if any are Ds.

RE: Help me get a CS bachelor - bjcheung77 - 10-26-2025

Since you're based in NYC, you should also add the Excelsior Bachelors in Computer Science as a very good first choice, TESU requirements should pretty much be the same. UMPI is coming out with a Computer Science degree, but hasn't yet, no news of when either...

RE: Help me get a CS bachelor - Jonathan Whatley - 10-26-2025

(10-26-2025, 10:02 AM)bjcheung77 Wrote: Since you're based in NYC, you should also add the Excelsior Bachelors in Computer Science as a very good first choice, TESU requirements should pretty much be the same.  UMPI is coming out with a Computer Science degree, but hasn't yet, no news of when either...

You might have missed that unlike the TESU BACS, the Excelsior BSCS accepts no alt-credit (ACE or NCCRS) at all in the major. That’s going to make the TESU BACS preferable for almost everyone here, including New Yorkers. Excelsior has no in-state price difference.

See the Excelsior policy page Transfer and Evaluated Credit Sources, scroll to the section “Non-Collegiate Sources of Credit,” click to pop down the subsection “Non-Collegiate Sources of Credit Procedure,” then scroll to its subsection “Restrictions: Technology Degree Programs.”

RE: Help me get a CS bachelor - bjcheung77 - 10-26-2025

Another option would be the WGU BS Computer Science, take your time to review what other options there are, it really depends on what you bring to the table as the addendum and template didn't have what classes you're going to be transferring in, and didn't indicate which institution you got your Associates from. Some of the classes will go into the major/minor of the receiving institution, without knowing what you've got, it's hard to tell which option would be first, second, etc...

RE: Help me get a CS bachelor - radnbeyondseres - 10-28-2025

(10-21-2025, 06:05 PM)Jonathan Whatley Wrote: Could you let us know what course codes and titles you’ve completed? And grades especially if any are Ds.

  1. Introduction to Psychology
  2. Precalculus
  3. Calculus I
  4. Calculus II
  5. Elementary Japanese I
  6. Elementary Japanese II
  7. Colonial Era - Civil War
  8. World History to 1500
  9. Introduction to Earth Science
  10. Introductory Geology Lab
  11. Population Geography
  12. English Composition I
  13. English Composition II
  14. General Chemistry I
  15. General Chemistry II
  16. General Chemistry Lab I
  17. General Chemistry Lab II
  18. Health Disparities in the U.S.
  19. Introduction to History of Art
  20. Introduction to Theatre
  21. Elementary Probability & Statistics
  22. Lifespan Development
  23. Fixed Prosthodontics I
  24. Complete Dentures I
  25. Tooth Morphology
  26. Non-Metallic Materials
  27. Linear Algebra
  28. Data Structures and Algorithms
  29. Database Systems
  30. Programming Fundamentals
  31. Introduction to C++ Programming I
  32. C++ Programming Part II
  33. Introduction to Java Programming
  34. Problem Solving with Computer Programming
  35. Introduction to Computational Science
  36. Discrete Structures II
They're mostly As and Bs.