Help With Excelsior.

[bjcheung77]

If Excelsior is going to be a pain in the you know where, take your business to Hodges or WGU for their competency based degree offerings. WGU is much more popular than Hodges and has a better/larger Alumni network. The cost is roughly the same as well for 6 months of self paced learning. You just need to decide on which program would fit you better.

If it was for an Associates, Hodges is my recommendation as WGU doesn't offer Associates. Because this is a Bachelors, I would recommend applying to BOTH - WGU for "free application" and Hodges because of lesser requirements (their program is "cheap/easy/fast"). For a typical degree at the Bachelors level, it requires 120 or so credits (roughly 40 - 3 credit courses), but not at WGU or Hodges.

Now let's do a little comparison - WGU BS IT requires 35 courses, not the 40 you would expect as some courses are 4 credits. They prepare you for industry certifications which you already have, so you should be able to get credit for those courses. Make sure to enroll AFTER you transfer the MAX amount of credits and try to finish the entire degree in 1 term.

Hodges is a little different, they require 30 courses in total, each of their undergraduate courses are 4 credits. And the kicker here is, pretty much any 3 credit course you transfer over, they will allow it into your degree and transfer as a 4 credit course! You essentially need to complete their required 32 credits - 8 courses as residency requirements. And all 8 are required - 5 Core, 3 CIT requirements (Capstone included).