BS or bust - TESU BS in Data Science and Analytics

[sanantone]

Just saw some people posting about doing the WGU degree.  My advise is DON'T it's a total waste of money.  My wife is doing it and it is horrible unless you are already in the biz and doing the work, then you would prob be fine.  They make you take an oracle exam and the materials are junk.  The professor tells you to "go on the web and find more training" . Then what the F#%K are we paying for?   So dissapointed in the program.  Should have just done codecademy and Udacity nanodegree on her own.  Should have checked here first, I didnt know about the TESU option.

the udacity nanodegree or equivalent knowledge is a prerequisite for entry into the WGU program -- so yes, your wife should have done that 

I don't have a problem with the professor telling you go to the web and find more training -- that is how real life works in the IT world -- you search reddit, stackoverflow, google, msdn, ms technet when you need help 

every school makes you buy a book or has recommended books -- the WGU's material for the oracle exam isn't good enough for you then go to oracle's site and see what kind of training they recommend for similar topics  
https://education.oracle.com/oracle-data...am_1Z0-071 
or go buy something from amazon 
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1259585492 

if you think the TESU course if going to be any different then you totally wrong 
I've taken courses directly from statistics.com and there is no way to pass some of the courses without searching outside resources 
their "Predictive Analytics - Python" sequence used a book that was originally written to be used with R, but was in the process of being updated to python -- so I had to search around for help -- and the amount of instructor interaction was less than ... well, it was almost non-existent 

but at least it was more interaction than I got with udacity (I did the nanodegree in AI programming with python) 
udacity's "mentors" were a complete waste of time --- people would post questions in the message boards and 3 days later still receive no answer  
we students helped each other way more than the mentors helped anyone 

"unless you are already in the biz and doing the work,"  --- this is the only thing I really agree with, but I also believe its the same for TESU or any school that offers a masters in data science or data analytics 


people think they can go from school teacher to data analyst or some other career change --- and that's just not going to happen -- even wtih a TESU degree  
you might be able to change from nurse to data analyst in a hospital, but that's only because they usually prefer someone who has clinical experience and understand the "business" process

The nanodegree is only a prerequisite for the master's program. It's not listed as one of the admissions options for the undergraduate program. 

In response to stretcharmy, WGU does not have professors. Competency-based programs don't have real teachers. You teach yourself or ask for help from other students. You get what you pay for. The tuition is dirt cheap because they don't pay for instructors with manageable class sizes.

My point was more around the lack of providing matrial to pass the course.  There are dozens of online programs (not degree related) that provide the materials requried to finish the program.  This is my biggest frustration.  I know that they don't really have professors, but her "mentor" is a PhD and should be able to give more than "use google".  If I could co back in time I would have her focus on codecademy, udacity, udemy etc and just get the skills.  She already has the paper from tesc and once you have that it doesn't matter much more where you get your tech exp.

I got my Msc from WGU but been in the biz for 20 years so I just did the assignments and closed out in 4 months and 3 weeks.  Totally different experiance when you are in the know.

@sanantone, it's been awhile, nice to see your still around. I also see you are getting your Doctorate,  I'm also persuing mine, I finally found a self paced DBA out of scottland that's AACSB.  Actually, it's quasi self paced as you have to wait for exams ever quarter for the 3 base classes.

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I've heard that WGU's preparation materials for certs were bad.

That DBA sounds cool. Congratulations and good luck!