help planning a cs degree for a friend

[rachel83az]

It would definitely be best if he were to create his own account here, because a lot can get lost in the game of telephone.

That said, you can see GE requirements here: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Sa...ts_Roadmap and recommended courses here: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Sa...ience_Plan

TESU is actually one of the most flexible schools, as far as degrees go. He's not beholden to any particular schedule or set of classes. He does need specific courses (I.E. Calculus I), but TESU doesn't care where those come from. With 33 RA credits, he doesn't have to worry any more about getting RA credit, so he can focus on getting credit from sources like Study.com, Sophia, and StraighterLine. With SDC, Sophia, & SL, there are no specific deadlines except for not wanting to pay another monthly subscription fee if you don't have to. It's about as close as you can get to the old-school correspondance courses in this day and age.

TESU only REQUIRES 6 credits to be taken with them, but you have to pay a residency waiver of $3192 if fewer than 16 credits are taken. The waiver cannot be paid by things like a Pell Grant, but you can use a Pell Grant to offset the cost of one or more flat-rate terms so that the total out-of-pocket cost in TESU fees is less than $3192.

If he wants to get it all over and done with in a single flat-rate term, this is what I usually recommend for CS students:
* Cornerstone
* Capstone
* PLA-100
* CIS-107 ePack
* Software Engineering
* ART-100

You can see a list of other "can't fail" classes here: https://degreeforum.miraheze.org/wiki/Th...University Week 1: Complete 90% of the cornerstone, leaving just the weekly discussion posts. Spend 10 hours completing PLA-100. Week 2: Take the CIS-107 exam (which needs little/no study). Finish off Software Engineering (about 20 hours total, give or take). Week 3 onward: Work through ART-100 (not sure if this can be completed ahead of time or not), complete discussion posts in cornerstone & capstone courses. Work on capstone paper. In the weeks where he has no study time, he would need to take 5-10 minutes to answer discussion posts, but TESU is otherwise pretty flexible here. He may need to pay for an extension to the capstone course, and this would be about $300.