Purdue Global Associates in IT - Planning Help

[sarahmac]

I'm planning to do an Associate's in IT (Associate of Applied Science in Information Technology with a Concentration in Programming and Software Development) from Purdue Global. I want to graduate quickly (preferably 1 term) and take the minimum courses possible at PUG. Main motivation is to parlay this Associate's into a top-up CS or IT degree in the UK. 

90 credits are required. A maximum of 67 credits can be transferred. 

I already have the AWS Cloud Practitioner cert and have almost completed the Google IT Support Professional cert. W3S PHP cert will be done soon too. I've attached a spreadsheet laying out what certs/courses I think I'll have to take and their equivalents at Purdue. I may have included 1 or 2 courses more than are necessary.

Also, do you all know if two concentrations are possible? I emailed PUG but their reply didn't address my query at all.

Links:

• PUG degree plan page
  
• Sophia PUG courses page
  
• PUG credits for IT certs & exams page
  

While there are plans for a Bachelor degree from PUG here, I couldn't find plans for an Associate's. I'll be greatful for your help.

Please confirm with the UK university first that this is feasible. Top-up degrees in the UK are usually the final year of study. Some universities also offer advance standing, where you enter the second year and skip the first.

Associates, per NARIC, can be considered approximately equivalent to a HNC/CertHE/NVQ 3 or 4, or the first year of study. Some universities will allow advanced standing on that basis, meaning you only have to do years 2 and 3. Not many will. For a large number of universities an Associates just gets you admission.

I wouldn't want you to be disappointed later after putting in the time and money to PUG. Especially when you can do NVQ 5 online in the UK which would give you access to the top-up route.