A very big thank you to this group. I have completed my Masters in IT from PUG

[walruspanda]

Hi -- I'm a PUG student with a pending graduation with a Bachelors in IT (term ends on Halloween). I'm signed up for the January term to continue on with my Masters in IT -- would have preferred the term starting November 1st, but PUG said that was just a little too close timewise to get all the ducks in a row.

Short synopsis of my PUG undergrad: Brought in basically the max credits possible through previous UG work, Sophia, and IT certs. Finished the remaining 50 credits in two ExcelTrack terms pretty easily.

Here's my tentative Masters plan:



Max credits that can be brought in is 30 -- or really 28 for this degree, since all the classes are 4 credits. Network+ and Security+ are iffy in my case, because I'm past the three-year limit for accepting certs with those two. However, PUG did end up accepting them for undergrad, I believe because I did go through the renewal process for both of the certs. (I didn't really ask why, though -- I just took the credit and ran.) If I don't get credit for those, I may try to get the AWS Certified Solutions Architect—Associate cert, which should give credit for two free IT electives: IN505 and IN516.

For the free electives, I found the previews (which include all assignments) for about 70 percent of the elective IT and IN classes on ExcelTrack. From that, I just tried to pick whatever looked easiest. IT521 and IT592 don't look bad at all, so those are my definite keepers regardless. Anyone with experience with any PUG 500-level IT electives, though, I'd love to hear your experience.

Based on @NewatTESU getting through in four terms with 52 credits, with probably 36 to go I'm hoping for three terms. Two six-week terms is probably pushing it.