WGU : Western Governors Univ ?

[grauwulf]

I'm speaking with an Admissions Counselor now re: the MS in Information Security and Assurance..

Sweet, thanks lumpylump!

Just got off the phone with them. Overall the program seems pretty neat, and looking at the courses.... pretty legit too. Here is how it works:
Each exam directly correlates to a particular assessment so if you pass the exam just knock that particular assessment out of your schedule. Master's students are expected to take 8 units per (6 month) term, but you can do them all in one term. If you can

In my case I will go in with all of the certifications out of the way so I knock out 16 of the 45 required units. Basically I'll cut the program in half right out of the gate. After that there is one other "Exam" to take, Advanced Leadership and Professionalism Concepts: which is a WGU thing. Everything else is assessment based. Read the syllabus, do the assignments, move on to the next assessment. It is pretty pricey per term at around (EDIT: /$6000/) $3000, but for that tuition you can take as many assessments over the 6 month period as you can fit it. I asked the adviser flat out if it could be done in 1 term and he said "if you can do it in 1 term, then go for it." There is a capstone project with a formal oral defense required, but that can be done by web-conference.

and now we know :-D