Saturday, August 1, 2020

WGU computer science program application

   I applied to WGU in June and starts the program on August 1. The application was smooth as there are many resources on Reddit, sharing experience and comparison of different programs to choose from. In WGU, there are programs in computer science, software development, analytics, and cyber security, they might be similar at some courses and you can choose the best fit for you.
    There are 34 course in the CS program, and I transferred 18 of them:
     C958 & Prerequisite Calculus I
     C455 English Composition I
     C464 Intro to Communication
     C768 Technical Communication
     C955 Applied Probability and Statistics
     C100 Intro to Humanities
     C961 Ethics in Tech
     C165 Integrated Physical Science
     C683 Natural Science Lab
     C255 Intro to Geography
     C963 US Constitution
     C182 Intro to IT
     C172 Network and Security Foundations
     C175 Data Management Foundations
     C846 Business of IT Applications
     C176 Business of IT Project Management
     C170 Data Management Applications
     C993 Structured Query Language

And here is the course order that I plan to execute, which is mostly referenced from Lynda from the WGU CS subreddit:

  1. C779 web dev foundation
  2. C173 script foundation
  3. C959 discrete 1
  4. C949 data structure 1
  5. C867 script application = C++
  6. C482 software 1 = java
  7. C195 software 2 
  8. C960 discrete 2
  9. C836 information security
  10. C952 computer architecture
  11. C191 operating systems
  12. C188 software engineering
  13. C857 software quality assurance
  14. C950 data structure 2
  15. C951 intro to AI
  16. C964 Capstone

   For the courses transferred, most of them are from my IT management degree, and three of them were finished in May:
    Calculus from Straighterline, costed $118 in total (included one month subscription and one course, there are lots of  different kinds of coupons for each of them but you can only use the best one for each so try to refresh, change an IP or a browser, or look for them on the Internet). The calculus is also the prerequisite to enroll the program so you have to take the course after all.
    Two SQL classes from Study.com (CS204 and CS303). These courses counted for C993 SQL and C170 Data Management Applications. The one month subscription costed me $199 and I didn't use a coupon on that (some people say that you can ask for a referral code from current students but I didn't know that).

    These are the list of transferable courses from Study.com and Straighterline. Some people take more courses from these companies but I think WGU will have more learning resources for me so I only finished the required and highly recommended courses. Double check with those companies and WGU before you take any class you plan to transfer.
https://partners.wgu.edu/Pages/Single.aspx?aid=19142&pid=86
https://partners.wgu.edu/Pages/Single.aspx?aid=15753&pid=86

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