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There are other reasons I want the degree besides saying I have one. It would give focus to my learning to get tested on these subjects. Plus it helps on visa a

There are other reasons I want the degree besides saying I have one. It would give focus to my learning to get tested on these subjects. Plus it helps on visa applications. Excelsior & Charter Oak have institutional accreditation but not specialised accreditation for Computer Science. http://www.excelsior.edu/about/accreditations http://www.excelsior.edu/about/accreditations https://www.msche.org/ https://www.msche.org/ https://www.charteroak.edu/aboutus/accreditation.cfm https://www.charteroak.edu/aboutus/accreditation.cfm It would be good to find a 100% exam based course that has specialised accreditation. ABET seems to be the main body for this: http://main.abet.org/aps/accreditedprogramsearch.aspx http://main.abet.org/aps/accreditedprogramsearch.aspx Thanks for the suggestion on Maryland. If I could use this to keep costs down and reduce the number of exams that would be a big bonus. Another suggestion I've had is to go straight to an MA. I have a BA in English Literature so I might be able to jump straight to a BS masters if I can persuade them I have enough work experience to make up for the lack of a BS degree. Do you know of any colleges in USA/UK/Australia/Canada that offer this?

jeffmould 10y ago
Unfortunately I am not familiar with anything outside of the Maryland program, but I do know most colleges offer life experience credits. With that said, also double check the accreditations. Just because they say they are "accredited" you need to research who they are accredited by. The only reason I bring this up is I had a friend who earned a "BS" degree in computer science from what he was told was an "accredited" school. He went to get a Masters later and was told his BS degree was basically useless. The accreditation was essentially a generic accreditation that didn't mean much. That is why come schools you will see warnings that your credits may not transfer. In the end it cost him more. Luckily he was able to convert much life experience and some of the course work into life experience credit at Maryland so that helped. With life experience courses you still pay for the credits, but it is deeply discounted. I would check in-state programs if you are in the US to further reduce costs.
- techjacker 10y ago
  Okay thanks very much for the advice, I'll give them a try

jeffmould 10y ago

Unfortunately I am not familiar with anything outside of the Maryland program, but I do know most colleges offer life experience credits. With that said, also double check the accreditations. Just because they say they are "accredited" you need to research who they are accredited by. The only reason I bring this up is I had a friend who earned a "BS" degree in computer science from what he was told was an "accredited" school. He went to get a Masters later and was told his BS degree was basically useless. The accreditation was essentially a generic accreditation that didn't mean much. That is why come schools you will see warnings that your credits may not transfer. In the end it cost him more. Luckily he was able to convert much life experience and some of the course work into life experience credit at Maryland so that helped. With life experience courses you still pay for the credits, but it is deeply discounted. I would check in-state programs if you are in the US to further reduce costs.

techjacker 10y ago
Okay thanks very much for the advice, I'll give them a try