Western Governers University

I saw a few members here talking about WGU. I'm also thinking about going there. I have been looking at CTU, Kaplan, U of Phoenix and WGU. I'm talking to an enrollment advisor tomorrow from WGU and was wondering if any of you had any experience with their exams in particular. I noticed from their web site that the exams are proctored, I've never taken a proctored exam before and was wondering what it was like? Also, are there locations close to where you live?

Any info to think about regarding WGU will be appreciated!

Thanks!

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LinuxRacr

UoP:

GEN/200 FOUNDATIONS FOR GENERAL EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS

PHL/251 CRITICAL THINKING

MTH/208 COLLEGE MATHEMATICS I

MTH/212 INTRODUCTION TO FINITE MATHEMATICS

COM/285 BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS

ENG/221 TECHNICAL WRITING FUNDAMENTALS

Currently in my last week of:

CIS/205 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Community College:

Gov -2613 US Government

HIS 2613 - US History to 1876

earweed

Some of those should satisfy requirements. The history maps to the humanities and the critical thinking may satisfy a rquirement plus the english and math should count. Like I said before if you're thinking of transferring it'd be better not to wait. WGU is much cheaper and you don't have the UOP "team approach" to classes. There are also probably a lot less papers to write at WGU.

LinuxRacr

BTW, my EET degree from ITT Tech is a Associate of Applied Science.

earweed

You'll be lucky if that gives you anything at all.

RoadwarriorsLive

LinuxRacr wrote: »

UoP:

GEN/200 FOUNDATIONS FOR GENERAL EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS

PHL/251 CRITICAL THINKING

MTH/208 COLLEGE MATHEMATICS I

MTH/212 INTRODUCTION TO FINITE MATHEMATICS

COM/285 BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS

ENG/221 TECHNICAL WRITING FUNDAMENTALS

Currently in my last week of:

CIS/205 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS

Community College:

Gov -2613 US Government

HIS 2613 - US History to 1876

You would be suprised what they give you. I attended UOP in the late 90's. I stopped my regular courses and staterted taking MCSE classes they offered. I got my MCSE, got a job, and stopped going after moving to a new city. I am going back now to finish my Bach Degree and almost pulled the trigger at UOP but found WGU. WGU took more of my Gen Ed classes than UOP was going to. Seems like your classes and mine have alot in common and they took most of them I am starting out with 24 credits. They didnt take my old certs since they were over 5 years old.

I liked UOP but for me it was WAYYY to easy. Seems like all I had to do was show up and I got an A. Plus after looking at my classes I knew I didnt really have anything to land a decent job. I know classes have changed in 10 years but it stilled seemed like more theory than pratical knowledge. After spending that kind of money it would have been nice to know how to at least setup a server or switch.

While certs dont always prove someone knows what they are doing. For me studying 2 different sources, testing and actually working with the software/hardware I use fits the bill.

Most people dont use what they learned in College for thier career (how many poetry majors are actually poets). WGU gives me practical knowledge that I know I will use in one way or another.

LinuxRacr

That's good to know. WGU has all of my transcripts now, except for one. Then I'll need to take the pre-entrance exam. Holding off on finishing enrollment until things settle down with my job and home life. I moved to a new (literally) team in August, and we are still hammering out how it is we are going to do what we do. My wife and I also has a baby due in a couple of months.

Thxlbx

I was surprised at what WGU tranferred in for me, I got a total of 26 credits, which covered a lot of the general stuff:

BAC1
BBC1
LAE1
LAT1
LUT1
QLC1
QMC1
QLT1
IWC1
IWT1
SSC1
SST1

Hopefully I get going on the cert classes quickly since a lot of the general ed is tranferred in, I want to get a couple of certs before the end of the year so I can get some entry level work while I continue to school for my degree.

erpadmin

Thxlbx wrote: »

I was surprised at what WGU tranferred in for me, I got a total of 26 credits, which covered a lot of the general stuff:

BAC1
BBC1
LAE1
LAT1
LUT1
QLC1
QMC1
QLT1
IWC1
IWT1
SSC1
SST1

Hopefully I get going on the cert classes quickly since a lot of the general ed is tranferred in, I want to get a couple of certs before the end of the year so I can get some entry level work while I continue to school for my degree.

NICE! That's pretty much the grand majority. Looks like you have to deal with the natural sciences. In that list, I have to do INT1, QLC1, and QLT1 as well as CLC1, then GE for me is done.