Hello,,,newbie to the boards here. Here's my situation. In June of 2002 i finished as A.A.S. in PC and Internet Programming from local Community College (Kirkwood, Cedar Rapids, Iowa) Took me FOUR YEARS going the traditional route. Welp, it's been 13 months and 50 resumes and cover letters sent out and NOT ONE call back,,no interviews!! ZIP! NADA! So, I figure with the economy in the crapper I might as well go get that Bachelors Degree. I gotta get that thing, cuz I HATE MY JOB in the printing industry (pre-press dept). I THOUGHT that a 2 year degree would get my foot in the door to start a new career into IT, that was the case in 1998 when i started for AAS, but not now! The last draw was last month when a company had a REQUIREMENT of a Bachelors Degree to do HTML and JAVASCRIPT! GIVE ME BREAK!!!! I can do HTML and JavaScript in my SLEEP! (okay, im done playing the victim now) I'm looking into a MIS or CIS, anything but Computer Science, i hate math lol. So far, the schools im looking at are: Indiana Weslyan University www.iwuonline.com Bellevue University Washington State Baker College Capella Bellevue is accelerated,,,which is a plus. I live in Iowa City Iowa, home of the University of Iowa. It would take me 4 years to finish a bachelors there cuz i gotta go parttime...not gonna happen! Any comments on the above schools or any I might have missed is appreciated. thanks!
Touro has a computer science degree program, so you may want to check with them. Much of you’re your programming work may transfer over.
I'd encourage you to consider the online BS in IT at UMass Lowell. I have one course left to graduate and I have found it to be a very student-centered program. Steve Tello, who I think is the assistant director of the CyberEd program, is a terrific resource. I started out at UMUC, which was a major disappointment, and I've been very pleased with UML. The instructors have been thorough as well as very accessible and there are no additional fees for out-of-state students. UML employs an asynchronous model (I think I would hate watching streamed lectures from B&M classes) but each course offers a weekly chat so you can make inquiries of the instructor in real time. I'd put this one on your short list. Dave
Is University of Mass. @ Lowell the same as UMASS??? Looks like it is. RudeyMvp AAS Computer Programming (Kirkwood Community College, Iowa)
Sure is. That and 4 other umass campus locations are part of the UMass college system. They also have some corporate education facility near Tyngsboro, Mass (pass by it every now and then). Best Regards, Bill
By UMASS you might be refering to UMASS-Amherst, the school with the big sports teams generally called simply "UMass". Other schools in the UMass System include UMass-Lowell, UMass-Boston, although those schools are not as well known as Amherst and have different sports teams. Umass Lowell is quite reputable in some areas however.
Sort-of. Many years ago, there was only one University of Massachusetts, which was the Amherst campus. In 1970, the UMass Medical School at Worcester started operation. At that time, there were two other state schools with the title of university, the University of Lowell and Southeastern Massachusetts University. In the late 1970's, the University of Massachusetts-Boston came into being (which sounded the death knell for Boston State College). UMass-Boston was (and still is) a commuter college with no on-campus housing, though there are plans to change that. In the early 1990's, then-Governor William Weld started a campaign to consolidate many state agencies, and higher education was a prime target. Thus, the University of Lowell became UMass-Lowell, and Southeastern Massachusetts University became UMass-Dartmouth. A part of the plan to reorganize the various state colleges into a Massachusetts State University system didn't make the cut. So, is the University of Massachusetts-Lowell called "UMass"? Yes, but everyone from these parts also adds the campus, that is UMass-Amherst, UMass-Boston, etc.
what does the UML IT degree cover exactly ? From a cursory review of their site , the IT degree appears to be some sort of IT management / survey program. Do they promote this as a CS/CIS equivalent ?
I don't think they promote it as a CS/CIS equivalent.. (did you see that somewhere?) It seems like you pick all your coursework from a list of IT electives. I supposed if you ditch some of the business related IT courses and picked a bunch of programming and networking classes it could be similar to an IS degree. Bill
No the UML materials I've seen don't make this claim. My confusion was due to several posts that I've come across on this board and alt.education.distance that promote UML's IT BS as a substitute for the UMUC CIS degree. The posters were unhappy with the UMUC program and had transfered to UML. thanks for the input
Hello 'Mode, That poster would be me. As noted, the UML BS IT program makes no claim to equivalence with CS or CIS degrees. There is little in the way of requirements so you can make the program into whatever you want. David
Hi...I recently graduated from WIT in Sioux City, IA with a computer programming degree, and have attended Bellevue University for my BIS and will graduate in Dec with my BS. Are you planning on going through the classroom portion or attending Bellevue if you go? Bellevue worked out great for me as I attended WIT during the day and Bellevue in the evenings and it has only taken me 2 1/2 years to get my four year degree. It was tough, but doable. The accelerated program requires a LOT of work, but the experience you get in the classroom is fantastic. For every class you take, you are required to do professional presentations (this may be the norm, but not in a community college) and sell your ideas to the executives in the company. Nice hands on experience. One thing I have heard is depending on the instructors you get, the courses can be either very hard or extremely easy....but that happens everywhere.
Hi...I recently graduated from WIT in Sioux City, IA with a computer programming degree, and have attended Bellevue University for my BIS and will graduate in Dec with my BS. Are you planning on going through the classroom portion or attending Bellevue if you go? Bellevue worked out great for me as I attended WIT during the day and Bellevue in the evenings and it has only taken me 2 1/2 years to get my four year degree. It was tough, but doable. The accelerated program requires a LOT of work, but the experience you get in the classroom is fantastic. For every class you take, you are required to do professional presentations (this may be the norm, but not in a community college) and sell your ideas to the executives in the company. Nice hands on experience. One thing I have heard is depending on the instructors you get, the courses can be either very hard or extremely easy....but that happens everywhere.
