Refresh knowledge to pursue MSc in Math

Hello.

I need some advices on continuing (or even restarting) my education.

Current education:
I have 5 years diploma degree from an unknown university in Russia.
Despite of being unknown, with that degree I managed to get a visa to work abroad and, for example, I'm eligible to transfer credits to open university (my uni is listed here: http://www.open.ac.uk/study/credit-transfer/my-previous-study/countries). I can't describe how many credits I have the evaluation process is ongoing.

My main field of study was Computer Science. I graduated almost 12 years ago and have forgot some advanced math stuff .

My goal is to:
1. Refresh math knowledge online as soon as possible:
- I want to skip as much math unrelated courses as possible
- I want to earn either credits or whole degree not just "knowledge"
2. Earn good MSc in math (or applied math) fully online.
By good I understand strong modern math program and university's rank (top 300 would be nice)

Money aren't an issue, but of course I can't afford Stanford/MIT/onsite learning.

I did some research and there are plenty of MSc in math which could be earned online, but situation with BSc is worse.
(Im taking into account only fully online degrees in english).
After reading https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/734/online-math-degree-programs I shortlisted next options:

1. http://www.openuniversity.edu/courses/qualifications/q31
2. https://www.snhu.edu/online-degrees/bachelors/ba-in-mathematics
3. https://www.iue.edu/online/degrees-certificates/bachelor-of-science-mathematics.html
4. https://www.uis.edu/math/curriculum/undergraduate/courses/

Generally all US based degrees are similar and I need to do a lot for the admission like english test, degree evaluation, etc. Im not located in US and still not sure if it's gonna be a problem.

Open University is stands out:
- No diploma evaluation
- No english test
- Available MSc degrees online
- Self-paced education

But it's not an US university so I'm a little bit afraid that admission to MSc in US (almost all programs I found are there) could be harder.

There are also some graduate and undergraduate certificates but I don't really understand how they work.
For example: https://netmath.illinois.edu/academics/certificate-program


So questions I have now:
1. What's the best options to accomplish goals #1 and #2
2. Does it worth to do another research on the certificates
3. Could it worth to take distancecalculus.com courses?
4. What's your whole opinion on my long read? Do I want too much?

Thanks.

 

If you plan to stay in Russia and Europe, then go for Open University. If you plan to move to the US, then a US-based school is a better option.

 

I won't venture to say which is the best option but I have on my bucket list to re-enroll back into American Public University's BSc in Math with a Concentration in Statistics. $825 per course. I just want to do the major requirements, I don't need the General Education requirements but I do want to get into some more consequential data science math, especially Calculus.

https://catalog.apus.edu/undergraduate/academic-programs/bachelors/bachelor-science-mathematics/

 

(Watching in silent awe.)

 

Wow, I don't know that APU has a Math program!
Anyway, why not TESU for Math?

 

I'm not sure if that was for me or the OP, I'm actually not super familiar with TESU outside of a general understanding of The Big 3, credit banking, etc. $519 per credit (for out-of-state students) is expensive though, compared to $285 for APUS. I also briefly considered SNHU but they're $320 a credit hour.

 

A TESU math degree would be expensive compared to other degrees they offer but it would probably still be cheaper than APUS or at least roughly the same. It depends on how many outside credits you can bring into APUS. TESU allows you to transfer in 114 credits so you wouldn't be paying anywhere near $519/credit for most classes.

 

That's for you. As Rachel83az mentioned, TESU allowed you to transfer 114 credits, while SNHU and APUS limited at 90.

 

It currently says "This programme is only available to study at a Recognised Teaching Centre. However, there are currently no Recognised Teaching Centres that are supporting this programme. This will be reviewed on an annual basis." so that makes it sound like it's offered at sites away from London (making it "distance"), but not an "at-home" program. Is that right?