I want to make a career change, either to IT or CS. I have a teaching degree, so I won't need to complete general education requirements. I have found three cheap routes, but they all have problems: 1. In-state tuition, public university. The most affordable CS degree in my state would cost $7306, but that is taking 18 credits per quarter, which I can't do with my busy 60 hour/week job. If I took 6 credits per quarter, the cost is much higher, at $11,000, impossible at my salary. 2. WGU or a similar competency-based program. Although I think this appears to be quality program, my current job is 60 hours per week, so I don't have time to study this program quickly, so the price-per-quarter method is not good. 3. TESU or a similar low-credit degree, with credit from alternative sources. This is affordable, at round $5,000 for a degree, but I'm concerned this isn't a route for actually learning the material and preparing for a job. I'm just looking for an option that I can complete at a slow pace (i.e. 6 credits per semester). Is there any type of route to either IT or CS, where the tuition is lower when completed at a slow pace?
One way to have a slow pace is to pre-study with a wealth of free material online. WGU tells what you need to know: https://www.wgu.edu/online-it-degrees/information-technology-bachelors-program.html https://www.wgu.edu/online-it-degrees/computer-science.html Good knowledge going in should make for a smooth sail. And I know that's much easier to say than to do.
You might consider the CS program at the University of London. It can be slow if you'd like and it's relatively cheap. https://london.ac.uk/courses/computer-science
There's more info in the program guide. Here's the one for IT: https://m.wgu.edu/content/dam/western-governors/documents/programguides/2017-guides/it/BS_IT.pdf
