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Re: Ask HN: Fully online CS degrees?

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Post by adpoe »

Good question.

I was looking into this a few years back, and ended getting my BS in-person, at the big state school nearby. It paid off well.

That said, these are other online options I considered.

Portland State University -- has a BS in CS that's fully online. They also have an option for people who are getting a 2nd BS, from another field. * https://www.pdx.edu/computer-science/progrgam-preparation

Harvard Extension - Bachelor's in CS * https://www.extension.harvard.edu/academics/undergraduate-de...

Arizona State - BS in Software Engineering * https://go.asuonline.asu.edu/

I had a co-worker during one of my internships going through this program, at SNHU, fully online & remote, and he liked it a lot: https://www.snhu.edu/online-degrees/bachelors/bs-in-computer...

Just some food for thought. There are many more options. Good luck!

Re: Ask HN: Fully online CS degrees?

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Post by sk2code »

jnwng wrote: post #27
wyc wrote: post #20

When you're applying for online-only degrees, keep in mind what you're giving up. While the quality of the education may be comparable, much of the value of attending in-person is to build career-lasting relationships with smart, interesting, and trustworthy people. For many of us, sitting directly across from someone else while having a meaningful conversation is still unparalleled by what any communications technol…

(full disclosure, i work as an engineer at coursera) just wanted to highlight that one of the degrees that UIUC (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign) offers, the Master of Computer Science in Data Science, is available on Coursera: https://www.coursera.org/degrees/masters-in-computer-data-sc... the benefit of this is that the way we structure our degrees, they mostly end up being a collection of courses and spec…

I am an iMBA degree student at UIUC. I took a leap of faith and got admitted in the iMBA program (Jan'17 cohort). I can say with confidence that UIUC is not only the first one to give such an affordable education but their online education platform is pretty stable.

Lots of my friends who are in the iMBA program are pretty serious about the Masters in DS. They had to be, after all they are getting 2 masters degree for half the price. I might be wrong but Berkeley is offering their DS Masters (online program for 100k+)

Re: Ask HN: Fully online CS degrees?

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Post by brailsafe »

adpoe wrote: post #71

Good question. I was looking into this a few years back, and ended getting my BS in-person, at the big state school nearby. It paid off well. That said, these are other online options I considered. Portland State University -- has a BS in CS that's fully online. They also have an option for people who are getting a 2nd BS, from another field. * https://www.pdx.edu/computer-science/progrgam-preparation Harvard Extensi…

In what way has your CS bachelor paid off? Also, how much did it cost?

Re: Ask HN: Fully online CS degrees?

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Post by kbp »

putinontheritz wrote: post #72

Do any of these programs offer a way to trade experience via testing for credits? I went the hands in way 20 years ago and have done really well with it, but I sometimes wonder if having the degree would be helpful.

You can challenge courses at most schools if you already know the material.

Re: Ask HN: Fully online CS degrees?

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Post by psergeant »

This doesn’t meet any of your criteria, but will be interesting to some:

http://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/softeng/

MSc in Software Engineering, from Oxford. Designed to be doable around a real job, over four years. No undergrad degree required. You need to be onsite for 11 weeks over four years. Modular, and you can fit to your interests and timetable. Cost was about £25k for the whole thing.

Re: Ask HN: Fully online CS degrees?

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Post by FlyingLawnmower »

eranation wrote: post #10
cdancette wrote: post #2

For a master, you have The Georgia Tech OMSCS. Most of the on campus classes are available.

Can attest to that (graduating from it next Friday!). Few points - the main pitch for this is the cost, even if it was not a top 10 ranked MSCS program, it was still one of the most cost effective degrees in the US. The total cost for me was around $8,000 including everything (you can lower it if you take it less slowly than I did). The diploma is the same as the on-campus one by the way. I'm actually attending the c…

https://www.usnews.com/best-graduate-schools/top-science-sch...

I'm a bit biased here -- I was a Georgia Tech undergrad -- but GT is currently ranked 9th for the graduate computer science department :).

Re: Ask HN: Fully online CS degrees?

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Post by jasonjei »

NC State offers nearly the entire repertoire of CS-level classes online (discrete math, C programming language, computer organization & assembly, data structures, algorithms, design patterns/OOP, operating systems, automata, etc). Videotaped lectures and proctored exams. NC State transfers well, and they are credited no differently from an in-person class. No special asterisk or transcript annotation lowering the value of the credit.

However, you’ll have to get the vast majority of your bachelor General Education elsewhere (Rio Salado online CC, ASU Online, etc) such as English, Humanities, Calculus, Linear Algebra, etc.

https://engineeringonline.ncsu.edu/

Re: Ask HN: Fully online CS degrees?

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Post by [deleted] »

dsp1234 wrote: post #39
xapata wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you already have a BS in another field, you might be better off taking Georgia Tech's MS CompSci ( https://www.omscs.gatech.edu/ ).

"Preferred qualifications for admitted OMS CS students are an undergraduate degree in computer science or related field (typically mathematics, computer engineering or electrical engineering) from an accredited institution with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher. Applicants who do not meet these criteria will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis; however, work experience will not take the place of an undergraduate deg…

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