Ask HN: Fully online CS degrees?

Post by bhaumik » Tue, Dec 12, 2017, 2:43 AM UTC

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re: Thinkful, we have a rigorous, full-time program that matches your definition of "online classroom" as well as a flexible program for those who can only commit part-time. Both offer 1-on-1 mentorship, with stats available on CIRR.org. OP - you're welcome to ping me (bhaumik@thinkful[dot]com) w/ any specific questions. I run the full-time product.

Any possibility Thinkful will support payment through the G.I. Bill in the future?

Post by bhaumik » Tue, Dec 12, 2017, 2:52 AM UTC

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bhaumik wrote: post #46

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re: Thinkful, we have a rigorous, full-time program that matches your definition of "online classroom" as well as a flexible program for those who can only commit part-time. Both offer 1-on-1 mentorship, with stats available on CIRR.org. OP - you're welcome to ping me (bhaumik@thinkful[dot]com) w/ any specific questions. I run the full-time product.

Thank you for the update! I would like to edit my original comment to state that both are available, but comments are only editable for a short time. Here's an upvote!

Post by swyx » Tue, Dec 12, 2017, 3:17 AM UTC

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Thanks for sharing your experience with OMSCS. Did you work on OMSCS full time or part time? How did you end up scheduling in studying masters level courses into your daily life? And how long did it take at the end?

(I'm also graduating this week, started Spring 2015.) OMSCS is a part-time program by design, meaning you can only take up to 9 credits (3 courses) per term. Most students do it while working full time, although in that case, you'd either take one difficult course or two "easier" ones. Most courses took between 6-10 hours per week (actual time spent on the videos/projects as measured by Toggl). That means you have to…

Post by brogrammernot » Tue, Dec 12, 2017, 4:34 AM UTC

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(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 fo…

Post by craftyguy » Tue, Dec 12, 2017, 5:35 AM UTC

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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…