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Cheapest comp sci bachelor online degree?

10 pointsby unimportantalmost 9 years ago
As most desirable countries don&#x27;t give too much on work experience alone, I&#x27;m looking to take the plunge at age 30 and get an internationally recognized online comp sci bachelor.<p>I finished school at 10th grade because I had to go to an unsafe ghetto school, so I don&#x27;t have anything equivalent to a highschool diploma and I&#x27;m currently working as an iOS dev.<p>Open University in the UK seems to be fairly recognized, however the computing and IT degree doesn&#x27;t look that great and I&#x27;m not too sure if it&#x27;d be considered equal to comp sci by the bureaucrats who process visas.<p>I&#x27;m thinking of emigrating to Canada, the US (extremely unlikely with the H1B situation), Hong Kong or Singapore in the future in case anyone has some personal experience with either getting a visa based on work experience alone or with an online degree.

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theviajerockalmost 9 years ago
The best option that I&#x27;ve found is this:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.londoninternational.ac.uk&#x2F;courses&#x2F;search&#x2F;?solrsort=sort_title%20asc&amp;filters=tid%3A557%20tid%3A546" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.londoninternational.ac.uk&#x2F;courses&#x2F;search&#x2F;?solrsor...</a><p>Is great because is The University of London, very prestigious and it&#x27;s very low cost... But I must say, is not easy at all.
glasnosteralmost 9 years ago
Although it&#x27;s not something that most people outside of Africa would consider, have a look at UNISA.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;University_of_South_Africa" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;University_of_South_Africa</a><p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.unisa.ac.za&#x2F;qualificationsreg&#x2F;UGH&#x2F;index.asp?link=http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.unisa.ac.za&#x2F;qualificationsreg&#x2F;UGH&#x2F;Qualifications&#x2F;98906.html" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.unisa.ac.za&#x2F;qualificationsreg&#x2F;UGH&#x2F;index.asp?link=...</a>
choxialmost 9 years ago
You might be interested in our program:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bloc.io&#x2F;software-engineering-track" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bloc.io&#x2F;software-engineering-track</a><p>Our goal was to build a program that combined the pragmatic skills training of a developer bootcamp with the foundation and theory of a traditional computer science degree.
brianwawokalmost 9 years ago
So the cheapest degree you can get is a diploma mill that will mail you a degree for $100, no class required. Is this really what you want?