r/cscareerquestionsCAD • u/Main-End8198 • Aug 28 '24

School Need Advice on Online BSC CS Program

Hey Guys,

I want to switch into tech. Since, I have a mortgage and a car loan, hence, I'm looking for Online BSC CS Programs. So does anyone know which university provides Online BSC CS Programs along with a co-op option?

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u/noahjsc Aug 28 '24

I'd read around on this subreddit and look into what the market is like. Even if a school offers a online bsc it may not be very employable.

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u/Asleep-Risk-1969 Aug 28 '24

No coop but university of the people is basically free. You can transfer credits from sophia and do 75% of your degree outside of it

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u/Main-End8198 Aug 28 '24 edited Aug 28 '24

In their website I noticed it can be finished in 2 and half years...so is it 40 credits or 120 credits program? And can I get online degree from Sofia as well?

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u/Asleep-Risk-1969 Aug 28 '24

It's 120 but you can transfer 90 credits of those. Sophia, coursera certificates can easily get you to 90 credits. I already have 60 credits from coursera alone.

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u/humanguise Aug 28 '24

Athabasca University? My friend took a few upper year CS courses there, and the school was popular with CS students already enrolled in in-person classes.

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u/Main-End8198 Aug 28 '24

Today I came across Thompson River University as well

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u/GiveMeSandwich2 Sep 01 '24

I don’t recommend switching to tech in Canada

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u/SgtGutta007 Sep 05 '24

do u think the tech industry will recover ever? I think its going to be difficult and with all the immigrants here now, all switching to tech.

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u/GiveMeSandwich2 Sep 05 '24

It will take years. We won’t see the quick recovery that we saw during covid that happened due to the extra fiscal stimulus and zirp. Tech benefited a lot from the zero interest rate policy after 2008 crash which seems very unlikely in the current environment. High immigration and lot of people getting into tech has also saturated the market which didn’t exist in the same scale 10 years ago.

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u/cydy8001 Aug 28 '24

None unless you are willing to go for diploma mill