Western Governors University - B.S. in Business --IT Management

WGU is great for IT professionals

By: ksallee (In Progress) on March 9, 2008

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I've been going to WGU for almost 2.5 years and just about to complete the program.  For IT professionals who are self-learners with limited time to sit in traditional college or university classroom, this is the perfect program.  The competency based learning model has allowed me to use my existing IT and work experience to take advantage of the program and accelerate my degree (I'll have a 4 year degree completed in 2.5 years).  Even if you need a little hand-holding (which is understandable for an online degree), WGU has mentors that are much more hands on then Universities counselors.  They actually require communication every couple weeks and are there to help you every step of the way.  Additionally, the work can be challenging and arguably more difficult then a traditional class as the range of what is covered is much broader.  For example, in traditional college class you may take say Algebra I as a 3-4 SH class.  With WGU, there's a Quantitative Literacy objective exam that covers Algebra, Statistics, Geometry etc...Very difficult exam that requires real knowledge of the subjects in order to gain competency.