CUNY SPS IT Degree Plan

General Studies Degree Plan (beta)

Here is a IT Degree plan for CUNY School of Professional Studies (CUNY SPS) as of approximately June of 2023. Please make sure that the suggestions are still valid before beginning to follow this plan.

The alternative credit courses were handpicked using experience from previous students as to what courses will be the easiest and quickest courses to take. In places with multiple courses listed, the first course is assumed to be the fastest/easiest course to take.

Why get a degree from this college?

• If you want a degree with decent brand name
• If you are local to the east coast
• To take advantage of large amount of credits given to certifications

What's the process for getting a degree?

1. Do RA credit (24 credits required)
2. Do ALT credits
3. Do certifications
4. Enroll and finish remaining credits (Must do at least 15 credits at CUNY SPS)

How the course providers are selected

CLEP is free through Modern States and is the easiest by far of the exams to pass though if you fail, you can retake a test for 90 days. DSST are not hard to pass either though cost around $100 and retakes are 90 days as well. Saylor exams are cheap at $5 exams but are extremely hard to pass though you get 3 tries to pass them.

Mostly CLEP options are listed in the degree plan unless a DSST was likely easier to pass. Saylor options are only listed if there is no other option.

Source of Credit

This degree plan was made using this source to map out all the alternative credits.

Alt credit equivalents

General Education Requirements

ID	Course	Credits	Course Provider	Course Name	CUNY SPS Credit
ENG 101	College Writing I	3	CLEP	English Composition	3
ENG 102	College Writing II	3
MATH 101 or Math 215	Math in Contemp Soc or Intro to Stats	3	DSST or CLEP	Math for Liberal Arts or College or Principles of Statistics or Mathematics or College Algebra or Precalculus or Calculus Note: Math for Liberal Arts is probably the easiest though College Mathematics shouldn't be too hard to pass.	3
Physical Sciences	Life and Physical Sciences	3	DSST or CLEP	Environmental Science or Astronomy or Biology or Chemistry Note: Biology and Chemistry are both hard CLEPS.	3
World Cultures and Global Issues	World Cultures and Global Issues	3	DSST or CLEP	History of the Vietnam War or Introduction to World Religions or History of the Soviet Union or Spanish Language Level 1 Note: Unless you have at least 1 year of academic experience in a foreign language, it's not recommended you attempt a CLEP as the spoken words would be impossible to understand without a lot of experience.	3
U.S. Experience in Its Diversity	U.S. Experience in Its Diversity	3	CLEP	American Government or History of the United States I or II	3
Creative Expression	Creative Expression	3	CLEP	Analyzing and Interpreting Literature or Humanities	3
Individual and Society	Individual and Society	3	CLEP	Introductory Sociology or Microeconomics	3
Scientific World	Scientific World	3	CLEP	Introductory Psychology	3
Any Area	Any Area	3	CLEP	Pick something	3
College Option	College Option	3	DSST	Technical Writing	3
College Option	College Option	3
	Totals	36			30

Mayor Requirements

ID	Courses	Competency Units Value	Course Provider	Course Name	CUNY SPS Credit
IS 200	Foundations of Information Systems	Coursera		Google IT Support	3
IS 205	IT Infrastructure and Support	Coursera		Google IT Support	3
IS 250	Computer and Network Security	DSST or CompTIA		Fundamentals of Cybersecurity or Security+	3
IS 260	Networks and Business Data Communication	Coursera		Google IT Support	3
IS 300	Enterprise Architectures and Applications	Coursera		Google IT Support	3
IS 320	Systems Analysis and Design
IS 326	E-Commerce for Information Systems
IS 350	I S Strategy, Management, and Acquisition	Saylor		Software Engineering	3
IS 374	Business Process Design and Workflow Analysis
IS 499	Information Systems Capstone
PROM 210	Project Management
	Total	33			18

Mayor Requirements - Technical Track

ID	Courses	Competency Units Value	Course Provider	Course Name	CUNY SPS Credit
IS 210	Software Application Programming I		Coursera	Google Data Analytics	3
IS 211	Software Application Programming II		Coursera	Google Data Analytics	3
IS 361	Database Architecture and Programming		Coursera	Google Data Analytics	3
IS 362	Data Acquisition and Management		Coursera	Google Data Analytics	3
IS 380	Geographic Information Systems
	Total	15			12

Free Electives

ID	Course	Competency Units Value	Course Provider	Course Name	CUNY SPS Credit
	Pick whatever you want	36		Whatever	36
	Totals	36			36

Total Transfer Credit

ID	Course	Competency Units Value	Course Provider	Course Name	CUNY SPS Credit (Max 105 transfer)
	General Education Requirements	36			30
	Mayor Requirements	33			18
	Mayor Requirements - Technical Track	15			12
	Free Electives	36			36
	Total	120			96

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