SNHU BA Information Technologies Degree Plan

Computer Science Degree Plan

Here is a Computer Science Degree plan for Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) as of approximately January of 2022. 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.

Taking Alt Credit Courses Not on a Equivalency List

If you want to take courses from Study.com for example, it is best to get those courses approved before taking them. Contact the SNHU advisor to get courses approved.

MAT-243 Requirement

The computer science degree requires Stats (MAT-243) however if you take Sophia stats (MAT-240) and take IT-140 intro to programming then SNHU will accept MAT-240 for the MAT-243 requirement.

Tips on Order in Which to Complete Courses

Start with Sophia.org, do English Composition first. Unfortunately, Sophia only allows 2 courses open at one time, so after you start English Comp, do a course that doesn't have any touchstones (written assignments). Once done with Sophia, start doing other alternative credit courses.

How Long Will It Take To Complete This Degree Once I Finish All the Alterative Credits?

Full time is 2 courses per 2 month term at SNHU. At that rate, it would take 10 months to do 30 credits worth of courses.

Source of Credit

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

Sophia Equivalents

Straighterline Equivalents

CLEP, DSST, AP Exams Equivalents and other Alt credit equivalents

IT Certification Transfers

General Education Requirements

ID	Course	Credits	Course Provider	Course Name	SNHU Credit
ENG122	English Composition I	3	Sophia	English Composition I ** You can submit all the touchstones at once except for touchstone #4 to speed things up	3
ENG123	English Composition II	3	Sophia	English Composition II ** This class has 7 touchstones. Each paper has to be submitted one at a time & takes up to one week to be graded. Might be better if you can find another course to fit this requirement.	3
MAT240	Mathematics	3	Sophia	Introduction to Statistics ** This will work for MAT243 if you also bring in IT140 ** 5th milestone is tough, go slow and do the practice milestone	3
FAS201	Fine Arts and Humanities (EFAH)	3	Sophia	Art History I or Approaches to Studying Religions	3
FAS202	Fine Arts and Humanities (EFAH)	3	Sophia	Art History II	3
ECO201	Social and Behavioral Sciences (ESBS)	3	Sophia	Microeconomics or Intro to Psychology	3
ECO202	Social and Behavioral Sciences (ESBS)	3	Sophia	Macroeconomics	3
MAT136	Science, Technology, and Mathematics (ESTM)	3	Sophia	College Algebra	3
MAT140	Science, Technology, and Mathematics (ESTM)	3	SL or Study.com	Precalculus ** SDC Reported came in as MAT 140 - Precalculus	3
HIS113	History 100 (EHIS)	3	Sophia or SL	U.S. History I or Western Civilization I ** reported this works	3
HIS114	Applied History 200 (EHIS)	3	Sophia or SL	U.S. History II or Western Civilization II ** doesn't need to be 200 level, reported this works	3
GRA101	IDS 100 (NOTE: students with 12 or more transfer credits may substitute a free elective)	3	Sophia	Visual Communications or take whatever you want.	3
ENV101	SNHU 107 (NOTE: students with 12 or more transfer credits may substitute a free elective)	3	Sophia	Environmental Science or take whatever you want.	3
	Integration	3		** Must be done SNHU??
	Totals	42			39

Arts and Sciences Courses

ID	Course	Competency Units Value	Course Provider	Course Name	SNHU Credit
COM126	Introduction to Mass Communication	3
IT140	Introduction to Scripting	3	OD or SL or Study.com	Intro to Programming (Python) or Intro to Programming in C or CS 109: Intro to Programming (Java)	3
SCI218 or SCI220	Natural Resources or Energy and Society	3
	Total	9			3

Major Courses

ID	Course	Competency Units Value	Course Provider	Course Name	SNHU Credit
DAD220	Introduction to Structured Database Environments	3
IT200	Fundamentals of Information Technology	3	Sophia	Introduction to Information Technology	3
IT202	Computer Operating Systems	3	Coursera	Google IT Support Professional Certificate	3
IT212	Introduction to Computer Networks	3	Coursera	Google IT Support Professional Certificate	3
IT226	Communication in STEM Professions	3
IT253	Computer Systems Security	3	CompTia	CompTIA Security+ Certificate	3
IT260	Web-Oriented Services	3
IT272	Cross-Platform Technologies	3
IT304	Systems Requirements and Implementation Planning	3
IT313	Risk Management and Mitigation in System Design	3
IT337	User-Centered Systems Design and Evaluation	3
IT409	Impact of Systems on Organizations	3
IT423	Computing as a Service	3
IT482	IT Operations and Systems Planning	3
MGT200	Leadership and Team Building	3
QSO340	Project Management	3	Sophia	Project Management
	Totals	48			12

Free Electives

ID	Course	Competency Units Value	Course Provider	Course Name	SNHU Credit
			Coursera	Google IT Support Professional Certificate	6
	Pick whatever you want	9		Whatever	15
	Totals	21			21

Total Transfer Credit

ID	Course	Competency Units Value	Course Provider	Course Name	SNHU Credit
	General Education Requirements	42			39
	Arts and Sciences	9			3
	Major Courses	48			12
	Free Electives	21			21
	Total	120			75

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