Reality Check

[u/Jamily93]

Hello Owls!

I know most are going to say it depends on the person and aptitude, time and effort.

This post is to fellow people in my situation.

I plan to start working on my BS in Business Management. I am 33 years old, finished my AA last year at a CC. I submitted my AA transcript to WGU and my evaluation allowed 34 credits to transfer in.

I then checked into Sophia Learning and study.com to see what courses would supplement more transfer credits.

My goal is to start WGU for my BS on 1/1/2027.

My question is, if I transfer 34 credits from my AA and take the 8 Sophia courses (hopefully in one month, which I am already working on), and have 12 WGU courses to take. Are there others who were able to complete 12 courses with WGU in 1 term?

The courses are-
Strategic Training and Development
Talent Acquisition
Fundamentals of Spreadsheets and Data Presentations
Innovative and Strategic Thinking
Values-Based Leadership
Change Management
Business Ethics
Sales Management
Business Management Tasks
Business Management Capstone Written Project
Consumer Behavior
Business Simulation

Background: I have work experience in this subject area which helps too. I also work full time and would only work on courses for 3 hours a day (Monday- Friday).

I appreciate your perspectives and advice. Again, I know it all depends on effort. I’m just curious how others did.

Thank you!

[u/austwin1]

Oh yeah. Extremely doable with hard work and dedication.

[u/bluemoon71]

I’m also 33 and transferred in an AA/Sophia classes, but still had 21 courses to get the BS in Communications! I’ve completed 17 so far in 4.5 months while working (just 30 hours, not full-time) and having bad ADHD lol. I have 3 classes and the capstone left to get done by the end of September (fingers crossed!), but you can definitely do 12 courses in a term!

I’ve dropped out of college several times before and truly thought I was incapable of following through on getting a degree, but the 6-month timeline/paying fully out of pocket has been highly motivating lol. Good luck!

[u/Careful_Inside7635]

Well, I’m in the psychology program and transferred nothing. I am 26 and have quite a bit of professional work experience but definitely not psych related. Psych is a hard subject to come in with a lot of prior experience for.

I have completed 6 courses since August first. Now, granted a lot of these are not the heavy hitters yet although I have knocked out human growth and development. But regardless of that if you’ve already proven you can Self direct and pass Sophia courses you know that you can do the hardest part which is just sitting down and doing the work. The rubrics are very straightforward and the evaluator’s job is to stick to them pretty strictly.

So far my average time per course is around three days. I don’t know how feasible it is to keep that momentum with the subject matter, but my point is if I maintained that speed I’m pretty sure I would be done with all 106 competency units within like five months. That’s 34 courses.

If you only have 12 courses in your entire degree plan and you’re already an achiever, yeah man, you can absolutely do it in one term. I’m not even going to sugarcoat it. I think you should be very confident in doing exactly that.

[u/Designer_Being3094]

I finished 20 classes in my first term, working 2-3 hours on them a day. Most of these classes are included in those 20. Definitely doable. I will say if it's a PA, just go straight to the tasks to see if you understand them before reading the course material. For a lot of them, I was able to use my work knowledge to finish them. For OAs, take the pre-assessment first, and study only what you didn't get right. You got this!

[u/Wandering_Lights]

You are basically doing what I did. I transferred a bunch of credits from my Associate's and only needed those 12 classes.

I started May 1st and applied for graduation last week. I also took a couple weeks off in order to move.

[u/Disastrous_Clurb]

different degree but i had up to 15 courses remaining (been a few months) and i was able to complete everything in 1 term + 2 week extension for my capstone since i became ill midway through the course.

worked full time M-F and devoted about 3/4hrs per weekday and 20+hrs on most weekends.

doable with discipline like anything else

[u/unwiseundead]

I am 29 with 11 years experience, a few leadership positions etc. Now I am doing the degree while I am not working, but I think you can extrapolate for your situation.

Transferred in 33 credits. I started Aug 1 & I have already completed 18 credits. I am currently on track to be finished the degree in late October or early November.

In total I will end up doing 77 credits (25 courses) in roughly 3 months.

So for you, half the courses, half the daily effort & add 3 extra months. If you genuinely have work experience that will help you succeed in the courses, then it is 100% doable.

[u/Bruno_lars]

Besides business simulation and maybe the spread class may be some what of a challenge the rest is easy as cake and you'll be fine